The medicine was too hard for her to swallow, and a large hand heavily patted her back.
Anna Jadwin stumbled as she spat it out, caught in a fit of coughing.
Veins popped out on Wayne Bailey's forehead out of anger and concern.
Angry because she was so stubbornly rejecting him, not wanting him!
Worried that she nearly put her life at risk...
Wayne Bailey gripped her shoulders, his voice full of agony, "Would you rather die than be with me?"
Anna Jadwin clutched her chest, struggling to breathe between coughs, "Yes! I'd rather die than get involved with a man like you..."
Wayne Bailey's pupils contracted as he picked up the pill she had spit out, drying the droplets of saliva on it.
His rough fingers traced the coarse surface, his heart ached immensely.
"In what way am I not as good as him?"
The proud man who thought he could trample the whole world under his feet asked in a low voice, where did he fall short compared to Maxwell Cameron?
Anna Jadwin was taken aback!
