You're Mine, Mayora.

Chapter 4

hi, Elia here^^!
Please forgive my grammatical errors, tao lang.
LEARN TO SEPARATE FICTION FROM REALITY!!
kung AYAW mo sa gntvrs, aba anong ginagawa mo pa dito, layas. Chariz, enjoy reading!
~WHAT'S INSIDE WATTPAD STAYS INSIDE WATTPAD

June 14,2024. 11:28 a.m
Risa's POV:

Here i am, with my kids, in a hotel somewhere near Bamban.
Who would've thought na we were going to the same event?
Mamaya pang 7 p.m mag sisimula ang event so, relax muna here.

Asan kana ba kasi Alice? Ikaw ba 'yung 'Icia L.G'?
Is Alice even your real name? Or is there something deep? Alicia? Aliciara- charot, wala tayo sa ACOF.

I stood up from the couch to get my bag where i kept something special and important.
Alice's photos in my mini photo album. Exclusively for her.
I have kept this since the second hearing. Walang nakaka-alam na meron ako nito, not even my kids.

No one needs to know.

"Ma?" A voice from my behind spoke, Issa.

I immediately put the album back deep in my bag and turned around to Issa.
"Oh hi, anak. Do you need anything?"

Issa pulled me to the couch and sat down.
"Ma.. uhm.."

"Spit it out, anak."

"Are you... are you aware of those Taktik users shipping you.. and.. uhm-.. Alice Guo?"

I froze for a moment when i heard her name. Yes, i was aware but do they need to know?
Nervousness was hitting me. I wasn't prepared for this. Hindi ko alam isasagot ko. Wait- napaka oa ko.

"It doesn't really matter, anak. Let them be muna."

Let them be dahil hinding hindi ko ilulubog ang Guontiveros. Ako nagpasimula, hindi ko ilulubog 'to. Isa ako sa mga admin sa Guontiveros group chats, kabahan na kayo. Nakikita ko mga katarantaduhan niyo ha.

"How does it not bother you, ma? That's your enemy they're shipping you with."

How does it not bother me?
It's normal. They normalize serious things to jokes and sarcasms.
But for me, again, it's normal. I always stop by to her house and sneak inside, just to see my future lover.
I remembered my dream again. Oh, darlin'.
Just to hold your hand, i would give my soul. Just for you to be mine, i would give everything and anything.

"Everyone has their own perspective. We can't control them, all we can do is just let them be and enjoy their lives. Bothering is just a waste of time."

"Pero ma, if ever na hindi mo siya naging enemy, would you date her?"
Ianna entered the scene, holding her cats.

Yes, Ianna. I would. Matagal ko na sanang
ginawa. I've been head over heels for her.

"What?" I said as i quickly turned my gaze on Ianna, kunware confused.

"If she wasn't your enemy, would you date her ba? Because if you won't, i would. Volunteered." Ianna said as she sat down to the other side of the couch.

Inaagawan mo ba ako, Ianna? Soon, magiging mommy niyo 'yan. Tingnan niyo.
Choz!
I'm still unsure what to answer but theres also a side of me that i should tell everything. Baka mamaya madulas nalang bibig ko.

"I'm too old na for that, Ianna."
Inoffend ang sarili ampo- joke lang.
Too old or too young, you're mine, Guo.

Ianna then looked at me weirdly with one of her eyebrows raised.
I can sense na nahahalata niya na ako.
Kilala ko mga anak ko. Nilabas ko sila sa mundong ito.
Should i spit everything out?