If I really wanted money, I would have asked for it from him the first time we slept together. But I didn’t.

All I wanted was to have a proper discussion with him, not another argument. He was a domineering man, but he wasn’t coldhearted.

 

Michael scanned me from head to toe curiously. He didn’t have to say a single word for me to guess what he was thinking and what he was about to do.

“I’d advise you to give up on the idea of becoming my girlfriend. I can give you anything except that. I would never marry a nobody like you; know your place, Anna!”

If I’m just a nobody, then why are you, a huge CEO, so insistent on clinging to me?

 

You’re surrounded by so many great, intelligent women. You could easily get any one of them to fall for you. So, why me?

“I never wanted to become your girlfriend. Relax. I know where I stand.”

A man like him was most likely going to marry someone hailing from a powerful family background and beloved by all those around her.

 

There was no way that a woman like me would ever become his wife, and the mere idea sent chills up my spine.

force you. You have time

 

sigh of relief. I knew Michael

I didn’t need time to figure things out. I’d made the decision a long time ago to end things with him. I was just afraid that if I let our relationship go on

too out of my league, surrounded by flocks of admiring women. On the other hand, I was just an ordinary girl. Even though I, too, liked handsome, charming

any further.

few days passed so that I wouldn’t aggravate him in his brief moment

dinner, I was under the impression that Michael would stay the night. Yet to my surprise, he left the table and picked up his coat as soon as he had finished his dinner, walking out the door without

me all alone in an empty house, and I hated

bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. My

that I would never be able to love another man after Justin, but I hadn’t expected to fall in love with

well what I truly felt for him. When I couldn’t help but think of him every time I tried to go

nowhere, and I was scared to let myself get heartbroken once more. So, I curled in on myself like a porcupine and protected myself

me awake from my daze. I glanced at the screen, cheering

she might think that I was trying to get in between her and John again. There were

answered the call. “Nat! You finally

I say; Natalie

my surprise, I heard Natalie sobbing on the other end.

crying, Natalie? What’s

stomach.

John?

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