LILY SAW A SHADOW OF A MAN. It stretched on the far side of the tree. Mabilis niyang tinapos ang pagsabit ng bike helmet sa handle ng bike. Iniwan niyang nakasandal sa puno ang bike para lingunin ang lalaki.
She faced him in her puffer jacket. Open in the middle, showing a bit of the pink corset-styled crop top with floral prints on it. She wore a pair of white stretchable pants and thick-soled white sneakers with pastel blue accents.
Her hair surpassed her shoulders but never reached her waists, as smooth and dark as a polished black car threading the night.
Her beer brown, round eyes softened for him.
She was a Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece— dabbled with colors that showered her with life. Lily carried an expression true to her nature in the midst of being intensely-tinted with passion.
Her soft pink lips slightly quivered. She wanted to greet him, but only held back by her awe at him.
Her heart thumped at the very sight of Jared.
He stood against the sunset in his beige-colored, single-breasted Burberry cotton raincoat. Bukas ang mga butones kaya nasisilip niya ang light blue button-down shirt at itim na pantalon na suot nito. He matched the attire with a pair of black ankle boots.
Jared remained gorgeous. He was already forty-six, with hard jaws, thick brows and intense eyes centered by liquid black. His stoic feature caressed by the sunset, like the timeless Michaelangelo statue that never chipped off or faded. His wavy hair grew tips that poked his shoulders, vined like tendrils over and behind his ears, brushed up to kept them away from his forehead. His built was outlined by the glow of the sun behind him. It turned his hair strands into threads of copper flames.
Just gorgeous.
Breathtaking.
Every intricate detail about Jared was defined finer.
Age existed but never in his universe.
He is an immortal demigod in her heart, in her eyes.
She would worship this deity if allowed. Be on her knees before him. Praise him day and night.
But Lily kept those thoughts at the back of her mind.
Una niyang pinansin ang hawak nitong may kaliitang canvas bag.
“Galing ka sa pamimili o mamimili ka pa lang?” lakad niya palapit dito.
Huminto rin siya dahil nakaharang sa pagitan nila ang wooden bench.
“Nakapamili na ako,” magaan nitong sagot. His eyes probed her intensely, Lily felt like blushing.
He looked at her as if he desires her still.
He adores her still.
You worry too much, dear.
Masakit. Naalala na naman niya iyon.
Maging ang pagkakangisi ni Jared kay Heidi habang sinasabi ang mga iyon.
Kaya siguro imbes nung Linggo ng gabing iyon, mas pinili ni Jared makipagkita ng Miyerkules.
This October 7—
Natigilan si Lily sa napagtanto.
Seven years ago, year 2017… they also first met at October 7.
Sinadya ba ito ni Jared?
“Let’s sit here,” ikot ni Lily sa bench para umupo doon.
Pero hindi pa siya nakakaupo, nagsalita na ito.
BINABASA MO ANG
ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH?
Ficțiune generală[ Wattpad Version Complete Chapters ] [ COMPLETE ] [ Can be read as stand-alone ] ••• SPG R18+ Damn closure. It only adds salt to the wound. Why have one when you can just run away? That's what Lily Celeste Marlon did to Jared Guillermo, a psycholog...
