Año Luz Aparte... ( Light years apart ) BOOK 1

Capitulo Treinta y seis

       "Oh my God! Pierce Maxwell Sarmiento?" ang nanlalaking mga matang bulalas ni Carlotta ang pinsan ni Kallyra. Bahagyang nakaawang ang bibig ng dalaga at namamanghang nakatitig sa kaniya na para bang hindi makapaniwala. Naroon ito sa opisina ng huli.

         Bahagyang tumango si Maxwell at tinaas ang sulok ng kaniyang labi. "Nice to see you again, Carlotta." rinig niya ang malaki at malalim niyang boses na nag-vibrate sa loob ng opisina ng kaniyang asawa na kasalukuyang nagta-type sa harap ng computer nito at tila walang paki-alam sa mga tao sa kaniyang paligid, hindi sila binibigyang pansin.

         "O-M-G!, as in oh my God! I thought you are dead! I heard it from my friends, I mean I did not see or heard any news about you after your accident 10 years ago, what happened bakit ngayon ka lang nagpakita? You look really different, you were so lanky and ugly before, I mean, not so handsome..."

      He chuckled. "How do I look now?"

       Sandali itong napatitig sa kaniya at namula.

           "Well...you look hot and super handsome now... " tinapunan nito ng mabilis na sulyap ang kaniyang tahimik na asawa na patuloy pa rin sa ginagawa na para bang hindi sila naririnig.

      Bahagya siyang nainis sa ikinikilos nito, he was so used of getting so much attention simula ng magising siya. Everyone was so eager to attend to his every needs kahit hindi hinihingi at kahit hindi siya kilala. But this woman was acting like he was not existing at all.

          "So you like me now." tukso niya sa namumulang dalaga. He keep the small smirk on his hard face ignoring the small annoyance he felt towards the hateful woman they called his wife.

           "No! I don't!" kaagad na tanggi nito na may kasama pang marahas at sunod-sunod na iling na akala mo ay napakalaking kasalanan ang pagkakagusto sa kaniya.

          "I'm just kidding." he said still smiling.

          Bumalik ang kaninang malaking ngiti ng kausap. "You know what?"

         "What?" he indulge.

        "I'll tell you a secret.. " bumulong ito ng pabiro.

         "I don't know... Is it interesting?"

        "Maybe..." she giggled. "You want to know? its about Kallyra.

          Nagkibit siya ng balikat. "Fire away." he said.

         "I know you will be interested." tumaas-baba ang kilay nito.

         He knows that she was just joking around, but he was half serious to know what it is about, even if its just silliness or what. He can see Kallyra in the corner of his eyes, she still busy typing and minding her own business, he was not sure if she can hear them dahil hindi man lang ito nag-react ng mabanggit ng pinsan ang kaniyang pangalan.

           "I want to know." he said.

            "My cousin... she was never the same since your accident, she became cold and distant, she never dated anyone after you."

           He was speechless for a moment, his mind was absorbing the words Carlotta said.

           Why?

           Was she feeling guilty?

           Or did she loved him?

            No.

           Hindi ang sagot sa huling tanong niya, dahil hindi siya iiwan nito kung oo ang sagot, she will not send the annulment paper two days after their wedding if the woman loved her. Mahigpit niyang kinuyom ang kaniyang kamao. A nagging hate consumed him and he struggled to collect himself again.