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.

now,” I answered blandly and shot another

time, I found Michael staring straight at

our gazes collided, I was thrown into a frenzy and quickly looked away. For some reason, I felt guilty

haven’t seen each other for a few days now.

voice jerked me

“Uhm, I…”

to face Yuval. After all, I already promised Michael that I’d maintain my relationship with him for another six months. During this period

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 to go through

was very difficult to find a suitable man to spend the rest of my life with. Not to mention, I might never be able

wrong, Anna? You can’t make

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

it. Then

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

documents here that need sorting. Do it

at me with an

“Oh, okay…”

Michael, unable to snap out

work overtime tonight. Let’s

with an excuse to reject him earlier. Now that Michael had given me a good excuse, I couldn’t deny that I

other end of the line, I wasn’t worried that he’d get

your work. Let’s have dinner some other time.

that Yuval was a considerate man as he didn’t make a big deal out of it after

couldn’t tell if it was because of my relationship with Michael, but I really didn’t know how to act

turned around and found Michael still standing at the

eyes and asked awkwardly, “Which documents do you need

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