Chapter 10

I woke up by 7 AM. I sat in bed for a few minutes, thinking about all the sacrifices I was making to survive. I thought of all the things I was giving up, and I had given up simply because I wanted to have an okay, if not good, life.

Sometimes, most times, I regretted a lot of my actions. I thought of how much I would change things if I could, starting with my major, and also with how comfortably I settled for things I should never have.

But it was of no use regretting. I knew this was a good opportunity. A nice opportunity for me to actually get what I needed and make choices that were going to be beneficial to me.

I wasn’t naive. I knew that a rich and influential man like Mr. Reeves wasn’t just looking for a housekeeper. He could have passed through one of those fancy agencies and gotten one. I knew he wanted something else from me.

I would just have to be steadfast. He was physically attractive, but his domineering attitude and the fact th