by Andromeda
I blink, connecting the words. Girlfriend is code for sugar baby. I nibble on my lip. Is this seriously happening?
"A...Alright," I stammer.
He nods. "Good. I will take you out this Saturday afternoon for lunch, where do you live?" I tell him the address of Georgia's condo and he nods again. "My driver will pick you up there and bring you to a restaurant for us to talk."
I nod and he looks me up a down slowly, I feel like a piece of meat but there is a warmth in his green eyes that he is trying to keep hidden.
"Have a good night...you know I don't believe I know your name," he says.
"Rosalinda Domínguez," I say. "But I go by Rose."
"Alphonse François," he says with a dip of his head. He looks me over again. "I hope you will not disappoint me Mademoiselle.”
I shudder as his accent seems to wash over me and I bite my lip. "And I hope I don't either...for my children's sake."
He nods again, turns on his heel and walks away. The rest of the night goes by in a blur and it's 3 AM in the morning before anyone tries to leave. Georgia and Aiden finds me and we leave together. In the car Georgia begs for my forgiveness, swearing that she's sorry and she didn't mean a word that she said.
I give it of course but that man, Gabriel, disturbs me. I don't know what it is but he makes my skin crawl just by being in his presence.
"Did you meet anyone?" Georgia asks as we are getting ready for bed.
"I...I think so," I stammer. "He wants to take me out Saturday for lunch to talk."
Georgia takes me hands in looks at me seriously. "You cannot let him take advantage of you," she says firmly. "You both have to come to an agreement and you make sure your voice is heard. If he wants you then you have to make him fight to have you at his side ok?"
I nod slowly, taking this all in. this is all so new to me, and I have like absolutely zero idea at what I'm doing. But my mission is clear though, get money to go to Parsons so that I get into their paid internship programs to send money for my children. They deserve so much having gone through hell in back these early years. They are still young and can have a new start. And if it means I have to be the pretend girlfriend of a man then so be it. A mother would do anything for her child.
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