Lorelai's Temptation

With a thud of her bag against the wooden floor and a satisfying sigh as she sank into bed once again Mallory looked up at her ceiling with a smile. Her first day despite its uneventful nature was utterly exhausting as a part of her was unconsciously on guard all day. It was roughly five in the afternoon as Mallory idly scrolled through her phone for lazy stimulation of short videos of various geek skits or just pet videos. Mallory's idleness was halted by a notification that popped onto her screen.

"Lorelai, you have a new client. Do you wish to view their profile?"

"Gosh darn it! Fuck! Okay which loser is it this time?"

The profile picture showed a girl around Mallory's age with stunning ruby irises and chestnut brown hair. This girl was not her usual clientele from her gender to stunning features. Part of her wondered if the profile picture was a ruse but upon noticing the request Mallory grew even more suspicious. Firstly the amount of money offered was absurd for the time limit despite the fact that it was set for tonight. Mallory's instinct was screaming to refuse the offer but the cash would be more than welcomed and the meeting location wasn't too far and very public.

"Well fuck. Guess it is time for Lorelai to wake up" said Mallory slapping her cheeks lightly with a defeated sigh

Slowly mustering up all her remaining energy Mallory slowly began to produce several things from the bottom draw of her wardrobe. First a neatly groomed curly blonde wig, a dark lacy bra that clearly has a lot of support and padding layered into it and a small inconspicuous bottle with a tiny heart with a x over it.

Mallory over the course of the last year had been funding her current lifestyle through an app called Honeyed Hearts which at its core is a pay for a date service. Honeyed Hearts was all the cute date stuff without any of the more adult rated content. Though completely disgusted by the app on first inspection Mallory eventually realized just how profitable it could become.

When Mallory had originally found out about Honeyed Hearts she was working four hours on a weekday while also attending the academy. Her weekends were eight hours work sessions which only made things worse. With the money generated from her various side jobs she barely kept her current apartment's bills while still paying her tuition fees and paying for groceries.

After a month on Honeyed Hearts Mallory had made a small following for her services to the point where doing about three dates a week got her the same lifestyle as the collection of part time jobs she did previously. With a bit of work she had refined herself and image on the app to what she calls Lorelai.

The best part about her job was that she became so proficient with makeup and dressing herself that she practically looked like a completely different person which meant it would be rather difficult for anyone to recognize her. Utilizing her special layered bra she was able to appear a solid C compared to her normal barely B cups. The bouncy blond hair when coupled with her blue irises made her seem like a foreign beauty especially due to her wearing contacts that lightened her natural sapphire irises while adding a small green hue to it.

Her normal dress of black was replaced with various shades of browns and blues. Actually her normal Lorelai costume consisted of a bow headband, white flowy blouse, black leggings and a pleated skirt that fell just above her knees. The outfit was normally tied together in the winter with a navy blue coat. If her dress wasn't enough the layer of makeup expertly placed to hide all her blemishes served perfectly as Lorelai's mask. Those red stained lips serving to hide the disgust in her heart.

Did Mallory hate Lorelai on a fundamental level, yes. Did she enjoy working ludicrous hours to support herself and most importantly her sister, no. Was she willing to sacrifice a small bit of her dignity and all of her social battery in order to not works those stupid hours, Hell the fuck yeah!

With a bit of reluctance and effort Lorelai was awoken and was out the door but not before leaving a note and another twenty dollar bill just in case for her little sister. With a deep sign and another small tap on her cheek Lorelai entered the cafe and followed the description on her app to her new client. Upon noticing sitting near the window of this small quiet cafe Lorelai headed over with a small smile scrawled onto her lips.

"Hai, pleasure to meet you Stella! My name is Lorelai!"

With a small handshake Lorelai took the seat opposite of the girl but something seemed a bit off about this interaction. Normally her clients would be all blushy or putting on facades of coolness but this girl was neither. Her demeanor and tone suggested she didn't even want to be here.

"No need, Lorelai. It is all in the envelope. You can count it if you want."

With slender fingers Lorelai slid the envelope under the table and into her small side purse while her eyes scanned the figure trying to get a better read of this girl but she was horrid at reading people due to her honest lack of social interaction.

"Umm, Miss Stella, is there something you would rather be doing?"

"It is fine. Just order something. Don't worry I will cover the cost."

"Okay Miss Stella?"

With a small wave Lorelai called over the waiter and ordered a chai tea. While waiting Lorelai just idly looked at the girl hoping she would break the awkward silence that had filled the air around them. The other girl however just gazed out the window for what seemed like hours. Lorelai's tea had arrived and she had been sipping it to the point it was almost done.

"Miss Stella? If something happened maybe I can be a confidant if you wish to speak about it.If you are not up for our date we can reschedule or cancel?"

"Lorelai I am perfectly fine but I wanted to personally meet you before I make my proposal. The actual reason I set up this meeting is because I need someone to be my date for an upcoming prestigious charity event. I don't wish to go alone or at the very least not so soon. Do you think you can handle this request? If you do I will make sure it is worth your while"