His Ana

Author's Pov

"Sir!" Finally the giant man bothered to loosen up his hold on her giving her a chance to stand up and tidy up her shirt, she glanced at the man and tried to walk away not appreciating the crowd around them but her chubby wrist was gripped by a large hand pulling her petite frame back.

Liliana had always been a chubby girl, she didn't have the model like figure and she liked herself this way only, lily loved food and she never was deprived off any kind of qusine especially when her mother motivated her to try whatever she liked. Liliana started working out after seeing her big brother's fitness routine but even after her tries to lose her weight, she still couldn't get as slim as she wanted and eventually with time she accepted herself.

The man in front of her wasn't the first muscular man she had met, even her both brothers were build up but this one had a weird dominance in his eyes which was never directed to her. His grip on her wrist felt foreign yet an electric sensation went up to her spine, his eyes were sharp, calculative and held a weird emotion in them which made her gulp down in uncertainty.

She watched as he stood up towering over her, he seemed as tall as her elder brother but his stance felt weirdly imposing, she tried stepping back but he held her on place watching her with grave attentive gaze. Liliana awkwardly smiled at him pointing at the broken chandelier beside them and mumbled softly.

"I am sorry for jumping on you, I just saw this falling down so I acted impulsively." Her thick British accent reached his ears as he couldn't help but feel a tug over his lips nodding at her.

"I also wanted to thank you, if it wasn't for you, I might had died on the spot." Lily finally relaxed her nerves hearing his Russian grazed accent as he spoke English, she finally nodded smiling with relaxed cheeks making him watch her more carefully at how her eyes went smaller when she smiled happily.

"It's not a problem, I am glad you're not hurt." She nodded and tried to pull her wrist out of his grip but he held onto her more tightly making her raise her eyebrows in confusion.

"You saved me, let me pay you back with the dinner," Lily instantly tried to refuse him and pull her hand away but he suddenly pulled her closer making her gasp out when her one slipper touched his long brown boot.

"I insist, Красивый." Lily frowned at his last word but finally giving up she hesitantly nodded. (Beautiful)

"I uhm actually ordered already, if you don't mind I want to keep that order." Cyril looked at the girl gazing at him with the same innocent stance making him gulp down, but soon his lost mind once again got a grip when she pulled her wrist out of his hand making him clench his hands. He missed the softness of her flesh against his calloused palms.

"Sure." He brought her to the place away from all the eyes and ordered the waiter to bring her order to their table. Liliana who loved talking and couldn't shut up found herself in a completely different position today, this man was way dominating for her liking, and his intoxicated lost gaze wasn't helping her nerves either.

"Well, you are?" Cyril raised his eyebrows in amusement at her attempts to start a conversation, the way she seemed so nervous yet it was obvious from her body language she wasn't a person who liked silence, but the fact that she didn't know him didn't come as surprising as he thought it would be after all she was a foreigner, it was understandable she didn't know about what kind of a devil she was trying to know.

"Cyril Sokolov, 33, no family, a good businessman." He mumbled shrugging off, his introduction took her aback, never had anyone introduced themselves this way. 

Her eyes suddenly widened when she realised something, "You're 11 years older than me!" Her voice on its own went up startling the calm man, he felt a heat rising up his neck at her shocked eyes and exclamation of him being 11 years embarrassed him. She didn't actually look this young, he thought she was at least 25 or something.

Lily realised how insulting her words were so she instantly schooled her expressions and smiled, "I mean you look really young, I thought you might be maximun 26," This finally made the man get rid of his embrassment and straightened his back satisfied by her words.

"By the way, I am Liliana, you can call me Lily for short, I am 22." Cyril stared at her with his infamous smirk shaking his head.

"No, I won't call you Lily," This made her scowl at him as he leaned his body over the table and stared right in her blue spheres mumbling softly.

"Ana, I will call you Ana." Liliana felt the pace of her heart turning unusually speedy, never had anyone gave her this nickname, it almost felt like he wanted to call her something different from others.

After minute of staring in his hawk gaze, she finally blinked away breaking their eye contact, she felt her cheeks burning up and her hair being tied up in a messy bun didn't let her hide those tinted cheeks making the man smile secretly. He knew no woman had the ability to ignore his charm but this one time, he was surprised at himself for not using his usual cheesy nicknames but actually giving her a decent pet name.

After a few seconds of pure silence, the waiter returned and placed the dishes right in front of them, just when Cyril saw her food he frowned, "That's it? You ordered too less." This made her snap her head at him in shock. This was the first time someone actually didn't mind her eating habit aside of her family.

Otherwise mostly men told her she should eat less to maintain her figure, this was the First time a man who looked like a model himself advising her to eat more. "What?" Cyril questioned watching her staring at him like she had seen a ghost, he didn't say anything wrong right? He just felt like she was eating too less so decided to point it out.

"N-Nothing, I actually had a few snacks while working so I am not that hungry, thank you." Cyril felt a pang at his heart for being indirectly insulted by her manners, she was too good to be true but it still didn't stop the man who finally after so many months found a way to keep himself entertained.

"Work? You have a job?" Lily took a bite of her pasta as he questioned her making her look at him and nod in affirmation. 

"Yes, I am an artist, I paint, you know today I painted a beautiful scenario," With that the woman just spoke and the man just listened with full attention, she told him every details of her art and even told him how it helped her develop an idea to convey in the upcoming art competition.

Cyril frowned hearing the exhibition name and a small smirk appeared over his lips for a second as he again nodded at her looking engrossed at her chatter, Cyril wasn't a man who liked a talkative woman, but her voice felt weirdly soothing and the way she explained everything so thoroughly left him way more interested than needed. 

From her way of talking he observed one thing, she loved art, she loved painting and more specifically she loved talking about it. But what he found way more cute than anything else was her talking small bites between her chatter. She didn't forget about her dinner, she kept on eating her food and also telling him all the details in the world she had gathered in that painting she had done today.

"So, finally after a few touches I was done with it but then I realised I hadn't eaten anything so I came to the nearest restaurant and," This time her words were cut short by his thick Russian accent.

"You saved me and we both decided to have a good dinner together." She suddenly realised how she talked so much and smiled awkwardly.

"Sorry, I usually like having company during dinner, that's why." Her heart did a backflip when he smiled at her giving her the smallest smile anyone could give before assuring her.

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"It's ok, I like hearing you." Again she blushed before clearing her throat.

"Tell me about yourself," Cyril chuckled at her question, she was too innocent and simple to understand what he actually does.

"Like I said earlier, I am a businessman nothing special." He said shrugging off having nothing more to say, he wasn't entirely wrong as well, he just didn't want to go in depth of what his passion was, it would be really unpleasant and horrifying for her.

So keeping a small smile he nodded at her making her a little disappointed at his lack of words but eventually gave up when the waiter came with a small shopping bag with him, "Ma'am this is for you from the restaurant's owner." She got startled shaking her hands to refuse but the waiter placed it in front of her.

"It's a token of thank you ma'am, you saved our most important client and also saved the resturant from any further bigger damages so kindly don't refuse, the owner himself ordered it for you." Lily felt conflicted as she tried refusing again but this time Cyril butt in.

"Keep it, Ana, you not only saved me but also the restaurant's goodwill, so please." She finally gave up grabbing the bag and felt more down when Cyril paid the bill clearing reminding her of their agreement of him treating her a dinner.

She said goodbye to him placing her tiny palm in his large ones and frowned a bit feeling how tough and rough his hand was, it was almost like his business had do something doing a labor work, while Cyril enjoyed the untouched softness from her palm and reluctantly let the sweet girl go but his eyes trailed behind her until she finally exited the main gate.

His smile faded and he moved his finger summoning his secretary, "Liliana, I want every details you could possibly find her, I saw a picture on her wallpaper, find what's her relationship with Charlotte Davies." The secretary instantly showed a positive stance and left the resturant until the manager ran towards him looking disheveled. 

"Boss," Cyril held his hand up shooting him a sharp glare.

"You're fired, if she hadn't saved me I would have died in my own resturant because of my worker's negligence." The manager didn't dare to oppose him as he knew being fired was the most merciful this man could be and ran away leaving the cunning man alone.

Cyril steadily turned his Hazel eyes towards the place where she saved him and a small smirk appeared over his as he whispered under his breath.

 " Скоро Моя красивая Ana."   

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Translation: Soon my beautiful Ana.