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.

 

are you doing

he walked in, recalling the little

here so late

CEO of a big corporation, for

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

Michael sat down across from

about working twice as hard to satisfy

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

seeing the food I had made, his eyes flashed with a trace of delight.

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

His smile reminded me of 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 returning to my

that I had cooked dinner for him. I was merely used to cooking two portions of dinner after living with Natalie for so

to tell him the truth because if I did, he’d definitely get mad. Hence,

in silence while debating if I should take some time to call

Natalie probably hated me right now, the thought of John playing with her feelings made me want to expose

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

Why does he keep mentioning Yuval in front of me? What

I didn’t like it one bit. However, I didn’t want to quarrel

Natalie believe me and realize

gnawed at my chest. I already spelled everything out for her the other day, but she still refused to

easy,” Michael replied

I quickly

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

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