He was taken aback by my deriding remark as I was always soft-spoken and composed in front of him.

“Are you calling me a disgrace in your life? I dare you to repeat yourself!”

 

His grip got even tighter than before, and my wrists hurt so badly that I almost shrieked. Regardless, I wasn’t going to back down anymore. No matter how weak he thought I might be, I had my dignity to defend.

He assumed that I was this gold-digger who wanted all the fortune and fame. If I gave in, it simply meant that I agreed to all his assumptions.

“It’s gonna be the same, Michael Shaw. You’re the utmost disgrace in my life!”

 

Tonight, he’d put me on the warpath. Even a weakling had its limits, and this time he’d gone too far!

As soon as I spoke, his chest pumped up and down in fury.

“Anna, bear in mind that you started it. Have you forgotten that you seduced me for two hundred thousand?”

 

I froze instantly; he was right. It was me who had seduced him and climbed onto his bed for Dad’s operation money. I needed it by hook or by crook, but little did I know that my cynical plan would lead to this.

Only now did I realize that my decision then was a terrible mistake. I should’ve looked for other means, sold my organs, anything but seeking help from the devil.

 

I couldn’t even live my life the way it was. Was all this misery worth that two hundred

I’m beat. Do you know how much pressure I have to bear?” I sighed, and my tough shell cracked. “At the end of the day, I’m just a woman, and I need someone to lean on. My Dad is sick. He needs a sum of money every month

only idea I could come up with to cut ties with him. If I didn’t owe him anything, I wouldn’t have

fishing for pity, but

did was look at me blankly,

told him that I was going to pay him back, he should be more than willing

Those dark eyes of his were affixed to mine. The things I’d said all came from my heart, and I was just hoping that he could see the pain and hardship that I was

instead of feeling relieved, I felt a void in me after

glance, turned around, and

senses when the door gave

He left. I supposed we

the case, I’d be able to face Yuval with an open heart and

a smile on my face, yet I felt a tinge of sadness.

way! I couldn’t believe that I thought that I probably

gone haywire in my

How was it possible that I was falling for him? I’d never fall

bed, my mixed emotions got me tossing and turning. The way he looked at me right before he left kept appearing in my head, and I barely

entrance. After what

giving me a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight into his

awkward every time we ran into

work, my phone rang. The

Dad needed more money for his medical treatment.

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