Smitten To A Benjamin (4th Gen #16)

Chapter 25

Everyone's busy. Her father entertained the guest and Hakob is busy talking to his cousins. Kanina oa siya palinga-linga pero hindi pa nahanap ang ina. Kaya tumayo siya at tumungo sa garden para hanapin ito pero nahagilap niya ang isang babae na lumiko sa isang pasilyo papunta sa labas kaya agad siyang napasunod.

That's her mother for sure!

Tahimik lang ang hakbang niya. She can hear faint voices of a man and a woman. Mas lalong lumakas ang kaba niya.

She can't tolerate her mother cheating on his father. Surely his father is cruel but it won't justify why she would cheat.

"Kunting tiis, mahal. Malapit na." She heard a familiar voice.

It's the Cyrus! The butler!

She can hear her mother sobs.

"I can't wait, Cyrus. I want it done. 18 years...we've waste the 18 years." Her mother cried.

Her heart ached on that. Nasaktan siya sa tonot ng boses ng ina. It was like she was being punished. Her mother's always smiling. Always soft but hearing her grief right now makes her wonder why.

"It's my fault. And I'm paying for it for 18 years. God, this is all happened because of me." Cyrus said in a regret voice.

Lumapit siya sa dalawa. She saw them hugging each other. Napasinghap naman ang ina at napalayo. She stared at her mother with disbelief.

"You're cheating on Dad? That's why you can't love him because you're having an affair!" Akusa niya.

She intently looked at Cyrus. Gone the fake wig and mustache. Mas lalong lumabas ang pagiging matikas at gwapo nito. And he looks like...her.

"Don't talk to your mother like that." Cyrus said.

"No! How dare you try to ruin my family! You made my mom a cheater---"

"How can I be called cheater for having an affair with my husband, Cyra? How did he tried to ruin my family when we're the real family in the first placed?" Her mother cried.

Napaawang ang labi niya sa gulat. Napahakbang siya ng isang beses ng patalikod at palipa-lipat ang tingin sa dalawa.

"W-what..No.." she muttered in disbelief.

Cyrus looks like a wounded animal while looking at her. There's longing visible on his eyes.

"My princess..." Cyrus called her.

Her heart ached on that.

"N-no...No, you're lying! My father is Henry Cali, and my mother is Ramira Ferdinand-Cali." Giit niya.

Umiling si Cyrus.

"I'm Cyrus Ferdinand. How can she carry other's last name when she has been using mine since then?"

Ferdinand...She's Cyra Chimera Ferdinand. Does that mean that the Ferdinand is not her mother's maiden name but her father's last name?

"W-what?" She muttered in disbelief.

Cyrus sighed. Tumingin ito sa ina niya na para bang nanghihingi ng permiso. Tumango naman ang ina.

"Your mother was abducted by Henry Cali." Cyrus revealed.

"What?!"

"We just got married, our life is stable but then my company starting to face problems and leads to bankruptcy. Henry knew that we're married but he still keep pursuing your mother. My head was clouded when one day your Mom just vanished and just saw her beside Henry in a television. I thou she left me for money because I lost mine. Little did I know Henry is the reason why my company's gone but it doesn't matter that much like how your mother mattered to me. Pero wala na siya sa 'kin, kinuha na siya ni Henry."