Tainted Series # 9 : The Billionaire's Regret (KNIGHT WHARTON SARMIENTO)

Chapter 16

"Miss Sam, how  true that you and Rome are getting married?"

"Miss Dela Vega, are you back for good?"

"Samantha! Samantha! Any comment on your boyfriend's cheating issue?"

Tumigil ako saglit sa paglalakad para harapin ang grupo ng mga reporters na nag-aabang sa akin sa labas ng airport. Kakarating ko lang galing Paris para bisitahin ang mga magulang ko dito sa Pilipinas. 

I'm no longer based in the Philippines. Umuuwi lang ako dito kapag nami-miss ko ang pamilya ko at kapag may mga importanteng okasyon lang na hindi ko mahindian.

I don't usually do interviews but this time parang feel kong makipagplastikan sa mga tao. Yes! You read it right. I mastered that drama since then. =Four, five, six years perhaps? I don't know. I lost count. I couldn't remember anymore. That's a part of my past that I wouldn't want to be remembered.

Tinanggal ko ang shades na suot, umayos ako ng tayo at matamis akong ngumiti sa harap ng camera. I gave them poses enough for them to give me a good write-up para you know for my career, though I don't really need it. 

Mas kilala ako sa ibang bansa. I am now an international model. Things may have changed but I still pursued my dream that I once almost forgot. Nadapa man ako noon pero nakabangon din. Ganun talaga ang buhay, may mga pangyayaring kailangan nating harapin at labanan. 

"Miss Sam, how true that you and Rome are getting married? Magpapakasal ka pa rin kahit na nag-cheat siya sayo?"  I smiled at the reporter, unbothered.

I'm supposed to be hurt right? But I don't know, I don't feel anything at all. At first, maybe I was hurt and feeling insulted pero dahil paulit-ulit nalang ang issue ng pambabae ni Rome parang nasanay na ako dito. 

It's not the first time that this issue of Rome cheating on me popped up. Every time I got the chance to come home and  being interviewed ganito na palagi. Nakakaumay na din na ganito palagi ang bungad sa akin ng mga reporters. Pero anong magagawa ko? We are in this showbiz world and people enjoyed showbiz dramas. 

Well, some of it were true and Rome is honest enough to admit his mistakes, atleast. But duh! I don't want myself stressing on this things anymore. He confessed, admitted his mistakes, and  promise to changed. I forgave him, give another chance, and that's it. If this works out then good but if not then what shall I do? 

I am not the same Samantha anymore. At least I can say that I learned something from the past. Well ano pa ba? As if I have choice then.

With Rome everything is so calm, chill, no pressure at all. He is my boyfriend for how many years now.  He was there when I was broken and left shattered. We were good friends first, before he decided courting me.

I don't plan to be in a relationship again after everything that has happened. But Rome is such a nice guy. He didn't demand anything from me. Ayos lang sa kanya kung ano ang kaya kong ibigay, so why not?

Sabi nga ni Mamu we are helping each other's career so maybe I did the right decision. Well, Rome is really a good guy even before his cheating issues. He's not only a lover but he's also a friend. Yun nga lang iba ang set-up naming dalawa.

Sa ilang taon naming bilang magkasintahan, bilang lang ang mga araw na magkasama kami. But that doesn't mean that I'm not committed to him. Kahit malayo ako sa kanya at maraming nanliligaw sa akin sa ibang bansa hindi ako nag-cheat. No one deserves to be cheated anyway. And I think Rome has changed. I just hope so. 

We seldom see each other because of work. I'm working internationally. My career in modelling bloomed outside the country while Rome became popular in the Philippines too.