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!

gets more firm, as

play this game or not. Especially when I had

of Harrington.co, this man was

I really want to lie to

squeezed me closer, another

indeed powerful, that you can notice on his

a small box,

in warning, low for

hear.

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

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

I sighed.

This was trouble.

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

his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my last name.”

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my

over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance

time I really did want the floor to open up and swal- low me

waist like steel

has no speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law. Please

we were playing a role. And that role made him

the both of us, his

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

did not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one

I can almost see all those

the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they pinned me

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

twenty questions about my

can literally feel the irritation rolling

lift and he regarded Aiden

I

I deserve to know when my grandson gets

teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last night. Must’ve slipped my mind to tell

like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste in