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 if warn- ng me to not screw

forced out a smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when

the chairman of Harrington.co, this

really want to

squeezed me closer,

can notice on his ace, but his grandson was not

forced into a small 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 not fooled

whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

faintly. “Nice to meet you

mother is my daughter. Hence, he

Embarrassed beyond

Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis- take.”

he asked tightly. “Does

want the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I

steel

has no speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law. Please

that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to

at the both of us, his

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

I did not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being his grandfather in

on my face and I can almost see all

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

swang over to

twenty questions about

the irritation rolling off his

lift and he regarded Aiden

I

Don’t you think I deserve to know when my

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

not look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste