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.

the office now,” I answered blandly and shot another glance at the

I found Michael staring

frenzy and quickly looked away.

seen each other for a few

voice jerked me back to

“Uhm, I…”

relationship with him for another six months. During this period of time, there was no way Yuval and I could get along

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, and who was willing to marry me. I didn’t want

spend the rest of my life with. Not to mention, I might never be able

You

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

not it. Then

agree to Yuval’s invitation, but Michael’s voice interrupted

a few more documents here that need sorting. Do

me with an

“Oh, okay…”

to snap out

Yuval. I may need to work

to reject him earlier. Now that Michael had given

end of the

on with your work. Let’s have dinner some

showed that Yuval was a considerate man as he didn’t make

call, I breathed a long sigh of relief. I couldn’t tell if it was because of my relationship with Michael, but I really didn’t know how to act

around and found Michael still standing at the same

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

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