WL #2: Braelynn Leonor Walter (COMPLETED)

Chapter 14

Kairo Vespertine's POV (Zephyr's Dad):

She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen in my life, and I loved her so much that no words can express how much I want to shield her from all of the world's pain.

She's my first love and I experienced every first with her.

I used to play with a lot of women, but she was the only one who had me wrapped around her finger.

(FLASHBACK)

"I'll meet you here on sunday at this exact time don't be late!" She strictly said and I nodded.

She was about to stand up when I wrapped my arms around her waist and buried my face in her back. "I love you so much I'd do anything for you. Promise me that we'll get through this together?" I said and she held my hand.

"Of course, I promise. I can never replace you, and I also promise that you'll be the one I'm going to marry." She said and I smiled.

But she cheated on me.

I was so angry when I saw the video. How can she do this to me? I trusted her and we promised. She's a liar.

My eyes welled up with tears as I watched the video, and my chest felt heavy and stinging every time she touched him. "I-I trusted you... how could you do this to me?" I cried.

All those things we promised and planned together were all just for nothing. How can she just throw it all away?

The next week was her wedding, and I went to the church, and I just stood there watching her get married to someone who isn't me.

I put the engagement ring in my pocket and my tears started to stream down my face again. I planned to propose to her when we ran away, but I guess this isn't just meant to be for us.

"I hope he treats you good." I said before walking away from church.

A year later, I met Rian at a bar, and on that night I was already comfortable with her, and I can't explain it, but all I know is I felt alive again.

She was working as a waitress there, and I often went there just to see her. She made me feel love and happiness again, and I love her.

"Nandito ka nanaman? Diba ang sabi ko sa'yo tumigil ka na sa kaka inom mo magkakasakit ka niyan." Inis na sabi niya at natawa naman ako.

Nagulat siya ng abutan ko siya ng bouquet of roses. "Sorry na, love. Kapag hindi ako pumunta dito hindi kita makikita." Sabi ko at napa iling naman siya.

"Hay nako! Ewan ko sa'yo. Oo nga pala, mag hapunan daw tayo bukas kanila mama gusto ka daw nila makita ulit. Ikaw na ata ang anak nila hindi na ako." Sabi niya at natawa ako.

This is the thing I never got to experience with Lynn. Meeting the parents.

"Love, ang kulit mo kasi ang sabi ko diba 'wag ka na mag trabaho bumalik ka nalang kapag lumabas na ang anak natin." Sabi ko at napa buntong hininga naman siya.

"Pero kailangan nila ako dito sa trabaho at isang buwan palang naman akong buntis kaya ko pa naman." Sabi niya pero umiling ako.

"Hindi, uuwi kana." Sabi ko at binuhat siya ng pa bridal style at napa sigaw naman siya at dinala ko siya sa loob ng kotse.

"Gago kaba? Hoy! May trabaho pa'ko!" Inis na sigaw niya pero hindi ko siya pinansin at hinalikan ko siya sa labi.

"Manahimik ka nalang diyan, Mrs. Vespertine." Sabi ko.

Marrying Rian was the best decision I've ever made, and having our sons with her is everything I could have asked for. She filled an emptiness in my heart on days when I felt like giving up, but she showed up and taught me a new meaning of life and love.

I lost my first love, which broke my heart and filled it with pain and rage, but my greatest love came along and replaced all the pain and rage in my heart with happiness.

I don't want to talk to Lynn anymore because it's been a long time. But there is still a part of me that says that we should talk so that we'll be both finally free from all the agony of the past and every time I see her, the pain of the past comes back.

I remember the days when I just drank to forget her and I was overwhelmed with sadness to the point that I couldn't leave my bed and the tears would just fall and my chest would be so heavy.

Even though we weren't meant to be together and ended up apart, we did meet the love of our lives and will be able to spend the rest of our lives with them.

Braelynn's POV:

It's been a month and dad has been discharged from the hospital and is doing well and Viola is about to graduate from senior high and her 19th birthday is coming up.

And I haven't changed much but it's clear what happened before and what I felt for him was real. I still like Zephyr and no matter what I do I will never forget him. During the moments that we were together, my feelings for him deepened and until now I'm longing for his presence.

And I didn't talk to any man for a month because I was sure that I would find him among the men I would talk to. The things he made me feel were irreplaceable.

"I can't believe you're already a month old!" Nangigigil na sabi ko habang buhat si Cassius.

"One month na ang anak ko at one month kana din hindi maka move on baka gusto mo pang paabutin ng isang taon?" Brynn said laughing and I stiffened and glared at her.

"Tigilan mo nga ako! Naka move on na ako anong kala mo saakin?" I said annoyed and she just raised an eyebrow at me and laughed.

"Anong kala ko sa'yo? Zephyr deprived ka." Sabi niya at tumawa ng malakas at napa irap nalang ako.

"Gusto mo turuan kong lumipad anak mo?" I said and she stopped laughing and glared at me.

"Subukan mo! Kakausapin ko talaga 'yang si Zephyr na balikan kana." Pang-aasar niya at hindi ko nalang siya pinansin at nilaro nalang si Cassius.

After I went to Cassius' one month shoot, I went straight to my office because as usual I have a lot to do.

"Leia, do you think my hair color has faded?" I asked and she nodded.

"Yes, ma'am. Gusto niyo po ba i-cancel ko meeting niyo mamayang hapon para maka daan kayo sa salon?" Tanong niya at napangiti naman ako.

"Yes, please." Sabi ko at tumango naman siya.

I passed by the salon in the afternoon and my eyes widened when I returned to my office and Chiyo was sitting at my desk so I immediately went up to her and hugged her.

"Gaga ka! Bakit ang tagal mo sa Cebu? Tapos hindi ka pa tumatawag saakin." Sabi ko at natawa naman siya.

"Sorry, pina stay muna kasi ako nila mama doon ng matagal dahil ang tagal din nila akong hindi nakita at hindi ko din masyado naghahawakan phone ko." Sabi niya kaya napatango-tango ako.

I pouted. "Hindi ako maka move on sakanya, Chiyo..." Mangiyak-ngiyak na sabi ko at kumunot naman ang noo niya.

"Na inlove ka kasi sakanya." Sabi niya at natigilan naman ako.

"Teka nga! Parang kahapon lang like ko lang siya tapos ngayon love naman? Ayoko na." Sabi ko at natawa naman siya.

"Alam mo itagay nalang natin 'yan. Clavo de comer tayo later? Ikaw naman manlibre!" Sabi niya at natawa naman ako at tumango.

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