Marry me, Attorney (UNDER REVISION)

CHAPTER : TWENTY - THREE

A/N: There are just a few changes here, as I removed some parts of the storyline from the old chapter. 

Isla

"I am your wife..."

A what?!

WIfe?!

For godsakes! This is impossible.

"How can you be my wife when Alea was the one I married?" Sabi ko sa kaniya at napatuwid ng upo sa kama.

She looked in my direction with a blank expression; her eyes said it all, as if she wanted to eat me alive for what I said. Who would even believe when people around me are always deceiving me? This is ridiculous!

"I'll say it again, Isla Vara,  I am your Wife." She said through gritted teeth. I could tell by the way she pronounced each word kasabay ng pagtaas baba ng dibdib niya.

Sabi niya sa akin kasal siya, then nasaan ang asawa ni Ma'am. Naguguluhan ako! For the past five years si Alea ang alam ko.

What the fvck is this?

Punyeta! Gaguhan ba?

"How come that you are my wife?!" Naiinis kong tanong ulit sa kaniya at napatayo sa kama na siyang kinasunod niya at pumunta sa gawi ko.

If looks could kill, I would've been sprawled unconscious on the floor by now.

"I am your wife, Isla, and that's because we both signed that damn marriage contract!" madiin nitong turan tsaka ako hinawakan sa braso at tiningnan ng mariin sa mata. Her blue eyes were now clouded by a dark aura that sent chills through my entire being.

I can see that she's telling the truth, but hell, this is impossible to believe! I know I want Ma'am to be my wife, but not in this kind of situation. This is hell! Sa ganitong paraan ko ba makikita ang tatay kong si Lucifer dahil sa mga nangyayari sa akin.

"Paano nga?!" Singhal ko sa kaniya which made her forehead crease in annoyance.

Lumayo ito ng sandali sa akin at napahilamos ng mukha. Halata mong problemado rin siya at hindi niya alam kong paano niya sisimulan ang paliwanag. Dahil gusto kong masagot lahat ng katanungan sa isip ko at maliwanagan sa mga nangyayri. 

Isa lamang akong estudyante dati na patay na patay sa kaniya and I'm trying myself to stop my feelings towards her kasi kasal ako tapos ipapalabas niya na siya ang pinakasalan ko at hindi si Alea. So all my drama was pointless if it was only ever going to be her in the end. The nights I spent crying at the edge of my bed, trying to stop myself from wanting her because it was wrong. The secret glances at her whenever she was teaching because that was all I could allow myself. Malandi ako oo aminado pero sa kaniya lang, pero may limit din naman 'yon at alam kong may hangganan.

Kaya hindi ako makapaniwala sa mga sinasabi niya ngayon sa akin, dahil sino nga naman ang maniniwala diba? ang hirap i-sink in sa utak. Hindi ko alam kung dapat ba ako magtatalon sa tuwa dahil ang babaeng gumising sa patay kong puso na hindi magawa ni Alea ay kasal pala sa akin.

"Alea was just a scheme!" she blurted out, making me flinch at her remark.

My jaw dropped when she said that. What the heck?!

"What do you mean scheme?!"

"We made a deal with Alea, in exchange for the fake marriage to you, because of your promise to marry me. But I waited... I waited, hoping that maybe you would come looking for me because you promised to marry me after I became a lawyer, but I waited for nothing." Ang kanina niyang galit na ekspresyon at tono ng pananalita ay napalitan ng kahinaan, she looks weak and vulnerable.