It was a sleepless night for me. When I looked into the mirror the next morning, I sighed irritably upon seeing the dark circles under my eyes.

I prepared some breakfast for myself but didn’t have an appetite. Thus, I only ate a little bit and went to the office.

 

Never did I expect Michael to be serious about working in Joyful Success for half a year, but he actually set up his own office here.

Glancing at the temporary CEO’s office a short distance away, I began to worry about what happened with Michael the previous night.

I felt skittish every time I saw him, so I really didn’t know how I was going to get through the next six months of seeing him every day.

 

Fortunately for me, Michael was a workaholic and treated everyone else like thin air whenever he was working. Naturally, he didn’t make things difficult for me either.

Just before getting off work, I was arranging the files on my desk when my phone rang. Glancing at the caller ID, panic rose in me when I saw that it was Yuval.

I peeked at Michael’s office guiltily.

 

Seeing as his attention was focused on a document in his hand, I quickly picked up the call.

“Anna, are you still at work? What took you so long to answer?”

 

Yuval’s warm and gentle voice drifted across the line.

office now,” I answered

I found Michael staring straight at

away. For some

haven’t seen each other for a few

jerked me back to

“Uhm, I…”

for another six months. During this period of time, there was no way Yuval and I could

couldn’t bring myself to give up on Yuval just to continue my relationship with Michael. It wasn’t because I was fickle-hearted, but because I finally found a man who I was compatible with,

suitable man to spend the rest of my life with.

You can’t make

for my answer, Yuval’s voice sounded again, and I could detect the disappointment in

it.

Yuval’s

few more documents here

away from me, Michael looked at me with an icy and unreadable

“Oh, okay…”

to snap out of my daze for

may need to work overtime tonight. Let’s take

reject him earlier. Now that Michael had given me a good

orders from the other end of the line, I wasn’t worried that

Carry on with your work. Let’s have dinner

was a considerate man as he didn’t make a big

of relief. I couldn’t tell if it was because of my relationship with Michael, but I really didn’t know

still standing at the same spot, I instinctively backed away a few steps

Michael’s eyes and asked awkwardly, “Which documents do you need

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