“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.”

gentle reply and

 

gave me one last glance before he drove

the sidewalk, I thought to myself. Should I be honest about my current situation?

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

door open, someone brusquely pulled me into the

pain. Stunned, I glared at the culprit who’d just ambushed

wrong with you?

on my wrists got tighter

go after you left the restaurant? What took you

questioning

in a good mood in the first place, and his rough interrogation only exacerbated the

does that have to do with you? Do I have to report

 Who are you to talk to me in such a manner? For goodness’ sake, you flipped my life upside

up, worrying what if someone found out about us. Couldn’t I just enjoy

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

him at all. The way he looked at me and the things he

He only cared about himself and never for

done, we become strangers, don’t we?” I gave out a limp huff. This relationship with Michael had been

that Michael

puppeteer, and I, the puppet – whose sole purpose was to fulfill his needs. No man would want to see the

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