HINDI alam ni Mavis kung ano nga ba ang dapat niyang maging reaksyon nang makita niyang umibis ng kotse si Anthony, in his full on glory. Hindi na niya napansin pang may sabit itong kasama dahil ang buong atensyon niya ay na kay Anthony lang.
Huminga siya ng malalim, para siyang tanga, kanina lang ini-imagine niyang kasama niya ito na kasama niya sa pagtanda ngayong nakikita niyang nasa harap na niya ito ay bigla na lang siyang nakaramdam ng takot.
Nagdesisyon siyang bumaba, iisa lang ang may alam kung nasaan siya. It was Lena kung andito na 'to ngayon ibig sabihin lang na ibinigay ng manager niya ang address kung nasaan siya.
Can she take that na nagawa na nitong maayos ang tungkol kay Vera? Wala siyang ideya at sa totoo lang nakakaramdam siya ng takot sa kung ano nga ba ang mangyayari.
Pagkababa niya ay agad niyang nakita ang nakatayong bulto nito, sa may receiving area his face is still handsome as she remembered pero hindi niya alam kung ano nga ba ang dapat na maging reaksyon niya.
Seeing him before her right now there is a urge to hug him tight pero pinigilan niya ang sarili niya. Her fear is making him unable to let him see her emotion.
"Can't you give me a hug?"
"No," tanggi niya, nakita niya ang pagkadismaya sa mukha nito pero hindi pa rin iito natinag sa kinatatayuan.
Mariiing niyang naikuyom ang kamay andito na sa harap niya si Anthony, hindi ba hinahanap niya 'to? Bakit siya natatakot ngayon?
"Why are afraid? Ikaw ba talaga ang Mavis na nakilala ko?"
Napakagat siya ng labi. "The Mavis that you met in that Café is long gone. Because the Mavis that is now in front of you already learned how to love, how it was painful to see someone that special to you got hurt, how it feels to protect someone not the one who's being protected. Kasalanan ko ba kung natatakot ako?"
Siguro ang pinagsasalamat lang niya na kung sino man siguro ang nasa loob ng mansion ay hinayaan na lang silang nasa may sala. Kahit na anino ay wala siyang makita.
"You don't need to be afraid, kasi nandito ako.Nothing will happen to you."
"That can't reassure me even a little bit Anthony."
"Then what do you want?"
"I really don't know, I feel that I'm too imperfect for the perfect you."
"Idiot, if you really think I'm perfect you should go first with my family background."
"Wala na sigurong mas lalala sa family background ko 'di ba?"
"Well, let's just say that we both have some family issues."
"Anthony, I don't know if I can stay, I don't you can stay."
"Of course I can, if I can't make you stay with one reason. Then I will stay with a hundred more."
"Even though I'm broken? Even though we both know na kahit na kailan babaunan ko kahit na saan ang nakaraan na kahit na kailan alam kong hidni ko makakalimutan?"
Humakbang ito palapit sa kanya, and though all her defenses are up siguro pagdating talaga kay Anthony madali lang nito magiba ang kahit na anaong pader na nakapaligid sa kanya.
"Lahat nang naranasan mo, nalampasan mo 'yon ng walang tulong ng kahit na kanino. You are a survivor Mavis you are and neer will be broken, you may thought you are imperfect but for me, you are already perfect." Ginagap nito ang kamay niya.
She mirrored him, habang nakatingin sa mga mata nito, the eyes that fascinated her so much since the beginning, and the gaze that is sole and irreplaceably just for her.
"Sa buong buhay ko maliban na lang sa nanngyari sa pamilya ko ngayon lang ako ulit natakot Anthony. I really don't know what the hell will do if ever that you diidn't even bothered to find me."
Tinaasan siya nito ng kilay saka hinaplos ang mukha niya. "You got tan, mukhang hiyang na hiyang ka dito."
"Sa dami ng pwede mong mapansin 'yung kulay pa ng balat ko?"
"Lahat kaya napapansin ko sa'yo," she can't help herself but uncounciously lean her face on his hand. "The way you talk, the way you smile, and the way you laugh. I can also see your eyes shine the brightest whenever you're in the spotlight, telling me that you are a star that I managed to catch from the sky. I won't let you fall rather I want you to give your brightest light, until you will voluntarily stay right beside me."
Gamit ang isang hindi okupado nitong kamay ay may inabot nito ang isang singsing. It was a beautiful gold plated ring that was adored with beautiful little diamonds around it beautiful star like diamond at the center.
Kahit siiya ay hindi mapigilan ang sarili na mapahigit ng hininga sa nakita niyang singsing na hawak nito. She already know that kind of ring is not ordinary, dhail hindi lang 'yon isang simpleng singsing na basta-batsa mo mapupulot sa kung saan.
Anthony doesn't even care about the box kaya malaman ay kung saan lang nito 'yon basta itinapon but then giving her a beautiful ring like this meant only one thing.
"Can allow me to tell everyone who is my real Fiancee? And the woman that I will love for the rest of my life?"
" Yes, Anthony Wesson, I want to your only woman for the rest of your life."
"Is that a threat or a promise?" anito saka isinusuot ang singsing sa palasingsingan niya.
"You can go with both."
The next thing she know, he cup her face lovingly, habang masuyong iniikot nito ang tingin sa mukha niya, it was as if reassuring she is okay. That depite the fear that she's feeling she won't retract her words.
Unti-unting bumaba ang mukha nito sa kanya, gently kissing her, not for a reassurance but saying that they sealed there promise to be together.
"Our love won't be perfect, but that what makes us unique, Imperfection is what life is, just stay beside me that is the life that I want."
Sa pagkakataon na 'yon nagmalibis ang luha sa mga mata niya, kung para 'yon sa relief. Masuyo naman nitong pinunasan ang luha niya.
Hinayaan lang siya nitong umiyak hanggang sa siya na mismo ang tumigil. Anthony is never a patient man, so she's greatful for what he do.
Ito lang ata ang uanng beses na masasai niyang hindi niya kailanggan ng sandamakmak na confidence para lang siya matanggap ng isang tao. Because beyod her flaws, beyond her fears, and beyond the imperfection that she has Anthony will be always there to accept her, and the only thing that she can promise perfectly loves him, with everything that she will ever have.
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Perfectly Loving you
RomanceMavis Fuentebella is a darling of the crowd and where the spotlight is, she was there standing. Siya ang pinaka sikat na artista sa mga kasabayan niya ngayon at kahit na ba sabihing sandamakmak din ang mga bashers at haters niya yet she love the lim...