Chapter 3

• A tempting proposition
• Sophia's point of view
• I wanted to be outraged and upset with Christian, but I couldn't, on the contrary, I had had too much fun with his proposal, which in his five senses would pay to have a suggarbaby and more at 30, just to make his ex-wife jealous, and even more amazing with a woman as simple and classless as me; The only thing I regretted that afternoon was that I didn't get the job interview, my obligations were suffocating me, my sick mother was waiting for money in her village to support my two little brothers, and surviving in this huge city was expensive.
• I went to my small apartment, I had to rest to work in the restaurant, there I did double shifts to earn some money, the crazy idea of looking for a better job always crossed my mind, but in all of them I was rejected, in the company of Christian it was not the first rejection.
• I checked my email out of pure curiosity, there was nothing, it was thinking he would send something, just as I was about to close the inbox, a message came from Christian's email.
• I opened the email just out of curiosity, but I couldn't help but smile aloud as I read the terms and conditions of the contract, one stupider than the other, but it didn't matter, that's how rich people were, they didn't have a clue what to do with the money; Nicol opened the door and ran out when he saw that I was laughing. He gave me a kiss on the cheek and looked down at his laptop.
• "What's that?" What makes you so funny?
• "A contract to be a suggarbaby," I replied amused, still incredulous as I read.
• "Oh no buddy if you don't want to, I do, well, I imagine it's going to be a 70-year-old man, but it doesn't matter, as long as we have the life we need, whatever, let me see" my friend didn't stop reading and each time she did, she got more interested. His eyes widened as he read the large sums of money.
• "It's not a 70-year-old man, it's Christian, Joshua's friend, the men the other night," he said as she put her hand to her mouth completely surprised.
• "What?" You are crazy? What are you waiting for to say yes? I don't care how they met, but what I'm reading is perfect, you shouldn't be intimate with him, I'd like to, this is part of the good, plus being a jet set in the industry, one of the most sought-after matures in all of New York.
• "Yeah, but I don't like those things, you know, I'm very young, but I always want to achieve my goals on my own, I don't want to have a man who gives me everything.
• "But it's a job honey, you're not being supported, he's offering you a job, valuing your beauty, valuing how beautiful you are, I've always said that you have the potential to be a high-level woman, plus it's only going to be for a year, you can have whatever you want.
• I kept thinking about my friend's words, it was very difficult to be with someone who was only interested in you to make his ex-partner jealous, although the proposal was too tempting, I had not stopped thinking about him for even a minute during these two months, it was as if inside me, many feelings had been harvested, But he was an older man, but not only that, social class, and stigmata, marked gaps between the two.
• "I'm not going to take it Nicol, as much as I need the money, I'm going to tell you no now" I was about to answer his blessed email, when my phone rang.
• "Hello Mom, are you okay?" I replied when I realized it was my mother's number.
• "Hello dear, I'm not your mother, I'm your aunt, I'm calling because I don't have good news for you" At that instant the world collapsed at my feet, I imagined the worst.
• "What happened, Auntie?" Is it my mother?
• "Yes dear, she was hospitalized seriously, but there is no money to pay for her treatments, I know that you are far away dear, that you command a lot now, but we don't know what to do with her.
• After about ten minutes of talking to my aunt and feeling that everything in my life didn't make sense, pressured by the situation and by my friend Nicol, I simply sent an email in response to Christian: >
• That night I didn't get any answer, I went to work, and in the spaces I had free I started to find out about the life of my future boss, in addition to being a man with fame, millionaire and charming, he was not 30 years old but 35, he lied very cynically to me, he was much older than me, but what mattered, The only thing I cared about was money.
• Two days passed, and there was no response from Christian, possibly the fake girlfriend contract was not true, I would no longer have a suggar daddy and much less money to send to my mother, I wiped my tears and decided to look for a job, in addition I already said that it was very lucky if it was true.