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 to not screw

forced out a smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I

the chairman of Harrington.co, this man

I really want to lie

squeezed me

that you can notice on his

box, unsure

warning, low for me alone

hear.

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

forced grin and for whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

faintly. “Nice to meet you Mr.

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

reddened. Embarrassed

Mr. Harring-ton. Please

eyes sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have a

I really did want the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made

steel as he an- swers Sergio with

intelligent woman and would be your future

fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If

of us, his eyes showing that he did not

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

these things with an au- dience,

on my face and I can almost see all those

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

His eyes swang over to Aiden who

was twenty questions

literally feel the irritation rolling

he regarded Aiden with a cool

I gotten myself

deserve to know when

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

not look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words