Chase After You

"Why are you doing this to me, Tasha!?" his bulging eyes were suddenly stained with condensed tears.

His voice was full of pleading. Mariin niyang hinawakan ang aking palapulsuhan.

"Because I don't love you ... Because I don't want you to be my husband... And because I don't want you" I scolded him.

"No Tasha! No... Please don't say that. I'm willing to be your slave! Just please tell me your not leaving"

"Let me go" I scolded him again. "No matter what you do, you can't change my decision"

Her mouth dropped open at the last thing I said. Marahas kong hinigit ang kamay ko. He did not protest o umangal as he often did. He let me do what I wanted to do. For the first time, I felt so much pain that it was as if, it were squeezing my treacherous heart.

I would have just turned my back on him when he spoke again.

"Make sure you will run fast Tasha."

Ang kaninang namumungay at nagmamakaawang mga mata ay biglang napalitan ng galit. He clenched his jaw at mariing tumingin sakin with his bloodshot eyes.

"Because I will definitely fucking chase after you"

Just years ago, I heard how my Papa's company is losing. Kasabay noon ay ang desisyon niyang ipakasal ako sa isa sa pinakamayamang angkan sa buong bansa, just to save my parents sinking company.

I thought giving time to the bar would alleviate my problem. Akala ko na magiging sapat ang isang kahibangang desisyon ng gabing iyon para ma satisfy ang sarili ko at masabing, for the last time I choose to follow what I really want. I gave my very first experience to someone I didn't even know, hoping that my fiancé would reject me because of that fact. But to my surprise, the man I met that night was also the man they were supposed to marry me.

How cruel. Now I'm doomed right!?

I want to run. Run as fast as I could and stay away from him, even the mania I started. But how can I do that! or can I really do that if he is ready to follow and chase me anywhere in the world?