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.

 

we started this “relationship,” I couldn’t even live my life the way it was.

on. My Dad is sick. He needs a sum of money every month for his treatment. Carrying the weight of the whole family on my shoulders is killing me already. Let me go, please, I beg

idea I could come up with to cut ties with him. If I didn’t owe him anything, I wouldn’t have to

for pity, but just

did was look at me blankly, somewhat

that I was going

affixed to mine. The things I’d said all came from my

of feeling relieved, I felt a void in me

gave me another glance, turned around, and

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

it. He left.

be able to face Yuval with an open heart and not feel sorry for my dishonesty. I

yet I felt a tinge of sadness. Was

I thought that I probably had

must have gone haywire

should be enmity. How was it possible that I was

lay on 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 wink that

at the company, I bumped into Michael at the entrance.

giving me a brief sidelong glance, and walked straight

time we ran into

when I was buzzing at work, my phone rang. The word

my relationship or Dad needed more money for his medical treatment. Tensing

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