Mr. Stranger

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Scarlett's POV

"Girl, kailan mo ba balak umuwi sa inyo? Naguguilty na ako kila Tito! Nakaka-ilang tawag na sila dito. Lagi kong sinasabi na wala ka."

I rolled my eyes at Molly. "If you don't want me here, better tell me. Don't use my parents to reason out, because I'm not gonna go back there."

"Scarlett naman eh. Ano ka ba, ang tampuhin mo naman. You know, I'm just worried. But you can stay here as long as you want. Mahal kaya kita."

I smiled hideously. Alam kong totoong sister ko talaga ito si Molly. I'm lucky because kahit wala akong kapatid, I have her. I have someone to lean on when I feel like running away from everything. I've been staying in her place for three days. And she's right. My parents are bombarding her with multiple calls and texts. God, di ba nila alam yung salitang space? Kailangan ko yun.

"Shut it. Ayoko ng drama. You wanna go somewhere?" Aya ko sa kanya. Inilingan nya lang ako. Hmp, KJ. Nakakatamad na ring magkulong dito sa lugar nya eh! Gusto ko sanang magliwaliw kahit sandali, just to forget all the damn problems that I have.

"Okay. Fine. Dyan ka na muna. Pupunta lang ako sa room ko," sabi ko. Natawa ako sa statement ko. Room ko? Eh nakikitira nga lang ako sa kanya! She didn't mind me and just reached for her laptop to check on something. Hindi ko na rin sya pinansin at nagdire-diretso na doon sa kwarto ko.

Dumiretso ako sa malambot na kama. I closed my eyes. Three days ago, I met that man with the enticing face and cold heart. And three days, for three days, I just can't get him off my mind. I can't stop thinking about him. I can still feel his strong aura wrapped in my being. His eyes that can melt even the hardest metal heart, his lips that can take any girl to a place called paradise.

"What did you do to me, stranger?" Nasabi ko na lang sa sarili ko. Hindi ko man lang nalaman ang pangalan nya. I wanna slap myself for acting like a total stupid teenage girl. Why should I care? He's just somebody I met for a night

Or he's someone? Someone that will change my life? Oh my God. I am totally wrecked. Tama ba 'to? Syempre mali! How could I be whipped into someone that I don't know?

Silly. The question is, how could someone not be whipped to that man? With a beautiful face and a body of a Greek God. Makalaglag panty nga eh!

But, I am not that kind of woman right? I am not after the face or the physical attributes. I am always after for someone with that dignity, manliness, kindness, love and more. I was never hooked to just a face.

Ngayon lang.

Hindi ko na talaga alam. God. Ano kayang nangyari sa kanya? I just left him in the hotel that night. Nakauwi kaya sya? Naalala kaya nya ako? Iniisip kaya nya ako?

Sino kaya si Aphrodite?

I really can't forget the look he had that moment. He looked so fragile that moment. His face, it shouts something. It's like his words pierced through my soul. Like, he's longing for someone. Someone he's tightly holding on to. But his words, there's also pain. I can feel it. My soul can feel the pain until now. It's mixed with a very strong kind of pain.

Maybe I was wrong. Because he's not just a man with a face. But a man, with a dark and deep personality. And I just don't know. I feel like wanting to see him again, wanting him to be in my arms again. I wanna hear his voice, smell his skin. I feel like wanting to be deep inside his heart.

Am I crazy, or falling in love? With a stranger? How strange can things get?

But how? Paano ko sya makikita? I know nothing about him. It's just his face and his voice. And this strong desire I feel. Those aren't enough. Am I not gonna see him again?

Shit. Wake up, Scarlett Blair. You should be thinking of important things!

But isn't this important, Scarlett?

My conscience eats me. Bakit ba kasi naging ako pa si Scarlett? Bakit naging tatay ko pa ang isang Engr. Troy Simon Gray? Bakit si Dr. Alexandra Gray pa an naging mommy ko? Why do I have to feel and experience all this mental torture? Bakit ba hindi na lang ako naging isang simpleng babae? I don't wish for a life of fancy and luxury. Every night, I only prayed for freedom and understanding. But I still don't have it. I don't wanna blame anyone for this. Because I know that things happen for a reason. But can you also blame me? Can you blame someone who lives as a puppet? That all her life, she followed and followed and was never happy? That above all those, until now that she can stand on her feet, still, she's being forced into something? Into a marriage? Can you actually blame me? For wishing to be someone else?

I didn't notice that I am already crying. I wiped my tears and tried to smile. Ayokong ipakita kay Molly na nahihirapan ako. Because she doesn't know me like that. Everyone knows I am a tough woman. That I don't easily give up. That I am strong, and I somehow believe that I can still get through all of these things. That someday, I'll wake up with that smile plastered on my face, because I know, that I am finally free. And I don't need to live my life the way other people wanted me to.

I went outside my room to get some juice. Nadaanan ko si Molly. I accidentally had a glance on her laptop.

And all of a sudden, napabalik ako. Heck, did I just see HIS face in the advertisement? Did I just...see Mr. Stranger?