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 blandly and shot another glance at
this time, I found Michael staring straight at
I was thrown into a frenzy and quickly looked away. For
for a few days now.
me back to
“Uhm, I…”
all, I already promised Michael that I’d maintain my relationship with him for another six months.
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 to go
man to spend the rest of my life with. Not to mention, I might never be
You can’t
answer, Yuval’s voice sounded again, and I could detect
not it.
to Yuval’s invitation, but
are a few more documents here that need sorting. Do it
at me with an icy and unreadable expression on
“Oh, okay…”
at Michael, unable to snap out of
Yuval. I may need to work overtime tonight. Let’s
up with an excuse to reject him earlier. Now that Michael had given me a good excuse,
end of the line,
Let’s
didn’t make a
I couldn’t tell if it was because of my relationship with Michael, but
Michael still standing at the same spot, I instinctively backed away
met Michael’s eyes and asked awkwardly, “Which documents do
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