Bachelor Series #1:A Night With A Stranger (Published Under Psicom)

Chapter 16

"You really wanted to know that much huh?"

Saphire behind behind Matteo who is about to leave when she opened the door. She heaved a deep sigh as she again talked.

"Then face me, face me Matteo, and you'll know."

She blurted out.

Sandali pang napatigil si matteo at napabuga ng marahas na hangin saka ilang sandali pa ay pigil ang hiningang  hinarap siya. Saphire is just looking down when he faced her.

"Look at me Emerald."

Seryosong saad nito, dahan dahan namang iniangat ni Saphire ang muka niya, dahilan para magtagpo ang mga mata nila. Ilang sandali pa silang nagkatitigan habang naestatwa na sa kinatatayuan nito si Matteo. Mahahalata pa ang bahagyang pagkagulat na rumihistro sakaniyang muka.

"Y-you...."

Hindi makapaniwalang sambit niyang habang titig na titig sa mga mata ng dalaga. Those same krystal clear, ocean blue eyes he is so mesmerized in the past.

"My real name is Saphire Blue Stone Frescobaldi."

She introduced herself making him still.

"Frescobaldi?"

He asked making her nod her head on him.

"I first met you at a Skyline bar at the top of Imperial Hotel. Wala ako sa sarili ko noon at nagtungo sa bar na naroroon."

Bahagyang lumakas ang kabog ng dibdib ni Matteo nang marinig iyon.

"I never thought I'd see you again after that encounter. But 5 years later I met you again."

She smiled.

"Gaya ng nakasanayan naming magkakambal ay muli akong nagkunwari bilang siya at ang tunay naman na Emerald bilang ako at nag nag apply sa kumpanya ni Mr. Russo."

Paliwanag niya, dahilan upang tila ay mabunutan ng tinik sa lalamunan si Matteo.

'Thank goodness I have one less friend to kill...'

He thought.

"I am pretending to be my twin sister Emerald Green Stone Frescobaldi and had a vacation with my son on my best friend's vacation house, Kristine Imperial which happens to be your sister."

Napangiti si Saphire doon sa pagkukwento.

"I am always acting cold and calm to help me hide my emotions, I am great at pretending and I am a liar. That thick wall surrounding me is all made of lies, all lies that is protecting me all this time."

Mariin siyang napapikut habang puno ng kalungkutan ang mga matang nakatingin kay Matteo. Matteo wanted to erase that emotion in her eyes so bad. He wanted t9 replace it with happiness, he wanted to see pure joy in those eyes as she looks at him.

"I am a liar Matteo, puro kasinungalingan ang inaakala mong pagkatao ko. I am the weakest among the three of us. Nabuhay ako na kailangan kong laging magsinungaling para magsurvive. Sa sobrang pagsisinungaling ay nagmumuka ng katotohanan."

Nagiwas ito ng tingin kasabay ng pagpatak ng kaniyang luha na ikinakuyom ng kamao ni Matteo. Hindi dahil sa galit siya sa dalaga, kung hindi ay sa dahilan kung bakit kailangan humantong siya sa ganito.

"I am a heartless human being that doesn't care how others feel,wala akong pakielam kung may masaktan man sa mga kasinungalingan ko. That's the real me Matteo, you told me earlier that you love me? You're sick of being stranger? Well let me tell you this Mr Imperial, Masyado akong maraming tinatago, nabubuhay ako sa kasinungalingan-----"