You're Mine

CHAPTER ONE

One month earlier...

Alone. Lonely. Tired. Broken. I am damn hurt, and no one knows because no one cares.

How many times I told myself not to love her?

One, two, three, and so on and so forth

Am I that stupid? Am I?

I love my fiancee that much to the point that I can swallow my pride.

I love her damn much and I don't even care if I look stupid right now.

"Cassy, please don't do this. Please don't leave me, again." It's been what? Three or five times that she broke up with me for another man. But here I am asking her again for the fifth time to be with me, again.

"Tama na Cris! You're drunk! Itigil mo na 'tong ginagawa mo." Yes I am drunk. I drowned myself in alcohol to forget about my pride and ego.

"Cassy please come back to me." I held her hand tightly. I do love her this much.

"Cris hindi na kita mahal! Mahal ko si Rence, siya lang wala ng iba." Her tears begin to fall down to her cheeks and for the second time, my heart skips a beat and broke into pieces.
I love her for the past six years and still counting life.

I know that she doesn't love me. She just pity me.

"Please let me go. Cris let me go. I really love him. I really do." I know this time, she's telling the truth. She really love that guy, that Rence. She even kissed him infront of me.

"Cassy, for the last time, please tell me that you loved me. Our relationship last for six years, so it means that you loved me, right?" I am holding back my tears. I am in the end of being stupid, so at least just this once I won't let myself cry infront of her.

"Cris, I never loved you. I never do. You're just a fling for me. I used you to have fun." I hold her hand even tighter. Shit! It hurts like hell.

"What did you say?" I am hoping that she's just making fun of me and I am still hoping that she would told me that she loves me too.

"Hindi kita minahal. Isa ka lang sa mga naging laruan ko. Tumagal lang naman tayo ng six years kasi naaawa ako sayo. Nakakaawa ka, Cris." I let go of her hand. This time, my decisions are clear.

"I love you so much, Cassandra Marquez. I am letting you go. Thank you for our six years relationship. Thank you for being my fiancee even for a while. Thank you for treating me like a toy. Thank you." With that I turn my back on her and drove away.

I need to relax. I should be happy because finally, after six years, I am free. I am finally a bachelor, again.

I am here again in my favorite spot in my friend's bar. My own room.

But I guess this is a bad idea. I feel like I am totally alone so I went out of my room and go to the VIP room of this bar.

"Cris! Nandito ka lang pala." so the gang is here. Teddy looks so frustrated while looking at me.

"Kanina pa kami nag-aalala sayo." Jugs hug me tightly. I can't believe that the gang is really concerned about me.

After my so called "hugging moment" with Jugs, Billy held my face. 

This is so gay.

"Mukhang nagpakalunod ka na naman sa alak." he said.  Is it too obvious?

"Ano na namang problema mo?" Jhong said with a little bit of irritation.

"Cris, si Sandra na naman ba?"Billy said.  Of all my friends I guess Billy is the only one who knows my problem without asking about it.

I miss calling Cassandra as Sandra. Before, when we're just friends, I mean bestfriends, I called her Sandra and all of her friends started to call her Sandra. Until one day, she became My Cassy, my classy and sophisticated love and I am her Cupid, the one that pierced her heart with the arrow of love.

Damn! It really hurts like hell. But why can't I cry? Is it because my heart knows that I am too fool to do that?

"It's done. We're done." I said with a smile. I should be happy because finally,  I got my freedom.

"So let's celebrate!" Billy said. But our friends are just looking at us, confusedly.

Billy

Sabi na nga ba! Si Sandra na naman ang dahilan kung bakit halos na ubos na yung mga Jack Daniel's namin dito. Kung hindi dahil sa kanya eh di sana walang problema si Cris at hindi siya magpapakalunod sa alak, ayan tuloy english na naman siya ng english.

Sira ulo kasi ang isang 'to, nagiging english speaking when drunk.

Sa six years na relationship nila, hindi naman talaga sila naging masaya. Masaya sila sa harap ng mga barkada. Sobrang sweet pa nga nila pero pag mag-isa na lang si Cris, lagi siyang umiiyak at nagpapakalasing. Lagi yan dito sa bar ko, kaya nga nagpagawa na ako ng sarili niyang kwarto.

Tapos ngayon, wala na sila. Tapos na ang paghihirap niya.

Pumunta kami sa dance floor pero hindi para sumayaw kundi para sa laro namin.

Truth or dare lang naman, ang malas ni Cris at siya lagi ang tinuturo ng bote.

Si Teddy ang nag-isip ng dare para sa kanya, si Jugs ang nag-isip kung saan niya gagawin at si Jhong ang nagplano kung paano niya gagawin.

Naglakad na si Cris papunta sa gitna ng dance floor.

"FREEDOM!" sigaw niya na dahilan ng paghinto ng mga tao sa pagsayaw. Pinatigil ko na rin ang music para magawa na niya ang dare niya.

"Ibebenta na namin 'tong kaibigan namin." panimula ni Jugs

"Siya si Crisostomo Cupid Navarro, mayaman, mabait, gwapo naman. May six pack abs na rin yan. Magaling sumayaw at romantiko pero sa isa lang magseseryoso." naghiyawan naman ang mga babae at mga bakla sa sinabi ni Teddy

"Starting prize is 500,000. Sinong bibili?" naghiyawan ulit ang mga tao.

"600,000" sigaw nung babae. Maganda  yung babae at mukha namang mayaman.

"700,000" sigaw naman nung isang bakla. Okay, hindi siya maganda pero mukhang mayaman.

Tinignan ko si Cris at mukhang nandidiri rin siya.

"850,000" sigaw ng isang babae. Umakyat siya papunta sa amin at nilapitan niya si Cris.

"Mukhang tapos na ang laban, 850,000 Crisostomo Cupid Navarro, sol..."

"One million! " sigaw nung isa sa crowd kaya hindi ko na natuloy ang sasabihin ko.

Teka, one million? Seryoso? Isang milyon para lang mabili si Cris?

"Seryoso ka?" tanong ni Jhong sa babaeng papunta na sa amin. Shit! Bakit siya?

"Yes I am. One million for Cupid." sabi niya. Alexander Perez, anak ng isang mayaman na business man and he is a gay. He's known as Xandra a famous model from New York.

"Crisostomo Cupid Navarro, sold." inabot na niya ang cheque kay Teddy at pumunta na kay Cris

"Let's seal this with a kiss." sabi niya sabay halik kay Cris.

Like shit! Sa lips niya hinalikan si Cris. Sana hindi niya yun maalala bukas kundi patay talaga kami.

Mas malaki naman ang chance na makakalimutan nila yung araw na 'to dahil parehas naman silang lasing na lasing.

"You're mine now, Cupid."sabi ni Xandra. Okay, maganda naman siya, sexy, mukha na siyang babae pero ang ugali... never mind.

"I am all yours, babe" sabi ni Cris. Kuys wish mo na lang na makalimutan mo yan sa paggising mo.