I couldn't find a reason to refute him. After all, he wouldn't have appeared before my eyes had Natalie not called him.
“You must have done this on purpose. You should have rejected Natalie since you knew I was coming!”
He might have said so, but I knew he wouldn't have appeared had I not come. In other words, he made that promise to Natalie because of me.
“You're right. I came because of you. So what? I said I wouldn't take the initiative to look for you, but it doesn't mean I'd say no to anyone who arranged for us to meet. I should really thank your best friend for making this happen.”
A corner of his lips quirked up. It was as if he didn't care how mad I was. In fact, he seemed to enjoy seeing how annoyed I was.
I clenched my fists and tried to contain my anger.
Instead of arguing with him, I turned around and looked out of the window. Forget it. I wouldn't be able to out-talk him anyway.
The man smirked but didn't continue with the debate. All of a sudden, he made a U-turn.
“Michael, what are you doing? We're supposed to head in the office's direction!”
I could not help but panic upon realizing he was driving further away from the office. What is he doing?
“Going back to the office to work is just an excuse, isn't it? You only said that to get rid of me. Don't make up this kind of ridiculous story to fool me, Anna.” He exposed me in a calm voice.
The expression on my face changed, and I felt a pang of guilt.
He's right. I just made that up so that I could run away from him.
“Then why did you insist on giving me a lift if you knew that was a lie? You're doing this on purpose!”
I tilted my head aside and glared at him. He knew I was lying, and I'm sure he knew I was trying to avoid him. Yet, he still deliberately burst the bubble. What does he want from me?
“Yes. I did it on purpose. I just want to stay by your side. You should know that, right?”
I nearly choked because I didn't expect him to come clean so quickly. Has he no shame?
“Where are we going?”
Anxiety crept in, as I had no clue where he was taking me since we were not going to the office.
“I'm sending you home. Where else do you think we're going? Unless you want to come to my place?”
I heaved a sigh of relief at his answer. Even so, I was a little jittery when I recalled yesterday's incident at my house.
This man is capable of anything.
Michael sped along the road. In just a while, we arrived at my house. I got out of the car the moment he parked the vehicle in front of the entrance.
Since I've done my part to protect myself, I'll let him do whatever he wants for now. Let's see how much patience he has!
I'll let him know I'm not a pushover!
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