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.

I answered blandly and shot another glance at the CEO’s

I found Michael staring straight

into a frenzy and quickly looked away. For some reason, I felt guilty

other for a few days now. Let’s have dinner

me back to my

“Uhm, I…”

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

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. Not to mention, I might never be able to find

Anna? You can’t make

voice sounded again, and

it.

Yuval’s invitation, but Michael’s voice interrupted

few more documents here that need sorting. Do

me

“Oh, okay…”

Michael, unable to snap out

work overtime tonight. Let’s

reject him earlier. Now that Michael

had also heard Michael’s orders from the other end of the line, I wasn’t worried

on with your work. Let’s have dinner some other

a considerate man as he didn’t make a big deal out of it after hearing what I

a long sigh of relief. I couldn’t tell if it was because of my

at the same spot,

asked awkwardly, “Which documents do you need me

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