The sound of spoons and forks clinking softly on the dining table. The silence was also an intense awkwardness for the brown-haired girl who was sitting nervously in her chair.
She had repeatedly glanced around while trying to whisper with the wing tattooed man beside her, but the man didn't budge.
"So, what do you do now, Sarah?"
A modest woman who had eyes similar to the man next to her raised an eyebrow at the girl. Sarah, who felt summoned, cleared her throat softly after she swallowed her beef steak with difficulty.
"I'm a graphic designer at a private company."
"You're not as busy as you seem. Why don't you stop by here often?" asked the lady of the house again, who was called Sarah as Aunt Dalton.
Sarah spoke awkwardly again until she heard a very coarse grunt that was indicated by that man.
"I often meet with Richie. We occasionally go out for coffee together."
Richie raised the corner of his lips mockingly. He was eating relaxed food in front of him.
"Do you have a boyfriend? "
This time Sarah could not help herself not to choke. With agility, Richie gave his glass of water while disrupting his annoying smirk. Sarah stepped on Richie's expensive leather shoes while shaking her head at Aunt Dalton.
"Not. I do not have - "
Aunt Dalton laughed happily, "That's good news! It would be great if you wanted to marry Richie -"
Sarah stared.
While Richie responded casually while glancing cynically at his parents.
"What a marriage? You agreed that there would be no marriage - "
Mrs Dalton slammed down both of her cutlery. She was staring no less cynically at her only child.
"Married Sarah or never have to see me again?"Richie groaned softly, "Sarah hasn't confirmed it yet. "
"You want that, don't you, Sarah? I've discussed this with your parents. They agreed."
Sarah put down her cutlery then gulped down the orange juice beside hers. She was pulling one finger to give Richie instructions to approach.
Richie obeyed and brought his ear to Sarah. In a shallow voice, Sarah asked a question that Richie himself had expected.
"Is your sexual orientation known to your parents? Huh?" she whispered.
Richie replied in the same way, "No ... I'm sure they didn't. I didn't expect this plan at all."
They separated, still staring at each other. As if able to convey all the words with only four eyes that crossed each other.
Mrs Dalton was impatient and drew her conclusions. She clasped her hands on the table while glancing at the two of them triumphantly. As if she was sure that her plan would work.
"So ... you want to, right?"
"Okay ..."
"Wait! Eh, Richie ???"
"I prefer Sarah more than other women, but we also need time to discuss other things first -"
Sarah was taken aback. The decision was not final yet, and his boy friend had agreed without waiting for a decision from her. Richie gripped Sarah's fingers that were on the table. Then looked at the confused girl with a look full of conspiracy...TO BE CONTINUED
{SARAH POV}===
**previous episode**"But I'm not ready -"
**previous episode**"I learned from you! I'm shocked at you, how can you keep that feeling all this time? It sucks."
*previous episode*"You know what he said to me?" My frustration. Richie was increasingly wary. "He said I was hoping for this marriage.""I am sorry. He really does say anything he wants. ""Now the decision is yours. I don't want him to be like that to me anymore. The idea of living together is a bad idea!""Why are you whispering like that? Did Richie do bad things to you, Sarah?" asked Dalton's aunt who was suddenly in front of us."No ... nothing. We only talked about ehmm ..""About the wedding dress. Well ... I will take Sarah today to choose a wedding dress," Richie said, whether he was honest or just an excuse.The
Am I her best friend?"Sorry for being late.""It's you, who is never sensitive to others," she said, sounding disappointed.
* *Previous Episode *"Just in case, Sarah sleeps in the main room."Alex opened the door to the main room. My shoulders went limp because the room was too big and luxurious for me to occupy myself."- in case Richie's mother comes to visit here," he continued.I was reminded of -
*Previous Episode*My cheeks flushed. Divert this conversation by leaving the kitchen."Toda
*Previous Episode*Alex sucked one meat from my tray. I could see the look in his eyes that somehow turned serious to me.Those eyes seemed challenging, and a signal to ask me to raise the flag