The billionaire & the waitress

THE PROPOSAL

AMY sat on a swing in a park just a few blocks away from my workplace,her body still smells of coffee and aroma of food ,she clinched to her bag,as if it was the bag fault that she was fired.

She kept using the toes of her to dig the sands,and murmuring to herself,not until a child came to her back and pushed her on the swing

“Who is that”,she said as you quickly stood up,to check who was that,the child brought out her tongue and her in her ear laughed at her and ran away.

Amy smiled and walked towards a bench,she sat at the edge of the bench and was scaring at the blue sky and birds that was flying,then she said

“How I wish am so free,like these birds”,she sigh

“Great job,Amy”,”well done”,she muttered,”You couldn’t just stay still and shut up,now you’re jobless,back to 0 and you had to throw a fit in front of everybody”,she said as you placed her hands on her face in regret

“ but what has be done has been done”,she said,

She reached out to her phone and saw her landlord message,”pay your rent or the next time I’ll get you out of the house”,she started crying,no money for rent,bills kept pulling up and here shes jobless with little in her savings that won’t be enough for 5 days….

“Crying,won’t solve anything”,she said as she wipe off tears with her back palms just as she was opened her eyes she saw a tall shadow in front of her,she didn’t scream,she opened her eyes slowly,eyes wide open a man in black suit was standing right in front of her

“Excuse me”,a deep warm voice

“AMY SMITH,right?”

She got confused,for some sec d before replying

“Do I know you?”,she asked confused,of course she won’t remember her helper because she was in a heated sit

“Ohh,am so sorry”,she said,you're the man that me back at the restaurant,sorry my brain is in confused mood right now

JOSH smiled and extended his business card to her,”

“My name is JOSH TAYLOR,I believe we were at the same restaurant this morning”,

AMY stared at the business card for minutes,she didn’t reach out for it,okay?,then you track me down?”

“Not at all,I was passing by then I saw you” Josh said,don't you remember me,back at the restaurant the person that helped you”,

Now I remember,ohh my foolish self,I said to my self

“Ohh,am so sorry”,i said,you're the man that me back at the restaurant,sorry my brain is in confused mood right now

“Is fine,I understand”,Josh chuckled,I actually have an offer for you,don’t know if you will want to hear it?”

“Her eyes narrowed,”hope you’re not trying to use my desperation ?

Josh laughed out,”No,am not,well……it’s a job,a short term one but you’ll be paid it,will you like to hear it?”

“Okay,let me hear it”, she said

“I need someone to pretend to be my wife for a few months,you’ll be generously paid.uou can name your price”,Josh said in desperation

Amy blinked and laughed out,that startled everybody at the park,”that’s the most hilarious thing i have heard in my life”,

“Im serious”,he said,stepping slightly closer,”I had a business meeting with a client but the client insisted that he can only sign it if am married”,

“You don’t have a girlfriend,an ex or any female friend”,I asked

“No,I don’t”,he answered

“And you thought a rude waitress will be suitable for that wife material role”,I said as I folded my arms

“Well…from my observation,you were not rude rather you were standing up for yourself,and I need someone who is bold and won’t be bullied by anybody”,

I stared at him for minutes

“What exactly does pretending to be your wife involve?”she asked

“Nothing much…..we attend few dinnerswith the clients but before then we must make much they believe it is real…maybe you drop my office sometimes and we go on fake dates ,right now people are taking pictures of us,look by your left but don’t make it noticeable.

“This is serious”,she said,”how much is involve”

“1 million dollars or name your price and I’ll get the contract ready”,

Silence broke between them,the number really hit her hard,1 million?she could pay off her rent,fix herself and do more lots of things and maybe go for her artist career.

It sounded so good to be true and too real

“This is insane”,she muttered

Josh gave her a nod,”but it is real,I understand it’s hard work and you can’t trust people but just think about it and give me a reply,my contact information is on the card”.

He placed the card gently on the bench beside her and turned to leave.”if I don’t hear,from you by tomorrow evening,”I’ll assume you not interested”.

He dropped an envelope on her lap and walked away

I looked around and couldn’t find the photographer,then I opened the envelope it was few bucks of cash and a letter,”Get,something to eat and don’t feel bad for losing you job”,I smiled,grabbed his business card and walked home.

On reaching home,I took my shower and curled up in my bed,abd brought out his business card and googled him.

JOSH TAYLOR,

CEO of Glidesoft

Networth:2:billion

An investor,single,the kind of man every girl wants in their life

I went ahead to read some news about him,every girl is interested in him but he has no interest in any of them and some people are calling him Gay…well,you can tell he is every girl dream,his looks and body built is something you can’t take your mind from.

“But,what from a local girl like me”,I said to myself still shocked that a billionaire approached me with an offer

Just in,my phone rang,its my bestfriend”Tessa”.

She yelled,”mimi,how are you and your day….tell me something”

Calm down babes,I told her,do you need the goodness or the bad one first but both sound bad to me

“Girl,shot am all ears,let’s go for bad first” Tessa answered

“I got fired from my job”,I said sadly

“Im so sorry mimi,what happened?”,tessa asked

I told her everything that happened and how a man helped me and I got fired,she consoled me and she knew i hate disrespect so she wasn’t surprised.

“So what’s the good news”,she with a smiling tone,”Got a man?”

“Girl,is far from that”, I said laughing out

“Guess who I meet today?”,I didn’t allow her to answer…I met with Josh!

“Which Josh?”,she said softly,i don’t know any body that go by the name JOSH,except the billionaire bachelor,which everybody is a fan to him.

I smiled and chuckled and she could hear it

“Girl,tell me what I want to hear !”,she said softly

“You know I told you someone helped me at the restaurant”,I asked her and didnt allow her,Yes JOSH TAYLOR was the one that helped me…we both shouted and laughed

“Wow this is getting interesting”,Tessa said

That’s not all,later that same day he approached me with a offer

“An offer?”,what ?,Tessa answered

Just as I was about telling her,someone knocked on my door,”babes can I call you later”,she said yes and the call ended and I walked towards my door it was my landlord,we both exchanged greetings and I told her I’ll pay the rent tomorrow and she left.

I picked up that card and kept staring at it and thinking hard about JOSH offers,feels good to be true,ive seen the media and articles about him,so it can’t be a romance scam.

“But can I pretend to be someone's wife”,I kept thinking about it..

My pride won’t let me say yes,but in a desperate situation and that’s the only way for me to sort myself…I picked the card again and,kept rolling on the bed for some minutes.

It won’t be a bad idea to be his wife,I murmured to myself and slept off….

The sun rose up hitting me straight at my face,always the first greeting me,I rolled over my bed,did a little stretch and then got up to take my breakfast,just as i stood up Josh card gave me the second greeting,I already made up my mind last night about Josh,i headed straight the kitchen and found nothing to eat.

“f**k,theres no food”,I said in anger,I picked up my phone and dialed Josh number that was on his business card.

I didn’t allow him to answer,”where should we meet?”,i asked him

“My office,my driver will come pick you up”,he said

“Your office,won’t people talk about it “,i asked him

“Don’t you worry about that”,he said,“send me your address”.

I sent it my address,went headed and showered,put on my polo and trousers,applied a little makeup and perfume,just in a call came in

“Hello,I’m Josh driver pls am waiting outside”, he said

Alright,I’ll be out shortly,and the call ended.

I carried my bag and headed down,I saw the car parked right in front of my house,it was a TESLA MODEL,not too shocked because I’ve seen a lot when I was working at de lux diner.

The driver came down and opened,I greeted him and stepped in. A girl was sitting in the front seat,so I greeted her as well. She didn’t reply to me and we hit the road.

We stopped at a clothing store,so o was wondering what was happening and I asked,”sorry,why are we here?”,just as I asked,Josh call entered

“The girl with you is my secretary,and I asked her to get you dressed,since you will be coming to my office,I’m sorry I didn’t tell you on time”,Josh said

I didn’t bother arguing with him,”Alright,that’s fine but next you tell me beforehand”,I said to him and ended the call.

We stepped at the store and I tried different outfits and the secretary kept regretting them,and my patience with her was running out,I put on a blue dress and she still said no,when the dresser said is perfect then I exploded

“You must be kidding me,i've tried 10 different outfits and you keep saying no and no, you better choose one or I’ll walk out of here”,the dressers were staring me and laughing at her,though she didn’t reply me.I saw a wine dress and tried it on,I didn’t bother asking if she approves it or not,I took and a black heel with a wine red purse,with a touch of gold.

I walked asked the girl to package it and the secretary paid for it,we drove off to a salon where they fixed my hair and make up and I dressed up right there.

The looks was everything,the gown clinged my body,exposing my curves and looked at the mirror and couldn’t believe that I look so beautiful,everyone at the saloon was praising and appreciating my beauty,but that weird secretary didn’t say anything.

“Ma,we’ve arrived”,the driver said

“Thank you”,I answered him,as I stepped out,saw medias everywhere at the entrance of the building.