I arrived home with aches all over my body I move into the bathroom and had the most thorough bath I had ever had, I wandered into the kitchen to warm up my left over pasta from last night while thinking about my life.
My name is LUNA KARTZ yeah what have been told from birth when I was found at the gate of the foster home with a tag of my name. I was raised in a foster home all my life until I was 13 when Aunt Lucy had had adopted me, she had been the closest thing called a mom to me and was a lonely freak which I later got to found out she was a victim of abuse by her spouse and had even lost her child to it, that's when she realized it was enough and had filed for divorce from her abusive spouse. She had lives alone ever since then until she adopted me 5 years ago. Aunt Lucy was the most loving person I had ever know she had struggled hard to send me to school while working as a waiter, she had always fulfill everything my parents who abandoned me could never fulfill but she had suffered a backlash from the abuse and contracted lung disease, and I had vowed to cure her but she succumbed to illness just 2 days after my 18th birthday just knew then and there I had lost my only relative. The house was given to me me and my sis which was a single bedroom with a small kitchen and bathroom in the slums, I was left alone to take care of myself since I am of legal age. My only dream in life was to go to college and become a doctor, I never knew what motivated me but I guess seeing my Aunt Lucy in that condition had given me me the spirit to become a doctor, but of course when I would I get the money, I was working my shitty ass off to fend for myself and needs so where I would I get the money to sponsor myself to college and that's where I got the stupid idea to sell my virginity off to a stranger just to sponsor my college fees.
"Grrrrrr….."the sound of the door being shut broke me out of my reverie.
"Hey…welcome home ," my best friend and sis Ava called out, stepping inside and giving me a concerned look. Well meet Ava my best friend and roommate, well I had known Ava a month before Aunt Lucy death. Aunt Lucy had told me then that she was a distant relative of hers and also an orphan just like me, Ava was actually a year older than me and ever since she moved in with us we've been best friends and now it's been 3 hell of a month since Aunt Lucy death.
"Ava…you are back early today," I replied with a faint smile, trying to hide my anxiety.
"Luna…you did it right ?" she asked softly, as if afraid of the answer. Her eyes bore into mine, searching for the truth that I couldn't bring myself to admit.
"Yes I did it, what other choice do I have?" I questioned with tears brimming at the tip of my eyes.
"Am sorry you know I was just worried about you," she whispered, her voice barely audible. Yeah I knew she was just trying to look out for me, but the weight of my decision was solely mine to bear.
"Let's celebrate anyway. No use moping around," Ava suggested, trying to lighten the mood. That's why I love Ava she is a very wild girl while I'm just the timid and kind girl, I knew that's why she was worried for me.
"What did you have in mind? " I asked, attempting to match her enthusiasm.
"Go out for a drink perhaps" Ava proposed with a mischievous grin, her eyes brightening at the thought of adventure.
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The club was blaring loudly with music and disco lights flashing in every direction, creating a rhythm that seeped into my very bones. The dance floor was already crowded with people dancing wildly and at each corner you could see couples making out and some even going naked already.
"Let's go for some drink"Ava stated while dragging me to the bar. We ordered two shots each, the bartender not even blinking at our enthusiastic request. As we clinked our glasses together, I felt a surge of adrenaline and a sense of freedom I hadn't experienced in a long time. After another round of shot I was already into the mood and wiggling my head to the blaring music of the club, Ava was already on the dance floor twisting her hips with a guy groping her from behind.
"Ma'am, sir has called for you over to the lounge," a young waiter said, tapping me gently on the shoulder.
"Tell your sir, I'm busy" I replied with a smile, turning my attention back to the dance floor, where Ava's laughter echoed above the thumping bass. The waiter walk away seeing I was not him giving him any attention. I continue my drinking with a wine beverage this time knowing I was slightly drunk and I had to be sober to get me and Ava home.
"Excuse me ma'am sir has asked you to come over" Someone said behind me, I turned around to see a bodyguard guessed by the way he dressed towering over me, his expression stern and unyielding. I sighed wondering why I was being disturbed, I ignored this one not bothering to take a look at him.
"Ma'am I will have no choice but to carry you over" the body guard insisted, his voice firm yet apologetic.
"Fine, fine," I relented, throwing my hands up in mock surrender. I followed him reluctantly, the heavy beat of the music fading as we moved through the crowded club into a private area curtained off from the rest of the chaos, at the end of the hallway was a door, on getting to it the bodyguard stopped and knocked politely. A deep voice inside called out, instructing him to enter. The bodyguard opened the door and gestured for me to go in. I walked in nervously into the dimly lit room roughly seeing a figure in the sofa.
"We meet again Luna" the man chuckled eerily while puffing out smoke from a cigar clamped between his fingers. His face emerged slowly from the shadows, revealing a familiar grin. With a flick of his fingers the light was suddenly switched on. My first reaction was to see the face behind the familiar voice and I was stunned speechless at what I saw right in front of me was a Demi god, the sharp lines of his jaw and the piercing gaze in his eyes both intimidating and mesmerizing. His jet black hair, piercing brown eyes, pointed nose and pink lips gave him an otherworldly presence, making it almost impossible to look away.
"Have a seat Luna" he said while gesturing to the sofa next to him. I dazedly walked to the sofa and sat down now thinking about it his voice sounded familiar but not his face.
"Have we met before sir" I questioned but all I was met with was a deafening silence and the next moment he threw a cheque at the table.
"State your price" he broke the silence.
"What do you mean" I thundered back curious at the cheque and his statement, but his next words made me stunned.
"Be my mistress for a month and you get paid according to what you want" he said with a nonchalant expression on his face.
"I'm not a commodity you could just buy?" Luna fired back at his statement .
"A million" was his reply to my question".