𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠

2

My body suddenly froze. I can't move at all for a moment but a few seconds later I turned my head slowly only to find out that I'm right. The person inside my head is in front of me. It has been a long time but why do I feel like nothing has changed, especially with him. The same way he looks at me, the same smile, maybe a little change with his looks. But still, everything seemed to be the same.

"Good evening, Ber-. Uhm, I mean, Kris. May I come in?" he asked with a smile while still standing at the doorstep. Gosh, he's giving me that same smile that I'm so used to before.

"Uh, sure. Good evening to you too, Mayor. Come-"

Luckily I was saved. A staff knocked when he's about to approach me. I felt so relieved. I gave the staff my attention not letting him to at least talk more. But why is he still looking at me? He wasn't even minding the staff. I can feel him staring at me still but I never even dared to look at him.

"Miss Kris, Mayor, pasensya po sa abala pero pinapatawag na po tayo. Magsa-start na po yung show in less than 20 minutes. Kailangan na raw po kasi mag ready" the staff told us. I was really thankful she saved me from that situation.

I quickly grabbed my phone and looked at him. He's still staring at me with a smile. I smiled back at him this time. But just a casual type of smile.

"Mayor, I think we should get going. In less than 20 minutes the show will start daw. I'll go ahead. I really need to hurry. So if you'll excuse me" I walked a little bit fast because I just really want to avoid him but then my feet suddenly stops. I have this urge of telling him something but I'm still struggling if I should say it or not, that's why for a second I'm just standing before the door ready to go outside. Then I suddenly realized I should tell him.
It won't hurt anyone anyway and maybe this would help us to be less awkward and instead more comfortable with each other later for the interview. "Uhm, good luck for later" I smiled at him and from that moment, that smile I gave him was genuine.

"Thank you! Goodluck din. I'm very much sure that you'll do great as usual. You're Kris Aquino eh" he said while giggling a bit. I just nodded as a response to him. I should really get going now or else I'll feel too tensed again.

While walking to the studio I'm constantly trying to calm myself and keep on saying to myself that everything's okay. That this is just another normal interview and that helped me a bit. As soon as I arrived at the studio, Boy was already there getting ready in his spot. Then the same goes for me since the show will start anytime soon. While getting ready somebody purposely caught my attention. There he is again. He went to the stand-by area and as soon as our eyes met, he smiled at me. I quickly turned my head pretending I didn't saw him at all.

For the first segment, just look how lucky I am today because we'll be talking about my estranged ex husband. Yes, my estranged ex husband. I tried my very best to just be professional and nice, after all, I moved on and buried already our bitter past. And while I was discussing the topic about my estranged ex husband, I can still see him looking at me, staring at me. Why is he even doing this? As soon as the first segment was finished and our director finally called for a commercial break, I saw him once again. He gave me a smile and two thumbs and even mouthed "You did great". Again, I just smiled at him as a response. But why is he acting like that? Acting as if everything's fine and normal between the two of us.

As soon as our director called for a break, my styling team went to me and did some retouch while Boy and I are casually talking to each other. The staff moved Boy's chair beside me since for the second segment, our guest would be with us as we interview him.