Chapter 261 I Love You

Michael looked at the woman who had been his wife, the woman who was the mother of his children and is still the woman he loves, with a gentle gaze.

It had been… six years since the last time he saw her, but why did she still look so beautiful, and make his heart flutter like this when he saw her, just like when he first saw her?

Michael licked his dry lips, then take a breath, trying to calm himself so as not to look stupid and stutter when he wanted to say something to Sarah.

Meanwhile, Sarah was silent. She could sense Michael looking nervous, and honestly it made her nervous too. It seemed that this time what she was thinking would not be off the mark like what happened in the bathroom earlier.

Sarah was also trying to take a breath secretly, waiting for what Michael would say.

Michael then took a deep breath and let it out and then looked at Sarah again. This time his facial expression seemed to change.

"I still have feelings for you, Sarah!" said Michael confidently.

Sarah opened her mouth when she heard that. She could guess what Michael was going to say, but hearing it in person took Sarah by surprise.

"I know a lot of things happened between us in the past, and how pathetic I was as a man, but my feelings for you are still there and are getting bigger every day when I see you. I love you, Sarah," Michael said firmly and not looking nervous anymore, looking at Sarah with a gentle gaze.

Sarah was still silent when she heard Michael's words, which now sounded serious. Six years ago when Michael came to her at the orphanage, Michael told her that his feelings were genuine and that he still loved her.

Has that feeling been going on for six years? Michael loved her that long?

"Do you want to start over, Sarah?" Michael asked, ending his confession tonight.

He knew he was in too much of a hurry to ask the question, and Sarah's chance of refusing it was greater than accepting it.

However, he didn't want to just say his feelings without asking Sarah to start over.

He wanted Sarah to know that his feelings were serious, and he still wants her.

Sarah bit her lower lip when she heard Michael's confession. Right now she was eager to nod her head or say yes to the man.

Although her feelings for Michael were not what they used to be when she met Michael again after six years had passed, today she started to feel strange feelings when she saw that man again.

Maybe because today she found out that Michael was never engaged, or because he did a surprise event with the kids to her and gave her a gift she really likes, or because she had just seen Michael's half naked body in the bathtub looking sexy.

Sarah didn't know the reason, but she felt weird!

However, Sarah knows that she and Michael cannot get back together. She knew it was best for her children if they did, because they would eventually have a whole family with a Mother and Father, but… what about Mrs Collins?

Sarah didn't want her children to be hated by her, and Sarah didn't want Michael to fight with his mother just because of her.

Now that she was a mother, even though Mrs. Collins was very mean to her, Sarah knew it was because Mrs. Collins was only the best woman for her son.

She was sure that she wouldn't turn out like that old woman but as a mother, it must be very painful if the child we have given birth to, and raised, hates us.

Sarah couldn't imagine if one day Raphael or Gabriel would hate her. It must have been very painful, and although Mrs Collins was not a good woman to her, Sarah didn't want that to happen to that old woman.

Seeing Sarah who was just silent made Michael even more restless in his heart.

Was he too hasty in asking Sarah to start over?

Will Sarah reject him?

What if after this Sarah would become more and more distant from him?

"Michael, I…"

"Wait!" Michael cut in quickly, his self-confidence suddenly turning into worry and nervousness.

"Could you not answer it and listen to me first?" asked Michael pleadingly.

Sarah swallowed back her words, then nodded.

"I know six years ago I was such an asshole and hurted you. I'm not going to make any more excuses about what I do, because it would look pathetic," Michael said quickly.

It seemed that what he said to Sarah at that time was too harsh and hurt Sarah's heart, so Sarah still hated him.

Sarah just kept silent hearing this. Honestly, what Michael said did hurt her heart. How could Michael tell her that his memory had returned when she was opening her legs for him?

Sarah felt embarrassed, and humiliated. Moreover, Michael's words are quite painful.

However, Sarah realized that it was her fault. Michael deserved to be angry and said that. She rejected Michael at that time because she thought Michael was engaged to Anna, that was the real reason.

"No, it's not like that…"

"No," Michael cut in quickly. Right now he was afraid to hear what would come out of the woman's lips.

"I admit my mistake, and I think I was in too much of a hurry to ask you to start over with me," Michael said with a sad smile.

"But can you let me approach you? Like I did when we were young?" continued Michael who still didn't want to give up.

Sarah was still silent when she heard that. To be honest, she didn't know if she could give Michael a chance or not.

"I mean… I've managed to get your heart once, I'm sure I can do it again," Michael said softly and looked confident when he said that. He thought back to how it was not easy for him to get Sarah, but in the end she married him.

Sarah bit her lower lips when she heard that. Should… She tries to give Michael a chance to do that? Right now her feelings for Michael are not as big as they used to be. Was it possible that if her feelings got bigger, she could not worry about Mrs Collins?

"Okay. We can do that," Sarah said after a moment of silence. It seemed there was nothing wrong with her trying to give Michael another chance. She hoped that this time everything would be fine.

"Yeah!" said Michael who could not contain his excitement. "Then from now on there's no more coldness, or ignoring me anymore, okay?" said Michael excitedly.

Sarah chuckled when she saw that. Is he that happy?

"We'll see about that later," Sarah replied with a smile, pretending to play hard to get

She admits that she was deliberately ignoring Michael and being cold to him. It seemed that from now on she wouldn't have to do that anymore.

"Oh yeah, when do you intend to tell the Twins that you are their Father?" Sarah asked suddenly curiously.