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!

gets more firm, as if warn- ng me to

unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no

was the chairman of Harrington.co, this man

want to

squeezed me

can notice on his

forced into a small box, unsure of how

grits lowly in warning, low for

hear.

his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not fooled

forced grin and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

back to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to

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

Embarrassed beyond

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

Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does

and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio didn’t

like steel as he an- swers

no speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future

But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role

his eyes showing that he did not believe

couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close

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

my face and I can almost see all

stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they pinned

did you two get engaged?” His eyes swang over

I did not know this was twenty questions

literally feel the irritation rolling

lift and he regarded Aiden with a

I

deserve to know when my grandson gets

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

In fact he looked like