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

out a smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why

chairman of Harrington.co,

to lie

squeezed me closer,

notice on his ace, but his grandson was

a small box,

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low

hear.

wearing a grin on

whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to

Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother

Embarrassed

Harring-ton. Please forgive my

he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have a speech

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

steel as he

speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would

coming 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. If he want-

of us, his eyes

me, Aiden being close to me did things to my

want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being his grandfather in the

eyes narrowed on my face and I can almost see

feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming

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

twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden says

literally feel the irritation rolling off his

lift and he regarded Aiden with

have I

Don’t you think I deserve

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

fact he looked like Aiden’s