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.

 

couldn’t even live my life the way

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

cut ties with him. If I didn’t owe him

fishing for pity,

did was look at me blankly,

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

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

a void in me after

another glance, turned around, and

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

He left. I supposed we

face Yuval with an open heart and not feel sorry for

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

couldn’t believe that I thought

gone haywire in my

How was it possible

The way he looked at

the entrance. After what happened last night, I felt awkward, and thus, hurried past

similarly, giving me a brief sidelong glance, and

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

I was buzzing at work, my phone rang. The word “Mom” on

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

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