Giving In To Trouble (del Cielo Series #1)

Kabanata 32

Kabanata 32

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Gabi nang marating namin ang estate ng pamilya Salazar. Hindi na rin kami muling nagkausap ni Adel nang gabing iyon at tanging pagtatanong lang kung may gusto ba akong ipahanda sa hapunan.

It was a long night for me and sleep was hard to find.

I wonder who to believe. And although I have confirmed that what Debrah said is half the truth, hindi ko pa rin mapigilan ang sariling huwag magduda. Anak-mayaman. Ako.

Anak-mayaman din si Debrah ngunit hindi siya ang hiningan ng kamay ni Adel. Is it safe to assume that it is because he loves me or... what Debrah said is true. That he only wants to marry me and then kill me?

Ngunit bakit kailangan pang bahiran ng dugo ang kamay niya kung puwede namang si Debrah nalang ang pakasalan kaagad? Does it have to do with my name? Nabanggit ni Debrah noon... kung ano'ng pakiramdam ng pagiging del Cielo. Does it mean something? Am I... arranged... with him?

That is the conclusion I came up with that night. That if Adel is not in love with me, then our fate has been chained. We were fixed without our knowledge. Or maybe he knows.

But... would you really go so far as to following around a woman who was fixed to you when you are only arranged by your parents... or maybe even your ancestors... when you're never really in love with her? However, nobody knows what a man can do for wealth. For name. And for dignity.

However, a man with dignity like Adel will never resort to murder. O baka nagkamali ako ng pagkakakilala sa kaniya? But he said we won't marry... as long as sa kaniya ako... uuwi.

Unless he's a manipulative man.

Napapikit ako at inalala ang sakit na dumaan sa kaniyang mukha. I accused him of so many things. He questioned me if I don't know him enough. Naiisip kong kilala ko siya pero hindi ang pamilya niya. At hindi ang mga nakapaligid sa kaniya.

I slept so late that I also wake up very late.

Pagkatapos maligo at ng morning rituals, lumabas na ako ng kuwarto na kaagad sinalubong ng isa sa mga nag-ayos kagabi ng iilang damit kong dala sa walk-in closet ni Adel. Yes, I slept in his room and he, in another.

"May breakfast na po sa baba, madam."

Tumango ako at sumunod lang sa kaniya. Hindi ko pa nalilibot ang kabahayan lalo na ang buong estate pero halatang magkasinglaki lang ito sa mansiyon namin dito sa Cebu at sa Tagaytay.

I wonder how rich his family is or his ancestors are but I never knew that the Salazars being second in the industry would almost equal us, del Cielos in terms of wealth and name.

Tumikhim ako.

"Si Adel?" I asked when I noticed that the house is silent and almost, abandoned.

"Si sir Flavio, ho? Nasa labas po, kausap ang mga tauhan."

Pinag usog niya ako ng upuan kaya doon na rin ako naupo. She served the breakfast and even asked if I want to request any food in particular. Umiling lang ako lalo pa't nahanap kaagad ng mata ang yellow butter cake.

"Kumain na siya ng agahan?" tanong ko habang hawak ang mga kubyertos, hindi pa kumakain.

"Uhm, hindi po ako sigurado pero naghanda po ako ng kape niya at siya rin po ang..." tumikhim siya at parang nahihiya pa. "Nagluto ng agahan po ninyo, madam."

Napatitig ako sa breakfast na nakahanda at kinagat ang labi. Why does it bother me that he cooked this for me?

"Tawagin mo para sabay na kami."