Blackmailed by the Billionaire

Anna was brought crashing back from the edge of embarrassing submission by David's callous use of the nickname Hana for her. Hana was a name that only Allen ever used to refer to her. When Aunt Martha had first introduced her to Allen as "my niece Anna Hana," Allen had said that it was a bit of a mouthful and so he would call her "Hana," and he had done so until the day that he died. Hana was the name that Aunt Martha had always called her. It sounded like the worst kind of betrayal to hear it on David's tongue at this point. "I beg of you, do not attempt to address me as Hana! 'He's got me!' she cried as she wriggled her way out of his grasp and gave him a desperate shove that sent him reeling backward on his heels. She whirled around in the kitchen on shaky legs and placed the distance between them equal to the width of the breakfast table. She was red in the face, fuming, and her heart was beating so fast and furiously that she had to grab the back of one of the wood chairs to calm herself. David completed the circle with a nonchalant lean back against the back of the bench. He muttered a curse under his breath after observing her white-knuckled grasp on the chair as well as the rage and terror that were visible in her enormous eyes. He should not have attacked her with such ferocity in the first place. But with her evaluation of his character, she had managed to infuriate him, and he had completely lost control of the situation, which was most unlike him.