How to Make Your Ex Fall for You Again (Cupid's List Series #4)

Part Fourteen

SUMULYAP si Chas sa orasan na nakapatong sa side table niya. It's already eleven in the evening. Dapat ay natutulog na siya nang mga oras na iyon subalit walang antok na dumadapo sa sistema niya.

Kinuha niya ang cell phone at hinanap ang numero ni Indigo. Humugot siya ng malalim na hininga at nagtipa ng mensahe.

Indigo.

Kumabog ang dibdib niya nang tumunog ang cell phone.

Who's this?

Kinagat niya ang ibabang labi. Sa halip na sagutin ang tanong nito ay iba ang tinipa niyang mensahe.

I miss you, strawberry boy.

Kahit hindi siya magpakilala ay alam na nito kung sino siya. It was only her who used to call him that.

How did you get my number? Never mind. Just stop texting me.

Let's talk please. I need to talk you...
She waited but there was no reply from him.

Why don't you want to talk me? Is it because you still have feelings for me?

STOP. TEXTING. ME.

Sa halip na sumagot sa text ay idinial niya ang numero nito. She didn’t expect him to answer but he did.

“What do you want?” his cold voice welcomed her from the other end of the line.

His voice was cold as an ice. Napakalayo sa malambing na boses nito noon.

Kinagat niya ang ibabang labi. “We need to talk, Indigo. I have something to tell you.”

“Say it now.”

“No. I want to say it to you in person.”
Wala siyang narinig na sagot mula sa kausap. Akala niya ay pinutol na nito ang tawag. Subalit narinig niya ang paghinga nito.

“Indigo, please...”

“Where are you right now?”

Nabigla siya sa sagot nito. Sinabi niya rito ang address ng bahay nila Karen.

“Wait for me outside.”

Nagmamadali siyang nagpalit ng pantalon at sweatshirt.

Nag-apply siya ng nude lipstick para takpan ang namumutlang labi. Isang beses pa niyang pinasadahan ng tingin ang sarili sa salamin bago lumabas ng kuwarto.

Niyakap niya ang sarili habang hinihintay ang pagdating ni Indigo.
A black sedan stopped in front of her. Mula roon ay lumabas si Indigo. He was wearing ripped jeans and a white hooded jacket. His diamond earing glimmered in the dark.

His chinky eyes were looking at her with so much indiferrence. “Whatever you want to say, say it now. I only have fifteen minutes to spare for you.”
Kinagat niya ang ibabang labi habang nakatingin sa mukha nito.

Something clenched her heart the way he said those words. The tenderness in his eyes were gone. Everything has changed.

“I'm sorry...for hurting you. For breaking your heart.” Nanikip ang dibdib niya. Lumunok siya para alisin sa bikig sa lalamunan. “I’m sorry for not listening…I’m sorry for doubting you.”

He smiled. But it was a sarcastic one. “Your sorry was two years late...”

“I still love you. I never stopped...”

“What happened to that suitor of yours, huh?”

“Nick didn’t court me. Kinausap ko lang siya at pinagpanggap para maitaboy ka. I never stopped loving you Indigo.”