Glitter and Gold

Ariana would usually feel uncomfortable answering questions like that, but she had one of her own. "I mean., I usually make about 250 a day... Fridays have been good lately" she teased. "On average I think I make about 1500 a week" she said honestly. "How much do you make?" She asked him, looking up at him intently.

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Stanley smiled softly listening to her, "That's pretty good," he said lightly. He looked at her, "I make like $10,000 a week from various sources, plus dividends when my companies do well," he admitted. "I some weeks are worse than others, depending on how my investments do," he added.

He lent in close to her, "I've come to quite like you Skye," he said softly. He thought for a moment, wondering whether she would be interested in an idea he had been thinking about. "Can I make a proposal to you, without ruining what we already have?"

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Ariana nodded softly "yeah I mean it is pretty good.. but yunno with college and other stuff, I'm just making ends meat" she told him honestly, he jaw dropping slightly as he mentioned how much money he made. "I don't think I've ever had that amount of money in my life" she murmered with a small laugh.

She nodded softly as he asked to propose something to her. She switched the Skye persona back on, knowing she could handle anything stange better than Ari could.

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Stanley nodded, "yeah that's what I was thinking about," he mentioned. He pulled away from her lightly, "If I was to offer to pay you $1000 a week, would you be more able to focus on your studies?" he asked her softly. He blushed slightly, "all I would ask is for the pleasure of your company for say three hours a week," he added.

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Skye fumbled for words for a second, her face confused. "What do you mean by the Pleasure of my company?" She asked him softly, placing her hands in her own lap.

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Stanley smiled softly seeing her confusion, 'nothing sinister, I just want to speak with you, and maybe take you out to dinner occasionally," he said softly. He looked at her, 'if you're uncomfortable with it, don't worry about it," he said lightly

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Ariana sat back in the seat for a minute. "So your basically suggesting I be a sugar baby" she said, biting on her lip as she thought. "I need you to tell me absolutely everything you are going to expect of me" she said softly.

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Stanley looked at her and blushed, "I guess I am," he said softly. He thought for a moment, "the only thing I would expect of you, is three hours conversation over dinner each week, anything else that might happen is up to you," he said lightly. He smiled weakly, "if conversation is all you are comfortable with then that's all you have to do," he told her.

"Maybe occasionally I'll buy you a dress or something, that I'd want you to wear," he added.

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Ariana nibbled on her lip further, shifting in the seat. She had heard of other girls at the club having sugar daddies, but most of them sleemed to offer sexual satisfaction, not conversation. Her only other experience with anything of the sort was from watching fifty shades of grey. "Will you expect to know a lot about my personal life? Or control what I eat, wear that sort of thing?" She asked.

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Stanley chuckled lightly, "I'm not a control freak, I'd love for you to tell me about your life while we talk, but only what you are comfortable sharing, and maybe as I mentioned if I find something I'd like you in, I'll buy it for you, and you can wear it or not," he said.

He looked at her, "tell you what think about it for a little while, and let me know," he said softly.

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Ariana nodded gently, the whole thing running through her mind."can I uhh.. can I let you know when my shift ends?" She asked him, looking at the clock on the wall. She knew she had an hour and a half until her shift ended, and she still had a 15 minute break to take so she felt she would have enough time to think about it.

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Stanley smiled softly, "of course, I'll stick around until you finish," he said lightly. He pulled out the money to pay for the time they'd been chatting, and tipped her some extra again. 'Come find me out near the bar or in a booth," he said softly. He handed her the money, gently leaning in and tapping her knee, "I promise I won't be hurt either way, and if you just want to leave it as dancing for me here, or not, that's fine," he said before leaving the back room.

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Skye gave his cheek a soft kiss before heading off to give in the money and finish off her shift. During her break, she spent the entire thing weighing up her pros and cons, trying to work it all out in her head. By the time her shift ended, Ariana headed in to the back, changing in to her street clothes, an oversized knitted jumper over skinny jeans and a pair of sneakers. She searched for Stanley, her car keys in her hand as he headed over to where he sat.

She took a deep breath. "Make it 1200, I'll meet with you for 5 hours a week, you can choose whether that's in one or two evenings. You don't get to know where I live, we meet in public spaces and I always have Sundays off" she stated, fidgeting with her fingers nervously. "If you can do that we have a deal" she said softly.

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Stanley smiled seeing her come over. He'd been sitting quietly in the back sipping another Scotch. He nodded hearing her out, "I'll make it $1500, for five hours," he said lightly, "and those terms sound reasonable to start with," he said lightly. He stood up, "I have something I was gonna give you, if you'll walk with me for a bit," he said lightly.

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Ariana was a little bit taken aback that he raised it even more, but she wasn't going to argue. "There is no to start with... The public spaces, I mean sure. That may change once I have substantiated that you are most definitely not going to murder me" she said, with a nervous laugh trying to make it a joke. "But the whole knowing where I live and Sundays off.. they are deal breakers,, if you can't except them this won't work" she said softly, standing up and agreeing to walk with him for a bit.

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Stanley nodded softly, "Yes fair enough, I just would you like to eventually feel comfortable visiting my home," he said lightly. He smiled at her, "the other condition I have is you focus on your studies, and feel free to ask me for anything," he said softly. He led her out towards his car, unlocking it and reaching into his glove box, pulling out an immaculately wrapped little box, which contained the necklace he'd decided to buy for her.

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Ariana nodded "yes I promise to focus on college, and I won't..." She said looking up at him as he lead her to his car. She hung back a little, just in case he tried to shove her inside. Working in the strip club had made her very aware of just how creepy people can be.

Ari looked from the box back up to him unwrapping it delicately. Her eyes grew wide when she saw the gold writing on the side of the box, and without even opening it she held it back out to him. "Stanley, truly that's too much. I don't expect you to spend your money on me for nothing. I've done nothing to earn whatever is in that box" she said softly, shaking her head.

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Stanley smiled softly watching her unwrap it, he nodded. "Okay, I understand, I'll tell you what, when you finish Law school, I'll give you what's in the box," he said lightly. He blushed deeply, "How does that sound?" he asked her. He didn't want to push his luck and have her think he wanted to buy her. He wanted to spoil her, obviously, but wanted her to be her own person.

@ Aoibhe

Ariana nodded "yes..I'm sorry I don't mean to be ungrateful. I'd just feel wrong accepting it right now" she told him honeslty. She had never been much of a gift person, she much preferred giving than receiving, and we'll.. that's how Sophia came to be. She had always been a little bit of a pushover and had been trying her hardest to work on that.

"My name is actually Ariana by the way" she told him and held out her hand, as if introducing herself all over again. "I wouldn't feel right if we did this and you didn't know" she told him.

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Stanley smiled "well I'll hold onto it for you, until you finish school," he told her. He slipped it into his pocket. He didn't mind that she was uncomfortable accepting it yet.

He reached out and shook her hand. "It's a pleasure to meet the real you Ariana," he said lightly. He lifted her hand up giving it a gentle kiss. He looked at her reaching into his pocket pulling out a business card. "In case you need me," he said lightly handing it to her

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