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 doing

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

me he came here so late at night just to

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

frayed nerves, and a hint of wariness entered my eyes

coming over tonight.” Michael sat down across from

as

as I looked at him in embarrassment. Knowing that he was here for sex, I instantly

with a trace of delight. Then, he unceremoniously

he raised his head to look at me with a charming smile. “Not

smile reminded me of sunshine during the winter, and I felt warm and fuzzy on the inside. I stared at him in a daze for quite some

assuming that I had cooked dinner for him. I was merely used to cooking two portions of dinner after living with Natalie for

to tell him the truth because if I did, he’d

in silence while debating if I should

things between us became strained that night and Natalie probably hated me right now, the thought of John playing with her

his cutlery

does he keep mentioning Yuval in front of me? What

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

Natalie believe me

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

Michael replied

idea?” I quickly

that happens, she’ll know you weren’t lying to her. This is the

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