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.

 

my life the way it was. Was all

woman, and I need someone to lean on.

the bill was the only idea I could come up with to cut ties with him. If I didn’t owe

wasn’t fishing for pity, but

all he did was look at me

him that I was going to pay him back, he should be more than willing to let me go…

I’d said

of feeling relieved, I felt a void in me after

glance, turned around, and

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

was it. He left. I supposed we

face Yuval with an open heart and not feel sorry for my dishonesty. I could

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

way! I couldn’t believe that I thought that I probably

must have gone haywire

should be enmity. How was it possible that I was falling for him? I’d never

way he looked at me right before he left kept appearing in my head, and I

into Michael at the entrance. After what happened

similarly, giving me a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight into

was still awkward every time we ran into each other,

buzzing at work, my phone rang. The word

relationship or Dad needed more money for

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