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.

 

we started this “relationship,” I couldn’t even live my life the way it was. Was

to 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 money every month for his treatment. Carrying the weight of the whole family on my shoulders is

that moment, settling the bill was the only idea I could come up with to cut ties

wasn’t fishing for pity, but just

he did was look at me

soon after that. Since I told him that I was going to pay him back, he should be more than willing to let me go…

Those dark eyes of his were affixed to mine. The things I’d said all came from my heart, and I was just hoping that he could see the

felt a void in me after pouring my

me another glance,

the door gave out a loud

was it. He left.

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

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

couldn’t believe that I thought that I

must have gone

have towards this man should be enmity. How was it possible that I

looked at me right before he left kept appearing in my

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

similarly, giving me a brief sidelong glance,

the next few days, we were like strangers. It was still awkward every time we ran into each other, but at least our affair had come to

when I was buzzing at work, my phone

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

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