Chapter 17: Because I Need You

Soros nodded nervously, "Did I guess wrong?" Anna shook her head wordlessly, "Soros, you never know what I like, so you better stop." She took a breath and raised her head, "You know why I like coming here? It's because the entrees here are your favorite. You have a bad stomach and this is the only place you can eat." "So ...... what do you like to eat?" Soros hadn't even expected that answer from Anna. He thought they just happened to both like the food here. It never occurred to him that she had accommodated him. "Does it matter?" She asked again, "We're not together anymore and I'm not pestering you. So did you suddenly fall in love with me?" Soros subconsciously shook his head and blurted out, "How can that be?" Anna smiled and shrugged, "See, I knew it would be. So let's just leave each other alone." With that, she got up to go outside, but her wrist was grabbed by Soros. He said, "Anna, you can't go." "Why?" Anna really didn't understand. At this moment, he should be scolding her, but he's actually begging her. "Because ...... because I need you." Soros had found it a little hard to say that, but he hadn't thought about it that much when things had gotten this far between them. Then he repeated, "Anna, I need you, I need you so much." "Do you?" Anna rubbed her forehead and said, "But I don't have to stay only because you need me, right? What kind of reasoning is that? You do realize that even those interns looking for work have the right to say no, not to mention that you can't afford to hire me with my abilities." These words struck like thunder, as if what he was saying was absurd to the extreme. But that's not what Soros thought. He was sure that if he said it, Anna would stay. If he asked, Anna would do it for him. It was that thought that made him so arrogant in her presence. The idea that she would serve him no matter how great she was, that satisfied him immensely. So while he enjoyed what Anna did for him, he never cared about her truly. He just always thought that it's what she should do. But the truth was that Anna never owed him. She had the right to choose after she left him. Soros couldn't accept that this was happening, so he invited Anna to dinner. But he didn't expect for a second that Anna would be so indifferent. It was as if all those things he loved were worthless in front of her. Soros was dumbfounded and felt like his worldview had been shocked. That's when Anna bluntly revealed everything, "Soros, you've always hated me. You know yourself well. This time you put your pride aside to come to me, partly because you're not used to it." She closed her eyes for a moment and massaged her temples, "Do I make myself clear?"