Sarah’s povI stepped carefully down the stairs, turning towards the kitchen to make the tea that I would enjoy alone. When my eyes found Ethan sitting out there, I added water to the teapot to brew enough for two cups of tea.While waiting for the water to boil, I prepared two cups on a tray and the accompanying cookies. I arranged them neatly, and then I was silent, stretching my arms on the edge of the kitchen table while looking at Ethan's back, sitting in the back garden."Is he busy working?" I muttered, watching him, craning my neck. I looked to the side to see what exactly he was doing, and I saw that he was sitting on his laptop. "So he's working on something?" My eyes shifted from the man, checking on the teapot that started making noise from the boiling water.I gently lifted the teapot, poured the contents into both glasses with the same contents, and then stirred them. Carrying it along with the tray from there, heading to the same place Ethan was sitting. "You don't mind
Sarah's pov"Talking about us?" My heart automatically pounded more noisily than before. Something inside of me erupted, turning my excitement into something more intense. As if spurred on by something, I was pounding with excitement but also questioning.What does this man want to ask me?I stared at him intently, noticing every curve and line of his face, including his smile that was still sweetly perched on the corners of his lips, even though it was only slightly raised. Something that made me marvel at her charm.My eyebrows moved to dispel my awkwardness of being silent and watching him as he nodded in response to my question. "What is there to talk about us?"About us. Why do I now feel it taboo to mention it with my mouth as if it's unusual and so out of the ordinary? For a moment, I was excited because there was the word we between him and me? It's just that I clearly remember why the word we could be mentioned by her was based on cooperation between us, nothing less and noth
Sarah’s POvThat afternoon was a weekend when I was free from my work routine. After breakfast this morning, I went upstairs to my room and did what I wanted. In between, I was a bit lazy by lying on my bed, which always called me to be on it, and snuggling with the blanket. If I look at the cloudy weather outside, it's like it's giving me an excuse to keep hiding under the blanket. "It's fine, I don't have any urgent work either," I muttered, giving myself a reason to relax. There was nothing that really urged me to move anyway. The matter of my divorce was even just pending in the next week.What happened that day and afterward, I wanted to plan only after the verdict to be more relieved and feel free with my completely changed status. But the knock on the door that came to my ears made my body move from the middle of the bed and get off. "Yes, just a moment." My voice answered her as I walked over to the door and straightened my hair. "What's wrong?" I asked the man behind the doo
Sarah’s PoV"You want us to have a date at this place?" I chuckled in front of him. We were in front of a movie theatre crowded on weekends by couples of all ages.I don't know how many times I've seen several pairs of people holding hands while walking with happy facial expressions, looking sweet together, walking with their laughter and jokes. It's not that I'm jealous, it's just that I feel a bit strange imagining myself doing the same thing with them, but the difference is that they are living the relationship sincerely, while I'm just pretending, but it has to be convincing.I don't know how. It was too awkward for me to force myself to do all that. Moreover, I really had no experience dating anyone. With Alex? The times he took my hand while walking together were the only times when people were watching, and even then, he looked like someone who was forced to hold me. Why did I only notice that expression now? After all this time? What a fool I was."Yes, why is there a problem?
Sarah’s POVI smiled at the thought of Donna, earlier when she saw Ethan ,she complimented him on his amazing looks, but what would happen? What would she say, and what would her reaction be if she found out that Ethan was the boss at work, the man whose rumours were talked about by all the office employees, the person she considered disabled.He would have been shocked, perhaps frozen in place, speechless, or even in disbelief. "You know Donna?" I turned to the man again as I led him out of the café since we were done there."Your friend from earlier?" He pulled my hand back into his grip.I nodded my head while walking out of the cafe. "Yes, but other than that, she's also your employee at the office." I noticed that the man was silent and just listening without any meaningful expression on his face except that he was listening and watching his surroundings while I was walking as if anticipating something that might approach and intrude on me. "You didn't know that?"He nodded. "I k
Sarah’s POV"Come on." I invited him to move from there without looking directly into his eyes. My heart was still beating noisily at this moment, creating a restlessness in me that was a little difficult to overcome.The stares of the people watching us walk together with me carrying a large bouquet of flowers in my hand made it more conspicuous and stole their attention towards me, I could hear them faintly whispering about how lucky I was to be treated so special by him, and some of them stared with smiles and whispered about things I couldn't hear but from the way they looked at me, with warm smiles making me feel embarrassed and hid even more, covering my face with the bouquet I was carrying."Ethan, come quickly." I insisted by pulling his hand. The man looked at me with confusion on his face."Where are we going? Is there anything else you want to do?" He asked me as he approached.I slowly started to slow down my footsteps and kept pace with him. "Where else? Haven't we done e
Sarah’s POV"I have to tell him first." I left my room quickly to the next room to approach Ethan. I knocked on his door several times until it opened and revealed himself in the doorway."What's wrong?" He waited for me in the doorway of his half-open room. Waiting for me to tell him what I needed to do since I rarely knocked on his door."Em...." I felt a little reluctant to invite someone to come here since this was his house, even though he said that Lira could go anytime to see me. "My friend, Lira, wants to come to see how I'm doing. Is it okay if I let her come?" I looked at his expressionless face.When he nodded, I felt relieved. "Sure, she can even stay over if she wants. I don't mind at all. You're free to invite your friends, even without asking my permission first." He responded casually.I held a smile on my lips with her answer, which left me satisfied. "In that case, thank you." I pointed to my room. "Then I'm going back to my room."Ethan nodded his head and I hurried
Sarah’s POV "What else has happened since you've moved to this place? How has your relationship progressed more precisely? I'm curious." Lira nudged my arm while revealing a smile on her flat teeth, hiding behind her half-open lips.I snorted with laughter as I averted my eyes from her. The more I dodged, the closer she got to me and left me with no opening to escape from her who was now starting to tickle my stomach."Tell me I made you unable to speak." She insisted."Alright, alright." I took her hand away from me and straightened my sitting position. "What happened in this place after I moved here wasn't really much." I fixed the position of the glasses for no reason, just to make my eyes focus without having to look at Lira alone. I still didn't want to tell her about our relationship status, which was an agreement.Lira mustn't know or she'll go back to worrying about me, she'll go back to being sad because she thinks that my life hasn't changed. Although that wasn't entirely t