Chapter 317

Michael had never felt so depressed. His plan was to start afresh with Christina, but he did not expect that their first meal together would end abruptly because of a fishbone.

Along the way home from the hospital, Michael had on a long face and did not say a word while Christina remained silent too. With that, they spent their journey back to the Oak Lake Villa in silence.

As Christina sat on the sofa and watched a sitcom, Michael sat next to her too, remaining mum all the while as he kept his anger to himself. Although the woman said nothing, he knew that she was mocking him in her heart.

Michael was so focused on coming up with things to talk to her about during dinner that he barely ate anything. After a fishbone got stuck in his throat, he was rushed to the hospital and spent the rest of the night there, hence he had been starving all night long.

He did not believe that she could not hear how his stomach was growling in hunger. However, she gave no reaction to it at all, much