Freedom from Seduction (COMPLETED)

The Music's Conclusion

Axel Zeus Dela Costa

Venice Euphrosyne Calliego was a big cold shower to me the first time I met her. Her lustrous stares and vivacious stance, not to mention her luscious lips made shivers crawl through my back slowly as if mocking me.

The moment she ordered something off the menu, I didn't know why I had to obey. Maybe it's because of the way she looks so powerful even with her causal clothes. I even had to buy apples using my own money.

That day was absurd and confusing. She's too extravagant and choosy. Maganda lang siya. Iyon ang pilit kong ipinasok sa isip ko.

Hindi nakadagdag ang pangalawa naming pagkikita sa karinderyang pinagtratrabahuhan ko. I never wanted her to see my mother's vomit when I tended to her. My co-workers said she announced that I got her pregnant, which made a very big difference on my mood.

The idea of creating children with her excited and destroyed me at the same time. There's no way a woman like her would want me. A bratty billionaire would never want an indigent guy like me vowing loyalty with her especially inside a sacred site.

Kaya nang makita ang pandidiri niya habang nakatingin sa pang-itaas na may suka ay ikinahiya ko, bahagyang naaalala ang mga pangyayari bago nagmamadaling pumunta sa karinderyang pinagtratrabahuhan.

"Kuya!" My sister cried for help.

Agad kong dinaluhan ang inang suka nang suka. Umigting ang panga ko nang maalala kung bakit nagkaganito ang buhay namin.

Those Inquierdos ruined us. They won't even gain anything by doing this, they simply do this because they can.

Mama threw up on my shirt. Hindi ko na iyon pinansin at hinayaan siya roon habang nahihirapang sumuka. Tears welled up in her eyes. She looked at me, embarrassingly and apologetically.

I smiled to assure her that it's okay. She doesn't have to worry about a simple vomit on my shirt. Lalong-lalo na at napakalala ng sakit niya. It doesn't have a cure. It's a different scenario. A different case of cancer. It's because of the elixir the mad scientists made. Damn it.

My shame doubled when I saw her at the opera house with her elegant gown while I was wearing a janitor's uniform. Ngayon lang ako nanliit sa sarili ko. I chose to live like this because it's simpler and more undemanding. I chose this rather than an easy but suffocating life. Hindi ko kailanman maatim na pumatay para lang yumaman. It's a very illicit act I could never stand. Kahit pa noong bata palang ay pinagtetraining na ng yumaong Ama sa labanan.

Amid that, she made me feel like an equal. She made me feel like there is a possibility that she can eventually be mine. She made me feel as though she doesn't care about the status when in fact she does! This little brat. But I remember clearly how I reacted.

Motherfucker. Am I fucking smitten?

Hanggang sa tinulungan niya akong makakuha ng trabaho. It was inappropriate since I was developing feelings for her but my mama's state punched me. She needs every help she could get. Pinapa-ikot ng pera ang mundo kaya kailangan kong kumayod.

Kaya kahit nahihiya ay tinanggap ko ang trabahong inaalok niya.

Everything changed when I saw the drunken Serena. She's every man's ideal. Pero hindi ko siya nagustuhan dahil iba ang pakiramdam ko sakanya.

Nang makita ko siya kasama ang isang Inquierdo ay nabaliw ako. Especially knowing that she's in every place the brat usually is in!

Though I wanted to let go of the past my Dad unwillingly gave me as heritage, I couldn't knowing that it may danger the woman I had ever had eyes for.