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 if warn- ng me

I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially

the chairman of Harrington.co,

want to

squeezed me closer, another

that you can notice on his ace, but his

a small box,

grits lowly in warning,

hear.

sweep my gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his

and for whatever reason, he

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you Mr.

son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my

Embarrassed

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

Aiden and he asked

floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio didn’t like

waist like steel as he an- swers

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

that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If he want- ed Sergio to be

us, his eyes showing that he

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

feel these things with an

can almost see all those bad things he thought about

furious displeasure and

two get engaged?” His eyes swang over

twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden

literally feel the irritation rolling off

lift and he regarded

have I gotten

think I deserve to know

Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last night. Must’ve

convinced. In fact he looked like