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

at him nervously as he walked in, recalling the little dispute we had

late at night just

of a big corporation, for God’s sake. He can’t be

a hint of wariness entered my eyes that

of question is that? I already told you I’d be coming over tonight.” Michael sat

I remember what he said about working twice as hard to satisfy him,

embarrassment. Knowing that

the food I had made, his eyes flashed with a trace of delight. Then, he unceremoniously picked up a pair of cutleries and

raised his head to look at me with a charming smile. “Not bad. You even remembered

looked very handsome when he smiled. His smile reminded me of sunshine during the winter, and I felt warm and fuzzy on the inside. I stared at him in a

about him assuming that I had cooked dinner for him. I was

wasn’t planning to tell him the truth because if I did, he’d definitely get mad. Hence, it was better to

in silence while debating if I

Natalie probably hated me right now, the thought of John

look on my face, Michael put down his cutlery and asked indifferently, “What

in front of

Yuval, and I didn’t like it one bit. However, I

thinking how to make Natalie believe me and

already spelled everything out for her the other day, but

that’s easy,” Michael replied in a

an idea?” I quickly asked, staring

know you

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