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Ch1: Broken

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The night could not contain Sakura's sleep that she abruptly opened her eyes. It was dark and she faced the wall. The expected good night sleep had betrayed her- just like he did. Instantly, her nose scrunched up and she curled to herself. Her hands grasp tightly and she cried again- against her will.

/Flashback

It had been more than an hour and there was still no sign of Sasuke. A soft sigh left Sakura's lips as she looked outside; the rain had stopped awhile ago. Impulsively, she reached for the glass and was about to sip on her lemon tea before abruptly stop. Even the drink that she had was almost finished. She stopped herself from finishing it as she thought of waiting for some more minutes.

And finally Sasuke came. Sakura's heart was beating fast all of a sudden- from excitement, from anger. Her cheeks felt warm out of nothing and unconsciously, she was crossing her arms. The raven haired guy went straight up to her and sat across of her.

"Sorry, I'm late…" said Sasuke simply.

Sakura pouted slightly at his dull confession and right at that moment, a waitress came and asked Sasuke for his order.

"No, thanks. This won't be long…" Sasuke replied and the waitress walked away.

However, Sakura was startled by that, she blinked curiously at her boyfriend. And she was opening her mouth, about to say something when Sasuke cut her off.

"I wanna tell you something, Sakura…" said Sasuke as he stared at her intently.

The pinkette stayed silent and pursed her lips. She was intimidated by the way Sasuke stared at her- and the fact that he did not even smile at all since he came. Sakura observed the details he had on his face, and knew that Sasuke was dead serious about something.

"Yes?" Sakura managed to utter in almost a whisper.

"We're breaking up" said Sasuke in a breath.

And it was taking Sakura's breathe away. She snorted, thinking that she heard it wrong. "This is a joke, right?" she said. A cynical smile crept on her face as she knew how much Sasuke loves to tease her.

But it was not even funny, that Sasuke kept his deadpan face. "No… this is not a joke" he breathed it out and his eyes darted elsewhere.

The smile on Sakura's face was slowly wiped away. She had mixed of feelings in her chest. "What if this isn't—".

"This is a joke, right?" Sakura repeated herself; "—I want you to confess, right now because I won't believe you, Sasuke-kun!"

Sasuke closed his eyes for seconds before he opened them again to stare at Sakura. "But this is not a joke. And it's enough for us- for 100 days together" he said firmly.

Sakura's lips quivered and she frowned deeply. Her lips were sealed although she had a lot of things to spout. And Sasuke stood up. "I'm leaving now…" he said and turned away.

The pinkette's head was hazy but she shot up too on her feet.

"STOP—!" she yelled, ignoring everyone else in the café. "Tell me why!" screamed the pinkette again. Her breathing started to pick up and she felt so confused.

Sasuke stopped anyway, and peeked on her over his shoulder. Sakura's heart skipped a beat and for those seconds, she hoped that he would confess to the terrible joke. But he did not. He just walked away. He left.

"SASUKE—!". And tears started streaming down her cheeks.

Sakura cried her eyes out and the next thing she knew, she was out on the sidewalk with sea of people staring at her. She was sobbing along the way while ignoring the staring eyes. She even forgot how she got there and whether she paid for the drink back at the café, but she did not care anymore.

And then, it rain again.

/End of flashback

Knocks on the door awakened Sakura from her sleep.

"Sakura— you're gonna be late!" said Mebuki from outside the room.

"I'm still not feeling well, mom…" Sakura lied; "—I'll take another day off".

Mebuki opened the door. Sakura immediately pulled the blanket over her head and muffled herself as she was sobbing again.

"Then, you have to call your office about that…" said Mebuki as she stood by the door, crossing her arms.

"Yes…" muttered Sakura. It had been two days since she skipped work.

XOXOXOX

It was afternoon and lunch was ready. Mebuki placed a bowl of rice and soup on a serving tray to bring upstairs. Then she stopped and put it on the table instead.

"Sakura— come down here and eat, honey…" Mebuki called out for Sakura from downstairs. She did not want Sakura to lock herself in the room for too long.

Mebuki ate her lunch and she even finished it but still, Sakura had not come down. "The food is getting cold…" she muttered to herself while washing the dishes. Then suddenly, she heard footsteps coming from the stairs. She turned around. It was Sakura.

"Sakura?!" stated Mebuki in almost a yelp. She was shocked to see that Sakura was messy. Her daughter was in the pajamas, tangled hair that was sticking out everywhere on her head, swollen eyes and puffy pale face.

"Are you very ill? Why don't you tell me? We'll see a doctor after this, okay?"

"Ka-san, I'm fine—" Sakura sighed and took her seat at the dining table; "—I just need more rest"

Mebuki shook her head while frowning deeply, eyeing her daughter. Clearly, Sakura was losing her appetite. The pinkette stared blankly at the food in front of her.

"Let me heat the food again for you—"

"It's fine—"

"Okay, but I still want you to go to the doctor. I think it's the rain yesterday—"

"Ka-san—"

"—that you soaked yourself…"

Sakura burst into tears again. And Mebuki stopped. "Sakura… what happened?" she asked.

"We've broke up…"

Mebuki was shocked too but she kept calm and sighed deeply before taking a seat across of the sobbing Sakura.

"It's— talk to me, honey…" said Mebuki.

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XOXOXOX

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/Door knocked

Sasuke looked at the door as Rie entered. "Sasuke-sama… Mr. Xin wants to see you…" she spoke softly. Sasuke nodded slightly as he abandoned his work and fixed his composure. Mr. Xin is Sakura's department head, thus making Sasuke wonder right at that moment if this will be related to the pinkette. And he was right, indeed.

"It's about Miss Haruno Sakura…" said the man; "She was absent for two days…"

Hearing this, Sasuke's eyebrows rose slightly and his heart beat increased. "Have you tried to contact her?" he asked while remain calm.

"Yes. And some of the colleagues tried to reach her phone, but she didn't answer and she didn't even reply to the text messages they've sent her…" said Mr. Xin.

"I see… I'll look on this matter—" muttered Sasuke.

Mr. Xin nodded and left the room. After the man left, Sasuke sighed and instantaneously picked up his phone. He browsed through his phone contact and stopped at Sakura's name. He was about to make a call when he suddenly stopped.

For seconds, Sasuke simply held the phone in his hand and wonder if he should call her. He knew the real reason for her absence and calling her to ask about it would be awkward.

"Tch—". Sasuke made the call anyway.

Anxiously, Sasuke listened to the calling tone. No answer. Thus, again, Sasuke tried. And still, Sakura did not pick up the phone. He thought of calling her home but it would be useless if she refused to talk to him. Sasuke sighed and sent a text message to her instead. Seconds after he sent the text message, Rie knocked on the door again and came in.

"Sir, this is the report from yesterday's meeting- and this is last month's sales report…" said Rie, handed the documents to Sasuke.

The Uchiha simply stayed silent and took the documents from her. He flipped through them randomly and waiting for Rie to leave the room as she was supposed to- but she did not.

Sasuke tilted his head to look at his secretary that was still standing in front of his desk. He frowned slightly at her. "Rie, anything else?" he asked.

The dark haired lady gave her boss an indifferent smile. "Pardon me, Sasuke-sama… but you seems troubled lately. Something happened?" she asked.

Instantly, Sakura images popped up in Sasuke's head. He shook slightly and lowered his head to remove the thought of the pinkette. "Nothing. I'm fine…" he muttered.

However, the answer was not satisfying for Rie. She knew that something was up and some rumors had been flying around lately. "I've been your secretary for years, sir. You can't hide from me…" she said.

The young chairman looked at her again. "But still, it has nothing to do with you…" he said coldly.

Rie clenched her jaw. She knew that her boss is always so stubborn. "I heard some rumors… and it's related to Miss Haruno…" said Rie, rolling her eyes.

Sasuke was startled. He knew that people started to pick up on their relationship but it was not so obvious, that they called it a 'rumor'. "Hn—".

XOXOXOX

That evening, Sasuke went home after having dinner somewhere in town. As he reached his house, he saw Itachi's car at the sidewalk. "What is he doing here?" he silently thought. Sasuke parked his car and saw his aniki waiting for him by the door.

"I was waiting for you…" said Itachi, as soon as Sasuke came.

A/N: Finally, the sequel of 'Marry to Money' is here. I'm a bit excited on posting this, so I hope you like it. This sequel will be a little bit relax compared to the first story- I hope so.

Thanks for reading. Reviews are welcome.