The Boy I Love to Hate

Chapter 59 White Bride

Caden

I asked Thea how she managed to sneak in her name in that marriage certificate instead of Catiana's. Ang sabi niya she had to talk to two women alone to set things running around her devious little finger. That was a very precised move the enemy didn't see coming. Ni hindi ko alam kong paano niya nalaman na kay Catiana ako ikakasal kung ako nga mismo kelan ko lang nalaman. At kung gaano kabilis nilang naplano ang lahat bandang huli kahit na si Mr. Park ay gulat na gulat. Pero alam kong kailangan kong selyuhan ang lahat ng ito at takpan ang anumang butas. Hindi ko hahayaan na mawala ang lahat ang pinagpaguran ni Thea. Her clever move bought me enough time to settle things the right way. Thea forged my signature and it can be taken against her in the court of law. Only a legal marriage with legal signatures and vows will zip everything up.

This is not the wedding I have dreamed for her to have. But I sure will make this memorable. I have gathered all the people she held dear to her heart. I even had to swallow my guts and called Bernard to ask him to attend this small wedding. Nahihiya ako sa mga magulang ni Thea dahil alam kong napakaliit ng venue na 'to, walang ibang dekorasyon kundi ang nag-iisang kumpol ng bulaklak sa mesa ng Judge na magkakasal sa amin. This hotel function room is just too small to put extravagant flowers and decorations on. Plus we don't have time to get services done even for a simple civil wedding. Ito na yata ang pinakamabilisang kasal in the history, ang tanging maipagmamalaki ko lang, ay totoo ang kasal na ito. Pagkatapos ng seremonyas, walang anumang bagay sa mundo ang pwedeng makapaghiwalay sa amin ni Thea. I may not be able to give her the grand wedding she deserves, but I promise her the grandest, most genuine love a man can give his wife. Not public but intimate. In this wedding I don't offer her material things, I offer her my heart and soul.

Nang bumukas ang malaking kahoy na pinto, kaagad akong napaayos ng tayo. I wore an all black shirt and trousers covered by a white suit. I stood in my proudest form near the Judge's table while I wait for my bride to join me. I stood in front without moving, kahit na parang nagsisirko ang puso ko sa loob ng ribcage ko. Pakiramdam ko pawis na pawis ang mga palad ko at tuyong-tuyo ang lalamunan ko. Kinakabahan ako. Kahit na alam ko at narinig ko na ng maraming beses sa ibang tao at sa kanya mismo kung gaano niya ako kamahal, kabadong-kabado pa rin ako. Hindi ko maiwasang isipin na baka sa huling sandali ay magbago ang isip niya at bigla nalang umatras sa kasal. Napakahaba ng oras na hinintay ko, kanina pa nakabukas ang pinto bakit wala pang Thea na pumapasok? Nakatayo na ang lahat ng tao sa venue. Ang mga magulang niya, mga kaibigan niya, mga kaibigan ko, lahat sila.

Hinawakan ako ni Greg sa siko. "Relax Dude. You look rigid. Huminga ka kahit isang beses baka himatayin ka d'yan di pa matuloy itong kasal."

I ignored him. Nanatili akong walang imik na nakabantay sa pagpasok ng mga paa ni Thea sa hall. Sino ba kasi ang kasama niya sa labas? Paano kung biglang dumating ang mga tauhan ni Lolo at dukutin si Thea?

I can't take this anymore. I have to go get her!

Iaangat ko na ang isang paa ko nang bigla siyang humakbang papasok sa hall. She's wearing a white dress, no lace, no decorations, no extravagant veil. Just a white dress that fits her hour-glass body and a tulle white ribbon in her hair. She's holding white flowers in her hand. Just white roses and Lily of the Valley secured tightly in her slender fingers. She's wearing a pink blush in her cheek. She's stunning. I can hardly contain my adoration for my sweet bride, for she's the most regal, the most beautiful I have ever seen. This girl is mine. And she's going to be mine forever.