Sunrise In Your Embrace (Summer Love Series #1)

Chapter 01

"No! I don't want!"

Dire-diretso akong umakyat sa kwarto ko para iwasan ang usapan namin sa dining, habang kumakain. I know it's rude to just leave the food but I couldn't help it because I'm too pissed with my parents! With this family!

"Chantal! Come back here!"

Hindi ko pinansin si Mommy kahit ilang beses niya pa akong tinawag. Ni-lock ko ang pinto ng kwarto ko to make sure na walang makakapasok. Unless, they get the key, of course!

I hid under my sheets, pretending to cry. Just in case one of my parent shows up inside my room, I could easily pretend. Tama nga ako, dahil ilang minuto pa ay nag-click ang pinto ng kwarto ko. I expected it to be Dad because he was the one to always show up in this kind of family problems but I was wrong.

"Chantal, you have to listen to us." Si Mommy. Umirap ako sa ilalim ng kumot ko. I don't want to hear anything from her! I feel so done!

"Go out." I pretend to sob. Well, I'm good at pretending! That's why I can get everything I want!

"Marrying is okay, tignan mo kami ng Daddy mo. And of course, I know how choosy you are when it comes to boys so I made sure to choose someone perfect."

"Boys, Mommy?" I snorted. "There was no boy that's perfect. I won't marry a boy or just anybody you told me to."

"A man, then?"

I scoffed. "Inuuto mo ba 'ko, Mommy?"

"Hindi, Chantal." her voice suddenly changed. It was gentle this time. "I just want you to marry someone who'll give you a life that you deserve. A life without hardships that you'll encounter. It's hard so I don't want you to experience it."

"Hardships are part of life, Mommy. If I don't experience it, then that's not life." I rolled my eyes, umalis ako mula sa pagkakatalukbong mula sa kumot ko at hinarap si Mommy. "To marry is not something you can decide for me. I let you decide everything for me before but this is an exception."

"Too late, he's coming here tomorrow evening. Straight from Thailand."

"Mommy!" I shouted in frustration.

Kahit kailan talaga! I tried to act more matured! I wanted to make them believe I already matured just to make them leave me alone! Pero hindi! Everything I do, for them is an act of a child! Hindi nila ako pinapaniwalaan sa kahit na anong bagay!

Hanggang ngayon! Hindi pa rin! I went back under the sheets and cried myself to sleep. I expected tomorrow will not be something more, but frustration.

I was right, umaga pa lang ay nagkalat na ang mga helpers sa bahay. Bawat apakan ko ay nililinis nila.

"Are you trying to annoy me? First thing in the morning? What's happening?" I asked the helper.

"Utos po ng Mommy niyo 'to. Darating daw po kasi ang asawa niyo-"

"What did you say?" Kaagad na nagsalubong ang kilay ko.

"A-asawa po." Now, I'm truly annoyed!

I raised my hand in front of the helper. "Did you see any ring?"

"Isa po." Tinuro niya ang singsing ko sa pointing finger.

"Is that a wedding ring to you? Hindi naman, 'di ba? Kailan mo narinig na kinasal ako? Bago ka ba rito? Gusto mo bang tanggalin na kita?" Pinanlakihan ko siya ng mata kaya kaagad siyang umiling at bumalik sa ginagawa.