Sarah, whose face carried a deep shade of red due to embarrassment, heaved a long sigh of relief while she watched her mother and brother walk out of the room where Kyle was transferred.

  Then she turned at Kyle and whispered apologetically, "I'm sorry about that."

  Kyle smiled and replied, "Hey, it's nothing. I'm really grateful to your mother and brother who took care of everything. It's better to have them around than me being here alone after getting shot."

  Sarah gasped when Kyle also winked at him. She could feel something abnormal in her body, especially the thumping of her heart.

  'What is wrong with me?' she questioned herself feeling confused.

  She gave Kyle an awkward smile and said, "Do you need any help? I mean do you want me to get something for you from your apartments like clothes and toiletries?"

  "That won't be necessary. Your family has already done enough for me Sarah. You should leave too and rest yourself. I'm really good now…" Kyle politely answered even though deep in his heart he knew he needed someone so as to not feel lonely after what happened.

  Sarah smiled and replied, "I will leave eventually but won't you let me stay for a while and have dinner with you at least? I feel bad for not even treating you for dinner after everything you've done. You did well today Kyle. I'm so proud of you as a lawyer myself."

  Kyle chuckled. He had a cheeky smile, feeling proud of himself as well. But then a loud breath escaped his mouth thinking about his father. Sarah who was observing him could tell what he was thinking upon seeing the changes in his expression.

  "I'm sure your father will understand your decision. Maybe not immediately since it could take him some time. You can still be a good son to him in other ways without tolerating his bad deeds. You shouldn't turn a blind eye to his deeds because of your blood relationship." Sarah commented with an assuring smile.

  Kyle nodded his head in understanding. After this incident, he had a lot of things to take care of and one of them was talking to Lana and Liam and explaining everything to them in detail. And then there was Jorge, his cousin that he only discovered recently.

  The food that Sarah had ordered soon arrived. Kyle watched Sarah arrange everything neatly on the hospital bed table.

  "I guess you love Lana so much that you're willing to die for her," Sarah could not help but comment. She and Kyle had talked about it when they got drunk last time and she ended up sleeping in his apartment.

  She heard no response from Kyle so she assumed it meant 'yes'. Silence means yes as usual. Somehow she could not understand herself but she felt a bit disappointed.

  'And why would you?' her inner self scolded. She wondered if she was starting to like Kyle because that was the only explanation for her abnormal and mixed emotions.

  She immediately brushed those thoughts away from her head because the last thing she wanted was to have another unrequited feeling towards a man. It sucked big time and she did not want to experience that the second time around.

  "Do you want me to feed you? I mean it will be hard to raise your arms because of the wound," she casually asked because Kyle's wound was on his right arm.

  Kyle blushed because he was indeed right-handed.

  Sarah no longer waited for his answer and grabbed the spoon.

  "Let me help you in small ways like this after bothering you with my family affairs. It's the least I can do to return the favor…" Sarah mumbled as she started scooping rice and meat.

  "Why do you always want to return the favor? I told you, it's nothing and besides, I enjoy how your mother is always treating me so well. In fact, I love it because I can see my own mother in her," Kyle answered sincerely.

  Sarah chuckled and said, "Just wait and see, I'm sure after some more days you will understand what I'm saying. So if I were you, the best thing to do is always answer my mom with a 'sorry but I'm busy' or a straight 'no'."

  She was sure her mother would not stop bothering Kyle so she wanted to warn Kyle in advance.

  "She is actually easy to deal with. Just be honest with her and tell her that you and I are purely friends. She will stop. She won't stop hearing it only from me so she has to hear it from you as well." Sarah commented, full of warning.

  Kyle only smiled at her and replied, "I will think about it. For now, you must eat as well…"

  Something inside of him did not want to reject Sarah's family. He would admit that Lana was still inside his heart but Sarah somehow made him feel comfortable and less lonely.

  He wanted to see how things would turn out if he were to just go with the flow. He was physically attracted to Sarah and interested in her. He wanted to know and understand her more. He wanted to take things slowly with her and he was hoping it could result in something good.

  "What?" Sarah asked, blushing when she noticed Kyle was staring at her.

  Kyle smiled and whispered, "Nothing. Just that it really doesn't bother me. I mean, about your family thinking I am your boyfriend. I really don't mind. I think it's better this way as they won't push you to date a guy randomly. I heard your father has many in the line-up. If you actually want to date them, then we must definitely clear things out for you to do that."

  "Of course not! Dating is the last thing on my mind right now!" Sarah blurted out. She definitely hated those blind dates. She wanted something natural, like how she naturally fell in love with Liam at work but sadly it was not reciprocated and the feeling was not mutual.

  Kyle chuckled when he saw her crumpled expression so he added, "So don't overthink it too much and stop apologizing to me as well because I really don't mind what's happening."

  'But I do mind it!' Sarah wanted to voice out. She was afraid that she would fall for Kyle and her feelings would not be reciprocated again……