GENTLEMAN SERIES 2: Kleavan Perci (COMPLETED)

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"Heard that you're pregnant, Anya.." Kleavan said sarcastically. "Why? Bakit kailangan mong itago sakin?! Why?!"

Hindi ko alam kung namamalikmata lang ba ako o nakikita ko talaga syang nasasaktan. I smiled bitterly.

Hindi ako kumibo at hinayaan lang sya. Who am I after all?

"Is this one of your crazy acts to get me?!" And now that pain turns to anger. "Sa umpisa pa lang ba plano mo ng pikutin ako?! You could have told me! Sinisira mo ang buhay ko! Are you happy now?!" Kasabay ng pagsabunot nya sa kanyang buhok. "How could you be so low, Anya?" Mistulang nag-echo ang mga salitang huli nyang sinabi.

"Hayaan mo, Ninong ka ng anak ko." Binigyang diin ko ang pagsasabi ko sa anak ko para malaman nyang wala syang puwang sa magiging buhay namin ng anak ko.

Kasalukuyan kaming nandito sa Royale Hotel kung saan inimbitahan, not really, dahil sapilitan nya akong sinama para daw mag dinner. For old times sake. Old times my ass.

"Stop the act. I'm gonna marry you." Walang pagdadalawang-isip na sabi nya sakin.

"Kung sanang noon mo pa lang sinabi yan baka nagtatatalon pa ako sa tuwa, Mr. Perci. But let me clear things first to you, I am not going to marry someone whose name is Kleavan Perci. I am not the old Anya whose head over heels with you." I tried playing it cool. Kailangan itago ko sa kanya kung ano man itong nararamdaman ko. "Do you think that my child needs you? Come to think of this, I can give what you can give. You know my family so well and you also know what I am capable of."

"I am after you and our child, damn it!" Frustration is written all over his face. Na para bang mayroon syang gustong patunayan.

"Our child? How sure are you that you're 100 percent the father of my unborn child?"

And with that, parang bigla syang nabigyan ng pangalawang buhay.

"I knew it! Dad fooled the hell out of me!" Tila hindi makapaniwalang sabi nya.

He believed my lame excuse? And what is he talking about that his father fooled him?

"You knew from the very beginning that my father wants me to marry you. But you know, I can't marry you. It's not that I don't like you but you're like a sister to me." Nginitian nya naman ako ng malungkot. "I am glad that I am not the father of your child. I can still go on with my life."

"What do you mean?" Naguguluhan kong tanong.

"Dad found out that you're pregnant and someone reliable told him that I am the father. Of course, I didn't believed that. We only did it once!" Tila proud pa nyang sabi, nakaramdam ako ng kirot sa puso ko habang para syang batang nagkukwento sa mga kalaro. "Haist, that old man. He did go this far this time. Anyway, maybe I am your first, you know..." nakakaunawang tumango naman ako. "..but that doesn't that I am the last right?" Alangang ngiti ang binigay nya sakin.

Pakiramdam ko ay iniwan ako ng sarili kong kaluluwa sa sinabi nya.

Tinignan ko sya sa mata, at saka tumango.

Bakit ko ba minahal ang isang ito? Ganun na lang ba kababa ang tingin nya sakin?

Laking gulat ko ng bigla syang tumayo sa kinauupuan nya at niyakap ako ng mahigpit.

"Thank you Anya! Thank you so much!" Hearing him saying those words makes me want to slap him so hard.

Inialis ko ang pagkakayakap nya sakin. I can't believed myself.

"Anyway, when are you planning to give your child a Christening?"

"I'll go ahead." Sabi ko na lang sa kanya at saka naglakad palayo.

Palabas na ako sa lobby ng bigla syang sumulpot sa harapan ko at ngumiti ng ubod ng tamis.

"Ninong ako ha."

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