Hearing this, I knew that this customer was not a good person, he definitely wanted to take advantage of me and my child, so I changed the subject.

I used to have a beautiful relationship with a colleague. We loved each other for 3 years, but when we were about to get married, something sad happened. He had a work accident, and after a week of emergency treatment in the hospital, he died and passed away forever.

A month after he died, I found out I was pregnant. I also reported to his parents, they advised me to give birth and they would give me money every month to help raise the child. At first, my boyfriend’s parents also cared about my child, but then his mother got sick, and the family had no money, so they rarely asked about the child.

Not wanting his family to be in a difficult situation, I did not contact them or ask them for child support, I would raise the child myself. When my child was young, my grandmother went to the city to help me take care of him for a while, then she went back to work and we took care of each other.

To have more time with my child, I quit my office job, opened a sticky rice shop to sell in the morning and fried cakes in the afternoon and evening. Because I wanted to have money to raise my child, I had to work very hard and laboriously, trying many times harder than women who had husbands.

When my child was young, my grandmother went to the city to help me take care of him for a while, then she went back to work and we took care of each other. (Illustration)

2 months ago, a strange man bought sticky rice at my shop. Seeing the scene of me selling and comforting my crying child while it was cold in the morning, he suddenly said:

“The child is so young, why don’t you leave him at home to sleep, it’s hard to catch a cold and get sick in the morning.”

I honestly shared with him about my lonely situation, and as a last resort, I took my child with me. Then he asked me how much my monthly income was, was it enough to cover the expenses for the two of us?

Seeing that the customer was trustworthy, I honestly confessed:

“There are many sellers, but few buyers. Every month, I just hope to earn enough money for milk for my child and pay the rent, and I am very happy.”

Then he introduced himself as having a spacious house, and that my mother and I could move there to live, and that he would pay me 5,000 USD per month. Hearing this, I knew that this customer was not a good person, and definitely wanted to take advantage of my mother and me, so I changed the subject.

But hearing him speak very seriously, he said:

“I am living with an old mother over 90 years old. I am infertile, so my wife left me for someone else. I work all the time and cannot take care of my old mother. I could find a maid to take care of my mother, but seeing that your situation is so pitiful, I created an opportunity for you to have a job.”

Hearing this, I knew this customer was not a good person. (Illustration)

Hearing this, I breathed a sigh of relief and stopped being cautious. I was really worried. That same afternoon, he took me home to check and found that everything was as he said. So the next day, I quit selling the shop and became his family’s maid.

For the past 2 months, my mother and I have lived at his house. My daily work is just cooking, cleaning the house and taking care of the old lady. Because I work very quickly and neatly, I have a lot of time to take care of my child.

Every day after work, he spends a lot of time playing with my child. Many days, seeing the two of them happily laughing and joking, I longed for a family.

Last week, while coming home from the company’s year-end party, he was a little drunk so he came into my room and asked to do it with me. At first, I refused, but then his sweet words softened my heart and what was to come, came.

After that night, every night he wanted to do that with me. Yesterday he even proposed to marry me and we would be a happy family. But I think my current life is very good, he pays me 5000 USD every month. I am afraid that being a wife will not necessarily pay me and there will be more worries. Therefore, I am not ready to take the next step.