I didn’t shy away from Michael’s gaze. Even though his terrifying aura scared me, I refused to yield.

“I’ll prove to you that the little lawyer doesn’t deserve your affection.”

 

As soon as he said that, he turned around and left.

After leaving the office, I dropped by the supermarket to buy some groceries before going back to the house in Birchwood.

Back home, I washed my hands and started cooking dinner. Due to being used to living with Natalie, I cooked two portions of dinner out of habit. As I sat at the dining table and stared at the amount of food, my heart clenched painfully.

 

Taking a deep breath, I forced myself to stop thinking about anything upsetting and picked up the cutlery to dig into my food. Just then, the sound of the door opening reached my ears. Stunned, I whipped my head toward the door.

Feeling scared was inevitable when I was living alone in a house, especially during the night. After all, there were many cases of breaking and entering, as well as young women being attacked in their own homes.

I was born with a wild imagination, so I felt somewhat nervous at that moment.

 

But when I saw Michael appearing through the door, I exhaled in relief.

However, it was short-lived. When my mind registered that it was Michael, I became nervous all over again, but for a different reason.

 

are you

him nervously as he walked in, recalling the little dispute we had at the

me he came here so late

a CEO of a big corporation, for God’s sake. He can’t be that petty,

frayed nerves, and a hint of wariness entered my eyes that

be coming over tonight.” Michael sat down across from me with furrowed brows and reminded me in

twice as hard to

at him in embarrassment. Knowing that he was here for sex,

the food I had made, his eyes flashed with a trace of delight. Then, he unceremoniously picked up a

his head to look at me with a charming smile. “Not bad. You even remembered

sunshine during the winter, and I felt warm and fuzzy on the inside. I stared at him in a daze for quite some time before returning

about him assuming that I had cooked dinner for him. I was merely used to

did, he’d

of him, I ate my dinner in silence while debating if I should take

me right now, the thought of John playing with her feelings made me want to expose him

his

keep mentioning Yuval in front of

have something against Yuval, and I didn’t like it one bit. However, I

thinking how to make Natalie believe me and realize that John

everything out for her the other day, but she still refused to believe me,

easy,” Michael replied in a bored

an idea?” I quickly asked,

When that happens, she’ll know you weren’t lying to her.

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