Drown In Your Love

- forty-three -

Pagdating nila sa condominium ay dumiretso agad sila sa unit ng binata. Hindi na rin nagbihis pa ang dalaga sa sarili nitong unit kaya minabuti niyang magshower sa banyo ni Edward. After all, his shirt is already her favorite OOTN. She smirked.

"Love, can I take a bath? Nanlalagkit ako", she asked while Edward is in the kitchen. Nakapagbihis na rin ito ng pambahay.

"Why don't you go to your place first and change your clothes", sabi nito at tiningnan sya. Ngumuso naman si Dale kaya napabuntong hininga na lamang si Edward, "Okay. Just get a shirt from my closet. I know you know where it is"

Napangiti naman si Dale sa sinabi ng binata. Lumapit muna siya rito at hinalikan ang pisngi saka dumiretso na sya sa bathroom nito.

After she took a bath ay dumiretso siya sa living room ng binata. She was just sitting there, naghihintay kung kailan matapos ang binata. While waiting, hindi niya maiwasang mapatingin sa paligid. It's not her first time to be here but she wasn't able to look around. She was looking through the photos in its living room. Nakita nya ang isang solo photo nito, she believed it was a photo from a magazine cover, he really looks dashing in its suit. She scanned another and saw some of his family picture. They look so happy, their smiles are so genuine. Who would have thought that her mysterious engineer knows how to smile? Hmm.

Ngumiti ng mapakla si Dale. How she wished to have a family like one. If only she can beg to have something like that, she will do it.

"Hey, are you okay?", napatigil si Dale sa iniisip nang nagsalita si Edward.

"Uhmm.. Yeah.. I-I'm fine", sagot ni Dale sa binata saka ngumiti.

"I know you're not, care to tell me? Hmm?", sabi nito and he hugged Dale from behind.

"Nah! Not just.. Uhmm.. I envy you. Tingnan mo ang mga pictures, you guys look so happy. I mean, I wish I had mine too"

Napahigpit naman ang yakap ni Edward kay Dale and he put his chin on her shoulder.

"What I can do to make you feel okay?", he asked.

Napangiti naman ang dalaga, "Nothing. This is fine actually. I felt like home"

Napatingin naman si Edward sa kanya saka ngumiti.

"I'm here already. Don't be too sad anymore", he said at naramdaman nyang humalik ang dalaga sa kanyang buhok.

"Thank you, Love"

"Why?"

"Thank you for bringing me home. In your arms. You changed me. You definitely changed everything in me", sabi ni Dale at inihilig ang kanyang ulo sa dibdib ng binata.

She thanked God for bringing him in her life. She's lucky to have someone like Edward.