“Be more careful for the next two days. Always keep the wound dry and clean.”

My jaw was still hanging in astonishment, reliving his tenderness in my head.

 

“Anna, have you turned mute?” he blurted with a frown from my non-responsiveness.

When I finally got back to my senses, his face was already only an inch away from mine. I nervously drew my focus back onto the chopping board.

After that, Michael went back to the living room, and about half an hour later, dinner was ready.

 

It was simple cooking and not the best, I must say. It did make me wonder why Michael always came here for dinner.

To be frank, I believed that his housekeeper would’ve made something way better than what I could offer.

We sat across from each other and started eating away. Should I ask him about what Mom told me?

 

give my parents

out as this question had been bothering

 

anyway, as I’d

fast, doesn’t

and continued chewing his food graciously as if

you send my family a hundred

down my fork and looked at him,

it was exhausting to support the whole family. Since now you’re my woman, things

money because he deduced that whatever I said that night was a

dare he think that of me! I was only

wanted someone to lean on, I wasn’t asking that person to share my

to oppress the rage in me as I

to work your a*s off to support your family. My goodness, Anna. I can’t believe that

true. Women my age had been through enough, and most of them had bowed down to reality.

man if my purpose of being with him was merely to let him share

selfish, but not to the extent of getting someone to fund my

major spending. It was Steven’s debt that had been sucking my bank account hollow. He was a good-for-nothing who always hung out

wouldn’t have been this tough if it was just Dad’s monthly medical fee. However, Steven’s debts kept rolling and rolling. No matter how many times I’d cleared his debt

endless supply of

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