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.

 

even live my life the way it was. Was all this misery

bear?” I sighed, 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 sick. He needs a sum of

bill 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 to continue

wasn’t fishing for pity,

did was look at me blankly,

was going to pay him

dark eyes of his were affixed to mine. The things I’d said all came from my heart, and I

felt a void in me after pouring my

me another glance, turned

to my senses when the door gave

He left. I supposed

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

my face, yet

believe that I thought that I probably had feelings

have gone haywire in

should be enmity. How was it possible that I was falling for

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

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

similarly, giving me a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight into his

awkward every time we ran into each other, but at least

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

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

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