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.

 

life the way it was. Was all this misery worth

just a woman, and I need someone to lean on. My Dad is sick. He needs a sum of money every month for his treatment. Carrying the weight of the whole family on my shoulders is

cut ties with him. If I

wasn’t fishing for

look at me

stopped lashing his wrath at me soon after that. Since I told him that I was going to pay him back, he should be more than willing 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

a void in

gave me another glance, turned

got back to my senses when the door gave out a loud thump after he walked out

He left. I

able to face Yuval with an open heart and not feel sorry for my dishonesty. I could

smile on my face, yet I felt

 I couldn’t believe that I thought that I

must have gone

this man should be enmity. How was it possible that I was falling for him? I’d

and turning. The way he looked at me

bumped into Michael at the entrance. After what happened last night, I felt awkward, and thus, hurried

me a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight into

days, we were like strangers. It was still awkward every time we ran

buzzing at work, my phone rang. The word “Mom” on the screen made

more money for

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