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.

 

life the

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 me already. Let me go, please, I beg you.

to cut ties

wasn’t fishing for pity,

all he did was look

I was

affixed to mine. The things I’d said all came from my heart, and I was just

relieved, I felt a void in me after pouring

gave me another glance,

got back to my senses when the door gave out a loud

He left. I

the case, I’d be able to face Yuval with an open heart and not feel sorry for my dishonesty. I could finally work on our relationship without

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

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

gone haywire in

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

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

into Michael at the entrance. After

similarly, giving me a brief sidelong

strangers. It was still awkward every time we ran into each other, but at least our

when I was buzzing at work, my phone rang.

it was either about my relationship or Dad needed more money for his medical

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