✓ Forbidden Sweetness of Eden [COMPLETED]

Chapter 23

Heart sweetly nuzzled his nose as he wrapped his fiancee into a warm and tight back hug. They were still lying in their bed and Heart was planning to wake his fiancee in a romantic way. He dropped sweet little kisses from her shoulder blade up to her nape. The warmth on Kristel's bare body was cozy and calming and Heart couldn't get enough of his fiancee's enthralling natural scent.

Mas lalong humigpit ang yakap ni Heart sa kasintahan lalo na ng maramdaman niya ang bahagyang pagsayad ng binti ni Kristel sa pagitan ng mga binti niya. They've consummate their wedding a little bit early, so they're still both unclothed under their blanket.

Heart groaned as he buried his face deep on Kristel's nape.

"Stop squirming, baby. Hinahamon mo ang natutulog na dragon."

Ilang segundo ang lumipas bago umalingawngaw ang malakas na halakhak ni Heart kasabay ang paglapat ng malakas na hampas sa balikat niya. Tila nauupos na apoy si Kristel nang tingnan niya ang tumatawang kasintahan. Gusto niya itong suntukin at hampasin sa pader. Heart is truly a good man-inside-out-so to hear him used vulgar words was still new and awkward for Kristel.

"Dragon daw. Napakayabang mo." Kristel muttered to get back from embarrassment but Heart was a god on carrying his own chair.

"What?! Hindi ba dragon? Sabi mo pa nga ang laki-laki-"

Kristel immediately covered her fiance's mouth. Nilalamon siya ng matinding kahihiyan para sa kasintahan na tawang-tawa naman sa reaksyon niya. Nagmistulang hinog na kamatis ang malulusog na pisngi ni Kristel pati na rin ang tainga't batok niya. She was praying for the ground to open and gobble her down to the depths of the earth. She already have gave in herself to her fiance but she's still not used to Heart's dirty talk.

"Astonishing." Heart muttered as he saw her red face.

Kristel gave him a death glare. "Stop teasing me."

"I'm not." A wide smile crept on his lips before embracing the warm Kristel in between his arms. "Why did God have to make you so beautiful?"

Thoughts of her pasts with the Professor came running down in her mind after hearing Heart's last sentence. Nostalgic as it is, Kristel remembered how the Professor kept telling her that she's beautiful and she just couldn't appreciate herself. A small line appeared on her lips.

"You think so? Then, why couldn't I see it myself? You know, it's a bit unfair for me that I couldn't see myself the way you could see me. I'm big, immature and someone who couldn't let go of her past. Alam kong rinding-rindi ka na sa tanong ko pero ... Why do you keep wanting me? I want to know how and why people keep loving me, Heart? To all the rejections and harsh words I told you ... You're still here ... You stayed ... Are you not going to get mad at me?"

And why can't he do the same? She showered him with affection. Like him—even love him. If she's really beautiful as they say then why'd he left her?

Her thoughts were disrupted when Heart tightened his embraced. Masuyo nitong hinalikan sa noo ang kasintahan. Gamit ang kamay niya ay pinatingala niya si Kristel para magtagpo ang kanilang mga mata. Pain struck in his heart when running liquids welcome his sight. His hands reached his fiancee's damp cheeks then slowly dry her tears away. Bahagyang tumagis ang kaniyang mga bagang. Nasasaktan siyang makita na umiiyak ang babaeng mahal niya at mas lalo siyang nasasaktan dahil kahit hindi man sabihin ni Kristel ay alam niyang ang Propresor ang iniiyakan nito.

He was passionately rubbing his fiancee's shuddering back.

"Kung hindi mo nakikita ang kagandahan mo, try seeing it with my eyes." Heart placed a soft kissed on her temple. Hinuli niya ang mailap na mata ng kasintahan pagkatapos ay masuyong nagsalita. "You're not big, Kristel you're healthy. You're not immature, you just live for the moment. Hayaan mo akong marindi sa paulit-ulit mong pagbaba sa sarili mo, dahil nandito ako para paulit-ulit din kitang itaas. Hindi ako mapapagod sa'yo."