Calliope Series 1: Our Unexpected Love

🌻 C h a p t e r 5 🌻

KATHLENE POINT OF VIEW

"Madam if you need anything just call me okay?"

"Don't worry po I can manage myself." I said to the maid.

I closed my eyes at huminga ng malalim.

I can't believed na at this era ay uso pa rin ang arrange marriage. Iminulat ko ang aking mata at nilibot ng tingin ang buong paligid. The room interior design is girly. And somehow I liked the room design.

Pinuntahan ko ang walk-in closet at halos mabulag ang aking mata sa aking nakita.

Those dresses and clothes are from a luxury brand!! Five of my paintings can cost one of those!

"I am really living in this house?" I said to my self. "Dapat talaga dinala ko ang mga gamit ko! How can I wore those clothes!"

Ang mga damit na sinusuot ko ay designer clothes din naman but not like this one. GE and NX are very famous brand in the whole world. Ang isang dress sa kanila ay nagkakahalaga na ng milyon. Paano pa kaya kung makita mo ang lahat ng GE and NX collection sa loob ng closet mo?

Heaven!

Gaano kayaman ang lalaking iyon?

I picked upthe plain and simplest shirt from the wardrobe and I walk to the shower room.

Hindi maiwasan ng aking mga mata ang mamangha sa aking nakikita.

I grew up in a wealthy family and in a wealthy neighborhood but not as wealthy and luxury like these.

A few moments later I came out to the bathroom. After taking a bath I checked my phone. There's a lot of messages from the girls but I didn't reply to them cause I know that they would never leave me alone if I reply to them.

There where also a message from my mother, it says as simply as "Fighting anak!" and with a smile emoticon.

Sa sobrang tahimik ng paligid ay para kang inihehele nito sa pagtulog. Then afterwards I fell into a deep deep sleep.

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In the middle of the night, a man walk inside the house.

"Sir, sa wakas ay umuwi na rin kayo!" nagmamadaling lumapit ang mayordoma dito. Tumango lamang ang lalaki at nagtungo sa hagdanan.

"Yo Manang! May makakain ba tayo diyan?"

"Sir Jing! Hindi ko napansin na andiyan pala kayo. Oo naman sandali at ipaghahanada kita ng makakain." bago pa man makaalis ang mayordoma ay agad itong pinigilan ni Jing.

"Teka manang, andiyan na ba ang asawa ni Yohan?" tanong ni Jing at nginuso ang direksiyon na pinuntahan ni Yohan.

"Oo dumating na kanina."

"Gusto ko din siyang makita." wika ni Jing. "Bababa nalang ako manang kapag okay na, guguluhin ko lamang si Yohan!" At nagmamadali itong umakyat sa hagdanan. Napapailing nalamang ang matanda at nahulog sa isang malalim na pag-iisip.

"Just what I thought. Dito mo na naman uubusin ang oras mo. Why don't you enjoy your night with your wife?" dare-daretsong pumasok si Jing sa loob ng study room ni Yohan at umupo sa couch.

"Go home." malamig na wika ni Yohan kay Jing.

"Pagkatapos mo akong gamitin ay itataboy mo nalang ako?" malungkot na wika ni Jing kay Yohan.

Sinamaan ni Yohan si Jing ng tingin. "Anong silbi ng ibinabayad sa'yo? Should I change my doctor?" seryosong wika ni Yohan habang tinatanggal ang kanyang suit.

Of course Jing himself don't want that thing to happen. Dahil hindi basta basta ang sweldo na natatanggap niya mula sa mga Cortez. All he want to do is to cure him when his illness strikes.

At dahil sa kakaiba si Yohan ay hindi nito gaano kailangan ng tulong niya but Jing can get his mothly pay.

"Hey..hey..Mr. Cortez alam mo bang hindi ka na makakahanap ng ibang doktor na mas magaling sa akin?"

"I can."

"You know you can't. So what's your plan?" seryosong tanong ni Jing kay Yohan.

"Do I need to tell you what my plan is?" sagot ni Yohan sa kanya.

Before Jing can answer him. Yohan private phone rang.

Agad na tumahimik si Jing at agad na nagtungo palabas sa silid na iyon.

"Paris..." bago umalis si Jing ay narinig nito ang pagbanggit ni Yohan sa isang pangalan. Isang pangalan na kahinaan ng isang Yohan Matthew Cortez.

Yohan look at the door then he listen to Paris while she's talking on the other side of the phone.

"Yohan...I missed you. I really wish that I can hug you right now. Do you missed me?"

"Hmm."

"About that marriage.... what's your plan? What about me?" Paris asked.

"Don't worry. We are just husband and wife in the paper. The only girl I want is you." Yohan answered sweetly.

Yohan and Paris are childhood sweetheart. Simula pa noong bata pa lamang silang dalawa ay lagi na silang magkasama. Paris is the only girl who talk to Yohan. Kahit na may sakit si Yohan ay hindi ito iniwan ni Paris.

Until they reached their teenage years, Yohan asked Paris to be his girlfriend. Halos sampung taon na magkasintahan ang dalawa. In their circle Paris was known as Mrs. Cortez, they treat her like a queen, they serve her as a queen.

But Yohan's mother was against to their relationship. She just don't talk, hinahayaan niya lamang ang anak niya sa mga ginagawa nito. It was because, Paris can't touch Yohan. It was a special illness, na kapag nahahawakan si Yohan ng babae ay namamantal ang buong katawan nito hanggang sa mahirapan na itong huminga. His illness was diagnosed when he was 5 years old, and until now he was suffering out of it.

Nangangamba ang ina ni Yohan na baka hindi na ito magkaanak. Until she found out that his son had a intimidate interaction with a girl.

Agad itong nagimbestiga and gladly she was from a decent family. Kathlene's mother was her high school classmates before. After that she scheduled a meeting to meet her and she told her plans to Kathlene's mom. The two mothers came up with the great plan for their children future.

Ang hindi alam ni Kathlene ay nagsinungaling lamang ang kanyang mga magulang sa kanya upang pumayag siya.

At pinagbantaan ng magulang niya si Yohan na kapag hindi ito pumayag ay they will send Paris and her family far away from him. Plus hindi niya mamanahin ang kahit na anong pagaari ng Cortez at Lu.

"Can we meet? I really miss you Yohan."

"Next time. Pupunta ako sa London bukas. I gotta go. Keep safe." then Yohan hung up the call.

He open up his drawer and took out that red thing. He stare at the marriage certificate intensely.

At the other side, Paris are throwing everything she could reach.

"Ahhhhh! That damn old woman! How can she let his son marry that bitch! Yohan is mine! I will destroy her! I will kill that bitch! Argh!"

"Iha, sinabi na sa'yo ni Yohan na ikaw ang babaeng gusto niya. Please trust Yohan okay? Mahal na mahal ka ni Yohan don't let your anger control you okay?"

"But mom! He and that bitch is living on the same house! She even live in the Platinum Palace! I should be the one living there kung hindi lang dahil sa babaeng iyon! In my entire life, hindi pa ako nakakapasok sa lugar na iyon! And that bitch can? Just what the fuck!?"

"Just calm down okay? Sa tingin mo ba ay kayang lumapit ng babaeng iyon kay Yohan? Nakalimutan mo na ba ang sakit ni Yohan?"

Right. She can't touch Yohan and even that bitch can't!