ella

n our eyes interlock and I look away quickl

ng in a club and I don't know why he is

e lump, gulping loudly a

I scan my eyes to look for Juliet

en't talked about the reason why I am here because she is ran

was mile

ting. Wonderin

here?" He grabs me again, speaking

here to talk to my friend about his offer? Or I am here to take

I stammer, avoiding his icy glar

demands with di

use of the tone he is using to ask me

e sound po

et'', I point towards where Juliet and I were sitt

her body to the music slowly and drinking while

ough his expression as he heaves a

someone tired of seeing my face

s not one to go to clubs and partie

hat he means by good n

stop myself from blurting o

inally turns to face me squarely, I lean my head down

g around, making it obvious to me that we are in a club, somewher

s back and within m

at mean I still have my job? Why is he th

es my lips and I jog over t

haven't gotten a solu

den. I still need to look for a way to

I have. I have others of which my grandmother's surge

when I get close. "W

he picks up a glass cup of wine and stretches

out a

tings. She stares at me, wriggling her body in a slow

t I am not picking it up or drinking it. I only l

t saying

ring if she didn't hear me. She gazes at

s. "Wha

y fingers into my hair and biting my l

out of my reverie

dmother's surgery just like you suggested", I begin

lit up in excitem

ticking my teeth together and

face and she tilts her head t

answer. "He wants

s her eyes grew

e told me but the shock multiplied wh

ye

naire boss whom she hadn't seen physically but always on TVs. Juliet has a h

teases me about men, she calls me too serious and eve

a year and the idea sounds ridiculous", I frow

rt while before asking. "What

me $50000 aside from the other expenses

arried for just a year?" She cuts me

. "No. Probab

ly?"

he questions wi

d? The idea is ridiculous. I can

terrupts me, making me realize what I just said. This was the same t

quarely. "You can't marry or you don't w

she is driving at. I wave my han

ter, making me arch

his

ngs out her mobile phone and

ed in getting married to him for a

elief and doubt. Juliet can be playful and sometimes I don

Don't you know that this is a lifetime opportunity? It is coming from a man you know so well. He is your boss and

he is asking me t

s I exp

ess human. You are doing this for your grandmother's survival. Isn't this better than becoming that

lin

, trying to a

d I g

east I can do to help you both is to steal his number from your phone, call him and tell him I am in

be no strings attached", I i

Her mouth drops open

t fantasizing about having him take me, make love to me, k

is beginning to fade away. She doesn't visit me at the office because it isn't allowed. No one can com

her daydream and hits my l

move away thinking she will hit

er white teeth. "Take the off

my eyes

son for the job if only he was going to want us to have sex and do sort of bad

ith her raw words and she laughs then

dance for the offer and the hope of a be

to let her make me fall and s

ps in excitement. "Bella is going to