CHAPTER 2. MY DAUGHTER, SHERINA

***The Royal Residence Apartment***

The warm sun shone through the bedroom curtains. Raisa, who was still asleep on the bed, tried to open her eyes slowly. 

Raisa took her mobile phone from the nightstand beside the bed. 

"It's ten o'clock!" Raisa screamed after looking at the time on her mobile phone screen.

Raisa looked around the bedroom and didn't see Adrian's figure there. The young woman tried to put her hand on the bed, exactly where Adrian slept last night. The bed in that section was cold, proving that Adrian had been out of the bedroom for a long time.

Raisa took a deep breath and looked up at the bedroom ceiling with empty eyes. This bedroom felt strange to her. 

Every weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, Raisa will sleep in this room and of course with Adrian go on a fantasy adventure. The young woman never thought that she would one day sell her body.

Even though Raisa as a single mom has been able to support herself and Sherina, her only daughter with her job as a junior editor at Sunshine. Everything Raisa does now is for Sherina's sake.

"Sherina!" Raisa shouted spontaneously and got up quickly from the bed.

When Raisa wanted to get off the bed, she felt pain all over her body. Her body is weak and powerless. 

Raisa felt her body was like being hit by a big truck. "It's all because of Adrian!" Raisa cursed.

Despite the almost eleven years age gap between him and Adrian, the masculine man's stamina never runs out in bed. 

Adrian can do fantasy adventures over and over again so that Raisa is exhausted. Raisa tried to endure the pain in her body and took all her clothes that were scattered on the bedroom floor and put them on quickly.

The young woman saw two buttons of her shirt missing due to Adrian's aggressive attitude last night. Luckily she always wears a jacket when riding a motorcycle so that it can cover her shirt.

Raisa doesn't count how many of her shirts have lost buttons due to Adrian's aggressive behavior.

Raisa rushed out of Adrian's apartment and walked to the elevator to pick up her Honda Scoopy motorcycle which was parked in the basement. 

Twenty minutes later Raisa arrived at the small rented house where she had been living with Sherina, her little daughter. 

Without wasting any more time, the young woman went to the bathroom to clean herself first. 

After bathing, Raisa put on new clothes and went to the hospital by Honda Scoopy motorcycle to meet Sherina.

***Healing Hands Hospital***

Raisa rushed into the elevator and pressed the number two button after parking the Honda Scoopy motorcycle in the basement of the hospital.

Healing Hands Hospital is one of the largest and well-known private hospitals in Bali, which of course is also very expensive. The hospital has complete facilities with five floors of the building.

Sherina, her little daughter is being treated in one of the Healing Hands Hospital's patient rooms. Three months ago, Sherina had a nosebleed and fainted, so Raisa immediately took her to the Healing Hands Hospital for examination. 

The results of a medical check-up from Healing Hands Hospital shocked Raisa half to death and was the second heavy shock in Raisa's life.

Sherina was diagnosed with acute leukemia, a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, the spongy tissue in the bones where blood cells are made. The disease progresses rapidly and creates immature blood cells instead of mature ones. 

The method of treatment recommended by the doctor at that time was chemotherapy so Sherina had to be treated at the Healing Hands Hospital and undergo chemotherapy regularly.

Raisa needs a lot of money for her little daughter's periodic medical treatment. Sandra Kirana, Raisa's best friend, has a solution for Raisa's financial problems. 

Adrian Saputra, CEO of Saputra Company wants find women for sugar dating relationship.

For the sake of Sherina, Raisa is willing to be a mistress. Raisa met Adrian at the Royal Residence Apartment, where the masculine man lived. Since then, Adrian has become her sugar daddy. 

The mutual agreement between the two of them is that Raisa earns some money by serving Adrian's biological desires as a man.

Every ten o'clock at night on weekends, on Saturdays and Sundays, Raisa must be at Adrian's apartment. During those two nights, Adrian and Raisa will go on a fantasy adventure together. 

Meanwhile, on other days Raisa is given full freedom as long as she doesn't have a special relationship with another man.

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Raisa walked into Sherina's patient room. The young woman smiled slightly when hear the sound of melodious singing from Sherina's mouth. 

Her little daughter was sitting leaning on the bed playing with the wig from the beanie she was wearing.

During chemotherapy, Sherina's long hair fell out every day. Even now her head was almost bald because only a few strands of hair remained there. 

Raisa bought some fake hair beanie hats so Sherina wouldn't feel embarrassed and insecure.

"Rina! Mommy's coming!" Raisa exclaimed while hugging Sherina. The young mother kissed her daughter's cheek which was getting thinner. Rina is the nickname of her favorite daughter.

"Mommy's late!" Sherina protested with a frown on her face.

"I'm so sorry honey. Mama woke up late because of overtime at the office last night," Raisa said.

Sherina looked at her mother's face carefully. Raisa's face is pure white without make-up and two black eye bags are clearly visible. Sherina's anger disappeared in an instant.

"Mommy! Have you eaten?" Sherina asked.

"Not yet darling. Mommy wants to eat with Rina in the canteen. Today the canteen is selling your favorite strawberry pudding there," Raisa replied with a smile, showing her two dimples.

"Let's go to the canteen now, Mommy!" said Sherina excitedly.

The little girl immediately jumped off the bed and took her mommy hand. Raisa smiled widely while pinching Sherina's sharp nose. Raisa took Sherina to the canteen after asking permission from the nurse in charge first.

***Healing Hands Hospital Canteen***

Raisa ate the fried rice she ordered, while Sherina enjoyed a bowl full of her favorite strawberry pudding. Mother and daughter sat opposite each other.

“Yummy! Delicious and sweet. Try it, Mommy!” Sherina said cheerfully and thrust a spoonful of strawberry pudding into Raisa's mouth.

Raisa opened her mouth and tasted the strawberry pudding on the spoon. "I like strawberries the most," Raisa said.

"Rina also really really likes strawberries," said Sherina.

The mother and daughter pair chuckled together. Strawberries are Raisa and Sherina's favorite fruit. Includes all foods made from strawberries such as strawberry juice, strawberry cake, strawberry pudding, and strawberry flavored ice cream.

In addition to having the same favorite food as her mommy, Sherina also has a pair of big eyes and dimples like Raisa.

Sherina ate the strawberry pudding voraciously with her left hand. Since childhood, Sherina always uses her left hand when doing anything, so Raisa realizes that Sherina is left-handed. 

It's not a hereditary trait of hers. It is possible that Sherina is left-handed because her biological father is also left-handed.

Sherina was able to be born in this world because of one past incident which is the first heavy shock for Raisa. The young woman still vividly remembered the memories of that night six years ago. 

At that time Raisa was trapped by a woman who was considered a mother so she drank a drink that had been mixed with medicine and ended with the loss of her virginity which became Raisa's precious treasure.

Raisa's virginity was forcibly taken by a mysterious man, whom Raisa didn't know because she rushed to leave the place when she woke up. 

When Sherina grew into a fetus in Raisa's body, the young girl did not abort her womb.

Raisa makes the biggest decision of her life. Raisa is determined to give birth to Sherina and become a single mom at the age of seventeen.

Even though Sherina is the result of a tragic incident that happened to her, Raisa has never hated Sherina. Raisa's affection for Sherina is very big. For five years, Raisa and Sherina have lived happily together and love each other. Sherina grows up to be a cheerful and obedient child.