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.

 

this “relationship,” I couldn’t even live my life the way it

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

cut

for pity, but

was look at me blankly, somewhat

me soon after that. Since I told him that I was going to pay

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

feeling relieved, I felt a void in me after pouring my heart

me another glance,

my senses when the door gave

was it. He left.

that was the case, I’d be able to face Yuval with an open heart and not feel sorry for my

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

couldn’t believe that I thought that I probably had

have gone haywire

enmity. How was it possible that I

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

Michael at the entrance.

me a brief sidelong glance, and walked

like strangers. It was still awkward every time we ran

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

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

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