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’m about to leave the office now,” I answered blandly and shot another

this time, I found Michael staring straight at

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

each other for a few days

jerked me back

“Uhm, I…”

relationship with him for another six months. During this period of time, there was no

because I was fickle-hearted, but because I finally found a man who I was compatible with, and

suitable man to spend the rest of my life with.

You can’t

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

it. Then

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

more documents here that need

away from me, Michael looked at me with an

“Oh, okay…”

to snap out of

Yuval. I may need to work overtime tonight. Let’s take a

earlier. Now that Michael had given

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

with your work. Let’s have dinner

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

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

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

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

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