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!

waist gets more firm, as if warn-

out a smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why we were

the chairman of

I really want to

squeezed me closer, another

was indeed powerful, that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson

box, unsure of how

in warning, low for

hear.

wearing a

was a forced grin and for whatever reason, he

I sighed.

This was trouble.

faintly. “Nice

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

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis-

Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have

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

around my waist like steel as he an- swers

woman and would be

both shocking and con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If he want- ed Sergio to be

the both of us, his eyes showing that he did

couldn’t blame me,

things with an au- dience, one being his grandfather in

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

stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust

His eyes swang over

twenty questions

the irritation

regarded Aiden with a

have I gotten

deserve

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

he looked like