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
Sarah’s POV"What's wrong?" I kept seeing her smiling while walking with my hand. I knew that she was in a good mood, but it felt like this smile was teasing me, and I couldn't resist asking her.Lira turned to me with an even bigger smile on her face. "Isn't she very loyal to you?"So, Ethan was the reason her smile had kept appearing on her lips since getting out of the car. I averted my eyes from him. "I don't know, I don't really think about it." I didn't know what to say. I still felt unworthy of receiving these kinds of luxurious things from Ethan.I vowed not to take advantage of him because this relationship was an agreement only. I realized that I shouldn't harm him. But... that guy just kept making the boundaries set by the line fade away because of his actions. He constantly appeared, offering various things that weakened me."What do you know? Don't you realize that his attitude is very considerate of you? It's like he's showing that he wants to be your provider. Having a
Sarah’s POVAlex looked at me in disbelief. "There's no way you have that much money." Her eyelids opened perfectly. "No matter if you work, five million dollars is a lot. You can't possibly have that."This man was indeed looking down on me. Such a large sum? I can't possibly have it? Of course I have more than that amount of money in my savings, I have value. The company I work for appreciates me well. They pay me a decent amount so I can live a decent life.Maybe all this time, she thought of wealth and comfort. Little did she know that I wasn't after anything from her. I could live well without his money and just rely on my salary, but I stayed because I loved him.Because I was too stupid and expected it, it took me too long to realize that the man I loved was trash.I snorted, my eyebrows twitching angrily. "You don't know anything about me!" It was obvious.How could he know if he had never noticed me all this time? He ignored me like I was never a part of his life. What did sh
Sarah's povI am pretty satisfied with my situation right now. I didn't need to do anything to them, so I took Lira's hand to get out of there, but Alex held my arm. "You're really rotten, Sarah. Now I know whose card you're using." He judged me not only with his words but also with the look in his eyes. That card must be Ethan's."Rotten he said? I furrowed my brow. How could someone like him call me rotten when he had behaved even worse than me. He who is more despicable with his behaviour insults me worse than him. Obviously, he has absolutely no idea what the word means that he can talk carelessly."Oh, so she's a cheap woman who apparently uses other people's wealth for extravagance!" Emily exclaimed excitedly, the smile on her face moving in sync with her facial expression to make fun of me. "No wonder she was able to buy it, apparently someone else's card.""Shut your mouth! The garbage smell is spreading everywhere!" Lira snatched at her while pointing and covering her nose.E
Ethan's Pov"In this case, the project that we are currently going to do has a fairly minimal risk, and we can also avoid it by doing so...." In front of me, Luke was still talking about the development of the project we were going to do, but the ringing on my phone made me turn my attention away from him. Luke's voice was faint and only sounded like an insignificant background as I checked my phone screen and found a message notification from my card user.I smiled, remembering who my card was with at the moment. "So she used it to buy a necklace." It was unexpected for her, but it's a significant improvement for me.Sarah has always been a bit difficult for me to pamper. Striving to spoil her was quite difficult because she resisted a lot and acted independently. I assumed it was because she didn't have anyone she could rely on during her lifetime. There was no one she could trust to lean on, so Sarah became a difficult person to get close to.She may have been physically close, bu
Emily’s pov "Let's just go." I tried to pull him away from that place immediately, but Alex let go of my hand and held his arm. He only glanced at me with an expression that puzzled me, then went back to picking out the items there.His attitude annoyed me. He constantly circled this place, looking for the gift he wanted to give Sarah. I was overlooked, as I had been walking with him since earlier.I held back my annoyance for a while because he said that he had a reason to keep Sarah for some time. I don't know what happened, but it was better for me not to confront and upset him directly."How about this? Do you think it's good?" He pointed at a ring with a sizable diamond, not much bigger than the necklace Sarah had bought earlier.I didn't like doing this, but I nodded my head. "Yeah, whatever you want." I turned my head the other way. He thinks I have the taste to help him choose the jewelry he'll give to other women. Is that it? How ridiculous.Alex gently pulled my hand. "Hon
Emily’s Pov'I glanced at my phone screen before I got out of the car and became even more annoyed when I saw no notification from Alex. "He didn't look for or ask for me at all," I grumbled in annoyance, exiting the car and walking into the house across the courtyard. "He must still not have finished choosing which item to gift Sarah."Thinking about it again, I became even more upset. He was now so quickly indifferent to me."What's with that face of yours? Why do you look upset?" Mom, who was about to walk past me, suddenly sat with me on the living room chair in the living room. "What's wrong with you?" She asked with concern.While I didn't choose to directly answer her question, I twisted my body where I was sitting in annoyance, then looked in the other direction, unfocused while sighing. "It's because of Alex.""What's wrong with him again?" The tone of voice sounded rather impatient as I complained about the name. "Didn't you just come out cheerfully when you wanted to go out
Emily pov's"Where are you going this early, Emily?" I turned my head as soon as I reached the bottom at Mom's voice.I paused, looking at her, unsure of what to tell her, but it was best that she didn't need to know what I was going to do outside. "I want to see my friend who just came back yesterday.""Which friend of yours?" She looked at me with an expectant look. Her hand stopped peeling the apple she was holding.I gave her a quick glance. "I told you that even Mom doesn't know him." I walked away before she could question me further. She was behind faintly. I could still hear her voice protesting my answer, but I simply ignored her.Today I promised to meet with the person I contacted yesterday to discuss my request further. We promised to meet at one of the cafes located quite far from my residence because I didn't want anyone to see me. As soon as I arrived in front of the small café and parked my vehicle, a man in a black suit sitting near the glass wall waved at me with a f