Wild Heart

Chapter Twenty Eight

"what did you say?!" nag echo sa opisinang iyon ang tinig ni Andrea. Napatayo ito sa kinauupuan nang marinig ang sinabi niya. "You agreed to what?!"

She sighed at nahahapong tinignan ang kaibigan at manager niya "I don't have any choice! ano ang gusto mong gawin ko?"

"this is effing insane Bea! Paano mong makakayang makasama ulit si Xander? At paano kung may makakilala sa iyo roon? How could the PR team cover up for that?"

"Kaya nga kita kinakausap. Just make an alibi - make an announcement na kailangan ko munang magpahinga...may sakit ako or something! whatever that you can come up with!" she frustratedly said. Mabuti na lamang at last week na ng shooting ngayon ng series na ginagawa and her next project is not set to start until early next year, kaya may panahon din siyang mawala sa publiko.

"Eh kung hintayin mo na lang kaya ang 10 years na sinasabi ni attorney? You're only 23! kahit maghintay ka pa ng another 5 years, hindi ka pa rin huli sa byahe!"

"According to attorney, it has to be 10 years without any form of communication. Sa tingin mo, ngayong nakita na ni Xander si Mico, do you think he will not contact me? So paano? hindi na rin gagana yung 10 years whatever dahil may communication naman kami?" Tinutop niya ang noo "God! laws like this in this country sucks!"

Umupong muli si Andrea sa tabi niya at ginagap ang kamay niya "but I am more worried about you, B. Kaya mo ba? what if you fall for him again?" may pag-aalala sa tinig ng kaibigan.

"H-hindi ko alam! I am so trapped right now!"

"Si Daniel? ano ang sabi?"

"Of course he was against it at first pero he still wants to push through with the wedding" she sighed

"payag siya?! did you tell him what being Xander's wife would mean?" nanlalaki ang mga matang ani Andrea.

"Don't worry Andrea, one of my conditions was no physical contact at all!"

"yeah right! sabihin mo yan sa sarili mo, B!" Andrea rolled her eyes on her.

"hey! what does that mean?"

"Aww c'mon Bea! lalaki si Xander, and a devilishly attractive one for that! at ikaw, babae ka! magsasama kayo sa iisang bubong, you really believe you are immune to his charms?"

Napalunok si Beatrix sa sinabi ng kaibigan. Andrea has a strong point, aminin man niya o hindi ay sadyang hindi siya immune kay Xander, and she doesn't think she will ever be immune to his deadly charms!

Andrea sighed "what if hindi mo na lang muna ituloy ang pagpapakasal kay Daniel? That way, you won't have to go through this"

"Hindi man ako magpakasal kay Daniel, the chances of Xander setting me free will become slimmer once he finds out the truth about Mico... so I think I better grab the chance while I still can"

"But do you really want to be free?" tanong ni Andrea na tila inaarok ang tunay niyang damdamin "have you ever considered getting back together with him? Tutal may anak kayo at-"

"alam mo kung ano ang ginawa niya sa akin, Andrea!" agad na nag init ang mga mata niya.

After all these years, may kirot pa ring dala sa damdamin niya ang panloloko ni Xander sa kanya.

"You know how hard I've tried to make him love me! Iniwan ko ang lahat para sa kanya, I did all I could para maipakita sa kanya kung gaano ko siya kamahal. I was willing to wait...pero isa ang hindi ko kayang patawarin...ang kataksilan niya!"  hindi na niya namalayan ang pag agos ng isang luha mula sa mga mata. Marahas niya iyong pinalis ng palad.

"okay. okay..." mahinahong tugon ng kaibigan "ang sa akin lang, hindi naman talaga kayo nakapag usap maski noon. Paano kung mali ang akala mo?"

Pagak na tumawa si Beatrix "I told you over and over again kung ano ang nangyari, Andrea! how could you doubt it?"