My Dear Mistress

To Be a Good Girl for You

Anchaya walked out of the exam room with Tangkwa, feeling a wave of relief because it was their last high school exam. After that, they would wait for the exam results and the admission results for the five universities she had applied to, both in the province and in Bangkok. She didn't expect to get into the ones in Bangkok because they were top universities in Thailand, and even if she did, she wasn't sure if she could attend due to her circumstances with Chinaphop. Everything depended on Chinaphop, as she was already his, even if she hadn't yet fulfilled her role as his mistress.

"Let's celebrate finishing the exams with some Thai barbecue," Tangkwa suggested.

"Sure, but let me call Uncle Phon first," she replied.

She got permission from her uncle, who insisted she must not return later than 8 PM, and Anchaya promised firmly. But as she walked a little further from the school grounds,

"Ann!"

The familiar voice made her turn quickly with a look of apprehension.

"Ann, how are you? I really miss you," Athit said, hugging his daughter without regard for her wary demeanor. Whenever her father spoke sweetly to her like this, it was unusual, indicating he wanted something from her, just like when he persuaded her to be sold to Chinaphop. But back then, she agreed because her father threatened to sell her to that sleazy old man To if she didn't go with him. Anchaya chose Chinaphop over the old man To because Uncle Phon was a close subordinate of Chinaphop, guaranteeing that he was a good person with legitimate businesses, unlike the old man To, whose businesses were all shady to outright illegal.

"How did you get here, Dad?" Anchaya pushed her father away with a mix of wariness and disgust, both wary and repelled by the smell of alcohol.

"I just really missed you," he replied.

"Tangkwa, go wait for me at the restaurant," Anchaya told her friend, who was watching her and her father.

"Okay," Tangkwa replied and walked to the barbecue restaurant not far from the school entrance.

Anchaya turned back to her father.

"How have you been, Dad?"

"Not so well," he replied.

"Why not? You received hundreds of thousands of baht," she said.

"It's all gone now," he replied.

"Dad, seriously?" she exclaimed in shock that six hundred thousand baht had disappeared in just three or four months. No amount of money was enough for someone possessed by the gambling spirit. She was worried, wondering when her father would realize that gambling never made anyone rich, only the casino owners.

"I don't have much left because I have to save for university," she said, taking two 1,000 baht notes from her wallet and handing them to her father.

Athit took the money, stuffed it into his pocket, and then spoke to his daughter.

"Mr. To said he would give two million if you go live with him, and he would buy you a house and a car too."

"I don't want it. I will only stay with Mr. Phop!" Anchan said firmly, knowing the reason her father came and spoke so sweetly.

"But staying there, you're just a minor mistress. When he gets bored, he'll just throw you away."

"Anywhere I stay, when he gets bored, he'll just throw me away. And didn't you say that if Mr. To gets bored, he'll send me to a brothel?"

"But now he's promised me he won't send you to a brothel. He'll take you as his wife if you behave well."

"Why are you doing this, Dad? You've already sold me to Mr. Phop. How can you sell me to someone else?"

"Well, Mr. To is offering more money. We will just return the money to Mr. Phop, and it's over."

"You're oversimplifying things, but no matter how much Mr. To offers, I'm not going. I love Mr. Phop. I will stay with Mr. Phop!" Anchaya said and immediately ran away, afraid her father would follow and continue the conversation.

Anchaya hid from her father in different shops for a while until she saw he wasn't following her anymore. Then she went to find Tangkwa in the barbecue restaurant, but she ate with unease.

"Isn't this place nice?"

"No, it's good. But my dad came and said something ridiculous."

"What did he say?"

Anchan recounted the conversation with her father to her close friend.

"Your dad is a lost cause now, Ann. I think he's trying to find a way to hand you over to Mr. To because he wants money from him. That bastard offered a lot of money."

"Why has my dad changed like this? At first, he didn't think of selling me to Mr. To because he was afraid that if he got bored, I'd be sent to a brothel. But now it seems he doesn't care about anything except money."

"Gambling has taken away his sense of fatherhood."

"What should I do? My dad won't give up because there's two million from Mr. To tempting him."

"I think your dad might be deceived. Would Mr. To really pay up to two million?"

"Exactly, but whether he pays or not, I'm not going to stay with him. I'd rather die than become his mistress." Besides his unattractive looks, his character is vile, and his business dealings are illegal.

"You should tell Uncle Phon. Maybe he can find a way to deal with your dad."

"I'm afraid Mr. Phop will go after my dad." Because her father had already sold her and was thinking of selling her to that sleazy businessman again, the boss probably wouldn't like it. Or maybe he might want his money back, since he doesn't like her anyway and even hates her. It's been three months since the incident at the flower arch, and they haven't seen each other since.

"It won't go that far, but he probably has a way to handle it. After all, you're already considered his mistress."

"What mistress? I don't even want to see his face."

"You sound like you're sulking. Do you really want to be his mistress?"

"No, I just want to stay at his house because it feels safe there." From her own father and that sleazy businessman who was trying to lure her father with money to sell her.

"Feeling safe, and does it warm your heart too?"

"It's warm because the house has Aunt Mai and Sister Noom. In our free time, the three of us chant before bed. It calms my mind, and I don't have nightmares."

"Bless you."

Then the two girls laughed heartily, and Anchaya's worries lessened. Because if Chinaphop wanted his money back more than having her stay at his house, she would run away. One day, when she could earn money herself, she would return the six hundred thousand that her father had spent.

When she returned to the residence, Anchaya quickly called to tell Phon to come to the house, telling him about her encounter with her father and how her father wanted to make her the mistress of that sleazy businessman.

"Your dad is really out of his mind. You have to accept that if your dad's life ends badly, it's because he got involved with bad people and gambling."

"What should I do, Uncle Phon? I'm afraid my dad will take me to that sleazy businessman."

"Don't worry. If you don't want to go, no one can take you. Besides, you're already known as the boss's kept woman, even if you're not being used."

"The boss doesn't like me anyway. If my dad returns the money he got from that sleazy businessman, will he return me?" Her voice was anxious and worried, making Phon feel pity.

"The boss took you in because he pitied you, afraid your dad would sell you to that sleazy businessman. So, the idea of the boss selling you back to your dad, forget it. The boss isn't that heartless."

"But I've done a lot to upset him." She was still worried.

"Well, it's good that you realize it. Just do as the boss says."

"If the boss doesn't send me back to my dad, I'm willing to do everything he asks."

"Good. Have you finished your exams now?"

"Yes, just waiting for the results and hoping to get into university."

"Do you think you'll get in somewhere?"

"Definitely, at least a local university."

"Don't brag."

"I'm not bragging. You know I've always been diligent in my studies." I was born into a poor family, and when my mother passed away in middle school, life got even harder. My mother was the family's pillar because my father couldn't keep a job for long before getting fired. Uncle Phon helped out sometimes.

Anchaya thought that studying hard was the way to improve her life. She wanted to graduate from university to get a good job that could support her and her father. Before that, she was unsure how to fund her education or cover personal expenses. She planned to work part-time for personal expenses and take a student loan for tuition. However, now she receives a salary from Chinaphop, which is enough to cover her tuition and personal expenses. Still, she has to be frugal because she doesn't know how long she will be under Chinaphop's care.

As a mistress, she learned from Noom that the longest anyone stayed was three years before the master got bored and replaced them.

But as an unused mistress, whether the master gets bored depends entirely on his satisfaction.

However, Uncle Phon said that if she behaves well and listens to him, Chinaphop won't sell her back to her father or to that sleazy businessman.

Anchaya will listen and be a good girl for the master.

But it's sad, the master's order is... she's not allowed to show her face to him.

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Poor thing, keep trying, Anchaya. I'm cheering for you. Somehow, you've got to win over the master, haha.