Flowers For The Dead

Ayra Fatima, aged 24 fled from her native country with her two younger sisters and mother after being threatened by members of the local mafia who wanted to obtain money Ayra's father owed them. Her father gambled all his life savings away and died in a drunken accident leaving the young girls to fend for themselves. Ayra promised herself to provide a better life for her family than her father ever could. This shaped her to be hard-working, focused and assertive. Everything is going well until she bumps into a certain someone and everything starts going downhill from that point on...

Xavier Romano is the 28-year-old son of the world-known billionaire Asad Khan who married an Italian country girl. They had two adorable children and quickly became a prestigious family in the eyes of the public. However, that all changed when Xavier's mother died due to cancer. He became distant from his father and solely focused on his family business.

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"Get off me!" I snarled and he obliged almost instantly as he stood up.

"Well, I don't plan on spending the rest of my evening lying on top of a nutcase in a muddy puddle." He mocked, attempting to brush off the wet mud off his blazer.

"Excuse me, a simple sorry would have sufficed." I snapped while I gathered my scattered belongings from the ground.

"An apology for what? Not moving out of the way as you ran into me like a lunatic?" He snapped back and picked up the now muddy flowers he was buying.

"It's basic human decency to apologize after bumping into someone...whatever it doesn't matter. Have a good day," I huffed as I started speed walking again to get out of sight of whoever saw me earlier, "running into a hard pole." I said the last part loudly enough for him to hear.

I heard him say something but I couldn't understand what it was, not that I had the time to stay and argue anyway...