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

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

me he came here so late at night

big corporation, for God’s sake. He

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

Michael sat down across from me with furrowed brows and

then did I remember what he said about working twice as hard to satisfy

failed me as I looked at him in embarrassment. Knowing that he was here

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

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

he smiled. His smile reminded me of sunshine during the winter, and I felt warm and fuzzy on the inside. I

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

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

I ate my dinner in silence while debating if

and Natalie probably hated me right now, the thought of John

face, Michael put down his cutlery

front of me? What has Yuval ever done

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

thinking how to make Natalie believe me and realize that John is playing with her

day, but she still refused to believe me, and it left a bitter

Michael replied in a bored

an idea?” I quickly asked, staring at him in

happens, she’ll know you weren’t lying to

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