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

unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I

chairman of Harrington.co, this

really want to

me closer,

that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson

into a small box,

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for me alone

hear.

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

grin and for whatever reason, he need- ed

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to

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

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Mr. Harring-ton. Please

Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have

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

tighten around my waist like steel as he

issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would

playing a role. And that role

at the both of us, his eyes

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

with an au- dience, one being his grandfather in the

on my face and I can almost see all

displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they pinned

swang over to Aiden who

know this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden

literally feel the irritation

and he regarded Aiden with a cool ex-

I gotten

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

not look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words