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!

waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me to not screw

smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or

chairman of Harrington.co, this

to lie to

squeezed me closer, another

that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson was not far

forced into a small box, unsure of

lowly in warning,

hear.

my gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not fooled

reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to

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

reddened. Embarrassed

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my

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

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

my waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio

very intelligent woman and would be your

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

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

couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close

did not want to feel these things with an au-

on my face and I can almost see

furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his

swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

I did not know this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden says

feel the irritation

he regarded Aiden with a

have I gotten myself

deserve to know when

I could literally hear the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last night. Must’ve

looked like Aiden’s words had left