If I really wanted money, I would have asked for it from him the first time we slept together. But I didn’t.

All I wanted was to have a proper discussion with him, not another argument. He was a domineering man, but he wasn’t coldhearted.

 

Michael scanned me from head to toe curiously. He didn’t have to say a single word for me to guess what he was thinking and what he was about to do.

“I’d advise you to give up on the idea of becoming my girlfriend. I can give you anything except that. I would never marry a nobody like you; know your place, Anna!”

If I’m just a nobody, then why are you, a huge CEO, so insistent on clinging to me?

 

You’re surrounded by so many great, intelligent women. You could easily get any one of them to fall for you. So, why me?

“I never wanted to become your girlfriend. Relax. I know where I stand.”

A man like him was most likely going to marry someone hailing from a powerful family background and beloved by all those around her.

 

There was no way that a woman like me would ever become his wife, and the mere idea sent chills up my spine.

You have time to

 

internal sigh of relief. I knew Michael would be

just afraid that if I let

I was just an ordinary girl. Even though I, too, liked handsome,

fall any further. I’m not going to let myself get hurt

few days passed so

the impression that Michael would stay the night. Yet to my surprise, he left the table and picked up his coat as soon as he

in an empty house,

staring blankly at

be able to love another man after Justin, but I hadn’t expected to fall in love with Michael so quickly

but I understood all too well what I truly felt for him. When I couldn’t help but think of him every time

more. So, I curled in on myself like a porcupine and protected myself in

I glanced at the screen, cheering up

that I was trying to get in between her and John again. There were actually several times where my finger nearly pressed the “dial” button, but I could never muster up the courage

the call. “Nat! You finally

I mean, what could I say; Natalie calling was the best

surprise, I heard Natalie

crying, Natalie?

the bottom of my stomach. Natalie was a

asshole, John?

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