Bab 3. How To Survive

"Sha ... sha ... share a room with you? are you serious?" I asked with a flushed face and a twitching nose, I could feel a flow of blood coming out of my nostrils.

The man gave me a confused look, his gaze seemed to say that I looked like a disgusting pervert.

"Damn! I can't control my mind! ouch, why am I thinking dirty?" I thought. Really, this is one of the reasons why I hate myself getting complacent easily with handsome men.

"Are you okay?"

"Ah ... yes, I'm fine! but, are you sure to share an apartment with me? because we don't know each other and ..."

"Shouldn't I be the one asking that? you're a woman, so I thought you must have considered it, right?"

"That's right, but I'm in a phase where I can't even consider anything. You know? It's like living in the wild, you have to fight your hardest to survive!" I say with sickening nonsense. This man was silent, studying me with a look full of question marks.

I'm sure he's thinking that he shouldn't get involved with a weirdo like me.

"I see! everyone must have been through hard times, so ..."

"I want! I ... I mean, I accept your offer!"

"Really? how much money do you have?"

"The money I have?"

"I mean, if we're going to rent the apartment together, that means we have to pay for it together, right?"

"Ah ... yes, you're right! we'll pay for it together, hahaha ..." I laughed stupidly, trying to hold back nervousness and stupidity at the same time.

"The man said, the rent costs 6000 Pounds per month. I'll use two rooms if you don't mind, so I'll pay 4000 and the rest of you, how?"

"So ... so, I have to pay 2000, huh? um ... 2000 is a bit too expensive. Can I pay less?"

"All right, 1500 Pounds! can you?"

"A little more!"

"All right, just like this! how much money do you have?" asked the man. He looks so calm, really impressive.

"I ... I don't have!"

"You don't have money?" he was shocked and immediately took a breath. It is true, why would we haggle if in the end I said I had no money?

"Wh ... what if ..."

"All right, then I'll excuse! see you?" he said as he walked away.

I panicked because my only chance to have a place to live in this town would be to leave.

"Wa ... wait a minute!" I shouted calling him. He stopped walking and turned to me.

His eyes, his eyes were so beautiful they pierced through my heart. How can I pass the golden opportunity to live in the same house with a man like him?

"Yes? do you need something?"

"We... well, actually I only have 700 pounds in my wallet and I'm looking for a job in this city. If I could ask for your help, could I pay 700 pounds first and the rest I'll pay off soon. That, if you don't mind!" I said softly and teary eyes like the female lead in a romantic film. Even though I don't like doing it, but this is the only way to make him feel sorry.

"No!" the short, dense and painful answer escaped his mouth before he stepped back toward the apartment entrance and left me rooted in my place.

"Damn! doesn't my look less convincing? but I think my face is quite beautiful. Why isn't he tempted? oh yeah, I forgot something!" I thought.

How could I forget something so important like this? a pretty face alone is not enough to melt the heart of a grown man. I have to show something more and I'm confident in this one part.

I unbuttoned the top shirt leaving my cleavage showing. Don't men like to see it?

"Wa ... wait a minute! I'm not done talking!" I said, just before he entered the apartment.

I got ready, waiting for him to turn around, so I could show him the part of me that was attractive to him.

"Yes, this time he will definitely not refuse!" I thought, too confident.

"What else? didn't I say no?"

"Th ... that, I beg of you!" I begged. Try hard to be cute and flirtatious.

Yes, just like I thought, he started noticing something different from me. In this way, he will definitely be tempted and let me live for free in the apartment with him.

"No!" he said dryly.

"Wha ... what?"

"Oh yeah, your shirt button is open!" he said as he passed.

"Wa ... wait ...!"

I was speechless, it felt like a cold wind was blowing around me. It felt so cold that it made me tremble.

"Is that the only reaction? is my size not big enough? ah, no! how is this?"

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How many hours have I been here? the sky was even dark. Where do I go now? do I really have to go home tomorrow?

"Ah ... I don't want to go home! they will all say that I am really useless!"

I talk to myself like crazy. Sit on the steps of the apartment entrance. The man did not come out either, surely he ended up renting a three-bedroom apartment.

"He really cruel! what's wrong with him letting me stay in one of the rooms? I'll promise to pay. What a cheapskate man! he must be very calculating with his girlfriend. There's no point in a handsome face, if you are stingy like that!" I muttered unknowingly cursing at him. Several people passing by in front of the apartment looked at me in whispers.

"What the hell! what did you see? never met a crazy person, huh?" I shouted at those who just walked around doing nothing.

"Why are you screaming?" asked someone behind me. I turned my head with a sour face, my eyes catching the man who offered me to share the rooms with him four hours ago.

He looked at me, not with a look of pity, but with a look of hatred. If he tries to insult me ​​too, then I won't hesitate to throw his face down with the shoes I've been wearing all day.

"Are you still here? don't you get a room yet?"

"I'll tell you, I don't have enough money. If I use up all the money I have left, then I won't eat for days. Someone like you can't understand!"

"I understand! okay, you can use one room and you can pay when you have money. How?"

"Re ... really? are you serious?"

"Yes, I'm serious!"

"Wow ... thank goodness! thank you, Boss! thank you ... thank you ..." because I was too happy, I knelt and hugged his legs.

My actions immediately got the attention of the people around the apartment. But I don't care, because the most important thing is I survived.

"Hey, stop it! I'm going to mini market for a moment, you can wait here!"

"Wa ... wait a minute, Boss! ehm ... how about if I come? I can help carry your things!"

"No, that's not necessary!" he said, trying to avoid physical contact with me.

"It's okay, Boss! I'll ..."

"No! and stop calling me boss. Do you understand?" he said holding back annoyed.

"Ok, Boss!"

"Agh...!"

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