Carisia
Enrico has been awfully quiet the whole ride home, but maybe he's just giving me space after seeing me bawling earlier.
"You stayed outside?" I asked because he was immediately there when I came out of the restaurant.
"Yeah," he shortly answered.
Silence reigned inside the vehicle until we reached our home. He got off first, opening the door on my side, for me.
"You go first. I'll just bring this to the garage," he said so I went ahead, immediately headed upstairs.
I've been trying to erase everything that I've heard from Samuel earlier, but my mind chooses to replay it again and again.
I did that for my sanity. Turns out, I might lose it more.
Upon reaching the second floor of the house, even though I was desperate to hold my daughter, I thought of freshening up first.
While the water droplets are trinkling down my body, I kept thinking about everything Samuel said earlier.
How dare he! He doesn't know anything! Kahit ano pang pinagsamahan namin noon, I would not let him degrade me and the family I chose to build and stay with.
It was too late when I realized that my tears are fusing with the water from the shower head, letting my emotions out without me noticing.
I should not be affected, in the first place, but I don't know why my chest hurts because of the things he said.
Now, I have to carry the weight of his mindless, senseless accusations just because I chose to meet him today.
What a f*cking waste of time, Samuel!
What is this mind torture that everybody is doing to me? Why does it have to happen to me, of all people? Did I do something tremendously wrong to deserve this?
I mean...yeah, I hurt Samuel and I'm aware of that. I apologized a little too late, pero kailangan bang ganito ang mangyari sa'kin in return? Am I that horrible of a person?
As I turned off the shower, I hoped for my disruptive thoughts to dissipate along with it.
While doing my after-shower rituals, the door opened and Enrico came in. We locked eyes for a few seconds before he proceeded to go to the shower.
I said I wanted to hold Cassie already, but I thought of waiting for Enrico because I want to talk to him first so I purposely slowed myself down.
Hindi naman na ako lalabas ng bahay kaya I changed into my silk pair of sleepwear to keep myself refreshed and comfy.
By the time I was done changing, Enrico came out of the shower wearing only a towel on his lower half.
"Kanina ka pa nandyan," he said while drying his hair with a smaller towel.
"I waited for you," I told him.
He threw me a quick glance, cold and dark, that it made me step back, away from him.
"For what?" he asked.
His behaviour confused me so hard, that I found myself staring at him, wondering why he's acting like that.
Did I do something?
While he's busy changing into his clothes, I tried to rush my thoughts.
"I just..." I blanked out. I don't know what to say. "I want..."
"What? You want what?" he asked while fluffing out the hem of his shirt.
I walked up to him and I cupped his face, tiptoe-ing for a kiss.
