"Me?" She asked again. Pointing at herself with her index finger.
Sara tried to confirm whether she heard him correctly. Did he just say he wanted her to be the Master of Ceremony for his grandmother"s birthday party?
Muchen nodded for the second time. "You can do it"
He wasn"t asking her or anything. He was simply telling her that he wanted her to do it.
"Wh..y? I mean... Why do.. I have to do it?" She asked and s.h.i.+fted uncomfortably on her seat.
"Because it was your idea. Actually, I must thank you for making me look at this deeply. If not for you, I wouldn"t have known I was doing something terribly wrong. So, I want it to be you on the stage that day. At least, grandmother wouldn"t send you out except she wants to ruin her own party"
"That"s something big" She used her hand to fan herself.
Muchen smiled at her and held the hand she was using to fan herself. "Don"t be tensed. You can do it. Besides, since you"re rendering a service, I am obviously going to pay you" He tried to bribe and it did work.
Sara took in a deep breath and gently released it. "I can do it" she answered with a smile. "But..." She inched closer to him and said in a low voice "How much are you paying?"
Muchen"s smile grew wider. He also inched closer with the intention of kissing her because she looked too cute and he couldn"t just ignore it.
But Sara pushed him away and stood up abruptly when her eyes caught sight of Heya at the top of the stairs.
"Grandmother"s having a party?" Heya asked, looking confused.
Sara sighed in relief when Heya didn"t mention anything about their "closeness" just now. She convinced herself that maybe, Heya didn"t see.
She didn"t know how Heya might react if she found out that she had a thing for her brother.
"She is probably going to be disappointed in me" Sara thought sadly as she watched Heya descend down the flight of stairs.
"Good morning Sara" Heya smiled warmly at her before turning to look at her brother.
"Grandmother is having a party?" She asked again since Muchen didn"t answer her the first time.
"She is. We"re all throwing her a party. A surprise party" Muchen emphasized before his eyes went back to Sara. "Did she just push me away because of Heya?" He wondered.
"Why? She has done nothing other than control our lives. Why do we have to throw her a party? Whose idea was it?" Heya sounded annoyed when she asked.
"It was my idea Heya." Sara answered before Muchen could say something.
Heya looked at her and pursed her lips. She didn"t know what to say to Sara exactly. But she didn"t want to sound rude because Sara was her friend and potential sister-in-law.
"You don"t know how that woman treated us. How much of our lives she controlled!" Heya stated in a gentler tone.
"I don"t know" Sara agreed with her. "But even if it"s one thing. Just one good thing she"s done. Think of it and give her this birthday."
Sara pleaded and took Heya"s soft hands in hers.
Seeing Heya"s hands made Sara realised just how much weight she had lost. She looked proudly at Heya and remembered the first day she saw her. A lot had changed about her since then. She had the confidence also.
"I think I am going to spend 48 hours in deep thinking then" Heya answered sarcastically.
Making all of them laugh, including Muchen who had been watching quietly.
He was proud of his girlfriend.. Maybe the right word was "future girlfriend".
He noted that Sara had the ability to make people listen to her.
"Have you told the others about it?" Heya asked Muchen.
"I"ll be meeting with them today." He looked at the watch, then stood up. "I should get going now" He announced.
He looked at Sara, expecting her to say something but she just stood there awkwardly because of Heya.
She figured she had to tell Heya soon that she liked her brother. It still scared her though.
When he noticed she wasn"t going to say anything, he gave her a tiny smile and walked past her.
She was slightly relieved and a bit disappointed. She gradually turned to at least look at his retreating figure.
He took only a few steps before turning back and to her surprise, he took large strides to where she was standing, bent down and kissed the corner of her mouth. "That"s how to say goodbye" He winked at her then turned to Heya. "Don"t stress her too much" And with that, he left the house with a big smile on his face.