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!

waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me

play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why we were play-

the chairman of

I really want to lie to his

squeezed me closer,

notice on his ace, but his grandson was

was forced into a small box, unsure

Aiden grits lowly in warning,

hear.

his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome

and for whatever reason, he need- ed me to

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice

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

reddened. Embarrassed

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

eyes sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance

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

my waist like steel as he

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

coming to my defense was both shocking and con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If he

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

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

I did not want to feel these things with an

and I can almost see all those bad things he thought about

displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes

His eyes swang over to Aiden

this was twenty questions about my relationship,”

literally feel the irritation rolling off

he regarded Aiden with a cool

I gotten

grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve to

hear the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last night.

like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste