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!

firm, as if warn- ng me

this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why

chairman of

to

squeezed me closer,

on his ace,

box, unsure of how I’ll

Aiden grits lowly in warning,

hear.

gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing

whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie

I sighed.

This was trouble.

turn back to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice

“It’s Harrington. Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my

reddened. Embarrassed

Please

eyes sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly.

really did want the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of

waist like steel as he an- swers

very intelligent woman

But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to

both of us, his eyes showing that he

posture as Aiden kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden

did not want to feel these things with an

can almost see all those

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

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

twenty questions about my relationship,”

literally feel the irritation rolling

and he regarded Aiden with a cool

I

think I deserve to know when

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

fact he looked like Aiden’s words