Kabanata 29
Wedding
I'm sure I am just dreaming if I'm sleeping while eating, but I'm sure too that I'm fully awake!
“Y-You're going to... what?” di makapaniwalang tanong ko. I heard it alright, I just want to assure it.
“I'm going to court you, whatever it cost.” Race define jaw clench as he look at me in my eyes. Agad akong nag-iwas doon dahil hindi ko kayang makipagtitigan sa kanya. I am very much affected.
“I... wanted to give you a chance, but there's a part of me that I will never let myself to get hurt... again.”
The last word is just like a whisper and just disappear by the wind. What I said hurts me. I don't know, pero nasasaktan ako. Natatakot ako. Race words gave trauma to me.
“Please, don't busted me yet. I am not yet starting.” I bit my lower lip when Race nervously chuckle. Parang gusto kong lumubog sa kinauupuan ko ngayon just to hide my flush face!
“Give me a chance... and I will never waste it.” My chest hammers so hard.
Parang ayaw kong bigyan ng chance si Race. But a part of me wants to give him a chance. Nakakalito.
When I was a young girl, I longed for his attention. For a few years of childhood, he wasn't close to me, until we separated our ways.
I already repaired my broken parts. And I don't want someone broke it again. I already lost my mom and my boyfriend, Cleo. They broke me, and I don't know what will happen to me, if ever... Race will break me in the end.
“Please... don't think too much. I don't want to pressure you.” I looked away. Takot na baka makita niya ang totoo kong nararamdaman.
“Sorry,” Race whisper, dahilan para dahan-dahan akong tumingin sa kanya. His eyes are gentle, full of unnamed emotion. I'm confused what he's sorry about?
“Maybe, I was just the only one who's still... holding on,” he then chuckle without humor. Yumuko ito.
It's breaking my heart seeing him like this. Trying to light up the mood we have, but I just can't smile.
“Akala ko kasi, di magbabago yung sinabi mo sa akin bago kayo umalis,” he added. The corner of my eyes starts to heat. “But I was wrong... you fell in love with someone else.”
Race’s smile that crept on his lips breaks my heart. I know what he meant by that. And I didn't know that he'll... hold onto what I had said before.
“I-I didn't mean to... fell in love with, Cleo. But he's the only man I had before, when I'm all alone, fighting and striving for us, my father... and that made me love him.”
My tears stream down on my face. I can't hold it back anymore. This moment is damn hurting me. Memories linger on my mind, and that includes the moment Race broke my young heart back then.
“I already fell for you before, and I am still... falling.”
I look at Race eyes using my teary eyes. I saw how serious he is, walang bahid na kasinunggalingan. But what made me confused is, if he fell in love with me, then why he's going to marry Challi?
“How... about your wedding with, Challi?”
I almost choke with my voice. I am so afraid and feel ashamed at the same time. How could he ask me to court me when his in a relationship with my cousin?
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