The Girl He Craves

86

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 to not

this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why we were play-

was the chairman of Harrington.co,

I really want to

squeezed me closer,

notice on his

small box, unsure of how I’ll get

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for me

hear.

wearing a grin on his handsome

grin and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice

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

reddened. Embarrassed

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

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

low me whole.

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

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

playing a role. And that role made him commit to

the both of us, his eyes showing that he did not believe

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

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

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

feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through

did you two get engaged?” His eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

was twenty questions about my

can literally feel the

regarded

I gotten

Don’t you think I deserve to know when my grandson gets

he answered. “I only got engaged last

fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste in