Chapter 2 Angel from God

Amelia was freezing under the rain.

It was cold and she had no umbrella to cover herself. Even worse than that, she had nowhere to go. She was wandering in the rain and crying. Where would she run to?

She wanted to go to Derek's place for the main time, but his house was far across the city and she did not have money to transport herself there. She was in deep trouble.

She was shivering very hard when she sighted a big store afar. She started running towards the store so that she could take shelter there. The store was so big, that it could pass for a warehouse. Amelia made up her mind not to go inside the store, but stand outside till the rain stopped. She did not want to think about where to sleep yet. She just wanted to survive the rain first.

To her surprise, the store was open. Some men were busy with something there. Amelia timidly greeted the men and stood by a corner. She did not want to talk to them because she did not know if they were dangerous people. She stood there for a few minutes before she entered the rain again and continued walking aimlessly. She did not see her boss from work there, but he had seen her.

She was so lost in her thoughts, remembering the events of the night, that she did not notice the person walking behind her. She only knew of his presence when the rain suddenly stopped touching her.

Amelia looked up to see that she had been covered by an umbrella. The person holding the umbrella was wearing a hoodie, but he removed the hood and there he was. Leonard Alexander.

"Oh, good evening sir," Amelia greeted him formally.

"What are you doing, walking aimlessly under the rain, Ms Woods?" Leonard asked. Leonard was a tall and handsome man with dark hair and piercing blue eyes. Just like his name implied, he had the build of a lion. He had broad shoulders and just the perfect ass to go with it. He was the general manager of the WGM Groups where Amelia worked as a bottom barrel marketing staff.

"Oh, I uh, I... I am just uh," Amelia tried to find a lie to tell him. "What are you doing out here?" she asked as a way of trying to take off his attention from her.

"I was at that warehouse for business," Leonard said and Amelia knew that he had seen her when she came to take shelter there.

"It seems like your rent is due. Is it?" he asked, taking his attention back to the topic. She nodded immediately.

"I see," he said. "So, where to now?"

Amelia chuckled nervously. She had nowhere to go, but how could she tell her boss that she was now homeless?

"I uh, I was looking for a taxi," she lied, knowing that it was a lame lie.

"Ms Woods, who looks for a taxi under the rain, with a luggage bag?" Leonard asked her. He knew she was lying. "Were you thrown out of your house?"

Amelia nodded, and the tears that she had been trying to keep away started pouring again. She narrated the event of the evening to him while crying and Leonard immediately decided he was going to help her. It was a quick decision without second thoughts, but he didn't mind.

"Would you like to stay at my place till you figure yourself out?" he asked, as if bringing a stranger in to live with him was a casual thing to do.

Amelia stopped crying immediately. Her sadness was replaced with complete surprise. Was he an angel from God? Only an angel would offer a stranger to live with him so quickly. Not that they were complete strangers, but Amelia only knew Leonard as her boss at work, nothing else.

"But sir..." her words trailed off.

"Well, if you have a better choice, that is fine–" he was still talking when Amelia jumped on the offer.

"Yes, yes! I will. I will stay with you," she said quickly and Leonard nodded.

"Let us get you a change of clothes first."