The Covetous Heart¹

9

I don't how did I manage to leave after that. Ilang salita lang iyon ngunit sapat na upang durugin ako ng ilang libong beses.

Lorenzo has his way to push away people when he's in trouble. He doesn't want to make others feel burdened when he opens up. So he always kept his battles alone. But then again, that changed when he met Vivian.

Vivian really changed Lorenzo into someone nobody expected. She helped me get through a lot. 

But I always wonder, when will it be my turn? How will I help him if he doesn't want to accept help in the first place?

When Vivian left, he turned to what he was in the past. Alone. I will lie if I say that I am so envious of Vivian. She managed to enter Lorenzo's life.

They were perfect, I'll admit. If it weren't for his evil father who threatened Vivian and her family, they would've been happily living with each other. Living their own life, making the best of every single chance that they have.

I took a straight shot of tequila to erase everything in my mind right now. I just want to get loose, do the things that I used to love before. I realized how much I lost myself after marrying him.

I became someone I never imagined I would be. This is terrible. The moment I lost myself was the moment I found him.

"Hi. Are you alone?"

My brows furrowed when a guy approached me. Mag-isa lang ako sa table sa pop up bar kaya hindi ko alam kung bakit kailangan pa niya akong tanungin. Tutuklawin na siya ng sagot sa tanong niya.

"Isn't it obvious?" I asked when I noticed that he's waiting for my answer.

Tumawa siya't umiling. His deep dimples showed up. Uh! I suddenly remembered Lorenzo's dimple, for sure his' is better than this guy's.

"So bakit mag-isa ang isang magandang katulad mo sa lugar na ito?" he asked in a formal way.

Kumunot ang noo ko. "Bawal ba?" pabalang na sagot ko.

"Hindi naman. I was just wondering, are you perhaps broken hearted? or got cheated on?" sunod-sunod na tanong niya.

Bakit ba ang ingay ng isang 'to.