Delgado Cousins #3: Kaden Theodore Delgado (Someone You Loved)

CHAPTER I: WIFE

CHAPTER I: WIFE

KADEN

"Kade, saan ka ba pupunta? Bakit ka aalis? Anong problema? Pag-usapan muna natin." She tried to hold my arm to stop me.

Pero inalis ko rin ang hawak niya sa akin habang hindi na ako makatingin sa kaniya.

"Kaden..." she cried.

Damn it! I knew she was crying, and I couldn't bear to see her like that because of me.

But I did this to her.

I'm sorry... I can only apologize to her in my mind.

Kumulog at kasunod nito ay ang pagbuhos ng ulan na agad ding bumasa sa aming dalawa.

And through the rain, I gathered the courage to look at her pitiful state. I made her look like that...

Masakit din ito para sa akin. But I have to do this... for her...

She was crying while begging me to stay...

While I tried to hide my own tears, using the heavy rain pouring down on us...

I'm very sorry, Raya...

Parang isang malayong alaala na lang iyon. At ngayon ay nasa nakaraan na lang...

Since I became Kaden Theodore Delgado and Don Antonio Delgado's grandson, wala na akong ginawa sa mga nakalipas na taon kundi ang magtrabaho lang nang magtrabaho para sa mga negosyo ni lolo...

I stood beside the large glass walls and windows of my office—the office of the CEO here on the top floor of our biggest company building.

Kung ikukumpara, mas mababa lang ang mga building sa labas. Our company building may have been the tallest in this area or even in the country...

Sino ang mag-aakala na ang isang batang binubully noon dahil mahirap lang sila ng nanay niya, na maaga rin namatay dahil sa pagkakasakit at walang perang pambili ng gamot, at wala ring tatay na hindi niya talagang nakilala, ay magkakaroon ng ganitong kayamanan?

I didn't know that my father came from a rich family until my grandfather found me in the past.

I have everything now, including money and a good life, but I still feel unhappy somehow...

And looking at myself in the mirror, I asked if this was really what I wanted.

"Sir, your wife is here," one of my assistants informed me.

Bumaling ako kay Jerome. Bahagya na lang akong tumango at hinayaan si Ayla na pumasok sa office ko.

"What brought you here in my office today?" I asked her.

Nakatingin naman ang matapang niyang mga mata sa akin. Ever since we got married, ganyan na siya kung tumingin sa akin. She always used her fierce eyes to look at me, and it seemed like she was always angry...

Despite being such a small and fragile-looking woman...

But her eyes were different. They were fierce, showing strength whenever she looked at anything. My wife was a confident woman.

Siguro kasi ganoon siya pinalaki ng mga magulang niya. And she had every reason to look at things—including me—the way she wanted. After all, she was already Maria Ayla Del Valle before she became my wife, a Delgado.

"Have you forgotten?" she asked me.

"Uh... about...?" I might have really forgotten, as I couldn't recall what she wanted to remind me of.

May naging usapan ba kami? Oh. I was really so busy with business meetings these past weeks. If only Damian could work for our family's businesses too. Para naman may katulong din ako. Ang daming negosyo ni lolo at isang tao lang ako. Dapat ay nag-apo pa pala siya ng mas marami dahil marami rin naman siyang ipapamana na mga negosyo na kailangan ding pangalagaan. Sometimes it's just hard for me as well.