The Girl He Craves

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Sophie’s pov

The old man, who now I know was Aiden’s grandfather, swirled in his chair so he can get a better look at me.

His eyes are cold. Dead. And annoyed.

Aiden’s words had rendered me speechless so much so that I had completely turned a blind eye to the two bulky men standing in the far corner.

Must be Aiden’s grandfather’s bodyguards.

They stood with their hands tightly clamped together at their front, their posture stock.

I looked at Aiden, muted, confused, and stunned.

Did I really hear him right?

Did he just call me his fiance?

My fingers clutching the door handle tremble.

I have no idea what to say. How to react.

I’m lost.

“A fiance with no ring?” Aiden’s grandfather grumbles tightly, eyes sweeping down to stare at my hand.

My hand that’s bared of any ring.

My heart slams. Maybe this wasn’t a dream. Maybe this was actually happening and Aiden had just called me his fi-

ance.

“I’m still searching for that perfect ring. My woman de- serves the best after all.” Aiden answers bluntly and walks around his desk and approaches me with a look that told me to play along.

But what the hell was he playing at?

Aiden comes to stand beside me, his arm rooting around my waist. “Sergio meet Sophie, my fiance, Sophie meet Ser- gio, my grandfather and chairman of Harrington.co.”

My eyes widen.

Chairman!

more firm, as if warn- ng me to not screw

this game or not. Especially when I

was the chairman of Harrington.co,

want to lie to his

squeezed me closer, another

indeed powerful, that you can notice on his

box, unsure of

lowly in warning, low

hear.

side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I

and for whatever reason, he need- ed me

I sighed.

This was trouble.

turn back to Sergio, smiling faintly.

darkened. “It’s Harrington. Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my last name.”

reddened. Embarrassed

Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my

Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance

the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of

arms tighten around my waist like steel as he an- swers

She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your

playing a role. And that role made

at the both of us, his eyes showing that he did

my stiff posture as Aiden kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me did things to my body I didn’t

things with an

and I can almost see all those bad things

squirmed under his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust

eyes swang over to

did not know this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden

literally feel the irritation

he regarded

I gotten

think I deserve to know when my grandson

I could literally hear the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last night. Must’ve slipped my

not look convinced. In fact he looked like