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 way it

beat. Do you know how much pressure I have 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 killing me already. Let me go, please, I beg you.

idea I could come up with to cut ties with him.

for

all he did was look at

wrath at me soon after that. Since I told him that I was going

I’d said all came from my

of feeling relieved, I felt a void in

another glance,

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

it. He left. I

be able to face Yuval with an open heart and not feel sorry for my dishonesty. I could finally work

yet I

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

have gone

to have towards this 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

day at the company, I bumped into Michael at the entrance. After

giving me a brief sidelong

every time we ran into each other, but at least

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

time she called, it was either about my relationship or Dad needed more money for his medical treatment.

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