Let Me Love You Forever (LCB Stories2: Raphael Mondragon Story)

chapter 16 (Coping Up: Navigating Life's Challenges )

ALYZA's POV

After 5-day confinement, I was discharged from the hospital...In my remaining days, I never heard again the voice... the voice which sounded like Raphael's....maybe I was just hallucinating that time.

For my remaining days in the hospital, Hendricks was with me at night, and in the daytime, he never missed to call asking how am I feeling...He even sends food for me and my watchers, the nurses... Manang Fe is also with me during my confinement, she is a second mother to me...She has been my Yaya since I was born... Upon my discharge, I thought Mang Kanor would be the one to fetch me, but to my surprise, Hendricks was there.

My parents visited me too, and Mama is always there before lunch, she sees to it that I eat well...and after I take my lunch she will leave to visit Papa in his office and join him in lunch.

Yes, that's how sweet my parents are...Mama will find time to have her lunch with Papa with her cooked foods at Papa's office except on occasions that Papa is having meetings or conferences...but even with that, if ever possible he can bring with him Mama, he will do...Even in his out-of-country travels, he always brings with him, my Mama... It's not that Mama demands so, it's just that Papa likes to bring her...he always makes arrangements on what Mama will do while he is busy with business matters... Oftentimes, Mama visits friends and relatives in a place where they are...or Mama will just have a shopping spree... How I wish we could be like them... How I wish Hendricks would love me like how my Papa loves my Mama...but if it can't be that level... Not that intense, pure, and sweet....kahit konting pagtingin lng, enough for me.

Days passed and things got all along well... Hendricks every morning will have breakfast with me, he even brought with him the foods I prepared for his lunch, and most of the time he had his dinner at home.

Gustong-gusto ko nang umasa.

"Is he starting to fall for me?" I asked myself

One Saturday morning while we are having our breakfast...

"You get ready yourself, we'll go malling!" Hendricks

"Really?" I asked almost not believing it.

Di na ako nagtanong ng kung ano pa, after breakfast nagmadali akong nagbihis...baka mamaya pag nainip pa, mag change mind pa.

Pagdating sa mall, Hendricks brought me to a boutique...to my surprise, it sells maternity dresses.

@boutique

"Have your picks," Hendricks

Di man ako tinutulungan ni hubby magpili, okay na okay pa rin...Ang yayain akong mag-mall, kahit siguro walang gagawin, langit pa rin para sa akin...

Baka hinde lng sya comfortable sa women's stuff.

HENDRICKS POV