The billionaire and his new wife.

A limo pulled up one day in the village causing lots of attention all the villagers wanted to know who this rich person was that had come to their village it was that another day for patricia she opened her stall and told her daughter not to go anywhere and began working. Unlike other villagers who wore village native clothes Patricia wore modern clothes she'd brought with her in a big luggage. She'd heard about the limo but didn't care. she knew rich folks only truly cared for their money. Patricia was working a lot more than usual since 2 years ago her father passed away and her mother was ill, so Patricia had to work so she could get her mother the medicines and treatment she needed. Her daughter had wondered off while Patricia was working and when she did notice. Her heart almost stopped, her daughter was gone."Rui, where are you sweetie?" Patricia said as she left her stall and went looking for daughter. Meanwhile Rui was walking,taking in the sights until she realize she could not see her mommy anymore. The poor girl began to cry silently not knowing where her mommy was. A man walked up to her. a note down beside her "what are you doing here all alone?"he asked softly. The girl looked up at the him. he had blonde hair with black streaks in its in all places. he had Gray eyes and fair skin "can't find my mommy" she said quietly. The man noticed that the way she spoke was unlike those who lived in the village, she spoke with fluent English like she was from the city."probably learned it from her mother" he deduced in his head. "I'll help you find your mommy okay?" she noted and a wiped away her tears "a beautiful little girl like you shouldn't cry". He picked her up in his arms "let's go find your mum". "okay" Rui said. since he didn't know what her mother looked like. he walked hoping she'd recognize her Mommy and call her out "so does your mommy have black hair?" he asked. "yes.she has my eyes too" Rui answered. you know one in the village had Black thick hair like her or violet eyes so finding her mom was.... "mommy!" he was interrupted from his thought when she called out mommy. Patricia heard her and saw her easily. she run to her daughter taking her into her arms, kissing her forehead several times "you had me worried. I told you not to wonder around while I worked" Patricia told her. "sorry mommy" Rui apologized "it's alright sweetie" Patricia said lovingly, then she faced the man who had helped her daughter "thank you so much sir" she said with much gratitude. he had a smile on his face "it's okay. I found her crying" he said. "thank you so much. have a nice day" Patricia said, with that she turned and left with rui waving bye to him. He found himself waving back until he stopped and went his way. AT HOME "mother, I'm home" Patricia called out as she entered their small home. "welcome home dear" Betty, Patricia's mother said back to her. "Grandma I met a nice man" Rui happily to her grandmother. are grandmother raised an eyebrow. Patricia cleared our questions by explaining "well everyone has a guardian angel" Betty said to Patricia "still she can't always do this. I'm already working as hard as I am. I don't need my daughter going missing to add to it" Patricia said to her. "Patricia, you work so hard I worry, you're still so young and beautiful, you could still marry and have a life ahead. don't kill yourself with working so much" Betty advised. "I know that mother but if I don't work, how will I provide for you and Rui. I need to work" Patricia said to her mum. "I know, all I'm saying is that don't stress yourself. your daughter need you" Betty told her. "And I need both of you. Dad's gone, I can't lose you too" Patricia said to her mother. "you won't dear"Betty told her daughter "I'm hungry mommy" Rui complained not understanding what they were talking about. Patricia smiled and went into the kitchen to make dinner. Meanwhile elsewhere in the village, someone couldn't stop thinking about Patricia. THE NEXT MORNING "Mommy I want rice" Rui said to her mother "Rui we don't have rice yet. it's finished" Patricia told her. "but I'm hungry" Rui complained "you just ate" Patricia told her. "I'm not full" Rui said. "not now Rui. we..." Patricia began only to be interrupted "I want rice!" she began crying and Patricia sighed "I'll go buy rice. you stay here with your grandma okay, don't disturb her too much". "okay mommy" Rui said and Patricia left. All she had to do was by rice, return home and cook it but Rice in the market was always costly. "How much for the rice?" Patricia asked. "30,000" Patricia knew she couldn't afford this. it would mean using all her money and she'd saved up to 60k for future use and also she only took 20K with her. it was the money she'd earned yesterday. she signed "I don't have 30K with me now only 20 please consider". The woman looked at her and said "if you no get money, your luck. me, I have business to run". All this village people were almost like the rich folks at the city. "Please just sell it. I live far away from here and only brought 20K with me. it's for my daughter so please" the woman just attended to other customers. "Sell it for her" a mysterious voice said. Patricia recognized that voice. she turned and saw the man who'd helped her daughter yesterday and now here he was, asking the woman to sell it for her "excuse me?" Patricia asked. "you don't remember me". "oh I do but why are you helping me...again. "I just want to okay and you don't need to repay me" he said "here you go" the lady handed her the bag and he dropped the money like it was no big deal, at some point in Patricia's life, it would have been but that was then. "Thank you again. I really appreciate it and here" she handed him the 20K with her but he refused it "I'm doing this because I want to, no need to repay me". "But..." Patricia began but he interrupted her "No buts. I helped because I wanted to". "So you want nothing in return?" Patricia asked. "well, your name would do" he said " it's Patricia" she told him "you?" she asked. "zyaire" he answered. "Well thank you zyaire". "It was no problem at all. I must go". "sure" Patricia said. The man was 32 years old. he had never smiled in a long time but just seeing Patricia yesterday, he'd smiled. Everyone thought of him to be dark and bad, maybe he was but he was more open to Patricia and he'd only met her yesterday. Patricia went home and made rice for her daughter and mother "Patricia, come eat" Betty said to her daughter. "I will mom. I just need to check on the crops" Patricia said to her. "Eat Patricia. The plants can wait" Betty said. "fine" Patricia told her mother. Meanwhile "Boss, your mother is requesting for you" his best friend and bodyguard told him. "Tell her I'm coming Dylan" zyaire said to him. Dylan nodded " yes sir" Dylan said. With his mother "When are you finally going to settle down?" Aty, zyaire's mother asked him. "why are you forcing me into marriage". "I will because after Brian died you haven't been the same, always alone. you need a wife" his mother told him. "I don't mother because I'm fine" zyaire told him mother. "you aren't fine. There're alot of girls here, marry one and...." she was interrupted by her son. "Don't finish that mom because you of all people know it'll never happen" zyaire told her. "what do you want me to do? is it until I kneel before you, before you finally decide to get married. it can't go on like this and you know it" his mother told him trying to convince him. "you're the one stressing yourself mother. I have no interest in getting married yet" he stood up and walked to his room. Aty sighed "Dylan, you're his bodyguard, best friend. Have you seen him with anyone?" "yes ma'am. he was with a female, black hair, violet eyes and he smiled. first time in a long time, I'd never seen him smile until then" Dylan told her. "Black hair, violet eyes...hmm... Patricia, the single mother. He smiled for her, Patricia isn't someone who's necessarily looking for a husband. infact no one knows what happened to her husband" she explained. "The boss also helped her at the market" Dylan added, just to clear her doubts. "He likes her. That's wonderful!" Aty said with joy,it was a start before he actually begins to love her. "I'm not sure if we can say he likes her yet but he's obviously attracted to her" Dylan said. "That's good enough for me. keep an eye on him" Aty told him. "I already do that ma'am" Dylan said. "you know what I mean. maybe there's hope yet" aty said. THE NEXT MORNING "Don't leave mommy again dear" Betty said. "Okay grandma. I promise I won't" Rui said. " let's go Rui" Patricia called out. " Bye!" Rui said waving to her grandmother . AT THE MARKET "mommy, I wanna go see the nice man" Rui said to Patricia. "what nice man?" Patricia asked. "The one that help me" Rui said. "Not help, helped. I don't know where he lives sweetie" Patricia corrected and told her . "No fair. I wanna see him" Rui said to her. "you only met him by chance. we don't even know who he is and we'll probably never see him again" Patricia told her. "B-B-But I wanna see him" Rui said to her. "well I don't know where he lives and even if I did, it's a no Rui" Patricia told her. "I wanna see him" Rui said. "Rui,I don't have time for this" Patricia said in a Stern tone but Rui was persistent. "peas mommy. can I go?" Rui begged. "And it's please not peas" Patricia corrected her. "peas" Rui begged again. "No Rui. I don't know him" Patricia said to her. "Okay mommy" Rui said as she wiped her tears and continued to play with her dolls. Patricia sighed. she hated seeing her daughter cry but what could she do. it's not like she had magic to know where he lived. "so this is where you work?" a voice said. Patricia looked up "it's you. for some reason I'm not surprised. Rui, it seems the nice man is here". "wheely mommy?" Rui asked and Patricia chuckled "it's really not wheely". "wheely" Rui said in an attempt to repeat after her mother. "She's been going on and on about seeing you" she picked Rui up and Rui extended her hand to him and he took her in his arms "I miss you!" Rui said to him happy. "sorry, she's not the best with some words" Patricia said. "I'm surprised she knows this much. she's four right?" Patricia nodded and Rui confirmed for him "I four. I soon be fie" . "For someone who doesn't go to school, she's learned alot from you alone" zyaire complimented. "Yeah but I wished she could get real education but i can't afford for the village tuition fees" Patricia told him. "what if I offered you something different?" zyaire asked."How different?" Patricia asked to confused "you seem like someone who's been in the city for a long time before coming here" zyaire stated. "I once lived there" Patricia said truthfully. "you can return and work as my maid. I'll pay for Rui school. she'll get the best education and you can live in my home, your own room" zyaire said. "the offer sounds too good to be true. I don't even know you and you are offering all this, I'm just not sure and I can't leave my mother. she's ill and..." she was interrupted "my mother is coming with me to the city, your mum could come too and I could pay for her treatment" he said trying to convince her. "How rich are you?" she asked, curious. "I just have money" he said "I'm still not sure" Patricia said. she was having a hard time believing all this was true. "I'll give you 3 days to think it through. the fourth day I leave. your choice" zyaire said. "I guess" Patricia said. At home Patricia couldn't stop thinking about the offer. The offer could help her a lot. it good bring a lot of doors for her but at the same time, she wasn't sure she trusted him. Betty noticed her daughter's absentmindness and once Rui was in bed, asked. "what's wrong dear?". "it's just this guy. he's offering alot, education for Rui, treatment for you and work for me but..." Patricia said. "it all seems too good to be true"Betty finished for her. "yes but I don't want to risk it" Patricia said. "He offers this to you, wants you to live with him. This could be a chance for you, take it. Don't let past issues stop you" Betty told her. "you're right mom. I just need to confirm something" Patricia said. What does Patricia have to confirm and who's zyaire? why's he offering this to Patricia. is it love or something else related. Please this is my first story online so the encouragement means alot