“Don’t worry about it. My place is just walking distance from here, and I could really use a walk, anyway.”

I insisted on getting out of the car; I had to. As much as I wanted to be with Yuval, I still couldn’t cut Michael off either, and that thought alone disgusted me.

 

I knew I had to make a choice sooner or later. After all, to swing between two men wasn’t something I could accept.

“Hey, but it’s already so late. It’s not safe for you to walk home alone.”

Yuval slowed down as he was deeply concerned.

 

“It’s okay. My place is literally just a stone’s throw away, and I’ll be home before you know it,” I persisted. My mind was in a muddle since dinner. How I wished I could tell Yuval everything right then, but my dignity held my tongue back.

“Well… If you insist. But text me once you get home, okay? Or else I’ll be worried.”

He stopped his car and looked at me worriedly.

 

“Sure thing.”

reply and

 

gave me one last glance before he drove

walked on the sidewalk, I thought to myself. Should I be honest about my current situation? It’s unfair for him to be tangled in this mess of

that I was a selfish person as I couldn’t make up my mind, nor did

into the

strong that I almost screamed in pain. Stunned, I

with you? You’re

grip on my wrists

left the restaurant? What took you so long to get back? What are

started questioning my

in a good mood in the first place,

Do I have to report to you my every single

 Who are you to talk to me in such a manner? For

was constantly up, worrying what if someone found out about us. Couldn’t I just enjoy whatever freedom that was

you belong to. In the next six months, you’re mine. I have all the rights to

was apparent that my brawl didn’t affect him at all. The way he looked at

absolutely self-absorbed. He only cared about himself and

become strangers, don’t we?” I gave out a limp huff.

relationship so succinctly that Michael

we are – he, the puppeteer, and I, the puppet – whose sole purpose was to fulfill his needs. No man would want to see the woman he slept with was with another

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