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

unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not.

was the chairman of Harrington.co, this man was

to lie to his

squeezed me closer,

you can notice on

small box,

warning, low for

hear.

the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but

forced grin and for whatever reason, he

I sighed.

This was trouble.

faintly. “Nice to meet

his mother is my daughter. Hence,

Embarrassed beyond

Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis-

asked tightly. “Does

me whole. I made a

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

has no speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and

shocking and con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit

looks at the both of us, his eyes

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

with an au-

I can almost see all those bad

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

two get engaged?” His eyes swang over to

this was twenty questions about my

can literally feel the

brows lift and he regarded

have I gotten myself

you think I deserve to know when

he answered. “I only got engaged last night. Must’ve slipped my mind

look convinced. In fact he looked like