Falling For The Silver Fox Rancher

Maya stood in the aisle of a grocery store on a late evening Friday. It was two weeks after she left her cheating boyfriend, Nolan. She had gone to get some groceries for the weekend. Karen, her best friend who she was staying with for the meantime, had gone home to Austin for the weekend.

She had wanted Maya to come with her, but Maya had refused. She knew she wouldn't be any good company to her friend in her state of mind. So she refused. Maya moved along the aisles with her eyes scanning the shelves for the best deals.

She picked a can of beans, a box of pasta, and moved to the shelves stacked with different brands of tuna. Her fingers traced the grooves of the labels, searching for the cheapest option. Knowing she had to be cautious about her expenses until she could get a job.

She picked four cans of the cheapest brand and added them to her cart. She wheeled around, picking other items here and there, and then went to the checkout point.

Nolan used to be everything to her; the love of her life. He had taken her under his wings the moment they started their relationship over two years ago.

He changed her life completely. He stopped her from working as a waitress at the restaurant where they met. She had enjoyed every good thing money could buy in the last two and a half years of her life. She had Nolan to thank for that. The only problem she had with him was his cheating.

He always promised to change, but he never did. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she remembered the good times they had together. She had to take the hard decision to leave him because her life was already in danger. The rich girls he was cheating on her with would always come to threaten her. Sometimes they would beat her asking if she thought Nolan, a billionaire heir would marry her a poor orphan like her.

Maya beat down a sigh and went to pay at the checkout point. Clutching her bags of groceries close, she walked the short distance back to Karen's apartment.

It was getting dark by the time she got to Karen's apartment ten minutes later. A hand grabbed her from nowhere before she got to the front door.

She knew whose hand it was. "Leave me alone, Nolan," she shouted. "What do you want from me?"

"It's time you come back home," he growled with anger. "I have given you enough time to cool off your anger. Let's go home."

She wasn't surprised at Nolan's attitude. He was one spoiled rich kid who liked to have things his own way at all times. And being the heir to his parents, he always got whatever he wanted. "But not this time," Maya thought to herself. She'd had enough.

"No, I am not going back with you," she tried to push him away. "It's over between us. I am done with you, Nolan. Go back to your rich girlfriends. I can't do this again, you are constantly putting my life in danger."

"Bullshit!" Nolan smirked. "You know you can't survive without me. If you don't come now, I won't take you back when you come begging later."

She kept on struggling, "leave me alone, I'm not going with you. I will survive without you."

He kept dragging her. She was no match for his strength as she struggled fruitlessly with him.

"Help!" she yelled, desperately. "He's trying to hurt me!" But no one came to her rescue.

"No one is going to save you," Nolan mocked her.

Suddenly, a shadow walked towards them in long strides. "What is happening here?" The man asked.

"None of your business, buddy," Nolan spat back. "She's my girlfriend."

"No...no," Maya protested. "I am not your girlfriend anymore. It's over between us."

"Leave her alone," the stranger pushed Nolan away. "You heard the lady."

"What if I don't leave her, old man?" Nolan shouted.

"Then, 'am going to call the police. He brought out his phone from his pocket and held Nolan by the pants. "What do you say, young man...?"