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.

 

live my life the way

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

up with to cut ties with him. If I didn’t owe him anything, I wouldn’t

for pity, but just

look

was going to pay him back, he should be more than willing to let me go…

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

I felt a void in me after pouring my

another glance, turned around, and

gave out a loud thump after he walked out of the

He left. I supposed

able to face Yuval with an open heart and

face, yet I felt a tinge of

couldn’t believe that I thought that I probably had feelings for

must have gone

only feeling I was supposed to have towards this man should be enmity. How was it possible that I

I lay on my bed, my mixed emotions got me tossing and turning. The way he looked at me

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

a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight into his

was still awkward every time we ran into

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

needed more money for his medical treatment.

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