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 doing

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

here so late

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

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

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

about working twice as hard to satisfy

I looked at him in embarrassment. Knowing that he

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

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

reminded me of sunshine during the winter, and I felt warm and fuzzy

I also grumbled silently about him assuming that I had

he’d definitely get mad. Hence, it was better to let him think that I cooked it

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

strained that night and Natalie probably hated me right now, the thought of John playing with her feelings made me want to expose him right

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

front of me? What has Yuval ever done to

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

to make Natalie believe me and

but she

that’s easy,” Michael replied in

an idea?” I quickly asked, staring at him

know you weren’t lying to her. This is

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