Every muscle in her body is shaking the moment she stepped her feet on the ground, they've just arrived. She is wearing her best dress, but not the one Edward gave her, but one she bought for herself. After thinking too hard, she apologized to Edward, because after taking the trouble of buying her things, she resolved not to wear them after all. If she were to be introduced to Edward's parent, she doesn't want to give them the impression that she's receiving expensive things from their son.
The simple black dress shows off her slender shoulders, body fitted, above the knee cut. Her only accessories is her pearl earings, and her silver wristwatch. Her straight long hair laid back, she looks like a runway model.
The mansion was standing like a giant in front of her, ready to devour her whole. She knew, inside, are people different from what she grew up with. This is Edward's world, totally different from hers. But she has to embrace them.
But at the moment, she's not being herself, she felt so stiff and nervous. When she felt Edward's hand pressed hers, she looked at his eyes, his kind eyes, and she felt inner peace.
Together they walk in.
This is it.
All eyes are on them, and Maymay, becoming weak to the knees, hold tight to Edward's arm. But she managed to held her head up, embracing the curious look everyone is throwing at her at the moment.
"Edward." a tender voice calls out, and Maymay then sees a woman in her late forties walking towards them.
The woman, gave Edward a hug, and then looks at her. This woman, Edward calls 'Mom.'
"So you must be Maymay." She smiled kindly at her, and opened her arms, welcoming her. Maymay glances at Edward, hesitatingly take a step forward and does beso-beso with her.
"Happy anniversary, sa inyo Ma'am."
"You can call me Tita Melba."
"Po?" she quickly glanced at Edward again, who looks back at her as if saying, "see, i told you, you're going to like her. "
Then she looks back to his Mom, then smiled shyly. "Sige po. t-tita Melba, salamat po."
"That's sounds better. Edward did not tell me he is in love with a model, huh. "
"She lacks grace and elegance for a model."
That was Gwen interrupting, and gave Edward's mom a kiss. She looked all the more beautiful tonight than the last time Maymay saw her, and Maymay noticed, she's wearing make up tonight. Her hair in a messy updo, she's wearing dangling earrings with diamond studs.
Gwen gazed at her, like she is waiting for her reaction. But Maymay, thankfully, is absorbed with other thoughts, she barely heard Gwen, because at the moment, she is imagining herself wearing the same earrings.
Aww. That sure is heavy.
Maymay 's eyes squint a little.
Edward, and feeling the animosity, pulls Maymay closer to him. When Maymay gave him a confused look, he answered with a smile.
Gwen became uncomfortable, and as she composed herself, and she added,
"But i'm sure, that can be achieved, with minimal effort, right Maymay? " Gwen flashes, again, her friendly smile.
"She doesn't have to. I like her just the way she is."
Maymay, smiled shyly.
His mother, clueless of the tension that is building, hinted them to join the other group.
"Edward, why don't you introduce Maymay to your Dad."
Gwen walks side by side with Tita Melba, while Edward and Maymay linger a little behind.
Maymay remembers Edward saying to her that she's gonna like his mom, but she doesn't remember him saying she's going to like his Dad too. Her muscle tensed again.
She catches glances from younger men in the group, one even bowed his head and smiled at her. She returned the smile. This young man leaned to the one beside him, and looked like whispering something, which made him look into their direction, and now everyone's eyes on them.
"John, darling. " Melba calls out to her husband.
Well everyone looks at them, but Maymay is only seeing one tall man in medium built, probably in his fifties, standing in lofty attitude she almost shrink. And what she couldn't ignore is when he gave her an admonishing look that Maymay felt the colors rising in her cheeks.
She tried very hard to smile.
"Everyone, this is my date, Maymay. " says Edward.
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