Sienna felt tears threaten to fall as she lay in his bed. The bedding smelt faintly of his cologne, and the memories of last night came back to her. She couldn’t believe she had lost her virginity to a random stranger. A rude, aggressive stranger, which made it worse. He probably slept with women all the time, and Sienna meant nothing to him. She felt disgusted with herself and screamed into a pillow, then forced herself up and got dressed.

Since her shirt’s buttons had been ripped off, she collected them to sew back on once she got home. She then tied her long sleeve shirt into a crop top and noticed the billionaire had left his room key for her to drop off at the front desk of the hotel. He had cleared all his items out of the hotel except for a cufflink that she found under the bed when collecting her buttons. After fetching her bag and grey dress from the other room, Sienna took the cufflink with her and went to drop off her key card.

“Hello, I have the key card for room 15,” Sienna told the receptionist, who raised her eyebrow.

“Mr Declan Foster?” The lady asked and scanned Sienna’s appearance.

“Yes,” Sienna nodded and scratched the inner skin of her arm. Everyone probably knew what she had done.

“Right. He left this for you.” She added and handed Sienna an envelope full of cash. Sienna’s heart dropped; she had forgotten entirely about the money. She thanked the receptionist, who seemed to judge her silently and shoved the envelope into her bag.

“Chae-Soo! Can I talk…” Mr Manager called as he walked out of his office. Sienna shook her head and hurried out of the hotel before he could continue his sentence. Tears ran down her face, and she tried to control her emotions. She wiped her tears away and walked across the street. Sienna felt like everyone looked her way and did what the American movies she watched called the walk of shame. Luckily she had today off.

Sienna walked to the train station as immense guilt overtook her mind. She had sold her body for money and felt… dirty. As she waited in line to pay for the train ticket, Sienna pulled out the envelope and noticed Declan had written on the front. In messy cursive handwriting, he had written: Keep the change. Sienna felt her blood start boiling and dug her nails into her arm to help herself calm down.

The conductor gave Sienna a strange look when she gave him a 5000 won note to pay for the ticket. He handed her the change, and she found a spot on the train to sit. Why was she stupid enough to take the billionaire’s deal?

***

“Mom! Dad! Hanuel! I’m home!” Sienna shouted in Korean and placed the shopping bags full of groceries on the small table they had in the kitchen/ lounge/ dining room. The house only had 3 rooms, this one, a bathroom and a bedroom they all shared.

“Everyone is asleep in the room,” Her mom replied and made her way into the chair near the table. “Why didn’t you come home last night?” She asked and sat down to catch her breath. Her mom suffered from emphysema due to the air pollution and harmful chemical fumes she had inhaled over the years from working at a factory.

“I had a late shift, so my manager offered me to room to sleep in. I got a massive tip, though.” Sienna covered her lie with a smile and handed her mom the envelope of money. “It’s about 2.5 million won. We can get Hanel his treatment and let the doctors help you and Dad.”

Her mom’s hand flew to cover her mouth as she started crying. “Thank you, my daughter.” Her mom cried and slowly got up to give Sienna a hug. “I’m so proud of you for working hard and supporting this family.”

“It’s a pleasure, mom. I have to take care of the ones I love.” Sienna stated, and tears fell down her face. She couldn’t disappoint her mom by telling her she got the money by sleeping with a billionaire.

“I bought us some chicken pieces and vegetables. I thought we could make your famous chicken soup. The one Dad and Hanuel love.” Sienna added, and her mom happily agreed. She started a fire and helped her mom prepare the meal before going to wake up her Dad and brother.

“Sienna, my beautiful daughter.” Her Dad smiled and seemed happy to see her. He was old, and his health declined over the years. She gave him a hug and felt his fragile frame through the thin blankets. “How was work, dear daughter?” He asked.

“It was good, thanks, Dad. How’s Hanuel?”

“He started vomiting last night and couldn’t breathe. I don’t know how we can help him.” Her Dad replied, and worry filled his voice. Sienna told her Dad the good news, and he cried in front of her for the first time. She felt emotional about the whole situation and constantly said to herself that she had done the right thing for her family.

“Hanuel, wake up.” Sienna sweetly called and touched his forehead. It felt warm, and he was covered in sweat.

“Sienna? Your home.” He smiled and tried to sit up, which made him start coughing. A few drops of blood were spat onto her white shirt, but Sienna didn’t care. After he stopped coughing, she helped him sip some water and wiped a wet cloth across his forehead.

“Mom made her yummy chicken soup.” She smiled and tried to lift his spirits. “If you try to eat something, then I’ll give you a chocolate.”

“Chocolate?” Her 10-year-old brother asked as excitement lit up his eyes. Sienna nodded and took the blankets off him to help him walk to the lounge. It was the first time in weeks that he agreed to leave the room, and both her parents were so happy to see him up and about.

They enjoyed the lovely meal together and chatted about what they would do with the money. Sienna rested her head against her father’s shoulder and smiled as a rough laugh came from him. Even her brother was smiling as he slowly nibbled on the chocolate. He had offered everyone a piece, but they all declined and insisted he eats it alone. Sienna wiped down her body and changed into her pyjamas later that night. She scratched through her things for a chain that lost its pendant and put the cufflink of the billionaire onto the chain. The cufflink was of plain silver in the shape of a triangle, and it hung against her chest when she put the necklace on.

Sienna decided that she would keep the cufflink as a reminder of how she saved her family. Of a reminder that there were people in this world that took advantage of women like herself. A reminder that the cruel billionaire would never be in her life again. She hated him, but mostly she hated herself.

The cufflink was also a promise that she wouldn’t let men like Declan Foster near her again.

***

Sienna returned to work the next day with her head held high. Everyone could think what they wanted; she knew she had slept with Declan for a good reason. Today her family had all gone to the private hospital and received the necessary treatment. Hanuel was booked in, and the hospital agreed to take good care of him. They even kept her parents for the night since they needed to be monitored so Sienna would have the house to herself tonight. Something she’d never thought would happen until she buried her family in the ground.

“Chae-Soo? Please, talk to me.” Mr Manager stated as he walked up to her.

“Just let me be, please, sir. I torture myself enough.” She stated and looked at the ground, ashamed. Keeping her head high was quickly forgotten.

“I… Did he hurt you?” Mr Manager asked. Sienna shook her head, and her hand flew to touch the cufflink on her necklace. Lately, that had been how she controlled her emotions, which was better than scratching and digging her nails into her skin.

“Right, all I wanted to say is that he left a 5-star review on the hotel. You can use the room to wash up if you want… but you smell nice.” He smiled and walked away.

Sienna felt herself breathe again as her boss walked away. He didn’t judge her, and no one else seemed to know what she did. It remained her secret, and she preferred that she could act like it never happened. That night was the last she ever saw and today the last she heard of the billionaire’s name. Declan Foster was just a figure in her memory.

Her shift started, and Sienna felt her confidence grow back. She felt happy again and went home with a pocket full of tips. The house felt empty without her family, but she seemed to enjoy just being alone for a bit. After having a meal of rice and gravy, she lay in bed but just couldn’t seem to fall asleep. Sienna played with the cufflink while her other hand made its way down her stomach.

All the memories with Declan replayed in her head as she started rubbing her clit with the moisture in between her legs. As much as she wished she could forget him, he was constantly on her mind. After giving herself an orgasm, Sienna finally fell asleep and kept her hand holding onto the cufflink.

The billionaire was not going to leave her thoughts anytime soon.

***

A few weeks later

“Oh, Sienna!” Her friend, Kim-Hae, called as Sienna walked home. Since high school, she and Kim had been friends and always helped each other out where they could. Kim-Hae was a beautiful woman with a bob haircut and big round glasses.

“Kim?” Sienna smiled and wrapped her arms around her friend. “How have you been?”

“Girl, I tell you, the men in this place are trash. I’ve been through about 5 since I last saw you.” Kim replied and rolled her eyes.

“That’s awful!”

“Mmmhmm. Anyways, girl, I’m glad I caught you. Here are your tampons; you probably running out since it’s that time of the month. I’m so forgetful sometimes….” Kim mumbled on, but Sienna stopped listening. She had her mind so full of thoughts of that billionaire that she completely forgot she was supposed to be on her period.

“What’s the date today?” Sienna asked as she started panicking.

“The 27th, urgh, reminds me of that time this guy ditched me for our date,” Kim replied with a laugh. Her period should be almost over by now, but nothing had come yet.

“I’m late.”

“Girl, it happens. You haven’t been with anyone; you don’t need to worry. It’s probably just stress….” Kim stated and looked at her friend, who was full-on panicking. “Sienna, what haven’t you told me?”

“Please, no. Kim, please, you have to help me.” She stated and told her friend everything that had happened. Kim-Hae was shocked but also impressed that Sienna slept with a billionaire. She tried to calm her friend down, and they walked to the supermarket to buy a pregnancy test. Well, they bought about 3 just in case, then went over to Kim’s house since she lived alone.

After 5 minutes, Kim fetched the pregnancy tests from the bathroom and walked back to her room.

“Girl, you’re pregnant.” She mumbled and sat next to Sienna, speechless. Sienna grabbed the tests and burst into tears.

“No, they must be wrong.”

“All three of them say positive; I doubt they’re wrong.”

“How can this be happening? What am I going to do?” Sienna cried and held onto the cufflink. The first time she had sex… a one night stand… and of course, the universe had to make it be with a cold billionaire. Sienna couldn’t believe what was happening; she was pregnant with billionaire Declan Fosters baby.