The Billionaire and His Fake Wife

Chapter Two

Lena looks over at me. “About what sweetie?”

I sigh. “About school and my dad.”

“Hmm, I don’t know.” Lena says. “Do you have any money saved up from your work study?”

I nod my head. “A little, not nearly enough to pay for my next semester though.”

Lena looks up at the ceiling and then back at me. “Do you have anything you can sell?”

I think about it for a second. “No. Not anything worth that much money.”

Lena makes a disappointed face. “I don’t know then sweetie. I’m sorry. I wish I was more help. If there was a way I could share my scholarship with you I would.” Her eyes light up with excitement. “Oh my God, what about a scholarship?”

“All the deadlines have already passed, and my family is ‘to well off’ for a grant. I might just have to take a year off from school, that way I can save up some money.” I take another drink. Lena was right, the more you drink the better it starts to taste.

“I hate that you might have to take a year off. It’s so stupid that your dad is doing this to you. What kind of dad doesn’t want their daughter to finish college? I mean you are doing so good, he should be proud and excited to help you finish.

“The kind of dad that is married to a gold digger.” I say, starting to slur my words just a little. “It’s all Maggie’s fault. She was the one that convinced him I needed to start paying for s**t myself.”

Lena gasps, putting her hand on my shoulder. “I know what we need to do. We need to go to your dad’s house and change all of Maggie’s shampoos and soaps out with hair removal cream. Then she will be bald and ugly.”

I look over at Lena, confused. “How will that help with my money problem?”

Lena shrugs. “It won’t, but it will make you feel better.”

I burst out laughing, almost snorting. “This is why you are my best friend.” I say, smiling at her.

Lena smiles and pulls me into a one armed hug. “You are my best friend too.”

We sit there for a while in silence. Drinking and I don’t know about Lena, but I can’t stop thinking about my money problem. I don’t want to take a year off from school. I am so close to the finish line, and I have been working so hard. Taking a year off could mess everything up.

Lena is quiet for such a long time that I actually start to think she fell asleep or passed out from the alcohol. So, when she sits up suddenly, I jump and nearly scream. “I’ve got it. I know what we need to do.” She says, looking at me like she has just thought of the best idea in the world.

“What is it?” I ask, holding my hand over my chest to try and steady my breathing and heartbeat.

“We need to put out an ad online.” She says, like that explains everything.

I furrow my brows, looking over at her. “I’m going to need you to explain that a little more.”

Lena laughs. “We will put an ad out online, saying you will do anything for money. We can put your phone number, email or something. You know that way they can contact you with their offer.”

“Are you crazy?” I ask, shaking my head in disbelief. “That sounds like a good way to attract a bunch of weirdos.”

Lena gives me a big smile. “Yeah, you will probably attract some weirdos but just think about it. It’s the quickest and easiest way to make money. The worst thing that can happen is you see their offer and tell them no.”

I think about what she said for a second. I’m sure I won’t get any real offers, but she isn’t wrong. It’s not like I have to say yes if someone does make me an offer. “Let’s do it.” I say, making my mind up.

“Really?” Lena asks, sounding surprised.

I nod my head. “Yep, let’s do it.”

Lena smiles. “Okay.” She grabs her laptop and logs in to it.

I don’t know why I feel so anxious. It’s not like I am actually going to take anyone up on their offers. It will probably just be a bunch of perverts trying to pay for s*x or something.

“What do we need to put on the ad?” I ask, not really sure what to say. I have never done anything like this before.

Lena looks up at the ceiling for a second, looking like she is deep in thought. “How about this?” She asks as she starts tapping on the keys.

In desperate need of money, will do almost anything.

Underneath that she starts typing out a small description of me.

Hello, my name is Ashlyn Durham. I am a 21-year-old business major. I am smart, funny, easy to talk to and love to have fun. I am looking to make a lot of money quickly. Please reach out with your offers.

Lena pauses and looks over at me. “Did you want to leave your phone number or an email?”

“I don’t really want to give out either.” I say, laughing a little. I really don’t want everyone in the world to have access to my email and or phone number.

Lena purses her lips. “How about we make you a new email, specifically for this ad?”

“I guess that will work, let me create one real quick.” I say, grabbing my phone.

I create a new email address and password, going through their verification system. “Here you go.” I say, showing Lena my new email address. She looks at it and types it onto the ad, finishing it off.

My email is ashlyn.durham13@lotsofemails.com Legit offers only.

“There we go.” Lena says. “Now let’s add a picture of you and it will be ready to post.”

“A picture?” I ask, not really sure how I feel about that.

“Look at you girl, you are gorgeous. A picture will attract more people to your ad.”

I smile; she always knows how to get me. “Fine, but make sure it’s like a head only picture, I don’t want people trying to picture me naked.”

Lena laughs. “I have the perfect picture in mind.”

I watch as she scrolls through hundreds of pictures we have taken over the years. She lands on one we did about four months ago. It is a headshot. We were messing around, practicing for when we started needing business cards or anything like that. She loved this picture of me so much she refused to delete it.

“Alright, it is ready. Do you want me to post the ad?” She asks, making sure I still want to do this.

I take a deep breath and nod my head. “Yes, post it.” I say, hoping this isn’t the worst idea of my life.

She posts the ad and not even ten minutes later I get my first email. “Oh my God! Why are people so disgusting?”

Lena looks at me confused. “Did you already get an offer?”

I nod my head. “I got an offer alright.” I turn the phone towards Lena, so she can see the email for herself.

From: Big-Daddy-D69

Hey baby, send me some pictures of that sexy body and I will give you all the money you need. Plus, anything else you might want. (winky face emoji)

Lena gasps. “Oh my God! That is so gross. There is seriously something wrong with people.”

I shake my head. “Maybe we should just take the ad down.” I say, already seeing how this is going to go.

“No, not yet. Let’s wait a few days. You might get that one special offer. Just ignore the nasty offers.” Lena says, putting her hand on my arm.

I sigh. “Fine.”

That night before bed, I get another twenty perverted offers, and I really start to regret my decisions.