The "SHE" Groom

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

"I'LL buy this one...this one...and that one" Veatrice pick everything she wants to buy at literal na inalila niya si Thomas. That was the 15th botique na pinasukan nila kaya kahit gusto pa niyang bumili pa ng maraming gamit she can't dahil napapagod na siya. Nangangalay na rin ang kaniyang mga binti kakaikot sa mall.

Walang imik na sumusunod sa kaniya ang binata, wala siyang narinig na reklamo na siyang inaasahan niyang marinig. Hindi niya tuloy maiwasang mainis dahil bumaliktad ata ang dapat na nangyayari. Imbes na si Thomas ang mainis siya pa ang naiirita sa sitwasyon. Imbes na ang binata ang mapagod, siya ang napagod.

Nawala bigla sa mood si Veatrice. Then realization hit her, she was being so childish saka it seems na sa set up nila ngayon, hindi si Thomas ang nahihirapan, it was her.

Now she finally realizes why Suzette always told her that she hasn't moved on yet as she was claiming for. Yeah, she did move on from the love she once felt for the man she is with but she hasn't moved on yet from the memories of the past. Nilulukob pa rin ng galit ang puso niya dahil pakiramdam niya naging laruan siya.

And maybe it was her pride that was hurting not her heart. If she did want to move on from him dapat wala na siyang pakialam sa lalaki, dapat hindi na siya naaapektuhan sa prensensya nito.

"Where are we going next? May gusto ka pa bang bilhin?" Thomas while carrying tons of shopping bags asked. Dahil sa matikas nitong pangangatawan nagmumukha tuloy wala lang dito ang mga dinadala. It pisses her off that he doesn't even look tired, nililingon ito ng mga tao sa mall dahil kung maglakad ito parang nagmomodelo lang.

"Bakit? Napapagod ka na?" bakas ang tunog pagkairita mula doon.

"No, bilhin mo na lahat ng gusto mo at pumunta ka na kung saan mo gustong puntahan and after that I'll bring you somewhere"

"Akala ko ba uuwi na tayo after this, you haven't informed me na dadalhin mo ako kung saan saan"

"I told you before we went here that I will date you, I don't want to ruin your plans for today so sinamahan muna kita dito bago kita yayain sa date natin" nakangiting anito

" Ayaw kong sumama, makigdate ka sa girlfriend mo, wala akong balak maging third party, mga lalaki talaga. Kung makapag-cheat kayo sa babae ang dali dali lang pero hindi niyo alam na habang nagpakasasa kayo sa iba, sila ayun naghihintay sa inyong tuparin ang mga binitawan niyong pangako. Bakit pa ba umamin kayong mahal niyo sila kung sa isang pagtatalo og di pagkakaintindihan lang maghahanap kaagad kayo ng iba, mahirap bang maglaan ng isang oras o linggo hanggang makapag-usap kayo at masettle yung sa pagitan niyo" puno ng inis na saad niya sa lalaki.

" Teresse is not my girlfriend, well everyone thought we are a thing pero hindi talaga kami" maikling tugon nito na mas lalong ikinainis niya

" Now you deny her, hindi ka ba nakokonsenya, huwag mo nang ipagkaila dahil pati pamilya mo alam na may relasyon kayong dalawa, ano yun pinaniwala niyo sina Yna na kayo kahit hindi naman, ginagago mo ba ako"

"Parang ganun na nga" he sigh and look directly at her "Teresse like me I guess and she was so possesive of me, she was claiming that I was her boyfriend and there's this girl I like since before whom I wanted to forget but can't. I admit naging makasarili ako, I let her follow me everywhere para maaliw because I was hurting and it was too late already when I realize that I wasn't doing the right thing so I decided to follow the girl I really like even she was outside of the country, sinusundan ko siya kahit saan pero natatakot ako at hindi ko siya malapitan, nihindi ko nga alam kung ano ang sasabihin ko sa kaniya, but when I got the courage to tell her what I really felt, I saw her kissing someone else, and got really mad, sabi ko noon kakalimutan ko na siya, baliw na ba ako na magalit sa babaeng noong una palang naman sinabi na sakin na wala siyang nararamdaman para sakin and I don't know if I was just assuming that she likes me too dahil habang nakakasama ko siya ramdam ko kahit nagpapanggap, ramdam ko na tumitingin rin siya sakin and I am not naive to know that Veatrice, I saw her cry the day she left at sabihin mo nang assuming ako but I think that woman and I are in the same boat, I know the guy she was with is not her boyfriend" nakakatunaw ang titig na ibinigay ni Thomas sa kaniya.

Veatrice heart is beating so fast. Hindi niya nagugustuhan ang mga salitang lumalabas sa bibig ni Thomas. Ayaw niyang masaktan ulit, nakakapagod nang masaktan at tumakas.

" Why are you telling me this? I am not interested about your lovelife Thomas"

" Because you know her too well than anyone else. She is ---"

" Shut up! I don't want to know that woman, sabihin na nating wala akong pakialam kung sino man siya. Pagod na ako, gusto ko nang umuwi, give me my keys" Veatrice hastily grab the keys in Thomas hands kung saan hawak hawak nito iyon kasama ang mga pinamili " mag commute ka nalang, just leave all of that in the living room" saad ni Veatrice saka umalis doon.

Veatrice was so preoccupied while driving towards her condo unit na siya mismo ang bumili sa Greenhills. Her parents doesn't know it, balak naman niyang ipaalam sa mga ito pero nakalimutan niya lang talaga and maybe it was an advantage to her lalo na sa sitwasyon niya ngayon.

Nalilito na siya sa sarili niya. Nasasaktan siya. Nagagalit. Nalilito. Napahampas sa manubela si Veatrice sa inis. Why does Thomas still has a big impact in her. His words seems so real but it really wasn't. She knew, it was her he was talking about earlier.
It was because she can vividly remember the day Trojan and her was kissing, nakita niya ang binata noon but she thought it was just her imagination. She will never forget it dahil yun yung panahon na binusted niya si Trojan sa panliligaw nito muli sa kaniya. It was the time she realizes she doesn't just like Thomas, she loved him.

Sa pangatlong pagkakataon, tumakas nanaman siya dahil takot siyang harapin ang sakit. She locked herself up in her condo at nagtext nalang sa mga magulang na hindi muna siya makakauwi.

She told them she got some problems to fixed all by herself and she'll just show up on the day of baptism ng kaniyang pamangkin na gaganapin tatlong araw mula ng araw na yon and her parents didn't question her, maybe because they knew she needs time for herself and eventually tell them afterwards.

Nagkulong siya sa condo unit niya ng dalawang araw. She didn't do anything kundi matulog, magbasa ng mails at manood ng kung ano ano. She tried to divert her mind out of the problems she was facing.

At dahil nakaramdam siya ng gutom at sa kasamaang palad naubusan na siya ng pagkain so she went out pero hindi pa siya tuluyang nakakaalis ng tuluyan sa gusali, she saw Thomas came out from his car carrying a bouquet of flowers with him directly staring at her.

Hindi niya inaakalang mabilis siya nitong mahahanap. And here her heart goes again, beating so hard na tila lalabas na sa ribcage niya.

Now she can finally say, she hasn't moved on yet. She still had that stupid four letters word that she hates feeling for him. She's doomed.

A/N

Sorry for the sabaw update guys, bawi nalang ako next time, still I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. Lovelots