Trouble In Paradise

TROUBLE 27

I'm sure that I was close to fainting when I heard what my dearest friend told me in my face. Sure, I sometimes caught her being swallowed by her thoughts unconsciously but I never would have that she's married already. She's still young and above all, she didn't even have a boyfriend in the first place but a husband?! I think I'm going crazy.

"Claire, I don't even know what to say right now. Kalian pa?" I asked her. I don't know what face I'm making right now. "A month after I turned 18." Shit. That's just last month and she didn't even bother to tell us that she's already married. We didn't even get the chance to witnessed the ceremony. "Why?" She just hung her head down unable to look at my eyes.

"Excuse me Sir? My friend here is fine because she had me already. Tell your Master that she's with a friend. Makakaalis kana." I told the bodyguard that was supposed to be sent by her husband. Who the heck is her husband anyway and he didn't even got the guts to check on his wife personally if he's really that worried. "But Miss-" Before he gets to finish what he's about to say, Claire raised a hand stopping him from talking and looked at him. "It's okay. Just tell your boss that I'm fine and next time, just let me be okay? I don't need his fake sympathy." She said and made a gesture signaling the bodyguard to go out.

The man in the suit bowed and his way outside. I took a sit in the foot of the bed and glared at my friend. "Claire, what is happening? How come you're married already? Ba't ngayon ko lang nalaman?" Questions after questions keep on popping in my head. I badly want to know the truth. "Calm down Tine. We're not that serious. It's arranged by our parents and we don't have a say on it." A loud gasp came from me. I placed my hand on my head not believing what is happening right now.

"Claire, I know your parents. They're loving and kind so, how come they've agreed on this shitty marriage. And don't try lying in my face or I'm going to slap you. I can see that the husband is unloving bastard." She sighed and held both of my hands in hers. "It's because of our grandfathers and both of our families are friends. They told me that when I was a kid, we both promised to marry each other but I don't have any memory of it already. Because of that, our grandfathers made a deal that sealed our fates forever. But a disaster happened a month before I turned 18. He's grandfather died." She sighed again before continuing her story.

"Before he's grandfather passed away, he really insisted that both of us should get married and my grandfather agreed. He wants to see the both of us in a loving relationship. And besides, our families don't want to be apart and want to merge both families. The end." She said and laughed a little but I'm not buying her joke. "You're in a shitty ride Claire." I sighed and slapped her foot that closest to me while she yelped because of the pain. "Ang sakit ha." She rubbed her foot and looked at me. "I love my family and besides, that made them happy." She smiled softly at me.

"Diana told me that I'm dumb but I never met someone dumber than you." I said and rolled my eyes but she just chuckled. "And who is the lucky jerk?" I asked. This is the question that keeps on bugging me. "Alam mo, palamura ka na pagkatapos mong sinagot si Aless." She said and smirked. "Gusto mo palo? Umayos ka nga." I rasied my hand and was about to slap her arm when she covered it quickly. "Okay fine. Do you know a man named Zavien?" She asked me.

Kumunot naman ang noo ka at tiningnan siya nang may pagtataka. "Ha?" Tanong ko naman sakanya. "You don't know him? Maybe the name Zavien Auguste Brezuela ring a bell." She said and sighed. My eyes widen when I realized who she is talking about. "The Zavien Auguste? That French-Filipino guys who is always on the magazine and talk shows worldwide? That Zavien?" I asked her for confirmation. "The one and only." She said and chuckled awkwardly. "Claire, I don't know if you're lucky or the opposite. But Zavien is a well-known model. Clearly out of reach." I told her feeling depressed for my friend.