"But we can have lunch together next time if you come here again. Well… I can't go far so maybe in the hospital cafetaria? We have good sandwiches," Sarah said with a mischievous smile.
Steve's facial expression immediately changed when he heard that, a smile appeared on his face.
"Oh, come on! You must be kidding! Sandwich?" said Steve with a tone of complaint that was deliberately made up.
Sarah laughed when she heard that.
When they were still an intern, they were very busy and didn't have time to sit down to eat, so they always ate while running around.
Pizza and sandwiches had always been their favorite meal, but Sarah and Steve preferred sandwiches, because it was healthier for them.
"Isn't that your favorite food? Hahaha. I'll see you later," Sarah said, then waved her hand and immediately left Steve.
Steve watched Sarah leave with a smiling face, until Sarah completely disappeared from his sight, then he returned to his father's room.
"She is so adorable. Sandwich. Haha," Steve muttered and couldn't stop smiling.
***
As soon as Sarah walked out of the hospital door after her shift ended. She again saw a man standing leaning against the wall playing with his cellphone and occasionally looking at the hospital entrance.
"Sarah!" said the man who immediately smiled broadly. He then put his cellphone in his pocket and ran to Sarah.
"Michael? What are you doing here?" asked Sarah who wasn't really that surprised to see Michael because she had a bit of a guess at it.
However, she didn't expect Michael to actually come!
"To pick you up. Come on! You don't want anyone to see us, right?" said Michael then immediately turned his body and walked first.
Sarah sighed then finally walked after Michael to his parked car.
"But how does he know when my shift ends? Has he been waiting for me all this time?" Sarah thought, looking at the man walking in front of her. Michael is really like a stranger and not the husband she remembers.
"Ah yes, at that time he came home with me when my shift ended. Well, it's not bad either, at least I don't have to spend money to go to his apartment," thought Sarah who was starting to see this in a positive light and didn't mind if Michael would continue to pick her up.
Inside the car, the atmosphere became quiet. Every now and then Michael glanced at Sarah who was sitting with her eyes closed.
"Sarah," Michael called softly after a moment.
"Hmm."
"Are you… being scolded?" asked Michael carefully
"Being scolded? What do you mean?" Sarah asked, still closing her eyes.
"Well… you came late this morning," Michael said innocently.
Hearing that, Sarah subconsciously laughed, she then looked at Michael.
"Ah, sorry," Sarah said when she saw Michael looking at her with a confused look.
"I don't have surgery scheduled. So it really doesn't matter if I come a little late. It's just that I don't want to make it a habit to come late," Sarah explained.
"I see. I thought you'd be scolded by your supervisor," Michael said with a sigh of relief.
All day he had been a little worried that Sarah would get in trouble for being late this morning, and that was because of him.
"No, I'm not an intern or resident anymore, so it doesn't matter if I'm a little late."
"Ah right, you're a surgeon now," Michael muttered, nodding his head. It seemed he was still not used to knowing that Sarah was no longer an intern, nor a resident anymore.
"Yeah, time has gone by so fast," Sarah muttered under her breath.
It felt like only yesterday that she was a medical student who was married to Michael, but look now, she was a surgeon who had divorced.
"Too bad I can't remember your residency graduation ceremony. Do you have the photo? I want to see it," Michael asked, glancing occasionally at Sarah.
"Ah, that…"
Sarah was surprised when she heard Michael's question. After completing their residency, they did indeed hold a graduation ceremony. However, at that time she and Michael had divorced.
So, Sarah was the only one who came at that time.
It was the first time she'd celebrated graduation alone because Michael was with her when she graduated as a medical student, and that's when Sarah finally realized that she and Michael had divorced. She is alone now.
So Sarah doesn't have very fond memories of her graduation.
"Sarah?" called Michael when Sarah was silent.
"Yes? Ah right, the graduation photo. I don't know, looks like we didn't take many photos at that time. We celebrate by having dinner together at the restaurant," Sarah replied, trying to act casual so Michael wouldn't suspect anything.
"I see. So we celebrate together. Thank goodness I came to your graduation ceremony," replied Michael who looked relieved when he heard that.
"Yeah, you came. Uh! Wait a minute! What do you mean? Do you remember anything?" Sarah asked when she realized what Michael had said.
Suddenly, Sarah became nervous. She knows that one day Michael will get his memory back and that is the reason why she decides to pretend to be Michael's wife, to get his memory back.
However, isn't this too soon? She didn't expect Michael to have temporary amnesia! Then what should she do? She hadn't even thought about what she should do when Michael had his memories back!
"No, I don't remember anything," Michael replied with a sad look on his face.
"Then? Why do you say that? Is there a memory or a small thing that you remember?" Sarah asked, trying to push Michael away.
Michael was silent for a moment, trying to remember something.
"Oh wait! Stop thinking! Now is not the right time! We'll discuss it when we get home!" said Sarah hastily when she saw the look on Michael's face who was deep in thought.
Michael is currently driving, if suddenly the man turns out to be remembering something, Sarah is afraid that Michael's head will suddenly hurt and worst case scenario, Michael will have an incident again, and this time, with her.
So even though Sarah was very curious, she decided to wait and asked Michael to focus on driving.
***
"So what you said earlier. Do you remember anything?" Sarah asked as soon as they reached Michael's apartment. She then hastily grabbed Michael's wrist and pulled him to the sofa in the apartment.
"No, I still don't remember anything," Michael said, shaking his head.
Subconsciously, Sarah breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully Michael's memory hasn't come back yet.
"It's just that I only learned that I was the CEO of Collins for the past few years. I thought with my busy schedule, I would not come to your graduation ceremony, and make you disappointed in me," Michael explained.
"No, you still come even though you're busy," Sarah replied with a smile, trying to calm Michael down.
"But… Wifey. Why do you look relieved when you know I haven't remembered something?"