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!

grip around my waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me to not screw

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

chairman of Harrington.co, this man

to lie to

me closer, another

on his ace, but his grandson was not

box, unsure of

warning, low for

hear.

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

whatever reason, he need- ed

I sighed.

This was trouble.

faintly. “Nice

ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my

Embarrassed

so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis-

and he asked tightly.

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

like steel as he an- swers Sergio with blunt

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

that we were playing a role.

of us, his eyes

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

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

I can almost see all those bad things he thought

displeasure and disgust swimming through his

eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

not know this was twenty

the irritation rolling off his

lift and he regarded

have I gotten

you think I deserve to

the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got

like Aiden’s words had left a bad