✓ | REBIRTH OF THE REBEL [Book One]

CHAPTER 15

NOTE: This story will end with 45 chapters only. I really thought it would be 35, pero kinulang sa chapters dahil mataas ang finale hahaha. Baka April matapos na natin 'to. Buong akala ko long run 'to, kaso ang sipag ko ata lagpas kalahati na nasulat ko *winks*. See you on Monday!

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[ C H A P T E R 15 ]

LATISHA VALENTINE

I hate him. I am disgusted by him. He is beyond saving, and why did I even bother thinking of standing beside him and supporting him when all he did was scrutinize his own wife? His mouth didn't even filter what his mind said. I thought of all the people who could possibly understand me, he ranks top. No, I was wrong, because he never even stood on that list.

I left his office that evening with anger in my heart. I sulk in my own chamber 'till morning, thinking of how unreliable my husband is. I understand that I have a violent nature that can be used to destroy this land, but at least he could show some care.

He called me an animal.

Kaya ko naman tanggapin lahat ng batikos ng tao sa akin, subalit hindi ko kayang marinig ang mga ito sa kanya. I don't care what people will think of me, but I care about what he thinks of his wife. He thinks I am a predator who hunts for prey and runs wild if stopped.

Nasaktan ako, at hindi ko maatim na makita ang lalaking 'yon ng hindi ko tinatangka na patayin siya sa isipan ko. I have to avoid him to prevent my mind from actually killing my husband, that's why I avoided the places I know where he usually went.

Tuwing nag-sa-salubong kami sa main hall, ako ang unang umiiwas at babalik muli sa aking silid, saka lang aalis kapag wala na siya. Our rooms are connected by a long corridor, and there is only a single path that breaks in the middle, leading to the other places of the mansion.

Napapansin ng mga tao sa bahay ang pag-iwas ko kay Roshan, maski na rin si Annika na minsan ay tinanong ako kung bakit mukha akong daga na nag-a-aligaga kapag na na-ki-kita namin ang tatay niya. I can't explain the reason to a child, that's why until now the question had been lurking in her mind.

That was the set up for the last few days. It is never in Roshan's nature to lower his pride and seek my presence to apologize for his mistake. And I am not a woman who will tolerate that behavior. I was bullied, I am the victim, and I hold a grudge.

"Your grace!"

"FUCK!" I exclaimed when Butler Erwan suddenly shouted. Dinapuan ko ito ng masamang tingin, subalit nakangisi lamang ang binata habang ni-la-landas niya ang espasyo namin. "I swear, the next time you will do that, you'll forever lose your fucking voicebox!"

"Chill, Madame. Mainit na nga ang panahon, sumasabay ka pa~" nang-aasar niyang sabi sabay labas ng pamang-asar na tingin sa akin. "Anyway, your grace. The financial plan of the construction has been resolved, and it will start at the end of the month."

He handed me a black thick folder. Inikotan ko muna siya ng aking mga mata bago ko kinuha at tiningnan ang loob. "Did my husband release the budget himself or you randomly create an imaginary sequence of budgets?"

"Buo ang binigay niya, at ako na ang naghati," sagot nito. He sounded so proud, and that somehow made me smirk. Binalik ko sa kanya ang folder. His eyebrows crossed and said, "wala ka bang napansin na kakaiba?"

"He compensated the farmers: giving them a six-month allowance if ever the construction will spoil their fields," I said.

"Isn't the Duke awesome? Hindi ko sinabi sa kanya 'yon pero ginawa niya. Isa pa, unang beses niya din ginawa 'to," masayang sabi niya.