Chapter Twenty Two: Yours
Okay. I got it. I am going to marry Zaiden Avelino for sure. Gets ko na. 'Di lang ako makapaniwala kasi ang hirap ipaniwala sa sarili kong utak na magiging asawa ko siya. Hindi ko man alam kung kailan but it's soon, very soon.
I don't know yet if I should truly be happy about this but I think I am. I can't believe I will marry the man I used to have feelings for.
Okay, fine... may nararamdaman pa rin ako sa kanya, sige na.
My parents are obviously still surprised by this. Inaasar din ako ng mga kapatid ko na may boypren na 'ko, na ikakasal na 'ko kay Zaiden. It's just something I never saw coming. I may have imagined him being my boyfriend but him becoming my husband? Nope.
It didn't sink in yet until the next day.
Nakalimutan kong maglagay ng sunscreen at moisturizer paggising ko. Inaasar nga 'ko ni Cerine sa almusal. I told her to shut it because of our parents. Alam kong bwisit na bwisit pa rin si dad sa nakita niya.
The worst of it all is I lied. Akala nila na meron kami eh 'di pa nga kami nagsisimula.
'Di pa nagsisimula pero kasalan na.
The more he talked that night about marrying me and marrying me soon, the higher my blood pressure got.
This man... is unpredictable. He is actually fucking confident about everything. About marrying me.
Of course, tangina, kinikilig ako. Sino namang hinde?
Kilig na kilig ako, sobra.
Hinding-hindi ko rin maalis yung sa tuwing hinahalikan niya 'ko.
This man loves me. Fuck!
But you see, once you got everything, the good part, things become sour after that.
Tulad ngayon.
"Shit." Tinapon ko yong phone ko sa kama ko ulet.
'Di siya masyadong nagtetext sa'kin, hindi ko rin siya nakikita. Everytime that I ask, sabi niya lang na busy siya.
Busy?
Busy na hindi ako makita?
O magreply man lang ng mabilis?
Hello? Ano 'to, ha?
What happened to promising those things and telling my parents that it had to be me?
I hate this.
He made me hope over and over again and this was it. Eto yong pinakamatindi tapos ano? Wala na?
Is he regretting his words? Does he want to back out now?
"Please do not look like that before Noel's fashion show."
"Look like what?" Irap ko kay Cerine sa tabi ko.
"Tumayo ka. Mag-ayos ka na. Just change into the dress."
I know it's an important day Noel but I don't have this energy to go kahit na kailangan ko pa ring pumunta. Pupunta ako, I already have my makeup on, I just have to wear the dress, heels, and then the bag. I know.
"What is it? He didn't reply yet?" She smiles as I stand up and grabbed the dress from her arm.
"Tama na. Alam ko na. I'm in love or whatever." Irap ko ulet.
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Worship Me With Your Lips
RomanceOdelette Karine D. Dixon's experience in love is almost close to a zero. She heavily relies on the numerous romance novels she's read online, the rom-com movies and television series, and the fictional men she is still obsessed with to this day. Her...
