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!

as

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

chairman of Harrington.co,

want to lie

squeezed me closer,

on his ace, but his grandson was not

box, unsure of how I’ll get

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for

hear.

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

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

I sighed.

This was trouble.

to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to

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

Embarrassed

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please

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

open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself

like steel as he an- swers Sergio with

woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law. Please

to my defense was both shocking and con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a

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

couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me did things to my body I didn’t want to

not want to feel these things with an

and I can almost see all those bad things

the furious displeasure

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

I did not know this was twenty

literally feel the irritation rolling off his

he regarded Aiden

I gotten

grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve to know when my grandson

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

like Aiden’s words