Memories of the past month flashed through Michael's mind like a movie. How Sarah looked hesitant at him, then started smiling and looking at him warmly.
Is it like his father said, she still loves him?
Not. That's not possible. Sarah said that she was not happy marrying him. The woman divorced him because she had another man whom she loves.
The two of them… can't be together anymore.
"That's impossible," Michael muttered under his breath, a sad smile evident on his face.
"What do you mean impossible? Sarah always smiles when she talks about you. She still loves you!" said Mr. Collins, trying to be a wingman for his son.
Well… Sarah might be smiling because she was talking to him, but it didn't matter. He didn't know why, but it seemed like Michael needed a push to get back together with his ex-wife.
"I can't believe I did this at my age," thought Mr Collins with a sigh.
Michael fell silent again when he heard this. He still had a hard time believing it. Sarah… loves him?
"So you're telling me she immediately agreed to your request just like that?" asked Michael trying to find out more. Was Sarah still in love with him all this time?
"No."
The answer from Mr. Collins made Michael's forehead crease. No? So why did Sarah accept his father's request?
"Did you give her money?" Michael held his breath when he finished saying that.
Michael knew that there was no way Sarah would take his father's request for granted. She couldn't possibly have said something like, "Oh, you want me to pretend I'm still Michael's wife? Okay."
There must have been an agreement between his father and Sarah so that Sarah would accept the request. All Michael could think of was money.
However, Michael really wanted to deny that Sarah was doing this for money, but it seemed that what his mother said was true. Sarah wasn't after the money when she was with him, but that was because she had gotten it from his father.
"I did offer her money." Michael could feel something pricking his heart when he heard his father's words.
So it turns out that Sarah did accept his father's request because of money.
"How much…"
"But she didn't take it," continued Mr Collins with a smile.
"Eh?" Michael couldn't hide his surprise when he heard that.
"She didn't take it?" asked Michael, repeating Mr Collins' words.
The old man nodded his head.
"Then why did she accept the request? She obviously didn't accept your offer right away, right?" asked Michael who now looked confused. What actually happened? Did Sarah accept the offer without anything? Because she still loves him?
"I told her about my illness."
"Eh?" Michael looked surprised again.
Mr. Collins then tells his conversation with Sarah, starting with offering the woman money, to finally telling her about his illness. Sarah also didn't buy it and he had to get checked first, and was convinced because he did have a brain tumor. The woman accepted his offer on the condition that he would be operated on.
Mr. Collins didn't forget to tell Michael when Sarah came to their house at that time because she "threatened" him to be immediately operated on, and while he was in this hospital, Sarah always accompanied him.
Michael just listened to it without blinking. This… wasn't something he had thought of at all. That woman wants to pretend to be his wife because she wants to save his father?
"Now you know what happened. So don't act stupid again, son. Sarah is a precious woman and you can't find another woman like her. She hasn't remarried, so you have a chance," said Mr. Collins ending his story. His tone was calm and supportive.
He knew Sarah might not forgive him, but Michael wanted to meet her and talk. If Sarah still had feelings for him, and they could go back to the way they were, then Michael would give them both a chance.
Maybe Sarah cheated on him in the past and said something hurtful like she was unhappy in their marriage. It was something Michael would never forget, but for now he just wanted to think about their future.
He… still loves that woman.
"Then I'll go first. I'll see you later, "said Michael then immediately left the room in a hurry.
Mr. Collins stared at the back of his son who had disappeared behind his room door. In his heart, he can only pray for the best for his son so that his son doesn't messed up again.
He really likes Sarah!
***
After leaving his father's room, Michael decided to go to the floor where Sarah's office was while continuing to try to dial the woman's number which was completely inactive.
Even though Sarah has resigned from her job, one of her co-workers knows where that woman lives, right? Actually, he could have asked James to find out about it, but right now Michael's mind wasn't working like it used to.
He only thought about asking her whereabouts from Sarah's co-workers.
Once he arrived in front of Sarah's room, Michael then looked around, trying to find out who might know where Sarah lived, and who was willing to tell him.
He then approached one of the female nurses who looked younger and seemed to know what he wanted to ask.
"Where does Doctor Sarah live?" asked the nurse when she heard Michael's question.
Michael nodded, his face full of hope.
"I don't know about that, Doctor Sarah and I are quite close, but Doctor Sarah has always been secretive and rarely talks about her." Michael sighed in disappointment when he heard that.
What should he do now? How was he supposed to find Sarah?
"Ah. Wait a minute, it looks like someone knows about it. Wait… Ah! There he is! Doctor Alex! Here!" said the woman and waved her hand to call out to the person she had just found.
Michael's head then turned his head, seeing who the woman called.
Suddenly, Michael's face stiffened when he saw the brown-haired male doctor.
That man… was the man he saw at that time. The man who was with Sarah at that time. The man who makes his wife smile and happy. Something he can't do.
"What is it?" asked Alex as he approached them. He then glanced at Michael briefly, before finally looking at the nurse.
"Do you know where Doctor Sarah lives?" she asked.
"Sarah? Why?" asked Alex with a confused look on his face.
"Can you tell us? Aren't you close with Doctor Sarah?" she asked.
Michael was silent when he heard this. Turns out he wasn't wrong. This man named Alex, was the man he saw at that time.
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