The event with Derek’s family went beautifully. Sara had moments of awkwardness, and she had been scared when Mila called her and Derek onto the stage to compete in the ‘How well do I know you’ contest. But regardless, the night was beautiful.
As she and Derek spent an hour under the stars in that cozy gazebo, she’d almost forgotten that she was faking being his significant other.
In the days that followed, she let her mind wander back to that evening often. She knew there was another event coming up imminently, the one Joan had mentioned to her. Derek had yet to say something to her about it, and she began to wonder if she was invited after all.
Once Sara made her way to work that day, Alison, her boss, strode straight into her office with a vexed look on her face. Sara hadn’t sp
