'Maybe the rain can wash away my pain.' Téa thought as she dragged her bruised body onto a road way. Screaming for help would be a waste of breath since the shoulder brunette was surrounded by trees. The nearest housing was about ten miles away.

Walking slowly on the dirt road, rain poured heavily on her almost flawless skin. Her aqua blue eyes show hurt, angry and worst of pain, from the bruises on her entire body. The stones that make up the road pieced her delicate feet as she bare footed to who knows where, hoping some one would find her. The only thing she wore on her fragile body was a simple brown dress with patches reaching down to her knees.

Tears flow from her eyes as she reflected on what transpired a few moments ago.

Flashback

"You worthless bitch, I told you to clean the floors before he comes home!" A red head woman yelled as she slapped Téa across her face. Falling to the wooden floor, she grasp in pain.

"Mother, I…" Téa started before she was kicked in the stomach by her mother.

Yelling in pain as the black, ten inch Stiletto heel connected to Téa's face.

"You will not let this one get away from me." Her mother yelled as she referred to the newest man in her life. Téa placed her hands onto her stomach as she looked up at her mother's emerald eyes.

"When you look at me with those eyes you remind me of him." Her mother said.

Téa knew him referred to her father, who had passed away last year. Since his passing her mother started to show another side. His passing had a great effect on the Gardner household. Téa felt the most pain, since she was daddy's little girl, she was treated like a princess and the most important girl in her father's life now she felt like a slave in her own house. Téa groaned as she tried to get up only to have her mother use her left foot to kick her back down.

As the mother prepared to strike again, the front door swung opened to reveal a man with jet black hair, blood red eyes and tattoos decorated on his biceps having a skull on each one with it's mouth widely so the words 'Hate' on the left and 'Life' on the right could be shown in them.

"Maddie, I am home. Where's my food?" He asked walking to the mother and daughter.

"Sorry to say baby but Téa dearest didn't cook anything." The mother said walking over to hug him.

"You good for nothing whore," The man walked over to Téa and punched her across the face. "You are a stupid, good for nothing child, that should rot in hell, just life your father."

"Don't ever talk about my father," Téa said. "In that manner. You knew nothing of him."

"But I did, darling." Her mother said. "I spent eighteen years with that man and the only thing I got from him is an idiotic and lazy daughter." Her mother walked over to Téa and spit in her face.

Téa quickly got up from the floor and punched her mother in the face. She never took the words that her mother said about her to heart since she graduated high school at age fifth teen at the top of her class, Téa knew she wasn't stupid and damn sure she wasn't a prostitute. She made a promise to her father before he died, that she would find a guy that loved her for who she is and not her body and she loved him in return for who he is. Despite their flaws, he said to never expect perfection for nobody's perfect.

"You vial little ingrate. Honey teach her a lesson." Her mother ordered.

The man grabbed Téa by her neck and beat up her badly before kicking her out of the house.

"I never want to see you again." Her mother said as she closed the door.

End Flashback

Breathing heavily Téa fall down to her knees, her cheeks turned scarlet red. Trying to stay focus, she turned to get up back but couldn't and fell to the ground. She cried harder as images of her father and her flowed though her head. 'Maybe they are right and I am worthless. Daddy was the only one that ever really cared for me. I never had any friends because mom always scared them away and I never had a boyfriend in my entire life, like a normal eighteen year old would have. Every time I look in the mirror, I see a nobody.' She thought. 'Is this the way I am really going to die? In the middle of a dirt road alone? So much for finding a prince, I should have known, fairy tales aren't made for real life.'

Closing her eyes, Téa spilt into a state of unconsciousness.

Driving rapidly on a dirt patch road, millionaire Atem Mutou drove in his black Honda Accord toward the city of Domino.

"I thought this was supposed to be a short cut? Next time I know to never to take directions from Joey, Tristan and Yugi."

Coming from a business meeting at the Rio Grande Hotel a few miles outside of Domino, Atem wanted nothing better than to just go home, take a bath and sleep. Been the CEO of one the world's largest gaming company has its ups and downs. Only twenty-one years of age he has made a living for himself. Some men envied him while some girls adore him for either his looks or money, sometimes both.

With his deep voice, hair consists of multiple layers; while his fringe is made up of long, crooked blond locks, the main body features seven large, black spikes with magenta-rimmed edges, his skin tanned from spending his earlier years at Egypt with his mother before coming to Domino to live with his grandfather, biceps formed to perfection and violet eyes. Girls drool at the sight of him.

His friends told him it was time for him to settle down but that was easier said than done. He knew the right girl was out there, somewhere but where? It's not like he was going to find her lying on a road somewhere or was he? As he continued to drive the headlights showed a girl lying on the ground. Pressing down on the brakes, Atem stopped the car and got out. Walking over to her, he flipped her over. Shocked at the amount of bruises she had, he couldn't image someone hurting a lovely maiden like her. Taken back by her beauty, he also couldn't help admiring her.

Picking her up gently, bridal style Atem carefully placed her into the back of the car. Wrapping her with a blanket, he had in the trunk he quickly drove her to his house.

The next morning Téa opened her eyes to see she was in a room. Sitting up she moaned softly. 'I have a headache.' Looking around she took in her new surrounding. The room was larger than a normal size bedroom that's for sure, the walls were painted light pink, it had a closet, a computer in the right hand corner, a flat screen at the centre of the room between two old English style windows, an electronic piano in the left hand corner, a large ache shape door leading to the balcony, another door leading to the bathroom and a queen size bed position in the centre of the room just below a silver chandler.

Getting off the bed Téa released that she wasn't wearing the clothes from last night but a spaghetti strap shirt, baby blue in colour and a jeans shorts.

"What the heck?" Téa ran over to the full length mirror placed near the bed and saw that all her injures were treated and bandage.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to be up so soon." A voice said.

She looked to where it originated from to see Atem standing at the door with a tray full of food.

Scared she managed to ask, "Who are you? Where am I? And what happened to my clothes?"

"I am Atem Mutou and you're at my house. As for your clothes I had to throw it away since it was covered in blood. I also treated your injures and gave you some clothes my mother had gotten but couldn't fit her."

Blushing from the fact that he saw her naked and he is the hottest guy she had ever seen in her life. Seeing the sincerity in his eyes Téa smiled as she sat down onto the bed.. "Thank you."

Atem walked over towards the bed and placed the food carefully on it before sitting down. "Your welcome Miss…"

"Please call me Téa." She said as her stomach began to grumble.

Embarrassed she blushed again. Atem found it cute and smiled. "I made you some breakfast. Here." Atem moved the tray nearer to her.

"Thank you." Téa said once more.

"No problem and when you're finish eating we need to talk about how you were found laying on a road in the middle of nowhere."

Taking the glass of orange juice from the tray, she took a sip before answering. "It's simple really. My mother and her boyfriend beat me up and kicked me out on the street to die."