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!

around my waist gets more firm, as

to play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why we were

of

really want to lie to

me closer,

indeed powerful, that you can notice on his ace, but

forced into a small box,

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for

hear.

his face. He’s wearing a

whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie with

I sighed.

This was trouble.

turn back to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you Mr.

Harrington. Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence,

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Please forgive my

he asked tightly. “Does your fiance

floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio

like steel as he an- swers

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

I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If he want- ed Sergio to be convinced that

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

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

not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being

I can almost see all those bad things

furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as

engaged?” His eyes swang over

twenty questions about

feel the

brows lift and he regarded Aiden with a cool

have I

grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve

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

convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste in