Deleted Scenes - It Should Have Been Us Book One

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{James’ POV}

I don’t know what game she’s playing but I’m tired of it. She’s the most complicated woman ever. One second she’s cold, then the next she’s too hot for me. And just when I’m starting to think things are going the way I want it to, she goes back to treating me like I don’t mean anything to her at all.

Makipag-date ka na lang kasi sa iba.

Not in the mood Caryl.

Hmmmm….alam mo kuya, mabait pala si Nath no? she said out of the blue while fixing my stuff.

Who?

Nath. The model. Yung brazillian? Maganda na sexy? FHM?

Ah. Yeah, I remember.

May number sya sakin. Gusto mo ba?

Are you pimping me? This conversation is starting to amuse the hell out of me.

Try mo lang ano ka ba. One date. Wala naman mawawala eh. Sabi nga diba, the easiest way to get over someone-

Is to get under someone else. Seryoso ka? Nadine’s gonna pull your eyes out if she finds out.

Ang tanong, may pakialam ba sya sa’yo? At this moment kasi, ewan ko lang ha? Parang wala.

Ouch. I don’t know Caryl. I don’t wanna test her. She can be real bitchy when she wants to be.

Naisip mo ba na baka mas maganda na ring sa iba ka muna mag-focus? Baka mas marealize nya yung value mo pag hindi ka na parang aso na nakaabang sa kanya.

I do look like it huh? A dog waiting for the human to throw some bone. Shit. I thought for a second. Wait, that’s not something that would’ve come out of your mouth. Did Barbie put you up to this?

Actually, naisip lang naming dalawa nong kausap namin si Nath. Super nice nya. Kung siguro hindi ka inlove kay Nadz baka magustuhan mo sya.

Fine. One date.

Caryl set it up. It turns out she actually is nice. One date turned into two. All machinations of Caryl and Barbie. They made sure pictures of us on dates would turn up. But nothing came of it.

Nadine went back into noticing me and like the fool that I was, I turned into mush once again.