I fell in love with a random guy

Previously

…She could gather more information, observe more, without the pressure of direct confrontation. But as she curled up beside him on the sofa, his arm around her, his familiar scent filling her senses, a chill settled deep within her. The warmth of his embrace felt both comforting and suffocating, a gilded cage that was slowly, inexorably, closing in. Maria’s words echoed in her mind: You deserve to know who you’re with. And Sarah knew, with a certainty that was both terrifying and liberating, that she couldn't continue to live in the comfortable, yet dangerous, ambiguity of Alex’s world. The truth, however painful, was the only path forward. The question was, how much would it cost her?