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.

 

my life the way it was. Was all this misery

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 for his treatment. Carrying the weight of the whole family on my shoulders is killing me already. Let

was the 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

look

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 let me

to mine. The things I’d said all came from my heart, and I was just hoping that he

of feeling relieved, I felt a void in me after

me another glance, turned

gave out a loud thump after he

He left. I supposed we

open heart and not feel sorry for my dishonesty. I

thought of it put a smile on my face, yet I felt

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

must have gone haywire

this man should be enmity. How was it possible that I was falling for him? I’d never fall for

my 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 slept

the company, I bumped into Michael at the entrance.

me a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight into

awkward every time we ran into each other, but at least our affair had come to an end, and that

at work, my phone rang.

my relationship or Dad needed more money for his medical treatment.

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