The Billionaire's Stripper
d into my hoody's front pocket and retrieved the money Donovan had ask
sorry
r behind me and pulled
walk away "don't you bother coming back! Go back to that
that anyone would care. I stopped just before the elevator. I couldn't let the security man see me like this. I take a quick turn back
y sicknes
ths as I walked along the
I have to
my face under my hoody as I passed the apartment f
get an Uber. Talk about afford it, I didn't have a penny on me to even pay a taxi if I saw one.
ucked up motel w
walks from the apartment and sat down. The night was cold, I could feel it on my exposed face as I just sat there gazing at the block of houses across the str
Mom wouldn't have died. Maybe I wouldn't be a freaking stripper now. M
called the one person I could call at times like this, other than Abby who appar
ice from the other end
you're still busy at the club now and......oh, okay......listen, could you pick me up from my
eet, glancing now and then at me. I'd composed myself enough to let him know I'd been
again?" he pressed as
"yeah. Wefough
ha
from my eyes was because of the cry of because it was pa
reassured him wi
He asked, concern i
l be
y, Kelsey
about me, Don" he pulls
ngles himself to face me, one a
"Nah, I'm okay. I just don't think I'll
cked y
rnly clung to him for years, even when it was obvious he
d "he kinda did.
rug addict and an alcoholic, no offense. You're not
ll my fat
e you. He could inflict p
sn't done
rry. I'm just w
verything and you have no idea how s
u do not have to be sorry about any of this. You can...I mean, if this motel isn't comfortable
er since he found out about my little secret when I started working at the club, he'd been very protective
could need some frie
ckles at my lie "you don't hav
before I knew it, w
t thanks anyway,
ave to come to work. It's past 2 a.mm
hanks, Don.
t call me if you n
g into his chest for a
struggled to peel my eyes open but the burning sensation of the win
" I could hear Abby's voice now. She walks over to my head, bl
ld and cracked. I slowly moved t
ess" she walks over to
I remember falling into a deep sleep after arriving last night. Or morning. I'd only managed to pull off my flats and hoody which was the easiest
d I knew exactly what to expect. Her skin glowed and her lips were smiling, even though that's like a constant thing for her a
a e hangover" I clutched my
sits beside me, grabbing my shoulders with both palms "how did you
ry short, I fou
widened "did y
N
nk when you end up in a motel room with your ......hair looking likebirbirdss nest and those tired ey
Kelsey, just l
is words cut throug
s me back from my surreal flashback.
night, "I breathe sharply "an
pt calling me a whore and my mom too and I just....spoke back and then he tr
strokes my back "he mig
d even if he didn't mean it which he does, I'm serio
the nicest idea to make the strippers motel your home, Kel, cause shits get the output
ow life here, Abs, so w
s what's in you
h you? Your brot
my brother and he'
the
e. But so what? Y
of you. Even Donovan ask
novan the
rove me her
gave me
n I left the apartment, I couldn't get a cab at that hour, you were off skimping t
d you of how he h
od, quit saying that
a admit it cause he
n does no
wanna have se
hat either. God, Abby,
y, Kel. You should stay in
e to take today of
r from Paige today, you see.....but Stephen wouldn't let me leave. He
in?"I fold my hand
th last night. Oh My God, he is a walking god, Kel. He told me his name the moment I got into his car. He took me
ow why I found this strange cause....leave it to A
thinks we should meet again. We ate at a freaking restau
my G
resented a calling card from it to
W
ote his
idn't look like
another night with him. I just have ever
asy okay? You know h
....I don't know a
my hand in surren
e dumps a white plastic bag on my arms " I bou
so much. You
I stepped down
lls back on my bed " I don't
y when you all are out" I pointed out to the other empty bunk beds. " I even miss Blaire even though she'
up for it
arching for my toothbrush a