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

walked in, recalling the little dispute we had at the

he came here so late

a big corporation, for

with frayed nerves, and a hint of wariness entered my eyes that were following his every

over tonight.” Michael sat down across from me with furrowed brows

about working twice as hard to satisfy

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

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

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

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

moments ago, I also grumbled silently about him assuming that I had cooked dinner for him. I was merely used

I did, he’d definitely get mad. Hence, it was better to let

while debating if

night and Natalie probably hated me right now, the thought of John playing with her feelings made

his cutlery and asked indifferently, “What

mentioning Yuval in front of me? What has Yuval

have something against Yuval, and I didn’t like it one bit. However, I didn’t want to

Natalie believe me and realize that John is playing

for her the other day, but she still refused to believe

Michael replied in a

quickly asked, staring at

know you weren’t lying to her. This

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