A One Night Stand With My Boss (by Ela Osaretin) novel Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Miss Camila, Miss Erica, hi, Brody greeted politely.

Lily was Camila’s college friend who unexpectedly became pregnant in her sophomore year and got married, leaving her studies unfinished: Once bright and clever, she now spent her days as a housewife, busy with three meals a day, taking care of her husband and child, becoming dull and listless.

“Brody is such a good boy!” Camila said, patting his head.

“I’m starving. Let’s order some food,” said Camila, exhausted from a busy day. “I’m so hungry I could eat a whole cow.”

“Wait a minute. I’ve got a coupon,” Lily said, pulling out her phone with a smile. This meal deal for four is a real bargain, just over a hundred.”

Erica glanced at the menu, which seemed scant. “Alright, if it’s not enough, we’ll order more

“Hi-I have a coupon,” Lily called to the waiter.

The waiter quickly verified the coupon,

“Didn’t your husband get a promotion?” Erica asked. “Why are you still pinching pennies?”

“He said the salary hasn’t increased,” Lily replied, stroking her son’s hair

“That doesn’t make sense. A branch manager at Capital Solutions should be earning a decent wage. Is he still only giving you five hundred for household expenses?” Camila asked, surprised.

Lily nodded bashfully.

Erica frowned. “At his level, his salary should be at least ten thousand, right?”

Lily, who had never worked, was clueless about these matters and simply went along with what her husband told her. “He showed me his paycheck, just over two thousand. He says he’s under a lot of pressure with the mortgage and car payments, barely has money left for himself,” she sighed.

“Daddy hit Mommy,” Brody blurted out. His little face crumpled almost to tears.

“He hit you?” both women exclaimed in shock.