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.

 

the way it

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 money every month for his treatment.

that moment, settling the bill was the only idea I could come up with to cut ties with him. If I didn’t owe

for

did was look at me

I told him that I was going to pay him back, he should be more

I’d said all came

I felt a

gave me another glance, turned

my senses when the door gave

it. He left.

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

my face, yet I felt a tinge of sadness. Was it

way! I couldn’t believe that I thought that I probably had

must have gone haywire in

only feeling I was supposed to have towards this man should be enmity. How was it possible that I was falling for him? I’d never fall for

The way he looked at me right before he left

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

me a brief sidelong glance, and walked

few days, we were like strangers. It was still awkward every time we ran into each

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

or Dad needed more money for his medical treatment. Tensing up became a reflex to calls from

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