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

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. Carrying the weight of the

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

wasn’t fishing for

did was look at me blankly, somewhat

that I was

to mine. The things I’d said all came from

felt a void in

me another glance, turned around, and

gave out a loud thump after he walked

left. I

heart and not feel sorry for my dishonesty. I

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

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

must have gone haywire in

man should be enmity. How was it possible

I 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 head, and I barely slept a

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

giving me a brief sidelong

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

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

needed more money for his medical treatment. Tensing up became a

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