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!

as if

if I really wanted to play this game or not.

the chairman of Harrington.co,

want to lie

squeezed me closer,

notice on his ace, but his grandson was

a small box,

grits lowly in warning, low for

hear.

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

reason, he need- ed me to lie

I sighed.

This was trouble.

back to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice

ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter.

Embarrassed beyond

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please

Aiden and he asked

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

arms tighten around my waist like steel

very intelligent woman and would be your future

that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending

looks at the both of us, his eyes showing

posture as Aiden kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me did

with an au- dience, one being his

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

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

did you two get engaged?” His eyes swang over to Aiden

this was twenty

can literally feel the

regarded Aiden with a cool

have I

your grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve to

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

convinced. In fact he looked like