He was taken aback by my deriding remark as I was always soft-spoken and composed in front of him.

“Are you calling me a disgrace in your life? I dare you to repeat yourself!”

 

His grip got even tighter than before, and my wrists hurt so badly that I almost shrieked. Regardless, I wasn’t going to back down anymore. No matter how weak he thought I might be, I had my dignity to defend.

He assumed that I was this gold-digger who wanted all the fortune and fame. If I gave in, it simply meant that I agreed to all his assumptions.

“It’s gonna be the same, Michael Shaw. You’re the utmost disgrace in my life!”

 

Tonight, he’d put me on the warpath. Even a weakling had its limits, and this time he’d gone too far!

As soon as I spoke, his chest pumped up and down in fury.

“Anna, bear in mind that you started it. Have you forgotten that you seduced me for two hundred thousand?”

 

I froze instantly; he was right. It was me who had seduced him and climbed onto his bed for Dad’s operation money. I needed it by hook or by crook, but little did I know that my cynical plan would lead to this.

Only now did I realize that my decision then was a terrible mistake. I should’ve looked for other means, sold my organs, anything but seeking help from the devil.

 

the way it was. Was

to bear?” I sighed, and my tough shell cracked. “At the end of the day, I’m just a woman, and I need someone to lean on. My Dad is sick. He needs a sum of money every month for his

with to cut ties with him. If I didn’t owe him anything, I wouldn’t have to continue this

wasn’t fishing for pity,

he did was look at

at me soon after that. Since I told him that I was going to pay him back, he should be more than willing to let me

to mine. The things I’d said all came from my heart, and I was just hoping that he could see

of feeling relieved, I felt a void in me after pouring my heart

gave me another glance, turned around,

back to my senses when the door gave out a loud thump after he

left. I supposed we were

with an open heart and not feel sorry for

on my face, yet I felt a tinge of sadness. Was it

believe that I thought that I probably had feelings for

gone

feeling I was supposed to have towards this man should be enmity. How was it

my bed, my mixed emotions got me tossing and turning. The way he looked at me right before he left kept appearing in my head, and I barely slept a

Michael at the entrance. After what happened last night, I felt awkward,

similarly, giving me a brief sidelong glance,

was still awkward every time we ran into each other,

work, my phone rang. The word “Mom” on the screen

she called, it was either about my relationship or Dad needed more money for his medical treatment. Tensing up became a reflex to

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