Ricky enjoys the best life has to offer – and with his good looks and charm, living it up usually isn’t difficult at all.
JUST a starter, Sir?” The waiter raised his eyebrows in a perfect arch of scorn as he wrote down Ricky’s order. “Nothing else?”
“That’s correct. I’m not terribly hungry. A starter will be fine, thank you very much.” Ricky’s cheeks flamed crimson under the man’s obvious disapproval.
“And will Sir be requiring the wine list?”
“No, thanks.” Ricky flushed redder still. Rub it in, why don’t you? he thought irritably. Make Sir feel like a complete loser for not being able to afford any of your overpriced plonk! “Just a mineral water, please.”
“Very good, Sir.” As the toffee-nosed headwaiter turned and strode away, the superior expression on his face revealed exactly what he was thinking: last of the big spenders, eh?
Ricky seethed. He hated people looking down on him. Being penniless was a humiliating state, and fortunately not one Ricky had experienced too often. But times were hard and even the most skilled of conmen were finding the going tough these days. Ways of making money without working were getting harder and harder to find.
Still, there was one get-rich-quick method that never failed. And luckily for Ricky, it was his speciality. All he had to do was find himself a nice wealthy woman, use his legendary good looks and smooth patter to charm her socks off, and before you could say “sugar mommy” he’d be enjoying a taste of the good life!
He wouldn’t stay with her for long, of course. Just a few weeks of unbridled luxury and then he’d move on, the way he always did. He usually liked to slip away while the lady in question was sleeping soundly. That way he got the chance to help himself to a few trinkets on the way out. Hey, a man’s got to survive in this tough old world!
この記事は YOU South Africa の 25 January 2018 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です ? サインイン
この記事は YOU South Africa の 25 January 2018 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です? サインイン
I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE A LOVE CHILD
As the illegitimate daughter of the king, she fought to be recognised as part of Belgium's royal family, but Princess Delphine says she still feels unwelcome
'I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES'
A bite from a spitting cobra 13 years ago nearly killed her but Mikayla survived - and she's made peace with her scars
THE CLAWS ARE OUT!
Things have grown frosty between the Beckhams and the Sussexes as Becks comes out in clear support of William
SA'S TOXIC FOOD SCARE
R15 million for rapid testing
ROYAL FAMILY TURMOIL
Prince Haakon addresses stepson's arrest on rape charges
BALLON IN THE BAG
Manchester City midfielder Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante says his Ballon d'Or win is a victory for Spanish football
IT WAS ALL A LIE
A new doccie exposes the Grey's Anatomy writer who fabricated her life story
'I WILL NEVER GIVE UP'
After her husband, anticorruption activist Alexei Navalny, was poisoned and murdered by the Kremlin, she became the public face of Russia's opposition. In this candid interview Yulia Navalnaya opens up about life on the run, her perilous family life and why she's continuing her husband's fight to save their country
AGREE TO DISAGREE
Trevor Noah on how his childhood squabbles with his mother inspired his delightful new book
PAUSE THE CLOCK
Researchers have discovered that the ageing process spikes at 44 and 60. Here's what you can do to slow it down