Falling in love

Zared looked up at the people walking by, ignoring his presence. He was outraged by their behavior, he was sitting in the middle of a London street begging,

despite being the CEO of the biggest company at the time. Who would find that acceptable? But once more, this was his decision.

Zared was thinking about where he was and what he was doing until he noticed a girl, a girl with blonde hair, emerald eyes, pale reddish skin. She was dressed in a white top with straight biege pants and sunglasses resting on top of her head. Zared was enthralled by her beauty but did not expect her to help him. He assumed she was rich and would never look at Zared, the beggar.

He still rolled his bowl of coins in front of her to catch her attention. She looked down at him and then his bowl.

"I won't give you money" She said raising her eyebrows.

"Please ma'am, I'm really hungry, I haven't eaten in days" He said hoping she'll help.

"I can buy you food, but I won't give you any money, is that alright? "

Zared's eyes lit up, he couldn't believe she was ready to help him, he has grown up watching how arrogant people like her are, but she was helping him?

Zared nodded, curious to see where this would lead. Since most people treated him that way and did not want to reject him outright, he was prepared for her to go and make a fool of him. Zared expected the least and didn't yet trust the girl.

He waited for a while longer, thinking she might return, but she had been gone for almost fifteen minutes. Zared sat there clinking the coins in his bowl, having given up on her and realized there was no way she would ever want him.

From a distance, he noticed someone similar approaching him. He narrowed his eyes to focus on the person, and sure enough, it was the one he had been hoping for.It was the blonde girl and she had two huge carrybags in each of her hand. When she got to where Zared was sitting, she crouched to his level.

"Here," she said, moving two of the carrybags from her right hand to Zared.

"This is your food,"

Zared looked at the large carrybags filled with snacks, vegetables, fruits, chips, and other goodies.

"And these are your clothes" She said raising the other hand holding the carrybags.

"For me? Why?" With big, sparkling eyes, he asked as if he were not the billionaire who possessed more than just nice things and clothes.

"Because you need them? You can change in the restroom," she said with a normal expression, which confused Zared even more.

Zared was full of suspicion; he had felt almost every emotion up to this point because of this girl, he was confused, but mostly suspicious.

"Do you always stay here? " She asked

"Yeah...Yeah I do"

"What about your family, do they stay here as well? " She asked looking around other beggars.

"I..um- I don't have a family"

"oh, I'm so sorry" She said with an apologetic expression.

Zared pursed his lips in response.

"What's your name? "

"Za-Charlie" said Zared almost exposing himself.

"Nice to meet you, Charlie. My name is Riley, and I will be passing by this area frequently, so I guess it will be my treat every time I pass?"

She said smiling widely

Zared was confused and didn't want to believe her.

"Haha I get this reaction a lot, Actually back where I'm from, I had made a lot of friends on the streets, just like you. I really like helping people, I've been doing it since I was little, for personal reasons, I had to move from my city to this one, so here I am trying to make new friends." She arched an eyebrow in completion.

"Oh... That-thats great" Zared had no other reply to this, he didn't know if he should believe her or not, but his suspicion was slowly fading away.

Riley smiled broadly as she said, "I will see you around then, Bye," getting up and walking to the end of the street.

Lily was killing time on YouTube at 8pm when she heard the creak of the door opening. As she hurried over to it, she saw Zared walk in smiling, his eyes wide open and slightly pursed lips. This was the first time he was smiling and it was exceptionally mesmerizing to her since she had never seen him smile before.

Lily's lips also turned into a smile as she took off his coat and wondered.

"How was your day?"

"It was fine" Lily's eyes went wide in surprise.

This was the first time he answered this question, or any question.

"You look....happy today? " She hesitated.

"Is it bothering you?" Zared asked. Lily could not stand him being happy; it did not please her; she preferred him to be miserable all the time, according to Zared.

Her smile faded, and her gaze dropped to the floor as she shook her head.

"What's for dinner? " He asked, not failing to surprise Lily again.

Something was off about him today, Lily noticed and smiled internally. He's not like this, perhaps he made a huge business deal?

Lily proceeded to set the dinner table. Lily glanced at Zared and took a deep breath.

"So, did anything special happen? "

"No, why do you ask? "

"Just.... You seem happy today"

"Why can't you just stand me being happy? "

"I'm happier now that you're happy, why would I have a problem with you being happy, I wish you were like this all the time"

Zared didn't reply.

After they finished their dinner, Lily was washing the dishes when she saw a muscular veiny hand snake beside her and felt a hot breath on her neck, way too close, he was way too close. Lily's heart beat fastened, her eyes shut at this action