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!

more firm, as if warn-

out a smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why we were

chairman of

want to lie to

me closer, another

can notice on his ace, but his grandson was

small box, unsure of how I’ll

warning, low

hear.

sweep my gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but

grin and for whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie with

I sighed.

This was trouble.

to Sergio, smiling faintly.

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

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Harring-ton. Please

eyes sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly.

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

waist like steel as he an-

intelligent woman and

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

us, his eyes showing that

was my stiff posture as Aiden kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me did

want to feel these things with an au-

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

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

His eyes swang over to Aiden who

know this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden

the irritation rolling off

lift and he regarded Aiden

have I gotten

deserve to

swore I could literally hear the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged

In fact he looked like Aiden’s words