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

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

here so late at night just to get

a CEO of a big corporation, for God’s

that left me with frayed nerves, and a hint of wariness entered my eyes that were following

tonight.” Michael sat

working twice as hard to satisfy him,

at him in embarrassment. Knowing that he

made, his eyes flashed with a trace of delight. Then,

few bites, he raised his head to look at me with a charming

when he smiled. His 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

annoyed that I had swooned over him just moments ago, I also grumbled silently about him assuming that I had cooked dinner

I wasn’t planning to tell him the truth because if I did, he’d definitely get mad. Hence, it was better to let him think that I cooked it for

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

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

the distracted look on my face, Michael put down his cutlery and asked

again? Why does he keep mentioning Yuval in front of me? What has

against Yuval, and I didn’t like it one bit. However, I didn’t want to quarrel with

believe me and realize that John is playing with her

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

replied in a

quickly asked, staring at him

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

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