One Step Closer
lonelycauliflower
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lonelycauliflower
Ongoing, First published Apr 01, 2017
Mature
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"What do you want?" - I asked hesitantly. 
The boy looked at me with his piercing blue eyes and he just shook his head. 
"From you, I want nothing!" - he answered without a beat. 
"But you were the one who asked for help!" - answered him, making sure not to let him closer to the door. 

He won't get away from me this time. 

"Listen - I said as calm as I could -, please let me help you out. I can give you accommodation for a while, or money, but I want to know that you are safe. " - I tried to plead with him, and I hoped it will work. 
"You can't live on the street forever ."  - I looked  him straight in the eyes, and wondered what those eyes hold. He didn't seem to be focused today, like other days, he always had an answer , no matter how much I tried to help him, he always refused my help. "

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Meet Marian, 28 years old, nearly broke, but always optimistic girl. Helping others is running in her blood - although her helpful nature annoys the heck out of the receiving party most of the time.  
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Meet James, 17 years old, homeless kid. No address, no steady income. Very pessimistic, very sarcastic and always angry.  He is filthy, he is agonisingly slow and eats like a wolf. 
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Greg is your average next door guy, with determination to keep his business afloat in a mainly women dominated area. He has no other interest but prove his family wrong, keep his flower shop open. 
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Cairo is the newly appointed CEO of a law firm in London. Being American, he finds hard to fit in the British society, and finds it even harder to make real friends. He is struggling with loneliness and has abandonment issues.

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What would happen if these people eventually meet, interact and change the course of each other's life? 

Prepare yourself for huge personality clashes, some agreement, loads of fight and ....some smut... 
Maybe... who
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