The Desperate request
Bella was already suspicious when her friend called her and said someone wanted to meet her in the private room. After tidying up her clothes, Bella immediately headed to the room her friend mentioned before. She thought they had extra guests to attend tonight but when she opened the door she saw the back of a woman enjoying a glass of wine.
"Excuse me, my name is Bella Jang, I'm in charge of serving you tonight."
Hearing the voice of Bella, a woman holding a wine glass, raised the position of the glass above her head. She tapped on her glass several times, then lowered the glass to a round table not far from where she was standing. Slowly she turned her body until her beautiful face was visible in Bella's eyes.
Bella's eyes slightly rounded, she patted her forehead realizing who the owner of that beautiful face was. The face is to be avoided. "What do you want?" Couldn't hold it in anymore Bella's voice sounded changed. "I'll call another crew for you!" She said holding back annoyed and about to leave the woman.
The woman was not strange but she is Gracia, Gracia slightly bent her body so that her hands rested on the back of the couch, one corner of her lips pulled and marked a smirk on her lips. "You can't just ignore your customers. I've already paid for your time."
Bella was tired of hearing Gracia's words, They are a perfect match! Acted as they toe because of their money! Bella's face looked irritated but she couldn't express her annoyance remembering that yesterday Alex also paid her and had talked to her.
Taking a deep breath until her shoulders dropped slightly, Bella asked Gracia if she wanted things to do with her. Let's finish it quickly. "Very well. I will serve you tonight." Bella said.
Bella had tried to find some work before she took the initiative to resign from this pub because she was sure that yesterday's meeting with Alex and Gracia would be the opening of the next meeting. Instead of her being stuck with this annoying couple, she'd better find a new job, unfortunately, until now, she hasn't found a suitable job with an acceptable salary so she has to stay here for her life's survival. It seemed that tonight's meeting had been imagined by Bella's head ahead, but it wasn't too soon.
"You don't have to serve me tonight. Sit down, let's make a pact!" Gracia invited Bella to sit on the couch but Bella looked at Gracia's outstretched hand in disbelief.
Gracia sat down first and waited for Bella to join in sitting, seeing Bella still didn't want to sit in front of her, Gracia's chin lifted, and the look in her eyes felt so terrible for Bella. Those eyes reminded Bella of Gracia's threats in the past.
"If you want me to avoid Alex and get out of your life then I will gladly do all of that. You don't have to send anyone to rape me or beat me up. You don't have to devise a ploy like I've slept with a lot of men. I will do it with pleasure." Bella's voice trembled slightly. She felt all those bad things in the past after she met Gracia 3 years ago.
At first, she didn't want to avoid Alex for no reason, she still thought about communicating with Alex even if it was just to say hello but Gracia didn't seem to want any of that. Bella got a lot of terror and unpleasant incidents, she did not suspect anyone until finally, Gracia told her to shortly disappear from Alex's life if she wanted to live, and now Gracia is sitting in front of her with an innocent expression making Bella sick.
"Hahaha," Gracia's laugh made Bella even more horrified. She was dealing with a psychopath, and she didn't want to get too deep into someone like Gracia. Her life wasn't any better but at least it wasn't bad. Living alone, working as hard as possible, having friends, having fun once in a while, maybe that was enough for Bella.
"Your memory is good. So you still remember everything that happened 3 years ago!"
Damn it! It's a very memorable incident, how you were met by two drunken men then pulled you to a dark street corner in the middle of the night, tore your clothes, and wanted to rape you. Or when you're drunk and someone claims to be your friend to drive you home but you end up in a junkyard with all your things stealing! All that happened to Bella because of Gracia, and now Gracia said: you still remember everything that happened 3 years ago! Is she crazy or does she have no brain! Bella is tired of dealing with Gracia, how could Alex choose this psychopathic woman as a lover.
"Okay fine I admit defeat. I wanted to ask you to stay away from Alex, but today I'm not going to ask you to do that again. What I want to talk to you about today is the opposite thing." As Bella's eyebrows were raised with a question mark hanging over her head, Gracia opened the bag she brought today. She took out a bunch of dollars, but the bunch of dollars on the table then slightly pushed with her slender fingers towards Bella who was still standing in front of her.
What does all this mean? Bella's mind was wondering but she couldn't speak but looked at Gracia's annoying grinning face.
"What the hell are you working in this pub if it's not for that, you serve people day and night, you work for the pleasure of others and the money you earn isn't even enough to pay for my drinks. So stop pretending to be prestigious, you need It, all that's it!" Pointing at the bunch of money that had been taken out of the bag earlier, Gracia's face confirmed the difference in their life status.
Bella took a deep breath and put one hand on her waist. "If you're done talking and don't want me as your servant tonight then I'd better leave you as soon as possible!" Bella was tired of facing clemency and she didn't want to go down too deep with this woman. Better she dodges and leaves.
Bella turned around and walked towards the main door of the room, as Gracia stood up from the couch.
Gracia stepped on her feet until the sound of her truck's high heels could be heard on the marble floor. "You have to replace me to marry Alex!"
What! Bella spontaneously turned around so she could see Gracia's tense face staring at her, you're kidding me!
"You think I'm stupid. I read everything in your heart from that ugly face of yours. You won't be able to get close to Alex again like the relationship you had in childhood. And to Alex, you are just childhood friends and never be more. But I allow you to get close to Alex and become his wife. Isn't that a rare opportunity!"
"You are crazy!" Bella held back the heat in her chest. She kept saying don't cry- don't cry!
Gracia laughed at Bella's accusation. "Yes, this crazy woman has managed to snatch the man who is so precious in your life, right?"
Bella's tears began to fall as her jaw clenched, the sound of her teeth grinding faintly. She couldn't breathe, everything felt tight and painful in her heart.
You don't know what it's like to be me, who is trying to save Alex in my way, but you destroy me and Alex with your love and obsession.
"If you don't want to fulfill my wish, then he will be homeless on the street. You know very well the character of his family, right, I don't need to explain everything in detail."
Bella shook her head, she lowered her head to let the tears continue to flow, her hands were clenched into fists and her shoulders shaking. "If you love him, then you will do what I asked!"
Argh! This is very annoying! Alex, you damn. What did you do, caught the devil and make your world as hell!
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