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 was. Was

woman, and I need someone to lean on. My Dad is

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

for

did was look at me blankly, somewhat

I was going to pay him back, he should

things I’d said all came from my heart, and

I felt a void in me after pouring

glance,

senses when the door gave out a loud thump after he

left. I supposed

open heart and not feel sorry for my dishonesty. I could finally work on our relationship

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

couldn’t believe that I thought

gone haywire in my

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

at me right before he left kept appearing in my head, and I barely

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

brief sidelong glance, and

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

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

relationship or Dad needed more money for his medical treatment. Tensing up became a reflex

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