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!

grip around my waist gets more firm, as if

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 lie to his

squeezed me closer, another

on his ace,

forced into a small box,

warning, low for me

hear.

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

a forced grin and for whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

faintly.

mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my last name.”

Embarrassed beyond

Harring-ton. Please forgive

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

the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio didn’t like

like steel

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

I remembered that we were playing a

of us, his

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

I did not want to feel these things with an

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

squirmed under his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming

swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

twenty questions

can literally feel the irritation rolling

and he regarded Aiden

I gotten

I deserve to know when

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

like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste