The Genteel Flower (Yutang Bulahan Series #5)

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THE BEGINNING.

This is it.

Lahat ng pinangarap ko… nandito na sa harapan ko.

Dream wedding, dream man, dream life, dream future ahead of us.

This is the life I will face. This is the life I really wanted. This is the life I dreamt of. This is the life I didn’t have back then.

And he’s making it into life. He’s making my dreams come true. He’s making my dream wedding come into life.

Nasa tamang tao na ako. Naglalakad na papunta sa kaniya. Wala nang atrasan. This is the dead end. This is our own happy ending.

Nandito na ako sa labas ng simbahan. The double doors of the church in front of me are now closed. Naghihintay na lang ako ng cue para mabuksan ito at para makapaglakad na ako papunta sa kaniya.

I am so excited! Kahapon pa akong excited na maglakad sa aisle na ito para makapunta sa kaniya at maging isang ganap na Lizares na. This is it na talaga, oh, my god!

Everything is in its right places. Like how balance the ecosystem is.

When I heard the head coordinator of my own wedding said about getting ready, hinigpitan ko na ang paghawak sa napakagarang bouquet na personal kong dinisenyo para sa kasal na ito.

And the doors opened. The angels sing with joy. People applaud how perfect I am today. Flashes of camera filled the entire four corners of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Church. I got all their attention. Pero nanatili lang ang atensiyon ko sa lalaking naghihintay sa akin sa dulo nitong aisle na nilalakaran ko.

He’s looking at me straight in the eyes and this is so magical. Something I imagined that I’ll be able to see with the guy I’m marrying.

And he’s really living the dream. My dream. He’s making my dreams come into life.

And that’s what I love him the most, he’s making it possible. Kahit gahol sa oras. Kahit minadali ang lahat. He made it as perfect as ever. Lahat ng sinabi ko tungkol sa designs na gusto ko, it’s coming into life.

Einny Lizares is the dream. And I’m reaching my dream. I’m walking towards my dream.

Halfway down the aisle, I saw him wipe the side of his left eye. His brother, and my soon to be brother-in-law, Kuya Decart, tap his shoulder.

Ang sabi niya hindi siya iiyak. Pero ngayon, mas nauna pa siyang umiyak sa akin. Ang daya naman ng lalaking ito! Naiiyak na tuloy ako.

I fight the urge to even wipe my almost teary-eye. Mas lalo lang humigpit ang hawak ko sa napakagandang bulaklak na nahawakan ko sa buong buhay ko. Galing pa itong Amsterdam. Just like what I wanted.

Minadali ang wedding na ito. Pero hindi mo masasabing minadali dahil sa sobrang ganda ng kinalabasan. Iisipin mong pinagplanohan ito ng ilang taon kahit na apat na buwan lang naging time range ng preparations. The Lizares and Montinola collided and they got the best wedding planner, suppliers, and etc., not just in town, but maybe the entire Philippines.

As I walk towards the love of my life, the air was filled with scented lavender candles. I want all my favorite flowers in the world to be present during my wedding day. And he made it possible.

I told you, he made this all possible. ‘Yong akala mong kasal na sa fairy tale at fiction books lang nababasa, ngayon ay naisakatuparan na sa totoong buhay.

The whole church is filled with different flowers. Lahat ng pews sa simbahan, may kaniya-kaniyang designs ng bulaklak. The aisle I’m walking through right now was also filled with different kinds of petals. Imbes na red carpet ang nilalakaran ko ngayon, nagmistulang nasa garden ako na naglalakad sa mga nahulog na petals ng mga bulaklak sa paligid.