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Chapter 51 - When All Else Falls

          Richard walks in their house, surprised that the door is not locked. He glances at himself at the mirror on the way to the living room. He feels so disgusted, literally and objectively.

          His thoughts were interrupted when he sees Rachel sleeping on the LazyBoy, still in her dress. He goes and kneels before her. He holds her hands and brings it to her lips, "I'm sorry." He kisses her hand. As he was about to leave, she stirs and mutters his name. "Shhh.." He says before going upstairs to freshen up.

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          She wakes up and remembers that she was still in her gown. She goes upstairs and hears te shower on from their room. "Richard.." she whispers. She sees his clothes ready for him laid out in the bed. She couldn't help knock on the bathroom door. "Hon?"

          "I'm here, my love. I-I'll take a shower first then we'll talk, hm?"

          A somewhat bitter smile forms on her lips, "At least he made it back."

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          She changes her clothes and cleans herself up in the guest room. Surprisingly, Richard was still in the bathroom. But she shrugged it off as her phone rang. A call from her head coordinator in New York. She goes to the study and answers it, "Hello, Cath?"

         "Ma'am, I'm afraid that there is a problem with our expansion." Her assistant said nervously.

         "Talk to me, Cath. Brief me now."

         "So, as we were getting to the end of rechecking the documents....."

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         On the other hand, he gets out of the shower. He took long because he has been thinking of a way to tell her everything that happened last night. He knows she would think that the I was drunk, sorry, I didn't mean it speech is not going to work. And he knows she deserves more than just that cliche explanation. He goes out of their bedroom and hears talking to someone with her voice raised. "What?! How did that happen?! Okay, Cath, I want a new set of lawyers to notarize and authorize everything, especially transactions, regarding our company and expansion staring today, you understand?" He hears her say and a shut of a laptop.

          He breathes deeply and enters the study. He sees Rachel massaging her temples while shaking her head, her Macbook on her lap.

          She notices his presence by the doorway, "Ikaw. Sa'n ka naman nanggaling kagabi?" She says coldly.

          This makes him think twice about not telling her just about what happened last night as he feels bad because it's another baggage for her to carry. Not just any baggage but a big one, too. Nasestress na nga siya regarding her company and here I am, about to tell her that I had sex with another woman last night and when she asks why, all I can say is I was drunk. Wow. I'm such an ass, Richard thought.

          "Uhm, I-I.."

          "I mean, siguro naman you have a valid explanation on why you would just ditch me at an event like that, 'di ba?" She says, rather sarcastically.

          "Rachel, I dont even know how to tell you this."

          She scoffs, "I didn't even want to leave the venue kasi of course I knew that you'd come back. My gosh, you were just gonna get us glasses of water because you were feeling drunk already but I didn't know that it would take you six hours to grab a glass or two."