Cohabitation With My Ex-Husband

"Eh?" Sarah was a little surprised at the question. Mrs. Brown would like to have dinner today?

"Is that all right? It's eight o'clock in the evening, I'll probably be there around nine," Sarah said feeling uncomfortable making Mrs. Brown wait for her.

"That's not a problem at all. I'm used to eating a little late. So how is it, you want to eat dinner together tonight?" asked Mrs. Brown again, her tone hopeful.

Sarah sighed, it seemed she couldn't refuse the woman's request.

"Okay, I'll come see you. Just send me the address," Sarah replied and soon a happy voice came from the old woman before she hung up.

Sarah sighed once more when the line had been cut. She was fine with going out to dinner with Mrs. Brown, but what was she supposed to say to Michael?

Meanwhile, the old lady who had just called Sarah, immediately looked for someone's contact and sent him a message.

[I've invited Sarah to dinner as per your request. Did you really call me to talk about another woman? I am really jealous!!]

Mrs. Brown's face looks envious when she reads her son's message that was sent two hours ago.

[Hi mom. So you invited Sarah to dinner, right? Can you do that ASAP? Sarah's in a bad mood and maybe you can cheer her up.]

[Oh right, call Sarah at eight o'clock, her shift ends at that hour]

Actually, Mrs. Brown did want to take Sarah out to dinner, but she's still waiting for the right time because she also have a job. She didn't expect her son to be texting her at all, but he was talking about another woman!

***

Unlike Michael's usual smiling face when Sarah approached him, this time Michael's forehead wrinkled at the sight of his wife who came to him.

Sarah approached him still in her doctor's clothes.

"Babe, I'm really sorry, but I can't seem to go home right now," Sarah replied with a guilty face.

"Why? Did something happen?" asked Michael curiously.

​ "Yes, I have a patient who needs surgery tonight, it's a patient of my colleague, but he can't come and it's quite an emergency, so I have to replace him," Sarah said without blinking and putting on a guilty face.

No matter how Sarah thought about it, she couldn't find any other execuse to tell Michael. She had already used her friend's event when she actually went out with Steve back then, and she couldn't possibly say she was going out to dinner with someone.

Because Michael would definitely ask her if he can come with her.

Well... the two of them are husband and wife, it wouldn't hurt if the two of them came together, right?

But… how did she get Michael to meet Mrs. Brown? Perhaps Mrs. Brown wanted to speak to her alone, so she did not feel comfortable bringing someone with her.

She also couldn't keep rejecting Michael, because he would be sad, and Sarah didn't want Michael to be sad.

No! Not like that! She just doesn't want her plan to make Michael fall for her any more difficult! It wasn't that she didn't want to see Michael sad!

"Ah… I see. Then I'm gonna have dinner alone again?" asked Michael with a sad face.

"Well… I'm sorry. Let's have dinner together tomorrow, okay?" said Sarah holding Michael's cheek.

Michael took a deep breath and nodded. Looks like tonight he will have to have dinner alone again.

"Okay then, good luck with your surgery," Michael said with a smile.

Sarah's heart ached at this, she felt bad lying to Michael like this, but it couldn't be helped, she'd better finish having dinner with Mrs. Brown, and maybe not see her again.

After Michael left, Sarah immediately came back and headed to the locker room to change her clothes, after that, she immediately called a taxi and mentioned the address that Mrs. Brown sent.

***

Sarah's face looked a little confused when the taxi she was riding in stopped at a residential area. No matter how she looked at it, this was a residential area and she didn't find a restaurant.

"Is this Mrs. Brown's house?" Sarah thought starting to realize what was happening, she thought Mrs. Brown wanted to have dinner with her at a restaurant, she had no idea that Mrs. Brown would invite her over to her house.

Sarah then immediately walked towards the two-story and white paint house, then rang the doorbell.

Not long after, the black door finally opened and an old woman greeted Sarah with a big smile.

"Sarah! You're here!" said Mrs. Brown opening her arms wide and hugging Sarah.

Sarah was a little awkward when she saw that reaction, this felt foreign to her as she only had experience with Mrs. Collins. Let alone hug her like now, the old woman never smiled widely when she saw her arrival with Michael.

Well… she did smile broadly, but that was when she looked at her son.

"Come in! You didn't get lost coming here, did you?" Mrs. Brown asked kindly and then led Sarah straight into the dining room.

"No," Sarah answered awkwardly and chose to sit down at the table but seconds later she stood up as Mrs. Brown walked into the kitchen.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Sarah asked when she saw this.

She was not used to sitting at the table like this because Mrs. Collins always rebuked her, even though the old woman had a housekeeper at home.

"No! Sit down! You are a guest," said Mrs. Brown and then came back with two glasses to set on the dining table.

Sarah looks awkward, does she really have to sit down? Sarah was uncomfortable with that and decided to stay on her feet.

"Do you like pasta? I'm making pasta," Mrs. Brown said as she returned to the kitchen to get their food.

"Yes, I love pasta!" Sarah replied with a smile. It wasn't her favorite food, but she didn't hate it either.

"Very nice!" said Mrs. Brown and then returned to the table with two plates with pasta on them.

"Why do you keep standing? Come on, sit down and eat!" said Mrs. Brown, setting Sarah's plate on the table.

"Ah.., yes!" Sarah answered awkwardly. She wasn't used to being served like this by an old woman, let alone an old woman who wore clothes that looked luxurious and typical of a rich person.

Sarah looked at Mrs. Collins who felt very lonely today. It seemed the old woman was alone at home because her husband, Sam, always came home late.

The woman subconsciously reminded Sarah of Michael. Did the man also experience the same thing? Alone at home because she is always working?

The hospital and the house were quite far away, so the professor must often come home late and maybe the two of them couldn't have dinner together.

"Go ahead," said Mrs. Brown with a smile and then told Sarah to taste it. Her face looked a little worried, curious about Sarah's reaction to eating her food.

Sarah nodded, then prepared to hold her fork. However, suddenly the doorbell rang again.

"Looks like a guest has come," Sarah said then changed her seat to face the entrance. She was a little curious, did Mrs. Collins invite someone again?

However, Mrs. Brown tilted her head, she seemed a little wondering who the guest that come tonight.

"Steve?!"

Mrs. Brown's voice sounded surprised when she saw her guest who had come to visit her, it is so loud that can be heard at dining room, making Sarah immediately stand up and look outside.

It turned out to be true, Steve was hugging his mother, then his eyes met Sarah's.

"Sarah?! You're here?" Steve asked pretending to be surprised to see the woman.

'Yes, I was having dinner with Mrs. Brown,' replied Sarah nodding her head.

Inwardly, Sarah was a little relieved that Steve had come. She did enjoy being alone with Mrs. Brown, but it felt a little awkward. Steve could definitely help to lighten the mood.

Mrs. Brown just shook her head at her son's attitude. Did his son really come home because Sarah was here? Inwardly, Mrs. Brown felt a little jealous.

"Did you cook something, mom? I'm hungry," Steve replied then immediately headed to the dining room.

"Yeah, I made pasta. Why didn't you call when you were coming here? Luckily I made a lot of it," said Mrs. Brown.

However, just as they were about to return to the dining room, they heard someone opening the front door, causing the three of them to turn their heads again to see who was coming.

"Sarah?!" said Sam looking surprised. He was a little surprised to see Steve, but it was Sarah's presence at his house that surprised him even more.

Sarah's face also looked surprised. Is the professor home? What kind of situation is this? She had originally thought of having dinner alone with Mrs. Brown, but was she going to eat with the Browns?