Him And His Superficial Love (Les Tendres Series #4)

Kabanata 18

Kabanata 18

Umalis agad ako ng bansa pagkatapos noon. Kiolo found out about that, sumunod siya sa akin sa Italy.

He helped me pay for my bills, utang ko 'yon sa kanya.

"Thank you for helping me, Kiolo," sabi ko pagbaba ng box.

"You're always welcome, Kahel," he smiled at me sweetly. "You owe me a dinner then."

I awkwardly nodded. "Oo, sige."

Wala na kami ni Darell. We broke up. I don't have to tell him because he already cheated!

Nagpalit ako ng number.

I'm not cheating on him. I'm entertaining other guys but I'm not kissing them like he does!

Pero pakiramdam ko mali ang ginagawa ko kahit na siya naman ang nagloko!

"Hmmm..." Paikot-ikot ang paningin ko dahil sa kalasingan.

"Happy Birthday, Kahel..." Darell greeted, whispering on my ear.

"Da... Rell..."

"Kiolo, love. This is Kiolo." I heard his deep sigh. "You should rest. You're drunk."

"Da... Rell..." I repeated. "I love you, j-jerk... Fuck you..." I mumbled sleepily. Namamaos na ang boses ko. Inaantok ako.

"Gosh... Even on your sleep, you still think about him. Kahit sa date natin?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong niya sa akin.

"I love my boyfriend," tumawa ako.

That jerk. He's a cheater, but I still love him. I forgave him when I found out he got someone pregnant. And now I'm sure, the girl in the rumors that got a pregnant is the same girl who kissed him.

Kailan pa nila ako niloloko?

"Why are you crying?" Tarantang tanong ni Kiolo. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

"Manloloko! Manipulator! Gaslighter!" Sigaw ko at umiyak sa bisig ni Kiolo.

He manipulated me into thinking that he never did anything wrong and I believed him! He didn't even explain himself like he said before that he would. It's been years, where's my explanation?

Hinagod niya ang likuran ko. "It's okay, I'm here..."

Palipat-lipat na ako ng lugar noong nakaluwag-luwag ako.

Now, I have a name in the fashion industry. My projects are increasing so are the sales of the company I'm working for. My work friends that is also the staff of that company told me that. I became an ambassador of a French luxury brand so I moved on France a year later. Never knew that will be the beginning of my dream career, runway.

"Armenia, kausapin mo nga si Kahel!" Jarell teased on the other line.

Naka-video call kami. Parehas na walang emosyon ang mukha naming dalawa ni Armenia, hindi kami natutuwa sa nangyayari.

"Did something happen between you two?" Jarell seriously asked.

"It's uncomfortable, Jarell," sabi ko rito.

Yeah, something happened between me and Armenia years ago. Ayaw ko pa rin siya kausapin.

I spent 4 years here on France before I got a call from my agency. I'm moving to New York for a few weeks! I have to do a show and seven shoots there. Including four commercials and three for the magazines.

I remembered something, but I put that out of my mind because I don't want to remember it anymore.

"Kahel," Kiolo called my name while I'm packing my things. "Will you be my girlfriend?"