Unexpected

Prologue

Helen

I've always known what I want from life, what are my passions, what I can't stand and what yes, the people I want by my side. I'm one of those people who always know how it ends, the kind you often say "you were right" to, I've always been good at predicting people's moves... except his.

For me he was unpredictable, unexpected. He walked in front of me without my realizing it. His character was like a burning fire with everyone, that thing that if you touch it you hurt yourself and the sign remains. But every time I got closer, the flame dwindled and that infernal heat was transformed into a welcoming warmth, the one that makes you feel protected, at home. Only when I was too close it made me walk away and burn me. I didn't know what made him do it. Even now my hands are reaching out to that flame, trying to warm myself, although I am aware that it could still burn me at any moment.

Harry

I've always thought: smart women are no good. They always know how to destroy you using their heads, thinking, they know how to make you feel a fool and the perfect man at the same time, it's up to you to understand if you are more one than the other. They aren't fooled, they don't allow themselves to be taken for stupid. And that's just what I love most about her.

She is stubborn, she fights for her ideas to the end, she knows how to assert herself, she knows how to stand up to you, she is not a doll to play with. If she were, she would rather come to life and start acting out of her mind. That's how she is. But at the same time I am stubborn too and it is difficult that if I say one thing I'll do another.

I promised myself not to torment my nerves for one of her who never wanted me, not to consume my soul for her... and instead, unexpectedly, happened the exact opposite.