“Itutuloy mo ang kasal?” Avy asked while drinking her vodka.
Nandito na naman kami sa madalas naming puntahan na bar. Pero kami lang dalawa ang magkasama dahil busy ang iba.
“Yeah.” Sagot ko.
“Gaga ka talaga.” she said and rolled her eyes.
“Problema mo?” I asked and rolled my eyes too. Hindi lang siya ang marunong noh!
“Problema mo din?”
Tsk! hindi ko na siya pinansin dahil nagring ang phone ko. it was Lawrence.
“Babe…” pambungad niya.
Natigilan ako. Since I came back, Lawrence’s been clingy and caring and whatever! Nag-guilty ba siya sa ginawa niya? But… wala na ‘yon sa’kin. Hindi na ako galit sa kanya and maybe hindi talaga ako nagalit. It was just my excuse to run away. I was infatuated with him but I’m not in love with him kaya hindi ako super galit.
“Yes?”
“Where are you?” he asked.
“Unknown Bar.” Sagot ko.
“I’m done with work. I’ll go there if it’s okay with you? Sasamahan kita.”
Sasamahan? Alam niya naman sigurong lagi kong kasama si Avy bakit pa niya ako sasamahan eh may kasama naman ako?
I was about to tell him na huwag na siyang pumunta but I changed my mind.
“Okay.” Sabi ko.
He sighed like kanina niya pa pinipigilang huminga. Kinakabahan ba siya sa sagot ko?
“Okay. I’ll be there in 20 minutes.”
I ended the call and faced Avy which is about to drink her glass.
“Pupunta si Lawrence dito.”
Kumunot ang noo niya at tinaasan ako ng kilay. “Why?”
“To chill.” Sagot ko.
“Chill, bakit dito pa?”
“Come on Avy, be nice to my fiancé!” natatawang sabi ko. But I felt I pang in my chest while saying that. It’s like I am betraying someone.
“Kinareer mo na talaga girl?”
Natawa lang ako sa kanya at inaya siyang sumayaw. Tumango naman siya kaya dumiretso kami sa dancefloor.
“Woaaaaah!” sigaw naming dalawa habang sumasayaw.
We dance and dance and dance until… someone snaked his arms around my waist. Napapikit ako. This touch! This scent….
Acis…
“Baby,” bulong niya sa tenga ko.
Pumiglas ako sa yakap niya. But instead of letting me go. He dragged me outside the bar.
“Damn! Acis, what are you doing here! Let me go!”
Dinala niya ako sa parking lot where his car was park. Of course, alam ko ang sasakyan niya kasi malamang nasakyan ko na iyon!
“To explain everything to you.”
I throw dagger looks at him.
“Explain? What for?! I don’t want to listen to your explanations anymore! I’m going to get married and this time it’s for real! So stop pestering me, will you?!” sigaw ko.
Napabitaw siya sa pagkakahawak sa’kin at napatulala sa mukha ko.
Damn! I bit my lips. Bakit mo ako binitawan?
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid Shane!
“Fine.” He said then sighed. “Just hear my explanations and I ----“ napatigil siya. Natigil din ako sa paghinga. Oh no! Don’t say it! “I will stop pestering you.”
Kumuyom ang kamao ko. Gago! Bat ang bilis mong sumuko? “I’ll ---“ shit! don’t cry Shane. “I’ll give you 2 minutes.” Sabi ko.
Is 2 minutes that long enough to explain his side?
“Lawrence is my step brother.”
“Alam ko na yan.”
“He asked me to take care of you.”
“Alam ko na lahat okay?! You don’t have to explain na nga!”
“I lied, yes, I admit it Shane. Pero nagawa ko lang ‘yon kasi wala akong choice. When Lawrence asked me to take care of you, hindi ako pumayag. Oo gusto na kita, oo mahal na kita pero nong nalaman kong ikakasal ka sa kanya hindi ako pumayag because I don’t want to fall deeper with you kasi may fiancé kana. I don’t want to hurt myself, hindi ako martyr Shane.”
Napalunok ako. Pinipigilang maluha. Namamasa din ang mga mata ni Acis. Naiiyak ba siya?
“But then, you asked me to marry you kasi ayaw mong magpakasal kay Lawrence. I was so happy cause finally, damn! I have a chance! But I don’t want to take the advantage of marrying you kasi gusto kita. Ako lang, ako palang ang may gusto sa’yo. My plan is to make you fall for me, sa loob ng pagsasama na’tin. I faked the marriage kasi … I am afraid you won’t fall for me and I don’t want you to regret na pinakasalan mo ako. Kung papakasalan mo man ako Shane, I want you to marry me because you love me.”
Tumulo na ang mga mata sa kanyang mga mata. “But I failed, I didn’t make you fall in love with me.”
“If you think that everything was fake Shane, no it’s not. Because I am real and my love for you is always real. Kung anong pinaramdam at sinabi ko sa’yo, totoo lahat ng iyon.”
Hindi ko na napigilan. My tears started to fall from my eyes. Kinuha niya ang kamay ko at hinalikan ito.
“I’m sorry if I lied. I’m sorry because I’ve hurt you. But I am not sorry that I love you Shane.”
BINABASA MO ANG
Runaway Bride
RomanceThe bride Shanella Marquez runaway on her wedding day after knowing that his soon-to-be-husband, Lawrence cheated on her. She went to a far province and proposed a marriage to a random guy, Acis whom she hated the most just to stop her marriage with...
