It all began in March, as the pandemic hit and close millions of businesses around the world. First China, then reached US, then France shutdown all bars and restaurants. In fact my wife Alexandra and I were still thinking it would never get that bad here and we continued our last-minute preparation for trip to Colorado. Two days before departure Alex was working at her job as the hostess at very high-end restaurant. I was at home checking the internet when got email that our resort will be closed due to Covid. We had to cancel our trip. But that was just the beginning, by the following Monday the governor of our state issued executive order and closed all bars, restaurants, and non-essential businesses. In a moment, we were at least temporarily unemployed.We completely lost our income and both filed immediately for UI benefits with the state.
We spent first months reading,playing video games, watching TV -anything to pass the time. Unlike many, we could not work from home. Alex and I were in neither of risk categories, so we seemed safe. What we didn't know that a virus of different kind laid among us.
We're married couple; me -32, Alex-25. I was 25 when I started dating her as 18 years old major at university in the town, met her during one of my "cruise to college bars"
she didn't have even fake ID. We ended up talking that night but we didn't go home together. She gave me her number and left her friends well before I did. I called her on my earliest opportunity, it was next day and she agreed to go out with me. Maybe next time I'll tell you that date went.Back on pandemic hit, we were initially in no fear of financial security. We had UI and our savings to cover the rent and other expenses. The executive order was only for 3 months and we were sure we'd make it until then. But the rent was always a stretch, if lasted much longer than that, we'd be in trouble. As we know now, it lasted much longer.
By July, we were unable to pay our bills, and we needed to make tough choices. As we now know, it lasted much longer. By July, we were unable to pay our bills, and we needed to make some tough choices. Jobs at that time were scarce if you didn’t already have one. The only businesses that were hiring were grocery stores and hardware stores but those only paid slightly more than minimum wage. Like most people, we had decided that we were better off sitting at home collecting unemployment than working 40 hour weeks for $400.We decided skipping our car payments was not an option. They would repossess our cars immediately. Weighing our other options, we decided not paying the rent was the best one, since the governor had put a moratorium on evictions, and Alex felt she had a rapport with the owner of the building from hanging out at the pool with him last summer
He reminds me of Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese soccer player – dark, tall, and incredibly ripped, but with a more angular, longer face. He’s actually better looking than Ronaldo.By mid July he didn't come to talk about the rent but when July passed and we missed our August rent payment, he came around and ended up gently treating to evict us if we didn't pay 2 months rent we owed him.
We tried selling her car but no-one was offering enough to even pay off the loan We decided that maybe Alex could string him along by continuing to befriend him. She started spending more time sitting around the pool, laughing and flirting with him and the other tenants. He is very charismatic, and always had the group in stitches. It probably didn’t hurt that he was supplying the food and drinks. But the plan seemed to be working. He never mentioned the rent to Alex anymore that month.
When Sep passed he stopped again. This time, he had proposition; he would let us live in our apartment for free in exchange for Alex working 10 hours per week for him. More than a suspicious I asked what the job might be. He explained she would be responsible for entertaining him, his associates, and clients as Alex has many charms that she could use to keep all them happy no matter what situation they're in. I asked him as real estate developer what entertaining needs to be done. He told me I'd be surprised how many skills and power of persuasion requires this industry and there are many of people who needs to be convinced - politicians, bankers, lawyers, investors, irate neighbours and Alex job would be to help persuade these people to see things his way, and help him repay his gratitude when they do. Not hearing the last part I said "interesting concept". He explained me with little training she could be perfect into this role, he has had other ladies helping him out, but always on consultant basis and scheduling them can be tought but with Alex for 10 hours per week would open new possibilities.
Alex laughed he makes it sound so easy but he explained nothing really good is easy but this could be really good, and it could be fun. He insisted on answer by end of September, in fact on 1st of October as much as he loves us being around, he told us that can't continue anymore.
We were shocked! What seemed to be a simple solution to an intractable problem suddenly got very, very weird.We were fucked. She seemed pissed. We had less than 4 weeks to figure it out. In the coming weeks, Alex tried using her other charms to convince him that she could do the job without the sex part, flirting wildly with him without crossing the line.Her choice of swimwear got bolder too when she brought out the bikini we mistakenly bought while on vacation a few years ago. We learned too late that it was virtually see-through when Alex emerged from the cruise ship pool.
Ironically, our sex life started heating up around that time. For my part, I guess the thought of Alex selling her body to pay the rent was a sick turn-on. I can’t say I never fantasized about similar scenarios over the years.years. But what got her going was a mystery to me.As the weeks passed and the deadline approached, I finally brought up the subject. Told her we need a plan and she has to re-negotiate the deal with him but she insisted that's a great deal if we take the sex part out, she's going to make the same as her previous job in the restaurant but without 6 days a week schedule. She tried to convince me it's the same if she's working 10 hours per week away from home doing something else and came home to me every night and we need to think about it as a job not a relationship. I was stunned. My Alex was actually trying to convince me that becoming prostitute is OK. I was powerless to stop this from happening.