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.

 

“relationship,” I couldn’t even live my life the way it was. Was all this misery worth that two

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. I’ll find ways to pay you

to cut ties with

for pity, but

look at

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

mine. The things I’d said all came from my heart, and I was just hoping that he could see the

a

another glance, turned

door gave out a loud thump after he walked out of

it. He left. I supposed

to face Yuval with an open heart and

smile on my face, yet I felt a tinge

I thought

must have gone

only feeling I was supposed to have towards this man should be enmity. How was it possible that I was falling for

emotions got me tossing and turning. The way he looked at

next day at the company, I bumped into Michael at the entrance. After what happened last night, I felt awkward, and

similarly, giving me a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight

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

phone rang. The word “Mom” on the

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

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