This Moment (On Going)

Prologue ×

"It was a play, remember? Sorry, Marceline, I know everyone seems to believe in you but I know everyone of them. We only played some show..."

Paulit-ulit na lang 'yan sa isip ko. Vilma confessed everything. Everything from the start. From the moment I met the three casanovas that changed my life up to the night I was introduced to the world as Marceline Agoncillo Gallia.

What would I expect, I was never his wife. I was never even been his girlfriend in the first place. 'Yan ang masakit na katotohanan sa buhay ko. Alam kong minahal niya ako pero kahit kailan wala akong mapanghahawakan.

"Ma'am?"

Napatingin ako sa kumatok sa pinto ko, si Alysa pala, ang secretary ko.

"Yes, Alysa?" I asked and  turned my full attention to her. "Anything?"

Nginitian niya ako at sinenyas sa'kin ang kinikilig niyang gesture. Napatawa naman ako, kahit kailan talaga kapag may gwapong dumadating dito. "Nandyan po si Sir!"

Tumayo na ako. Baka si Gab. "Nandyan na ako," I said and then Alysa left me.

I was kinda excited pero hindi pala dapat... Pumasok na ang sinasabi ng secretary ko at hindi si Gab iyon. It was him.

"Anong ginagawa mo dito?" I questioned him wih my full confidence. Hindi ko mahahayaang lumuha na naman ako ngayong nasa harap ko na siya.

Nang makapasok siya sa loob ay isinara niya ang pinto. Lalo akong kinabahan, natatakot ako sa mga luha ko. Ayoko ng bumagsak sila dahil sa nag-iisang dahilan. Pagod na pagod na ako at alam kong naipamukha na nila sa'kin ang lahat lahat. Sawang sawa na ako.

He looked at me with those same beautiful eyes. "Sino ka ba? Why am I feeling that you're someone important to me?" He start walking towards me. "Who are you and how can you make me feel so incomplete?"

Hindi ko mapigilang matawa kahit na tumutusok sa dibdib ko ang bawat katagang sinabi niya. "You don't know what you are saying, Mr. Ashford. I'm a no one to you and your curiosity is just eating you. I'm Marceline Agoncillo Gallia and that's all."

Umiling-iling pa siya na para bang hindi talaga kapanipaniwala ang sinasabi ko.

I smirked at him. "You're getting married, Mr. Ashford. Mali naman yata na nandito ka kaysa sa tabi ng fiancè mo."

Alam kong katangahan lahat lahat ng sinasabi ko ngayon pero ito ang totoo, kalat kalat na sa buong bansa ang engagement nila. Akala mo rin kagaya ito ng gabing malaman ng lahat ang tungkol sa'kin. But this is so much bigger, ikakasal na ang pinakasuccessful na bachelor sa bansa at sa isang Gallia pa siya maikakasal, kay Chantalle Gallia.

He looked at me again, intently. Malapit na talaga siya sa'kin ngayon. Close enough for me to smell him. That smell of him that I'm missing the most. "That's right, I'm marrying her but I'm not finished with you. My marriage can wait but my curiosity is eating me now like you said..."

Mas lumapit pa siya sa'kin. I suddenly froze when he laid his hands on my cheeks. Bumalik ang casanovang kilala ko. He leaned closer to me and paused when I can almost feel his lips. "I will not be the one who'll make the wrong decision here. You still owe me your life and I chose this moment to let you repay." He whispers gently then closed our gap with a kiss.

He's letting me feel that same intensity of his kiss and touch like the ones long time ago. I slowly let go and let him. He wants this... I will give him this moment he asked for.