Chapter 9

   "Hello, June Skylar" Michael called out to the stripper as she walked into the parking lot. He took a deep breath as he looked at the woman that had given herself a place in his mind without his consent.

   The first thing he noticed was how bright her eyes were, her hair color had been a marvel to him since he first time he saw her but it looked surreal as he took a good look at her. Michael concluded in his head, June Skylar was an extremely beautiful woman.

   After Anita had given him the name of the masked redhead stripper, he had emailed it to his assistant to run a background check on her and it didn't take 20 minutes for the results to come back in. Michael had discovered more than he had initially intended on.

   June Skylar, 25 years old, first an oldest child of Mrs Glory Skylar a widowed mother of two. She had lost her dad in her early teens and her mum had been diagnosed with Cancer not long after. She had dropped out of college and started running over two jobs to be able to afford her mum's hospital bills and to take care of her 10 year old sister.

   Michael couldn't pry his eyes off her as she crossed the lot to where he was leaning on the bonnet of his car. Michael felt the mask she usually wore wasn't just to hide her identity but to block out whatever she was going through. At 25, she had already gone through a lot and he felt compelled to do something to ease off the burden she was obviously carrying on those fragile shoulders.

   "May I help you?" She asked with a huge frown on her face as she approached him. Michael had a hint on why she was looking at him with so much disdain but he wasn't one to jump to conclusions without making sure it was the right thing.

   June's friend had said something about the manager not being a fan of tardiness, so Michael felt he must have scolded her or given her a punishment or something but he couldn't read her even though she wasn't with her mask.

   "I've been looking for you, Amber" Michael answered, ignoring her question. He was going to get to that, but for now, he wanted to know why she had kept her identity hidden for so long but wasn't wearing her mask at the moment.

   "You're the one that has been looking  for me?" June asked with her frown deepening.

   Michael decided to play it her way for awhile, "Yes, I have another offer for you, June Skylar" It seemed she had finally realized he wasn't calling her Amber anymore cause her expression changed almost immediately.

   "How do you know my name?" She asked and Michael smiled slightly, is she just realizing I know her real name? She must have a thousand things going on in her head.

   "Let's say I have my ways" Michael smiled at the stripper who had on the biggest frown he had ever seen. "But that isn't what you should concern yourself with, June. I have an offer for you" Michael repeated ignoring her expressions.

   June smiled but Michael could tell her patience was wearing off, "I don't care about any offer you want to make, Mr Stahom. I am not interested" She said matter of factly.

   "You don't seem sure and besides, you know my offers are quite fair" Michael argued but it seemed like the stripper wasn't going to bulge and that worried him. June Skylar was the first woman to ever refuse him and made him persuade her, he had sworn to not see a repetition of that day happen but their conversation was headed in that direction and it was annoying him slightly.

   "I really don't care about your offers and their fairness right now, Sir. You just cost me my job and I am in a horrible mood right now" June stated with daggers flying from her eyes as she stared squarely at Michael.

   Michael blinked rapidly, "You were fired?" He couldn't believe the manager had fired her because she didn't come to work. It was just for one day or was there something else attached to it?

   "That shouldn't be your concern, the deed is done besides, I have other things to focus my attention on" June responded as she adjusted her bag on her shoulder. "If you'll excuse me" she said as she turned around heading for the opposite direction.

   "Wait, you haven't even listened to what I have to say" Michael protested but she kept on walking away. He swallowed his pride and raced after her, "Listen to my offer" he heard her hand.

   Taking the first move, Michael blurted out, "I know you need help with your mum and your little sister, don't try to deny it, I know everything about you, June Skylar. That's why I have an offer for you" She stopped walking and turned to him

   "Okay" she said in resignation, "What's your offer, Mr Stahom" her frown was bolder this time, she wasn't enjoying the conversation at all.

   "I want you to come work for me" Michael started and he could see her frown deepening again, "It's like the same offer from the previous night but this time around you'd decide on the amount you want. I can help you and all I ask is for you to agree to be my sex mate and most importantly, a substitute mother for my child" There wasn't anything to lose at this point. Michael waited patiently for her response but none was coming, she was just staring at him.

   "Did you hear what I said, Miss Skylar? I want you to come work for me and you'd be the.." Her hand connected with his right cheek before he could finish his statement.

   "What the hell do you take me for?!" June screamed at him and he was taken aback by her response along with the slap. "Just because i agreed to sleep with you cause I needed the money you tagged me a sex work and came to me with a freaking sex contract?!" She was already crying at this point as she removed his hand from her grip and turned to leave for the second and last time.