After a long while, my sobs turned into sniffles. Only then did I remove the covers from my head. I leaned against the headboard as I stared mindlessly at what was supposed to be my dinner.

Soon, Michael arrived. The moment he laid eyes on the chaos in the room, his eyebrows furrowed as he strode towards me.

“What happened here?”

 

“Nothing. I spilled my dinner.”

I answered calmly with my eyes still zoned into the food, not bothering to look at him.

 

“Your mom?”

Michael had a sharp mind. It took him no time to put the pieces together.

“Thank you, Michael.”

Even though the time I spent with Mom that day was far from pleasant, I was still immensely grateful to Michael. I knew he had done all that he did for me to be in Mom’s good books. Unfortunately, Mom’s attitude towards me would not be easily changed in the foreseeable future.

“Why are you still putting your hopes on such a horrible mother? Anna Garcia, you’re now a grown woman! You don’t have to stick around anymore.”

At the sight of my disheveled look, Michael’s expression darkened before reprimanding me coolly.

“I’m still putting my hopes on her because she is my mother,” I stated calmly without any expression.

After a few seconds of silence, I sighed. “Whatever it is, let’s stop talking about this. I’m famished. Can you buy me some food? I just want to channel all my misery to my appetite.”

Throughout the entire day, I had only had some chicken soup that Mom brought me in the morning and nothing else. My stomach had been rumbling since hours ago. Food was my only concern for the time being.

“What do you want? I’ll ask the secretary to send some over.”

Michael took out his phone and glanced calmly at me, preparing to give his secretary a call.

“Let’s eat out instead. I don’t want to stay here for a second longer. Don’t worry, it’s already dark out there. No one will recognize you.”

a meal with him in public. One of the main reasons, I suspect, was Michael’s fear of our relationship being out in

I assured Michael that no one would recognize him without

you sure that you can

my pleasant surprise, Michael seemed to be more

had thought Michael to be a self-absorbed man who cared for no one except himself. It was truly beyond my expectations

a result of my exposure to low temperatures

not flat-out refuse my invitation, my heart fluttered in delight. I quickly reassured him that

“Let’s go, then.”

of close scrutinizing, Michael

he agreed, I threw the

second my feet touched the ground. I fell to the front, but Michael caught me with swift

proximity to each other. Breathing in his unique

is what you mean by ‘feeling much better’? I gotta admit, Anna, you’re getting better and better in

grim look was casted

am really fine. I just stood up a

 

finally managed to convince him to eat out with

yourself if

Michael stared me down with a skeptical look. With his strong observation skills, the weak state of my body definitely did not

directly beneath the air-conditioner last night, almost freezing to death. How could I

go. The food will

I had voluntarily held his hand

to our hands, his lips curled upwards

outside the hospital, I sucked in a deep breath. The cold breeze of the night hit my skin. Taken into account the fact that I was still having a fever, goosebumps started to crawl on my skin

outcome. Without wasting a second, he took off his

extra layer despite knowing you still have a fever? Are you trying to freeze yourself to

lips upon seeing

at him,

of gratitude I had felt towards him slipped away. His vicious tongue truly made it hard for anyone to

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