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!

my waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me to not

wanted to play this game or not. Especially when

of Harrington.co,

to lie

me closer, another

notice on his ace, but his

forced into a small box, unsure of how I’ll get

warning,

hear.

face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not fooled

whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie

I sighed.

This was trouble.

faintly. “Nice to meet you Mr.

Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he

Embarrassed

Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis- take.” I

he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have a speech

did want the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio

tighten around my waist like steel as

She’s a very intelligent woman and

to my defense was both shocking and con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to

looks at the both of us, his

my stiff posture as Aiden kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being

surely I did not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being his

narrowed on my face and I can almost see all those bad things he thought about

furious displeasure

get engaged?” His eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff

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

the irritation rolling

he regarded Aiden with a cool ex-

I gotten

Don’t you think I deserve to know when my

the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only

convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste in