When the Beat Drops (Chasing Celestine #2)

Epilogue

EPILOGUE

[Karim Dain Sacueza]

"Why did she have to be back?!" I lashed out.

Nasa bahay kaming lahat, including Vienna, Donovan, Gavin, and Nori. We are on FaceTime with Katianna.

Once again, I'm full of anger, hatred, and disgust.

She looked so different than I last saw her. Simple lang siya noon. She's fine without makeup. She's more of a conservative type whenever she dresses up. Anyway, she's a natural beauty. Mainitan lang siya nang kaunti, agad na pumupula ang pisngi niya. She has a habit of biting her lips, making them reddish. Simpleng t-shirt at shorts, minsan pa nga'y kupas na, but she's fine with that! And I don't mind, because, to me, she's fucking gorgeous.

She still has that angelic face that swooned me over. But there's something different with her now. She's bolder. Her eyes looked so fierce. Even the way she fucking smirks! Like she's damn confident that she can get any man's attention without even lifting a finger. Na isang ngiti lang niya, luluhod sa kanya ang lahat ng lalaki.

"Dude, kumalma ka—"

"How the fuck can I calm down, kuya?!" I violently combed my hair with my fingers and groaned as I sat back on the sofa. "How dare she come back?!"

Tumikhim si Gavin kaya napunta sa kanya ang matalim kong tingin. But he didn't mind that.

"Pero ang ganda niya, 'no? Maganda na siya noon pero mas naging mature ang itsura ngayon—"

"Seriously?" I looked at him blankly.

Ngumisi si Donovan. "Bakit, bro? Hindi ba?"

"Tss..." I shifted my eyes away from them. "Napakaganda nga, sobrang sexy, pero mang-iiwan naman."

Humalakhak ang lahat, pati si Tyrone at Kuya Theodore. I threw everyone my death glares. Anong nakakatawa?!

"Maganda lang yung sinasabi ko, eh... pero napakaganda raw at sobrang sexy sabi ng kapatid niyo, Kat," Humalakhak si Gavin.

"Wala akong sinasabing ganoon!" Pagtanggi ko.

Wala naman talaga. Wala akong maalala.

"Pinapaalala ko lang, bro," Inakbayan ako ni Tyrone. "Kaka-umpisa niyo pa lang ni Daphne... kahapon."

Oh, right...

"And so? As if that slut still affects me? She's damn irrelevant! Bakit ko aaksayahin yung oras ko sa kanya? If she wanna get laid by all the men out there, then what does that have to do with me?"

Nori chuckled and nodded. "Hmm... oo nga naman! Bakit aaksayahin mo yung..." she counted silently with her fingers, "...ten hours mo sa kanya?"

"Anong sinasabi mo diyan?"

"Wala naman..." Her smirked widened. "Parang sampung oras ka na yatang naghihimutok tungkol sa pagbabalik ni Celestine—este ni Phoebe."

"Yeah! Nagising pa ako sa rami ng notifications na natanggap ko. Imagine... forty-two chats of Karim sa GC natin? Tuluy tuloy pa!"

"But is it true? If she gets laid by all the boys out there, wala sa'yo 'yon?"

Tinaasan ko ng kilay si Donovan.

"Imagine her moaning someone else's name... kasi sarap na sarap siya at natatamaan yung g-spot niya, asking him to make it faster and harder—"

"Gusto mo bang mabigti ng strings ng gitara mo, Caballero?"

Nagtinginan sila.

"Oo nga, wala lang talaga sa kanya 'yon," Ngumisi si Vienna.

"Hindi ko alam 'yang pinagsasasabi niyo. Maliligo lang ako. Magxa-Xylo pa, 'di ba?" Walang emosyon kong sabi.