A Fortuitous Twist of Fate

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Albert Martinez as Xavier Easton Velasco

Eula Valdes as Celestine Lavinia De Vera

Celestine

"Oh my God, Tine! Go check the news right now!"

My manager barged into my living room looking horrified. Agad agad ko namang kinuha ang remote at binuksan ang TV. Ang bumungad lang naman sakin ay ang movie premiere interview ni Xavier.

"Oh, It's just Xavier promoting his upcoming movie?" I stared at him blankly. Ano ba ang hinihumutok niya kanina at sumigaw sigaw pa siya?

"Just keep watching!" He kept pacing back and forth. Ano bang problema nito?

But I didn't mind him anymore and did what he said, I focused on watching Xavier's interview.

"It's been a while since you and Miss Celestine interacted with each other, is she going to attend your movie premiere tonight?"

"Unfortunately, no. Next question please."

Because I wasn't invited! That's why I wasn't there.

"Sir Xavier, what's your opinion about your former loveteam partner Miss Celestine De Vera announcing her relationship with her non-showbiz boyfriend?"

I was surprised when I heard the reporter asked Xavier that question. I was well aware na mag t-trending ako when I decided to make my relationship with Ethan public pero hindi ko in-expect na pati si Xavier ay tatanungin nila tungkol dito, I mean it's been a year since our last project together.

"Well, I'm happy for Tine ofcourse. And it's been a long time since we decided to end our marriage so I think naka move on na naman lahat."

Bigla akong napatayo nang marinig ko sinabi ni Xavier, jusko! Ang tanga tanga! Ngumiti pa siya pag tapos niya sagutin ang tanong. Looks like hindi pa nag s-sink in sakanya kung ano yung sinabi niya. The reporter looks shocked too.

Hindi ko naman pinapansin si Kevin na kanina pa dumadada ng dumada dito.

"Pardon sir? Marriage po? You and Miss Celestine were married?"

Sunod sunod na tanong sakanya ng reporter.

Doon lang siguro na realize ni Xavier ang sinabi niya dahil nag paalam na agad ito. Habol habol naman siya ng mga reporter na hinarang ng mga security guard.

Xavier

Shit! shit! shit! I didn't mean to say that, It was a slip of the tongue! Patay ako kay Tine nito at sigurado sa manager din naming dalawa. Only a few people know about our marriage and our annulment is on process. Malilintikan kami nito pag lumabas sa media. Lalong lalo na at dineny pa namin ni Tine ang accusations noon na kaming dalawa daw ay magkarelasyon.

I need to stop thinking of what happened and focus on my movie premiere.

"Xavie! oh my gosh! I missed you!"

At pag sinuswerte ka nga naman oh.
Napabuntong hininga nalang ako nung makita ko na papalapit si Nicole sakin. Sino ba ang nag imbita sakanya? Si Tine nga hindi invited tapos siya invited, ibang klase! And since when naging Xavie ang pangalan ko?!

I've been walking around greeting my fellow actors while the movie is not starting yet and buti nalang talaga at wala pang masyadong nakakaalam ng nangyari kanina. And isa pa! kailan ba ako lulubayan ng babaeng to, baka mamaya mablind item pa ako dito na girlfriend ko siya. Grabe pa naman ang mga media ngayon.

Everyone sat down on their respective seats because the movie is about to start. Buti nalang hindi ko katabi si Nicole at malayo ang upuan niya sakin, nagpupumilit pa nga siya na makikipag palit nalang daw siya ng upuan kay Michael buti nalang hindi pumayag.

The movie finally ended, everyone gave us a round of applause and expressed how good the movie was, the whole cast was very appreciative and happy for every compliment that we received. This movie took us one year to finish and now our hardwork has definitely paid off. And tomorrow will be a very busy day because of what I said earlier, I need to prepare my ears for Kevin's nonstop screams.

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Written: July 28, 2023