I didn’t shy away from Michael’s gaze. Even though his terrifying aura scared me, I refused to yield.

“I’ll prove to you that the little lawyer doesn’t deserve your affection.”

 

As soon as he said that, he turned around and left.

After leaving the office, I dropped by the supermarket to buy some groceries before going back to the house in Birchwood.

Back home, I washed my hands and started cooking dinner. Due to being used to living with Natalie, I cooked two portions of dinner out of habit. As I sat at the dining table and stared at the amount of food, my heart clenched painfully.

 

Taking a deep breath, I forced myself to stop thinking about anything upsetting and picked up the cutlery to dig into my food. Just then, the sound of the door opening reached my ears. Stunned, I whipped my head toward the door.

Feeling scared was inevitable when I was living alone in a house, especially during the night. After all, there were many cases of breaking and entering, as well as young women being attacked in their own homes.

I was born with a wild imagination, so I felt somewhat nervous at that moment.

 

But when I saw Michael appearing through the door, I exhaled in relief.

However, it was short-lived. When my mind registered that it was Michael, I became nervous all over again, but for a different reason.

 

you

he walked in, recalling the little dispute

here so late at night just to get even with

corporation, for

thought of that left me with frayed nerves, and a hint of wariness entered

I’d be coming over tonight.” Michael sat down across from me

what he said about working twice as hard to satisfy him, which did nothing to

looked at him in embarrassment. Knowing that he was here for sex, I

of delight. Then, he unceremoniously picked up a pair of

he raised his head to look at me with a charming smile. “Not

sunshine during the winter, and I felt warm and fuzzy on the inside. I stared at him in a daze for quite some time before

about him assuming that I had cooked dinner for him. I was merely used to cooking two

tell him the truth because if I did, he’d definitely get mad. Hence, it was better to let him think

in silence while debating if I should take some time

probably hated me right now, the thought of John playing with her feelings

his cutlery and asked indifferently, “What

mentioning Yuval in front of me? What

didn’t like it one

me and realize that John is playing

everything out for her the other day, but she still refused to believe me, and it left a bitter taste in

Michael replied in a bored

I quickly asked,

she’ll know you weren’t lying to her. This is the

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