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

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

I could come up with to cut ties with him. If I didn’t

for pity, but just

all he did was look at me blankly,

his wrath at me soon after that. Since I told him that I was going to pay him back,

Those dark eyes of his were affixed to mine. The things I’d said

felt a void in me after pouring my

glance, turned around, and

my senses when the door gave out a

it. He left. I

be able to face Yuval with an open heart and not feel sorry

on my face, yet

couldn’t believe that I thought

must have gone haywire in my

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

tossing and turning. The way he looked at me right before he left kept appearing in my head, and I barely slept a wink

Michael at the entrance. After what happened last night, I

similarly, giving me a brief sidelong

next few days, we were like strangers. It was still awkward every time we ran into each other, but at least our affair had come

my phone rang. The word “Mom” on the screen

about my relationship or Dad needed more money for his medical treatment. Tensing up became

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