CHAPTER 1 | Twins?!

"Your loan is due tomorrow. We came to remind you."

In a dark corner outside the club where I am currently working, here I  stood right before two loan sharks. They were wearing black and had tattoos all over their bodies. In their waist is a gun tightly inserted. Their whole existence made me tremble in fear. 

"Don't worry. I'll pay you before the sun sets tomorrow." I responded.

"Make sure that you will." The eyes of this man were very threatening . "Because if you fail to do so.." he looks at me up and down. The kind of stare that gives people goosebumps. "..we're going to slice you alive and take your organs away." 

I am afraid but I can only ball my hand into a fist and act tough. "That won't happen. Come see me tomorrow and I'll slap the money on your faces." 

Then I walked away. I was confident while spitting those words in front of them but the truth is, I'm worried. I don't know where to get forty thousand dollars overnight to pay for them. The money I loaned all went to my tuition fees including costs for projects. Now I'm left with nothing. Not even a single dollar. 

While I was trying to figure out a way, I entered the club again. On my way back to the counter, I stopped right in front of the stage where a stripper is currently dancing on the pole and entertaining everyone. The people were throwing dollars on the stage and from that scene, I've come up with an idea. 

"So you're saying that you want to climb up in that stage to be sexualized? Is that what you're trying to say?" Finn, my gay bestfriend and also the bartender, responded when I told him about my plan. 

"Yeah. I've got no choice, Finn." 

"I told you to not engage yourself with those loan sharks." he says as he serves a glass of tequila to the man sitting a stool away from me. 

"You know, I needed the money." I said. "Besides, isn't it nice to go and try out my dancing skills?" I tried to joke around. 

He chuckles. "You can go backstage. Miss Victoria should be there. She would be grateful to have another hot stripper for tonight. I'll be watching you from here. Make sure you won't embarrass me!" 

"Got it." I nodded, smiling before turning my back on him as I walked towards the backstage. 

Upon arriving, there were already ladies wearing sexy attires, waiting for their turn to make love with the stage. "Do you guys know where Miss Victoria is?" 

"Yes, my dear? Looking for me?"

A woman in her late 20s appeared. 

"There you are." I faced her. "I'm in need of money so.. uhm can I..?" I really don't know how to say it so I glanced at the strippers instead. 

"Ofcourse, darling! Come on! Let's dress you up!" 

We entered the dressing room and I came out wearing a black one piece lingerie. The cloth at the bottom was very thin, designed with a bunny tail and it could barely cover my private part down there. The upper showed almost half of my cleavage area and the bunny headband had completed the attire. I couldn't look at myself in the mirror.

"You look so gorgeous, darling! Come on, the customers will love you! Out of the way girls! Let Amora go first!" 

"Wait w-what?! Already?!" I exclaimed and she dragged me near the curtain. 

"Yes, darling! Go on! the customers are waiting!"

"But you still haven't taught me the dance y-yet!"

"It's just freestyle! You can do it!"

"Wait! I can't―" 

Before I could even say another word again, I was pushed out of the curtain and towards the stage. Numerous pairs of eyes were glued on me. The men were checking me up and down and for a minute, I couldn't move. 

I glanced back at the curtain and saw Miss Victoria's head peeping in between it. "Go on.." she whispered. 

As much as I want to, I can no longer go back. I'm already here so I guess I'm just gonna rock the stage. 

The music started to play and it was my cue to start dancing. I took a deep breath before stepping slowly towards the metal pole. I moved my body in accordance with the rhythm of the music. 

I've got nothing to be embarrassed about 'cause it's not like I'm a pure type of person. I have no family to care for me, nor friends except the gay bartender here, basically nothing so I guess this is not a bad idea at all. 

The eyes of men were filled with desire and hunger as they watched me grinding against the pole. The first minutes were very awkward but with the help of the music, claps of people and them throwing dollars at the stage, I've become somewhat confident. 

Their screams and laughs grew louder when I stepped down the stairs. I walked towards the man sitting near the stage and grind my body against him. I saw how he was very turned on. Because of amusement, he inserted a few dollars on the crack in the middle of my cleavage area. 

Suddenly, my eyes caught the sight of a very dashing gentleman sitting on the near couch. His face was somewhat similar to the man that I saw in the counter earlier but unlike the other who was wearing a simple hoodie, this man is in his formal suit. 

He looked very expensive with a golden watch on his wrist and the rings on his fingers. 

I knew that this man could possibly give me the amount I needed so I targeted him next. 

"Hey, handsome." I winked at him. I was bold to go and sit on his lap. His amused smile had made his features more dashing. 

The eyes of everyone were on us as I continued dancing on his lap. My hands crawled on his nape before inching my face closer to him, teasing him even more. 

His hands crawled down to my waist. 

"How bold of you to come and seduce a righteous man here." 

I leaned down near his ears. "It's because you're too handsome and I've never seen one as gorgeous as you are in this place." 

He chuckled. "You're too beautiful to be in this place too." he complimented me back. "This is your first time, I assume. But you're already so good at making men drool over you."

"Inborn talent." I winked at him again. 

I can feel him turning hard from all  that grinding I did. "Ooh, someone's turning a rock down there." I said, mockingly. 

"Guess whose fault it is?" he smirks. 

My eyes got stuck on the golden chain in his neck. 

"You want that, little bunny?" He caught me looking at the accessory. "I'll give it to you.." he says, adjusting my bunny ears. ".. but only if you join me in bed.."

Because of that condition, I immediately retreated. Selling my body is the least thing that I want. 

"Too bad, I have to decline." I removed myself from his lap and went entertaining other customers. They were impressed by my dancing skills so my cleavage area was quick to be filled with dollars. 

I went back to the stage. My moves became more and more lewd. They were throwing dollars at my body and on the stage. Together with the ending of the song, I did a split as a finale before walking out. 

The moment I was out of the stage, Miss Victoria together with other strippers clapped their hands and praised me. I could only smile as I sat on the sofa. That was exhausting and no matter how I tried to deny it, the embarrassment was still there. 

I mean, After being stared at like food by hungry predators for almost an hour, who wouldn't be embarrassed?

Miss Victoria gave me the money that they had collected on the stage from my performance and I counted it together with the dollars inserted all over my body. After counting, I sighed. 

"This is not even half of the amount yet." I said, exhausted and problematic. 

I suddenly thought of the man's offer earlier. That golden chain I saw on his neck would probably cost around one hundred thousand dollars. More than the amount I need.

But could I really have to sell my body just to be able to pay for the debt? Yes, I admit that I like to flirt and mess around with men but sex has never been on the list. 

"Amora, dear." I turned to Miss Victoria. "Someone wants to talk to you. He's waiting in the VIP section." 

I think I know who this man is. I nodded at Miss Victoria before going my way towards the VIP section of the bar. 

Upon entering one of the rooms, I saw the same young man that I had talked with earlier.

"I didn't expect that you'd really come here," he says, grinning ear to ear with a glass of wine in hand. "I know you have turned down my offer earlier, but seeing how desperate you were on that stage earlier, I think you badly need money." he sips on the wine glass. I could give you much more than what you need." 

I went silent for a few minutes, thinking if I should agree or not. This kind of offer is rare these days. If I say yes, I'll say goodbye to my virginity. If I say no, then I'd say goodbye to my life. 

The loan sharks were serious about taking my organs away, it was the collateral for the loan. I signed the papers knowing that I risked my life. 

I took a deep breath before making a decision. 

"Let's do it.." 

The man smirked at my response. Still wearing the lingerie and the bunny headband, we arrived at a five-star hotel. Knowing how luxurious and expensive the hotel was, this man is surely filthy rich. 

When we arrived at the hotel room, he instructed me to go and take a shower which I obeyed right away. The beat of my heart as I walk out of the bathroom increases every passing second. 

There was no one in the room when I went out and so I proceeded to dry my hair in front of the mirror using the blower. 

"You done showering?"

"Yeah―"

My eyes widened when he suddenly turned my head in his direction and engulfed my lips using his. He bit my bottom lip making me open up my mouth and then he pushed his tongue together with some kind of tablet. Confused, I still was able to gulp it down to my system. 

"W-What was that?" 

"Aphrodisiac." He caresses my lips with his thumb. "Just to help you loosen up."  

With the mention of the drug, my head started to go spinning. He pressed our lips together again and this time it was aggressive and sloppy, the type that only contains lust and void of any infatuation or love. 

I can taste the sweetness of the alcohol against his lips, intoxicating me even more. His hands crawled down to my hips and pulled me to stand up. He then guided me towards the bed and pushed me to lie on top. 

He then positioned himself on top of me. The aphrodisiac he gave was really effective. I no longer felt nervous and I began to enjoy myself. My hands moved towards the back of his nape and pushed him closer.

My brows suddenly knitted into confusion when his eyes changed in color. It was only for a split second so I couldn't tell if it was true or just one of the effects of the drugs. 

He blinked and his eyes turned back to their original color. "What's wrong?"

"It's..  nothing." I decided to just shrug it off. 

He leaned down to me and we continued the steamy kiss. His hands crawled down to the tie of the robe. 

The moment he was about to untie it, the door suddenly banged open revealing a gentleman in a hoodie. 

"Hello, dear brother."