The Bad Boy's Warning

Chapter 45

A/N: I've changed my mind. I won't be releasing Konnor's POV just yet. It might spoil you even more, HAHA. Better save the best for last!

Enjoy reading, Sweeties

Maria Claudette

I don't know how or when it occurred, but now I am in my dark room, feeling everything crumbling inside me. It is morning already, yet I haven't slept. I have swollen eyes and can stop crying. The body seems as if it just won't stop, no matter how much a person wants it to.

Hindi ko maramdaman ang puso ko pero para akong tanga ngayon umiiyak dahil akala mo niloko ng nobyo.

I can feel that I've been betrayed... again.

Russell told me earlier. Just like it was nothing—Konnor and Rebecca being together. In a relationship. And now, his words keep repeating in my head. Over and over.

Bakit 'yong nakapanakit ay ayos na... samantalang ako ay hindi pa?

I should be happy for him, shouldn't I? I mean, when we broke up, I kept saying to myself maybe Rebecca was really the one for him. He always seemed to fit with her in ways I couldn't, but even while I said all that, it still doesn't make sense that it hurts this much now. Why does my chest feel crushed? Everything I believed in feels like it is falling apart.

Funny thing, that is. Konnor told me not to worry about Rebecca before. He's just helping her to recover, and he promised me repeatedly that that's all she meant to him. And now. here I am, crying through the whole night.

He's already moved on. He's with her now. The one he made me believe wasn't a threat.

Hindi ako naiinis sa ideyang may bago na kundi sa ideyang nasasaktan ako kahit na sinasabi ko sa sarili ko na wala na sa akin ang nakaraan.

I just don't get why it hurts so much.

I don't even know what I am feeling right now. I know only that I feel broken. Stupid. Hurt.

I do feel it, though, and I wish I could know why.

Kinabukasan ay inagahan ko na ang pagpasok dahil may klase kami sa kan'ya sa laboratory. Ipinapaliwanag niya sa amin ang mga iba't ibang apparatus para malaman kung ano'ng klase ng lupa o kung gaano kalakas ang kayang nitong buhatin na load ng pagtitirikan ng isang gusali at ipinapaliwanag niya rin ang origin no'n.

Inaantok ako kaya wala akong naintindihan. Hindi rin ako masyadong tumitingin sa kan'ya at inabala ang sarili sa pagdo-drawing ng kung ano-ano lalo pa't may printed copy naman ako ng pinapaliwanag niya.

As long as hindi problem solving... wala akong problema kung 'di ako makikinig.

"Miss Lopez..."

Gusto ko na lang maging hotdog... inaantok ako at hindi ko alam kung naitatago ba ng clear sunglasses ko ang pamamaga at pamumula ng mga mata ko dahil sa labis-labis na pag-iyak kagabi.

"Miss Lopez..."

"Ate Claudette, tawag ka ni Engineer." Kinalabit ako ni Zyra. Kaya naman nalipat ang tingin ko kay Konnor na nakakunot ang noong nakatingin sa akin.

"Yes, Sir?" I asked politely. Dahan-dahan akong tumayo lalo pa't nakatingin sa akin ang mga kaklase ko.

I saw Konnor close his eyes tightly before seriously asking, "What is the California Bearing Ratio and its uses?"

"Ahm..." Shit.

Pumikit ako para pakalmahin ang sarili ko.

"The California Bearing Ratio is a test used in geotechnical engineering to measure the strength of soil and its ability to support loads..." I answered.