Meeting Damien

MIA'S POV

After being thrown out on my ass, I picked myself up and started the long walk to my car. it suddenly started to rain as if I wasn't miserable enough.

As I walked to the car in the pouring rain, I couldn't help but feel a mix of anger, sadness, and betrayal. It finally hit me that Lucy and her daughter Clara, even Matt my so called fiancé had been using me all along.

They never liked me but liked the jewelries, expensive clothes and the luxury I could give them and now that the money was gone I was completely useless to them.

They threw me out like I was nothing, just because my father lost everything. It was a harsh realization, but I knew I had to let go of their toxic presence in my life.

I felt completely shattered, walking to my car in the pouring rain, tears streaming down my face. The raindrops mixed with my tears, drenching me from head to toe.

As I walked slowly in the rain, feeling the weight of my emotions, Suddenly, I couldn't feel the rain anymore. I turned around, and there he was - a very handsome man, holding an umbrella over my head. In that moment, fear gripped me. I wasn't expecting someone to be follow me out, and I didn't know this person. My heart raced as I tried to make sense of the situation.

DAMIEN'S POV

I was just walking into the house when I saw my older sister Lucy and my niece Clara being unnecessarily mean to a very beautiful young girl. I stood aside and watched the drama unfold. Turns out this girl was none other than Mia Silverstein, Matt's ex fiancée. 

I had never met her as I was outside the country for years and only returned yesterday. Listening to their conversation told me all I needed to know. Her father went bankrupt , Matt called off the engagement and she needed the money she had borrowed Matt  to pay her dads hospital bills. 

As I watched her being dragged out by the security, a sense of curiosity and intrigue washed over me. There was something about her that captivated me, even in that moment of distress. Unable to resist, I found myself following her outside, drawn to her beauty like a moth to a flame.

 She was walking really slow and didn't even mind that it was raining. I went to my car, took out and umbrella and shielded her from the rain.

I watched her face contort in confusion as she turned around and looked at me. 

"who are you?" She stammered as she tried to back away from me.

My eyes were drawn to her lips as they quivered in the cold. Her long blond hair was matted to her head and her green eyes held a million questions as they peirced my face. I was a bit taken aback at how beautiful she looked.

I hated being involved in other people's drama and had no idea why I ran after her. There was just something about her, her aura drew me close and I couldn't understand why.

Without answering, I dragged her out of the rain into my car. 

she looked scared and was ready to run.

"Relax. I'm Damien. Matt's uncle."

i saw her eyes fall as she tried to realize why I was talking to her. " I don't know you"

"I know." I hated taking too much but I was clearly making an exemption for her.

"I'll give you the money"

she furrowed her brows and she tried to keep up with the conversation "what money?"

I reached into my dashboard and pulled out a cheque book and wrote the sum of one thousand dollars and handed it to her. 

she looked at the cheque and back at me a few times, shock written all over her face. "why?"

That question upset me as I didn't know why I was suddenly being nice to my nephew's ex fiancé. I came back to the country after successfully establishing several companies abroad that were worth billions of dollars. I only came back to start a comapny here, not get involved in some family drama. 

"Take it." I shoved the cheque into her hands before she could decline and before I could stop myself. 

She looked at it and began rambling " Sir, I'll pay you back I promise. I'll get a job and pay you back"

I was about to tell her not to bother about repaying me when I shocked myself with the words that came out of my mouth.

"You'll work in my company until I decide how you'llpay off your debt."