Damian Anderson my mysterious neighbor, I heard he was an ex-soldier a high raking officer at that, but retired due to unknown causes. I rarely see him and I have a brief description of his appearance in my mind. He is probably more than 6 feet maybe 6,3 or 6,4 and his chest double the size of mine, he has a ripped body obviously as an ex-soldier. I moved into the house beside his a year ago, and I only saw him three times. I never had the chance to talk to him and I would rather avoid talking to him because he looks intimidating. But something is quite ironic about him, The intimidating looking big man has a garden in his backyard with full of elegant and beautiful flowers that he cultivates. I saw his garden from the first floor of my house, and it was like a fairy tale garden.....managed by a rough man. It's quite ironic and cute, I want to visit his garden, but I'm scared to talk to him. Scared as I was, I heard that people sneak into his garden to steal flowers and when they get caught, oh that scary man beats them into pulp... It's hard to believe that some would beat people just for a flower,than again he cherishes his garden, and he is scary.

I am Sophia Elgaria, a single woman in her early twenties. Yup I'm single, not because I'm ugly but because I have high standards plus the work I do for a living forbids me of having a boyfriend too.

I have parents whom I lost contact with after they abandoned me in my childhood because I couldn't live up to their expectations, a topper, a pianist and a future doctor. I sucked at science and I was always average in studies and piano? I sucked at that too. They said I was a waste of money all these years of educating me bore no fruit, and they were sick of my face and disgusted by the fact that their daughter was a looser, which I actually wasn't, I was good at basketball which they didn't allow me after they discovered that I Secretly play basketball. They said I should focus on my studies and piano is the only thing I can do other than studies. In short, they never appreciated my true talent and told me to be someone I wasn't and when I failed to do it, I became an eyesore for them, so they abandoned me as I was a disgrace to our oh so graceful family.

When they abandoned me they rented a tiny room for me in a hostel and sent me minimum living expenses till i was eighteen. But i who was determined to change my faith started saving money from day one. I saved a little everyday and sometimes earned a little by walking people's dog and babysitting. I also sold cookies in my school for money. I had one goal which was, to earn a lot of money and how would I earn that? I couldn't play basketball as well because from the day my parents scolded me for playing basketball i got traumatised everytime i saw a basketball. my one and only talent was lost. But i still found a way, a way that may not be acceptable for others but it was acceptable for me and my only option to get out of this miserable life. "Only phans" a platform where i could share explicit pictures of mine and earn a generous amount or more. I got his idea from a social media influencer i followed, he was rich because of only phans and i was impressed as how good his lifestyle is. He paid his brother's student loan, bought his mother a house and retired his father from only phans money and they were proud. But the only difference was he was a boy and i was a girl, i thought will the society respect me as they respect him? will the society will treat me equally as they treat him? and then i realised that if i worry about what society would think i would be destroying my life which i dont want. But i was still scared. at the age of eighteen when i received my last amount from my parents i had enough money to buy a PC and i bought it and started my journey.

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I started to post my pictures on only phans and even did live videos but never have I revealed my identity. I always wore a mask and with a fake name I continued my journey. It was quite fun to see how much money I earned just by few bikini photos. Maybe because I had a good figure from the start. I had an hourglass figure, I had bust thankfully and my skin was pale that made me look what the boys were interested in, A damsel in distress. I earned my first wage and moved out of my hostel and looked for a spacious and nice place to live, a cozy home for me. Nonetheless, I found one and I rented it. I planned to buy it after few more wages because I liked the house and in addition to it was faraway from my parents home. But there was a problem, it was an apartment building which was never quite and Neighbors would knock on my door anytime they can to disturb me with their gossip, just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I like to gossip, go away!. But I still managed to live there and as I lived boredom grew, I now did not want to stay there because I wanted a peaceful and beautiful environment with nature and wind. But it was impossible if I lived in that apartment so after four years of living there and doing only phans i could call myself rich. I saw a flyer about a plot on sale and a mansion. It was just the thing I was looking for, peaceful, beautiful environment with nature and wind because there were no buildings around it only mansions, I got to know it was where rich people lived. The society of rich people, but that didn't bother me and I moved into my dream house where for the first time I saw that man, Damian Anderson. I was helping the delivery guys into shifting my stuffs and I unlike my size lifted quite a heavy box, on the verge of falling and being crushed under the box. Damian saved me that time, he held the box for me and held me to..... he was so strong. After he put the box inside my house he gave a brief introduction to me and so did i, we exchanged names and that's the first and last time we talked even though just few words. To thank him I made chocolate cookies the next day and wrapped it into gift wrappers. A pink one and went to thank him. I thought he would invite me in offer me a cup of tea and we will have a nice chat, but that wasn't the case. He opened the door, asked me what do I want, accepted my “Thank You” gift and closed the door. How rude! After that we never met face to face and I only saw him twice. He came back home from grocery shopping and he bought ration for the whole year.

I heard from my other neighbor about him and so on. I could not deny the fact that his garden was one of a kind and I too wanted to have a garden like that but I didn't like to do gardening.

One day, as I was walking through my yard looking for wild flowers to put in my diary I stumbled upon a beautiful red rose sticking of the wall. It was big and beautiful, it was in its finest blossom. I was tempted to pick the rose, a rose like that was perfect to put in my diary. I unconsciously extend my hand to pick the flower unaware of the huge man beside it. As I touched the flower a big hand grabbed my wrists and pulled me up! It was Damian! He literally pulled me up by one hand making me float in the air and then he pulled me towards his side. It took me by surprise as how he could do that then I looked down and saw that his garden was made upon the floor. His land placing was above mind and he pulled me up to his side by one hand Of course he is strong and I'm 47 kilogram. I was scared now, being in front of a man who is 6,4 me being 5,6. He was huge, and scary, he was glaring down at me and spoke with his husky voice

"So you are that little rabbit that keeps stealing my flowers?"

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I felt wronged! It was my first time stealing so how can he that I keep stealing his flowers. Short-tempered as I was I looked at him straight into the eyes and said

"it wasn't me!"

Damian pins me to the wall and with his big rough hands that held guns and grenades years ago held my chin gently and came closer.

"So this little rabbit knows how to bite too? Quite the cheeky little danger aren't you?"

I don't know why but I got flustered I could see my reflection on his eyes and my face was red as a cherry. I tried to push him back as he was so close that I could feel his breath but he didn't bulge even a little? Damian looked at me for a few seconds and then backed away himself. He held my hand and dragged me along with him.

"Follow me"

I had no choice but to follow he was strong and walked really fast. I was being dragged inside his house.

"where are you taking me?!"

His back from behind was so broad, for a brief moment I wondered how would it feel if he embraced me in his arms. We get inside his house and he finally stops and looks at me and utters

"it's time to compensate little rabbit"

Damian finally let's go of my hand and points at the dining table. There were several flower pots and packets of seeds?

"Help me plant those seeds and I will let you go back home"

It wasn't a very harsh punishment, rather it wasn't even a punishment. I looked at that man and I saw, softness in his eyes.

"Let me warn you beforehand, I'm not a skilled gardener neither I ever did Try gardening. "

"Well that won't be a problem you just have to dig a hold, put the seeds inside gently and fill the hole back again gently and give an adequate amount of water to the baby seed."

That's how easy it was when he described, but here I'm still struggling. Digging was a hard thing I even got myself dirty. There were eight flower pots in total and I completed planting two.....when I planted my second pot I saw that Damian had already completed the other pots, He is very fast...or maybe I'm too slow.

"You did a great job"

Damian complemented me but I think it was an empty complement because I did a horrible job, I took an hour to plant two pots, I messed up the table, I messed up my clothes and even my face I guess. Damian was smiling or more like holding in laughter.

"So, where do I put them now?" I pick up the flower pots ready to shift to the ordered place.

"You can take them home"

That caught me by surprise, was my work so bad that he is telling me to keep it with myself? He doesn't want them in his garden?

"Take them and take great care of them, beautiful flowers will bloom in your garden too, so you don't have to steal flowers from others"

That's embarrassing, I got caught in my first try! And now this statement hit me like a rock.

"I told you I didn't steal any flowers from you!"

"It's fine, from now on just tell me which flower you need, I will pluck it for you"

Damian was grinning to his ears, it was obvious that he was mocking me and my short height.

"Hey! I'm not short its just you are a giant!"

Damian broke into laughter. His smiling face was....captivating, he looked so adorable that it made me smile too.

"I will go back now"

"Why don't we have lunch together since you helped me so much today?"

Damian stood up and looked at me, I don't know why but I could feel that his eyes were asking me to stay, they were telling me not to leave, to stay here. What a lovely feeling.

"Are you a good cook because i can't digest stale food"

Damian smirked.

"that good? then i will stay"

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