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 way it was. Was all

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

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

for

he did was look at me blankly, somewhat

me soon after that. Since I told him that I was going to pay him back, he

things I’d said all

felt a

gave me another glance, turned around, and

to my senses when the door gave out a loud thump after

it. He left. I

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

that I

must have gone haywire in my

man should be enmity. How was it

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 wink that

entrance. After what happened last night, I felt awkward,

me a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight

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

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

it was either about my relationship or Dad needed more money for his medical treatment. Tensing up became a reflex to

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