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!

firm, as if warn- ng me

I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why

of Harrington.co,

to lie

me closer,

was indeed powerful, that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson was not

small box, unsure of how I’ll

grits lowly in warning, low for me alone

hear.

gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not fooled by

grin and for whatever reason, he need- ed

I sighed.

This was trouble.

to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to meet

fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my last name.”

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Harring-ton. Please forgive

he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have

and swal- low me whole. I made

around my waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio with

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

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

of us, his eyes showing that he did not

You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to

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

on my face and I can almost see all those bad things he thought

stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming

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

twenty questions

feel the irritation rolling off his

he regarded Aiden with

have I

think I deserve to know when my grandson gets

answered. “I only got engaged

looked like Aiden’s words