Darling, only I can be your man

chapter 2

“Michael… Michael Matthews”

“Huh?”

Michael chuckled, “Silly woman, didn’t you ask for my name?”

“Oh yes, I almost gave up on that.” She finally said coming back to her senses. “So why were you

injured?”

“I was attacked coming from a bar.” He said through gritted teeth. Michael knew it was not done

randomly, if his thoughts are correct then this has something to do with being the heir to the Matthews’

Group. He does not have full proof but he will indeed investigate to find the culprit and mastermind

behind tonight’s incident.

“Why would you go to the bar alone?” Ariana thought maybe he went to pick up girls. He might be

a playboy, he has a face for it. ‘I did not notice he was this handsome before, maybe it was the dirt that

hid his beauty’. Ariana felt inferior to his majestic beauty, it was unfair to females.

“I was not alone, I just went outside the bar to make a call when I was attacked. I was taken from

the bar and they left me in the alley to die. They took everything I had on me. It wasn’t much though,

just my phone and a little cash.” His eyes dimmed while recalling tonight’s incident. ‘Several people

passed by but only she was brave enough to stop and helped’ he thought to himself. I hope to meet her

again after the enemies are dealt with.

“You have to report this. This is serious and you need to go to the hospital in the morning to get

your wound thoroughly cleaned.” She said in a soft voice. “You can borrow my phone to make a phone

call so your family can know that you are alright.”

“No, it’s fine. I will get going in the morning.” ‘I don’t know who my exact enemies are, so I don’t

want to alarm them’ he thought with a gloomy face. “Where can I go and wash up?”

“Upstairs down the hall to the right. I will get you a fresh set of toiletries and a quilt” she got up and

went to her room to fetch the items and gave them to him. “I… I will be going to my room. Please

remember not to get your wound wet.”

Michael responded with a nod and went upstairs to freshen up. Ariana went to her room to study.

She is in her second year at University Hampton of Business.

Her family owned a small business but her father does not support her much ever since she was a

little girl. She grew up with her father Ashton Fearon and her mother but when she was just three years

old her mother disappeared. Father does not talk about her and I am not allowed to discuss or ask

about her if I do not want to trigger father’s bad temper. After my mother left, father brought home my

stepmother Angela White and half-sister Gina Fearon. My half-sister is just a few months younger than

me.

I hated my father since then. How could he have betrayed mother and me? He brought two vicious

snakes into our home and they made my life a living hell for every passing day in that goddamn house.

Thinking about this, I suddenly remember Adam Richards, my ex-boyfriend of three years who is

now my brother-in-law. Due to his Rich family background my stepmother Angela played tricks to get

her daughter with him successfully. They are engaged and supposed to get married after Gina Fearon

leaves University.

I was so heartbroken that I cried myself to sleep many nights until I felt like I had gotten over it.

The worst part of this situation is the fact that Adam was not firm enough to hold onto our relationship. I

can still remember his words in my head, “Ariana, Gina and I are getting engaged.” I am sorry it took

me so many years to see the kind of monster he is. Shameless!

As soon as I got through to University Hampton of Business, I left without looking back. Hopefully

in the next two years I can go back to the family company to work. My parents build the company with

their own sweat.

I got part time jobs to buy food and daily necessities. I got into the University through a scholarship

for the past two years and I have to work my ass off to keep it. Emily paid most of the rent and I felt bad

about it. She is moving back to her parents’ home per her father’s request in a few days and I will need

to move back to my dormitory. I cannot pay the rent and afford food all by myself. Emily offered to pay it

for me but I cannot have her do that. She is such a sweetheart when she is not angry. Ariana smiled

thinking of her bestfriend who had always been there for her no matter the situation.

Ariana finished study for the night and was now ready for bed but before doing so she slightly

opened her room door and peeped at the man on the couch fast asleep. She then closed her door and

went to bed.

When she woke up the next day, she was frightened to see an empty couch. Michael left and there

was a note “Thank you for your hospitality, you saved my life and I hope to repay you back soon. I ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

didn't even get your name princess but I will know it the next time we meet. Michael”