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!

around my waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me

I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had

chairman of Harrington.co,

really want to

squeezed me

notice on his ace,

small box, unsure of how

in warning, low for me alone

hear.

wearing a grin

forced grin and for whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie with

I sighed.

This was trouble.

back to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you

my son, his mother is my

Embarrassed beyond

Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis-

asked tightly.

floor to open up and swal- low me whole.

waist like steel as

issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law. Please

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 defending me.

at the both of us, his

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

feel these things with an au- dience, one being his

can almost see all those bad things

squirmed under his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they pinned me

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

did not know this was twenty

can literally feel the irritation

and he regarded Aiden with a

I

think I deserve to know

of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged

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