Chapter 1
Veronica's POV
"Doc, how is my mother doing?" I asked the doctor when I entered the hospital.
I finished work at four in the morning, so I only went to the hospital today. I was in a hurry when I found out that my mother was attacked again by her stomach pain.
"Hija, I'm going to tell you, we need to remove your mother's tumor from her fallopian tube because it's growing, it's dangerous and she could die. Your mother has been confined here for almost a month, your bills. " The doctor answered me before leaving.
I looked at my mother lying in the hospital bed.
I'm sorry if I can't treat you right now. I'm still saving. But just tell me and I will be able to save five hundred thousand to treat you. It's just a fight, mother.
I turned and walked out of the hospital. I can't look at my mother for a long time while I don't have any treatment for her. Also, it will only make me angry when he sees that I visited him again.
I went home to sleep because our club was tiring with the number of customers yesterday. Because it's Friday, many people go out to have fun.
I dropped my body on the bed without a mattress. I'm very sleepy and tomorrow at nine o'clock I still have work.
Yes I still go in even though I work at night. I am a first year college student taking an engineering course.
I'm studying because I want to get out of the club I belong to. I want to live in a way that is more pleasant and more respectable for others.
I had no choice but to join as a dancer in the club that my mother used to attend. I dance with only my bra and panties on. But we were masked so somehow the shame of my body was relieved.
No one at our school knew that I joined the club as a dancer. I don't want them to know either.
My mother used to be a dancer at the club I used to attend. He had a customer he loved very much. That's my father.
Mother got pregnant and I became the result. But when he was about to tell my father about me, he heard that he had left for another country.
I don't know the whole story, but that's all that sister Hermei, our Madam at the club who used to work with mother, told me.
I must admit that my mother did not treat me well. But I still consider her my mother and I still love her.
After all, he should have aborted me because I was an 'unwanted baby'. But my mother still brought me back to life.
That's why I'm not giving up just to get my mother treated. I will be able to enter as a female comforter.
I don't like this job but I earn a lot here. I get tipped by the men I date.
I just felt the touching touch of different men on my body. I don't have a choice.
But I'm only up to the table.
I woke up when my keypad cellphone that I just bought for 100 pesos rang.
"Is this Miss Atara?" The woman on the other line asked.
"Yes."
"I just want to inform you Miss that your mother is in the operating room and the doctor asks for your consent if we will continue the operation." The nurse answered.
I immediately got up to tidy up a bit and walked out.
"Ma'am, is it Mrs. Atara?" I asked the nurse at the information desk.
"Ma'am, she's in the operating room. This is the consent form." He handed me the paper. "Kindly sign this so we can do the operation."
I immediately signed the consent form because I knew that mother's illness was serious. If the tumor in her fallopian tube bursts, she will die. I can't do that.
"Ok Ma'am, you can sit there now." The nurse said that's why I sat down first.
After more than two hours, the doctor came out of the operating room.
"Doc, how is my mother?" I open here.
"The operation was successful. We just have to wait for your mother to wake up, but she's stable. We will transfer her to her room after the wrap up." The doctor answered so I breathed a sigh of relief.
I went home and decided not to go in to sleep at least because I was going to work early later.
I woke up around five in the afternoon so I got up right away to get ready.
I walked to work. I have to save because mother's surgery has gone on. I need to pay the hospital.
"Oh Jade. Why is it your morning for time in?" Jasmin greeted me when I entered the club.
"My mother has already had surgery. I need a lot of money." I said and walked to the dressing room to get dressed in my black panther uniform.
"Oh Jade! What a morning you are." Madam Hermei said when I entered the dressing room. "It's just that Lessly wasn't there so you danced on the hot night."
I just nodded and got undressed to get dressed.
"It's a girl, in our job you can't get five hundred thousand right away just like that. You have to go deeper." I looked at Jasmin. "What if you just look for 4M?"
"4M?" I said in surprise.
"4M, don't you know that since we've been working here for a long time? 4M, Old Rich Dies Easily!"
My eyes widened at what he said.
"A-ah, I-I'm still young." I said here.
"Girl, you work as a club dancer. That's not childish work. Come on, be aware of the fact that you are no longer a child in this kind of conversation." He said. "Oh wait, someone is calling me." He said goodbye before leaving.
I don't know why I think about that. I don't know why I'm thinking about what Jasmin told me.
I finished dancing as the Black Panther and now I'm dressed in red as a horse with a tail on the back.
"Oh Jade, it's you again for the hot night." Madam Hermei called me.
I went out and started touching the pole. I know Lessly's dancing here because I watch her.
I just apologized giving emphasis to the tail that was stuck to the back of my short shorts.
I just danced when I saw a man who I thought was in his 60's. What Jasmin said to me entered my mind.
I also immediately ignored it and tried to avoid the sticky look of the old man I saw.
"Jade, someone is looking for you." Madam Hermei said to me when she entered the dressing room. "Give it to me now. Maybe that will help you." It suddenly whispered to me.
"What? Table?" I ask here. It's because I'm not trying to be stable, so Madam is not forcing me because she's also my mother's friend.
"I hope so. You also need money. Don't worry, I'll still look after you." He said more.
I also went out after I got dressed.
I was startled when someone pulled me. I immediately looked at the person who pulled me and I was very surprised when the old man who was staring at me earlier pulled me.
"Are you the girl who wore the sexy-tailed suit earlier?" The old man asked me.
I nodded hesitantly.
"Shit." He said and made me sit in the seat next to him.
"So how old are you?" He asked while holding the wine he was drinking.
"20 more." I said here that there was a hint that I was too young for him if he had any intention of taking me home.
There is something like that with us. It depends on the woman if she goes with the man and it will be decided there. Other colleagues of mine can tell me that.
"You're too young to work in this kind of place as a dancer?" He said and smiled at me.
I was surprised when he suddenly smiled because earlier he gave me a sticky look when I was dancing in the middle.
"Why are you working here?" It asked me.
I don't know if I should tell him about it or not. I mean, this uncle and I are not close.
"It's ok if you don't---"
"'My mother is in the hospital and needs surgery. It is difficult for me to get a job with a large income. This is because I receive a tip after dancing, I just give it to our Madam. Then there is also a salary. . This is because I think the income is easy or fast because we are paid every day. In restaurants, when I go in, the salary is monthly or weekly, so I only worked here." I have a long story here I need money every day because my mother and I have nothing else to earn. My mother is in the hospital, I'm alone in our small house that we also rent so I have to stretch a bone.
"Are you still studying?" Mom asked me.
"Yes. I'm still going in to graduate. I also want to get out of this place so I can get a white collar job, I'm still studying." I answered this and thought about my dream of becoming a civil engineer.
"You're so diligent." He smiled at me so I smiled too. "How's your mother, by the way?"
"He's still in the hospital. He just finished the operation." I looked at Jasmin who was passing by and the dog was smiling at me.
I remembered the 4M he said earlier.
Veronica, bad manipulator.
It's like I'm talking to myself with my mind.
"By the way, what's your name?" It asked me.
My system panicked a bit.
It's ok even if you don't say your real name, right?
It can be a nickname.
That's right, I just gave it my nickname.
"I'm Jade." Let me introduce you here.
"Jade." He repeated my name and nodded his head. "I am Will, Will Almonicar." It was an acquaintance so I reached out my hand to it. He reached for his.
We talked until someone called him so he had to go out.
I also left because he was with his staff on the way out, so he might have left as well.
"Hey girl! Do you agree with my 4M suggestion?" Jasmin greeted me when I entered the dressing room.
"No. I don't want to use people." I said here and was fixing my things because I said goodbye that I was going out early to watch over my mother and also make my plate that was due the next day.
"Hey, it's not like that. But do you really expect to find 500 thousand in just one month, your hospital bill is getting bigger and bigger while your mother's stay is getting longer and longer." He said before going out.
I held my breath.
What he said was true. It's impossible for me to find 500 thousand in a month. Our hospital bills keep getting bigger and bigger.
I don't know what to do, if I should stop studying or get another job. 'I really do not know.
After I got dressed, I said goodbye to Madam Hermei.
"Whose is this from?" I asked when he handed me 1200 pesos.
"Give it to the old man you tabled earlier." Madam answered. "I told you, you'll save a lot if you keep doing it."
I don't know if I should be happy or nervous because the old man handed me too much money.
I went straight to the hospital to visit my mother and pay our hospital bill slowly.
"Ma'am, the 500 thousand for your mother's operation has already been paid." The nurse told me when I went to pay at least 10 thousand.
"Ho? Who paid?" I asked the nurse curiously.
"I didn't introduce myself, but I got a letter." The nurse said and handed over my letter. I took it and sat down to open it. Miss Sexy Tailed Suit,
I was moved by your story so I paid for your hospital bills. See you in the club tomorrow.
Mr. Will
My eyes widened when I read Mr. Will sent me the letter and paid my hospital bills.
How did he know my mother's name?
So how did he know about the hospital?
He is quick to pay off our debt here.
Does it have a replacement?
What does it replace?
Why am I nervous?
Those are just some of the questions that came to my mind.
I was about to enter my mother's room when I met the doctor who operated on my mother.
"Miss Atara, your mother has woken up and most probably next day you can leave the hospital." The doctor said to me that made me smile.
"Really, doc?"
"Yes." He answered me with a smile.
After the talk with the doctor, I went into my mother's sleeping room.
"Mom, you can go out the next day." I whispered because I didn't want my mother to wake up. It will surely make me angry again.
"Mom, did you know? Someone was kind enough to help me with your hospital bills so we can get out. I miss you." Tears came to my eyes but I immediately wiped them away.
"Tomorrow, I will thank him at the club. I want to thank him for his kindness. I owe him your life." I said and kissed my mother.
Then I went home to do my plates due the next day.
To Be Continued...
Chapter 2
Veronica's POV
I'm currently fixing my plates so they don't crease.
"Oh Jade, it's good to come in?" I was greeted by my only friend in school who also knows my job.
"Yes. I would have stopped studying if no one was kind enough to pay our hospital bills." I said here.
"Really? Who paid 500 thousand for surgery?" It's already humbling to face me.
It's still gossip hahaha!
"I met an old man at the club one day. I was surprised that when I went to the hospital, that old man had already paid my mother's bills."
I still have to thank Mr. Will. I'll thank you later.
"Huh? Old?" It surprised me.
"Yes. I will still thank him. I don't know how I will pay Mr. Will for 500 thousand."
I arranged my plates and put them on the table to pass later.
"Are you sure about that? Mami, that's an old man you met at the club. Couldn't he have a bad plan for you?" He knew there was a matching forehead.
"It's bad to judge right away Joyce Deluine." I said here. I don't want to think badly of Mr. Will is the size of my debt to him. I don't want to think badly of that person's kindness.
"I mean, Veronica Jade Atara, don't get me wrong, but you said you work at the club as a dancer, doesn't Mr. Will like you?" It whispered to me because I begged not to tell where I work.
"N-no ah. I can see my father in him." I didn't even see or touch my father.
"I don't know about you mommy, I just told you." He said and stood up because my Prof was about to enter CE Shopwork two
My class ended at two o'clock.
"The chem is bad, don't let it go." Joyce complained while her forehead was tight.
"Yes, yes. I have a headache, I'm exhausted." I said too.
"That's why I don't want Tuesdays, there's no breaktime from 7am to 2pm. It would be nice if there was someone who would deliver food to us." Joyce said.
I have a headache because we don't have a class break.
"Alright mommy, I'll go first. I'll go see mom before going in." I say goodbye here.
"Alright mommy, be careful. I can't visit you at the club because dad will scold me." She smiled at me.
"It's ok. Be careful too." Then I had a baby with him.
I visited my mother before going to the club. Mother will be able to go out tomorrow as well.
I still have to thank Mr. Will did what he did so I went to the club early.
"Oh, I guess it's your morning today? You don't have any plates?" Madam Hermei greeted me when I entered the dressing room.
"The deadline is still a little long. Madam, did you tell Mr. Will about my mother?" I asked because I was still wondering how he knew about my mother.
"Yes. He asked before you tabled him." It said. "Oh hey, I'm going out first. Help me serve outside first. Farjan is absent. You serve the reserved VIP first."
I have already dressed in pants and t-shirt to serve first because I will be dancing later tonight.
"Oh it's good and you're done. Go to VIP room number 5, ask Sir Theo for their drink." Madam Hermei said to me that's why I dressed up to go to VIP room number 5.
When I entered, five men met me sitting on the couch while three of them were next to women.
I looked at Odette, Pinky, and Baby who were now next to the three boys.
I smiled at them and they did the same.
"Sir, can I take your order?" I asked while looking at one of the five.
He looks fresh. The two buttons on his long sleeve were still open. His eyebrows just met me.
I can only describe him in one word, he is handsome. Really handsome.
That's Veronica's customer.
I just smiled at him, maybe he would lose his temper when he met his eyebrows.
"Ah Dalmore only Miss. One bottle first then give us 5 glasses. Ok?" It was the person next to Pinky who answered me because the man I smiled at seemed to have no intention of answering.
"Nothing else Sir?" I ask.
"We'll call you later." Then he smiled.
I went out to prepare their order. When I came back, Pinky was kissing the boys next to them.
I don't hate looking at them. I know everyone's story.
No one likes this kind of work. But due to the dire need, they were also forced to enter this type of work.
Pinky's mother and my mother used to work together. They are also dancers of this club. Pinky is the daughter of a British man. Like my mother, his mother also got pregnant and left. With the intensity of Pinky's mother's anger towards her father, Pinky also felt sympathy and was forced to enter it.
It is said that Pinky was still young when her mother brought her here. When his mother died, it was Madam Hermei who brought him back to life and to help, he continued working here. He said, he has gotten used to it so he has lost his shame about what he is doing.
Each of us has a hidden pain that is why we ended up in this situation.
"Oh get dressed in your black panther suit." Madam Hermei said so I got dressed.
As I used to do, I just danced in front of the pole. I was about to hold my right hand when my mask suddenly fell.
I immediately picked it up and put it on. I looked around me and breathed a sigh of relief because no one seemed to notice my face.
After I danced, I went straight to the dressing room when Madam Hermei stopped me.
"Why?" I ask here.
"Go to VIP room number 5 first." It said.
"Alright, I'll just speed up the pregnancy---"
"No more. Bring it over first. Sir Theo doesn't want to be kept waiting for a long time." He said that's why I took their wine to serve them.
When I entered the VIP room it was still the same, there were four of them with a girl next to them. While the other one still raised his eyebrows while looking at his wine.
"Oh, you were the one dancing on the stage earlier. You're here, you're supposed to be next to Theo." The one with the long sleeve said to me.
I was about to refuse when they glared at me, Baby, while pointing at the angry man next to them with their snouts.
Even though I was wondering, I just sat next to it. But this man didn't pay attention to me. He was still thinking about the wine.
"Hey Panther girl, drink." The man Odette kissed earlier handed me wine.
"no---"
"Come on." He forcefully handed me the wine so I had no choice but to drink it. Especially this man who is angry at the world is staring at me.
"hin---"
"Is it really like this fellow here?" Throwing a red dress at Odette.
"Ah no. Come on Jade, drink it." Odette told me that's why I reached for it again and drank it.
Until I have more. I'm like a fool, refusing but reaching for what they give me.
I just felt very dizzy and I knew I was already drunk at that point.
I also felt someone lift me. And because I know I'm already drunk, I don't know who picked me up. Little by little, my vision darkened. But before I lost consciousness, I heard someone speak.
"Now you can have your hot bed rest, Theo."
And with that, I lost consciousness.
I woke up when I felt something caressing my thigh.
"Oh!" I grunted as I was hurt by the sudden tingling in my thigh. "It hurts."
"Shh, I will pay you later." I was shocked when I heard a male voice. Only then did I feel someone run over me.
"W-who are you? B-let me go." I tried to fight but it was too heavy and I was too dizzy.
"You will like this." He said it in a husky voice while kissing my neck.
"like---" I stopped speaking when he suddenly kissed me on the lips.
I tried to struggle but it was like struggling with hulk because it didn't even move.
"Ugh!"
Shit!
There was a sudden moan from my mouth when his lips kissed my breast.
I can't see clearly on this man's face but I know he's smiling upon hearing me moan.
He just continued what he was doing while I stopped my own pleasure in what he was doing.
I was embarrassed when he touched my pubic area.
No!
I still have many dreams!
Please!
"Please..." I begged him to stop teasing me.
"Sure." He grinned and his mouth moved on my womanhood.
No!
"P-please, don't. I still have a mother to b-support. I'm still studying. Please." Now there are tears in my eyes.
I felt him stop what he was doing.
I had a chance to get up and sit down. I didn't care if I was naked in front of him but I just sat with my back leaning against the headboard of the bed with my face buried in my knees.
"Please, I only work in that place to provide for my daily needs and to treat my sick mother. I'm not a walk out woman who moves around. You seem to have mercy." I said while crying on my knees. "I'm the only one my mother expects. I'm the only one who lives for my mother who was abandoned by my father. I'm the only woman I have because I gave up even my dignity so that we could live. This is the only thing I can be proud of in my future husband. It's like have mercy."
"Shh, you can sleep now." The man said that's why I looked up but my vision was still blurry.
He pulled me and laid me down. It annoyed me. I also felt him lay down next to me and hug me.
I woke up to find myself alone in the bed. The man who almost raped me is gone. I got up to check if there was blood on the bedsheet but I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw nothing.
Didn't get what I was saving.
This is the only thing I can be proud of my husband. Even though I am a girl who dances in front of many men in the club, I keep the only evidence that I am still a virgin to be presented at the altar of my future husband.
I looked at the money on the table next to the bed I was lying on. I saw a letter under it.
Miss Panther,
Take this money with you as a sorry for what I've done to you last night.
That's all that's written in the letter. The person who posted it didn't even identify themselves. But I'm sure the man I was with last night left it here and I'm also sure he gave it to me.
What is this?
Paid for tasting myself yesterday?
I was overwhelmed by the amount of blue money the man left yesterday.
20 thousand?
In all my life, I have never held this much money.
I took it and walked out of the hotel.
I want to not accept the money but I know I have to be practical. This money is a big help to get my mother and I started. I can pay off our house loan. I can now buy my Engineering stuff and I won't have to borrow from Joyce anymore.
"Mom!" I called my mother when I saw her upright in her bed.
"What are you doing here?" It asked me when I entered.
"The doctor said we can go out now. This is it, I brought some food." I said with a smile to my mother and slightly raised the food I bought from the famous fast food chain.
"Get out of here." He said to me and went back to his bed. He turned his gaze to the window of his room.
I just smiled and came closer to feed my mother.
"Mom, eat now." I said and brought the spoon to his mouth.
"I do not want." He said while still looking at the window.
"Mom when---"
"I don't want to!" It shouted and shook my hand holding the spoon.
The smile I forced to release from my lips.
"Mom, I'll just leave this food for you here---"
"Take that." It cut off what I was going to say. But I still left it and left in a hurry because my mother might just throw the food at me.
"I do not like you." My mother said before I finally got out.
Then tears fell from my eyes.
I didn't want to live either.
I didn't like this life either.
But I'm fighting...for you. I'm doing all this for you, so you can accept me too.
I'm going home to get ready to go in and this afternoon I'm going to pick up mom at the hospital.
Since childhood, my mother has always told me that she doesn't like me.
I lived my life taking care of my mother and I never once experienced being cared for by a mother.
I used to get spanked from my mother because I was still studying instead of working. That's why I joined that club because my mother forced me to. He said he wanted me to remember the pain my father suffered from my mother.
I used to cover the bruises I used to get from my mother with concealer and face powder so that it wouldn't be obvious while I was dancing.
I do and endure everything because I believe that one day he will accept me too. My mother will accept me too.
I know my mother still loves me. It was just too painful for him that his love for me was covered by anger.
After all, she is still my mother who gave birth to me even if she had a chance to abort me.
To Be Continued...
Chapter 3
Veronica's POV
"The world isn't really fair for those who are not content with their lives, those who keep on comparing themselves to others, and selfish people." I read it in the book that our Professors make us read in contemp while sleeping.
I somewhat disagree with this.
"Yes, Miss Atara?"
I immediately looked up when Miss Angeles suddenly called me.
"Yes, ma'am?" I stood up immediately.
"Do you agree to the author's statement?" It asked me.
I smiled before formulating the answer in my mind.
"For me, no." I saw his frown as if he was interested in what I had to say. "No, Ma'am. If we will stick to that saying that only those who are not content with their lives see the world as unfair, no one will strive harder unlike the others just to survive. No one will look for food when they are hungry to just to prove that they are content even if there is nothing to eat. The world isn't fair because if it is fair, I hope no students enter a job they don't want to enter just to live and provide for her mother's health. If the world is fair, everyone I hope the family is whole. I am not saying that I am not satisfied with my friends, but nothing could ever fill the place of my father in my heart, that others had. The world is not really fair that is why, we have to do something that we can survive for a long time. If the world were fair, our students would have equal sleep. But no, because there are people who work even into the wee hours of the morning just to keep themselves and their mothers who are in the hospital alive. However, the others, eight hours of sleep is complete." I explain.
"Ma'am, let me add something." We turned to Joyce.
"Yes, Miss Deluine?"
"I agree with Miss Atara. But my father taught me that God really made the world unfair so everyone can see His power, His power to provide and fill those gaps, so we could live in equity." Joyce explained.
"I like your arguments. But that is not our lesson. I hope you could make your own book about that." Our Prof said so Joyce and I looked at each other before sitting down.
The world is not really fair.
If it's fair, I wish I didn't have to join the club as a dancer because I'm already satisfied with a simple life, it's okay to have something to eat, but no.
The class was over so I went home to do my assignments before going to work "Mano po nay," I was about to hold my mother's hand when she suddenly pulled me aside.
I just smiled and went upstairs to do the assignment.
After a few hours of hurrying, I got dressed to go to work.
"Mom, I'm leaving." I'll say goodbye here even though it won't pay attention to me.
"Oh, you seem late now." Baby greeted me when I entered the dressing room.
"I finished my plates. Why, did Nadam Hermei look for me?"
"No, I'm just used to you coming early."
I was about to get dressed as a waiter when Madam Hermei suddenly stopped me "Ahm Jade, don't be a waiter, can you dance twice now? Ruffa didn't come in."
"Huh?"
"You're a leopard first."
I have no choice but to follow. It's also extra income. So that I can save to pay Mr. Will.
I just remembered Mr. Will. I haven't seen him again yet.
"Awww!" I said as my head suddenly started to ache again.
After that, I went out to go to the stage.
I am wearing a sexy, seductive leopard printed lace suit. I stared at the animal printed fabric covering my womanhood and my chest.
If the world is fair, I don't need to do this just to survive and be loved by the one I treasure the most, my mother.
I also came out with an animal printed dress first to take off when I'm on stage.
Just like I used to do, I just swung seductively. There is only a little bit of shame and trying to avoid the sticky looks of the drunk people inside.
After I danced, I was about to go down when a drunk man pulled me.
"Ouch!"
"You're beautiful, Miss. You look good while dancing. I'll rent you for tonight." He said so I tried to find one of our bouncers to help me but it's Friday, there are a lot of people so I'll have a hard time finding them.
"I-I'm not renting." I said and tried to grab my arm from the grip of this person I didn't know.
"What's not? You're all the same here. Name your price." The man said and was still pulling me.
Like usual, people still don't care even if they know a woman is being raped.
He was about to let me into the VIP room when two people in suits stopped the man.
"Sorry, but that girl has been rented." Said one of the suitors.
"I was before him." The man said and I was about to let him in but the two bodyguards still blocked it.
I was surprised when the bodyguard forced my hand back from the man holding me.
"Ouch!" I moaned because it felt like he turned my hand into wood if I could pull it The man persisted but I was surprised when he suddenly looked down and kept quiet.
I was surprised that I couldn't let go of the bodyguard who was now holding me, pulling me towards...Mr. Will?
"Nice to see you again, Jade." I was surprised when he suddenly touched my cheek with a kiss. "Mind if I take you out of here now? I already talked to your manager. Don't worry, I'll pay for your service fee."
"Where are we going?" I will ask.
"Dinner." It said. I also smiled and nodded. I also have to thank him.
He handed me a paper bag that I was surprised to reach.
"Wear that." He said so I took it and got dressed.
It was a fitted wine red short dress. It even comes with red stiletto heels.
"Let's go." Said Mr. Will came out of the dressing room and walked with me.
His bodyguards, who dragged me earlier and went to an expensive restaurant with his beloved car, opened the door for us.
I gazed in amazement at the huge chandelier in front of us.
Mr. has also ordered. Will of food. He ordered because I was overwhelmed by the price of the food.
Each meal is my one month's salary.
"Um, Mr. Will..."
"Drop the Mr. Just call me Will."
"Ah s-alright..."
"Drop that, again."
"Oh okay, Will." I got used to calling him Will. Well, he is in his 60's, he looks like my grandfather.
"Thank you very much for helping my mother. Just give me a little time and I will pay you back."
"No need to pay me for that. I'm ok with you going out whenever I ask you out."
"Huh?"
"Nothing." It smiled.
We finished eating and I don't know how I managed to swallow the expensive food.
"Thanks for the food, Will." I said as he drove me to our house.
I don't know how he knew that I live here. He kissed my cheek again before leaving.
"Do you have a sugar daddy yet?" I clutched my chest when I heard my mother's voice when I entered.
"No mother."
"It's good that you can leave this house." He said before going up.
I smiled again and wiped the tears from my eyes.
"Oh, Jade. Mr. Will is looking for you." Pinky greeted me when I got off the stage. I frowned at what he said.
"You?"
"Gosh, that's ok Jade. Age doesn't matter." I even patted it on the shoulder.
"Eh? He's like my father, what?"
"He's a girl. He made Mr. Will nampucha a father. Get settled girl, you obviously bet you didn't make him a father. You work in this place and don't expect to find a father here." He said this and I laughed a little.
I felt a little insulted by what he said.
Maybe Mr. is just kind. He can help me.
I don't want to think about anything. I don't want to give malice to people's kindness towards me. After all, I owe him a lot. I just reciprocate the kindness he shows me.
I got dressed and went to the table of Mr. Will. He smiled at me before kissing me on the cheek.
I've gotten used to it because maybe he's just like this with the girls he meets. It's not a kiss with lips touching the cheek. It was like a kiss so I didn't think too much about it.
I learned many things about Mr. Will. I found out that her husband has passed away and he owns a big company. That's why he was so quick to release such a large amount of money to pay his mother's hospital bills.
But I still have to pay him. It's still not a joke to give that much money to someone you don't care about.
"Let's go?" Here it is.
He always asks me to dinner every time he comes to our bar.
"Huh?"
"Don't worry. I said goodbye to your Madam." He said with a smile. I smiled shyly.
"Oh, you and Mr. Will are going out again?" Pinky opened up to me again when I entered the dressing room to change clothes.
I just didn't answer it because I knew it would think maliciously again.
I don't see anything wrong with Mr. inviting me. Will. But I also don't understand why it is so kind to me.
I don't like it, so I don't know why he cares so much about me.
"Oh be careful girl. Just let me know when you will resign from here." Pinky followed, still laughing, before I could get out.
Mr. immediately grabbed me. Will on the waist as I approached him.
We were just in the backseat of his car while his bodyguard was driving.
Suddenly, my heart pounded when Mr. Will in hand. I immediately took it back. It turned to me.
"Sorry. I guess I surprised you."
"It's okay." I tried to smile normally so I wouldn't feel alone.
"We're going to a party." It said. I immediately turned to him because of the shock. I thought we were going to dinner.
He smiled before finally getting out of the car. Only then did I realize that we were opposite the mall.
"Are we doing it here?" I will ask.
"You'll be fine." And it barely smiled.
"Ah Mr. Will..."
"Will." This is what I'm going to say.
"Ah yes, Will. Where are we going?" He suddenly smiled widely.
"Let's go." And it pulled me into the mall.
"Don't you notice?" I turned around here. "I'm courting you, Jade."
My eyes widened when he said this.
"Age doesn't matter right? I want you to give me a chance." He said it in a commanding tone.
I was dumbfounded by what he said and didn't even notice that a woman was making me sit in a chair in front of the mirror and started fixing me.
Mr. is flirting with me Will?
Only then did everything he did sink in on me. Paying my mother's hospital bill, inviting me to dinner, her kindness.
Isn't that a bribe?
I do not know what to say. I don't want to lose him but I think about the big debt I owe him.
"Where did you and Mr. Will meet?" I came back out of my trance when the lady who was fixing me asked me.
"at the bar." I still hesitate to answer this.
"Cheap." It was almost a whisper but I still heard it. I just bowed.
We don't deserve it.
I have a messy bun and hair with curls on the side. My make-up is glittered so it's still visible in the dark.
"Okay." The groomer promised me and made me stand up. He turned to Mr. Will and smiled before turning to me again to stare at me.
"I'll buy you a dress." Mr. said Will and pulled me.
I will talk to him later.
I don't want our attitude to lead to lovers. I can't consider him a boyfriend, not because he's old, but because I consider him a father. I feel no love for him.
The woman who owned the shop just dressed me in a black glittered fitted dress that only reached half of my knees. It also made me wear dirty white glittered pumps.
"You're beautiful." He said that he knew more about me.
Is it a bribe?
The driver of Mr. Will going to the party which I know is elegant, knowing that it was held at the hotel.
When I entered, I was overwhelmed by the grand size of the party. Because it was held in a hotel, the aura you will feel here is high-class. When we entered there were many seats with rich people sitting. There is also a stage in front.
This is not a party with loud music. It's like a launch is being held and the rich are sitting at the round table.
I was guided by Mr. Will went to the seat reserved for him.
"Oh, Mr. Almonicar, glad to see you here." Greetings from a lady who is almost the same age as Mr. Will if you look. It turned to me. "Oh, who is this young lady with you?" It taught me.
"My date." Mr. immediately answered. Will surprised the lady.
"Oh! Who's daughter is this? What does her family own?" The lady asked.
I immediately shrank from this question to Mr. Will.
"He doesn't own anything." Mr. simple answer. Will and drank the wine handed to him by the waiter earlier.
"Oh, a poor one." It insults me. The lady immediately stopped when Mr. looked at it strangely. Will didn't like the shape of his tongue.
I just bowed down and bit my lip.
"Don't mind them." Said Mr. Will suddenly grabbed my hand. I immediately took it back as if he was holding it like it was burning.
It looked at me for a moment before turning to the front with no emotion.
The party ended and we went home. As Mr. Will, it's taking me home.
I looked first to see if the window was open again or if I could see my mother again. He might say that Mr. is really my boyfriend. Will and pulls money.
"Mr. Will..." I stopped him before he could get into his car.
"Jade, I am serious about what I told you earlier. I am courting you. I know that we are far apart, but I want you. I want you to be mine that's why I am doing it to you. Just please give me a chance. I I love you." He said and suddenly kissed my cheek. Now his lips are on my cheek.
He quickly got into his car and left me stunned.
I should be the one to talk to him. Why is it gone now?
I need to stop Mr. Will. I don't want to hurt him.
After recovering, I decided to go home. And as I suspected, my mother was looking at me again.
"Now tell me that's not your sugar daddy?" It promised me. I just bowed.
Not really, mother.
To Be Continued...