Chapter 1 Rose a Prostitute

"Rose! Wait!" Daryl came running closer. "Oh?! What's wrong? Are you gonna pester me again?!" Rose blurted out irritably as soon as Daryl approached.

"That's harsh. I was just gonna accompany you, heading to work. Even though I'm not allowed to?" Disappointedly, the young man said. He has been falling head over heels with Rose for two years, even though they don't have a thing.

"Can't you just mind your life and leave mine?" Rose protested, then continued walking. Daryl followed silently. When she reached the club, Daryl's feet stopped spontaneously.

He never went in there because he didn't want to see the different men hanging around Rose.

He gulped as the sweat dripped down his face.

"Oh, the queen of the night is here." A woman like Rose said. "Why are you late?" Her friend asked her.

"Better to be late than never," Rose replied. She went straight to her seat after entering the club's dressing room. She put the bag down and then took out the makeup.

"A lot of people are waiting for you outside. You're doing fine. I'm sure your calendar is full." Rose didn't say a word and was busy fixing herself. "Why is your face so grim? It's Daryl, isn't it?" Rose stopped suddenly and looked at her friend sharply.

"Easy! I'm not the enemy here but yourself." She raised both hands as if surrendering to the police.

Rose only rolled her eyes and then returned to what she was doing. "You know that's really hard. I told you from the beginning to stop. You will let yourself drown."

Rose didn't talk back because explaining her side of the story was nonsense. "But you know, if I had one like Daryl, who is handsome, loving, and caring, I might have left here long ago and joined him. Even if life is hard, I'm not dainty. If we love each other, that's enough for me." She said it made her feel down.

"Will that love save me from poverty? And we don't have the same perspective, Monique." Rose denied what her friend wanted to convey.

"Geez! You really deny it. I've known you for a long time. Just by your movements, I know you also feel something about that person."

Rose took a deep breath and left the room after getting ready and putting on the sandal with high heels.

She went straight to Mother Lili. "Mommy. Good evening. Who is my customer today?" Rose put on a fake smile for the older woman with heavy makeup.

"You go shopping...They've been waiting for you for a while..." The old lady replied, snorting at the men who didn't yet have a girl on the table. Rose's eyes rolled. She stopped at a man still wearing a tuxedo and with shiny hair.

Rose walked casually toward the man, who seemed to be in his 40s.

The man's eyes flashed as Rose sat down next to him, and his right hand wrapped around Rose's shoulder.

Some time passed. The table was filled with bottles of liquor.

"Can I take you out? Bring you home, honey?!" The foreigner said with a broad beam.

"Sure.. But you know my price." Rose answered with a raised eyebrow.

"Name the price.. my dear.." The man gave her a silly look and even ran his hand down her neck.

Rose gasped when his beard touched her skin. She got to earn more when she agreed to take out for the customer. It depends on how much time they spend and if something happens between them.

The man took Rose to a well-known hotel in an expensive car. Rose looked around. She immediately knew what was going to happen this whole night.

She is used to it, unlike when she first experienced it. At that time, her whole body and personality were almost overcome by the prince of darkness, in extreme fear.

The man's hand never left her shoulder as they walked to the receptionist.

Rose was breathing deeply as if it was going to be permanent.

"Do you wanna eat first? We can order food." The man said when they entered the hotel room.

This is just one of the luxurious rooms that Rose has been in with the many customers she has had at the club.

"I'm not hungry." She answered simply without even looking at the other person.

"How about... hmm, taking a bath?!"

"Do you want me to take a bath?" The foreigner smiled and then shook his head.

"I want that now!" His eyes pointed to the lower and middle parts of Rose's body.

Rose stood up from sitting on the bed and gently removed the first piece of clothing she touched.

The man just watched her until she was completely naked under scrutinizing eyes.

"You know what. I like you. Every girl should be like that. Submitting to their master." He explained with an ear-to-ear smile, then slowly approached Rose.

He dropped it on the bed and sat down immediately. His lips went straight to Rose's dry mouth.

With the intensity of the kiss, Rose almost ran out of breath. His hands quickly crawled on her body.

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When Rose woke up, the man was no longer in the room. She was left with only a blanket, which protected her from the cold.

Rose saw a piece of paper on the side table. She got up and sat down gently. She could still feel her legs shaking.

Rose took the paper next to the still-bundled money. It was 100k, so she was startled.

"Thank you for the wonderful night." This is what was written on the paper.

Rose smells and kisses the money. She couldn't hide the joy and excitement on her face, but it was only momentarily replaced by tears and sobs.

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"Mom! I'm here!" Rose shouted as she got home with them. Her eyebrows met when she reached the kitchen.

"What are you doing here?!"

"Oh, daughter! Daryl has been waiting for you for a while. I don't know what this boy saw in you." Her mother joked.

"Go home..." Daryl stood up and approached Rose, who spoke to him but constantly avoided him.

"Are you from your man? What did he make you happy?" He grabbed Rose's arm angrily. Her mother immediately left them with the tone of Daryl's speech showing anger.

"Leave me alone! What's wrong with you?! It's like you don't know my job!" She insisted and looked at Daryl with a bad look.