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

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

the chairman of Harrington.co, this man

I really want to lie to his

squeezed me closer,

that you can notice on his ace, but his

box, unsure of

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low

hear.

his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I

was a forced grin and for whatever reason, he need- ed me to

I sighed.

This was trouble.

to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to

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

Embarrassed

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive

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

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

steel as he an- swers

She’s a very intelligent woman

coming to my defense was 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

both of us, his eyes showing

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

not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being his grandfather in the same

my face and I can almost see all those bad

displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they pinned me

eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff

was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden

feel the irritation rolling off

brows lift and he regarded

have I gotten

your grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve to know when my grandson

Aiden’s teeth as he answered.

look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste in