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- ng me

game or not. Especially when I

chairman of Harrington.co, this

to

me closer, another

can notice on

forced into a small box,

grits lowly in warning,

hear.

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

for whatever reason, he need- ed me to

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to

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

reddened. Embarrassed

Please forgive

he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have a

low me whole. I

waist like steel as he an- swers

a very intelligent woman and would

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

us, his eyes showing that he did not believe

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

with an

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

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

two get engaged?” His eyes swang over to Aiden who

I did not know this was twenty questions about my

the irritation rolling off

lift and he regarded Aiden with a cool

I gotten myself

I deserve to know when

Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got

like Aiden’s words had