THE BLEEDING HEART✔✔ (Completed)

Chapter 1

She had just lost her dad to cheap booze; liver cirrhosis and life had become unbearable especially after the relatives decided to throw them out of their matrimonial home. It was not easy. She was a graduate doing menial jobs to sustain her ailing mother, and struggling to keep her younger brother in school. The brother, John had been born after it was known that her mum had fibroids. And if removed, she would not be able to have another baby. Her mum had later been beaten by her drunk dad so bad that her spine had been ruptured. She was therefore bedridden and under constant care of Sonia and her brother John.

She had to do something. She was pretty but she never knew it. Round hips, luscious lips, long black hair, height 5'4, she was just anything that a man would look for in a woman. Intelligence was her second name but when it came to men, she had no idea how to deal with them. She had never slept with a man, but she would hear her friend Grace talk about how sweet Steve was, how adorable Stanley was, how this old man George was paying her bills, but she never admired the life. She always told her that she will get her own man at the right time.

They had recently moved to New York in search of greener pastures leaving her mum under the care of her little brother. Not that she could afford to pay a caretaker anyway but she needed to do something before they were thrown out of their home, which was mortgaged.

She tried applying for any job, because she had tried applying for an accountant which had proved futile. She had later gotten a job at a library during the day and a waitress during the night whereby her shift always ended at 12.00 midnight. She would always be tired but there was nothing she could do. Her friend Grace had gotten a job in a bank as a cleaner, and later as a Barista. It wasn't easy for them but Grace's shift was better that Sonia's.

On one Friday evening as she was working at the Jacobs a young man strode in with a Blondie. He was tipsy and ordered some Scotch and Lime from Sonia. Without looking at him off she went to get his order. When she came back she couldn't believe it. He was like a Greek god, so handsome, Blue eyes, black pulled back hair, black American! This dude was just eye candy.

She placed the order on the table and he lifted his eyes to meet hers. "Waoh! Girl you're pretty!" He whispered as his fingers trailed her hand. Hearing this the 'bimbo' was up with a handful of Sonia's hair as she started beating her up. The handsome guy stood abruptly and stopped them as the bouncers came over and threw them out exclusive of Sonia who was left mesmerized by the handsome guy's guts to fight for a stranger.

The following day a Saturday, she lay lazily in bed. Today's she's got no job. Except in the evening where she had to go to the Jacob's as one of the waiters had called in sick. She just wanted to relax for the day, do nothing order a takeout and just watch movies. Grace passed by and she noticed Sonia being edgy. She of course being the good friend she is asked what was wrong. How does she let her friend know that he saw a guy that she fell for at first sight? Definitely she would laugh at her and make fun of her. After a lot of plastering, she spilled the beans. She had to, Grace was something else when it came to getting to the bottom of things.

That evening when she went to work, she kept on the look out to see if he would reappear. A few minutes to her end of shift in strode the Greek god holding a brunette. One thing she told herself, either this dude is sex insatiable or he's a man whore. With that she decided to not, no, never go anywhere near him. She felt a sharp pain in her heart, pain that wasn't going away. She had to slap herself and asks her stupid self why she was getting jealous of a man she barely knew not even a hint of his name.

She wrapped a scarf to hide her face and made for the door when abruptly the handsome guy held her wrist. "Why leave so early? How about I buy you and my friend there a few drinks before you leave? A pretty girl deserves some nice treatment. Please let me." Show couldn't decipher what he was saying, her eyes were on his lips imagining what she could do to them. The only words she heard were, 'nice treatment, let me'. She smiled and shrug her shoulders. "No sir. I am not one of your fuck buddies. Kindly let me be on my way. I am super tired." With that she tried to pull her wrist out of his grasp which she failed miserably.

"I.I need to go. P.please." She stammered starting to getting scared. Once he noticed how uncomfortable she was he let her be. "Keiran. My name is Keiran. Have a lovely night pretty. I'll come along some other day." With that he left to go back to his companion but not before pecking her cheek.

That night, she didn't sleep and what she didn't know is that he also didn't. She kept recalling those beautiful brown eyes looking at her and the Peck. When at last sleep came, she dreamt, soaring on the clouds, holding hands with Keiran, almost kissing but before they could she would always wake up with a start.

The following weeks went slow. He was busy and had travelled to Italy for business. He had missed her, so much that he decided to pay someone to make sure that she was doing fine. He would send some flowers time and again scribbling his number but never got the long-awaited call. He missed her. Her beautiful eyes and lavish lips. He just couldn't wait to get back to New York.

After failing to see him for two months, she gave up, but she would not forget him. She had tried moving on but still she just couldn't. "Is this what the call falling in love?" She oftenly asked herself. She had to find another job elsewhere away from the Jacob's but nothing was forthcoming. On one Saturday afternoon, she had gone to buy a few groceries for hers had dwindled. As she was about to cross the road, she thought she saw him. She went towards him but he didn't even say hi! To say she was shocked would be an understatement. She let the incident pass citing her mind had played games with her.

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