"What you don't know won't hurt you."
Tama nga yata na hindi mo alam ang mga bagay-bagay. 'Pag nalaman mo na, kahit anong pilit mong kalimutan, hindi mabubura. Hindi maaalis. Hindi lang ang nalalaman mo pati ang mararamdaman mo.
Anger.
Pain.
Fear.
Anxiety.
Sadness.
Darkness.
That's what i feel. Full and mixed emotions. I kept myself hidden. I stay away from them. I made myself unbreakable.
Pinahalagahan ko ng sobra ang lahat ng mayroon ako dahil iniisip kong baka mawala sila. Pansamantala. Hindi magtatagal. Takot akong maiwan. Masaktan. Mag-isa. Dahil simula ng malaman ko kung sino ako, mag-isa na lang ako.
Kapag natagpuan mo na ang isang bagay, mararamdaman mo na 'yon na nga. Kung sa tao, siya na nga.
Ibinigay ko ang lahat ng mayroon ako sa kanya, dahil alam kong hindi nya ko iiwan. Hindi nya ko sasaktan. I trusted him too much. Too much that leads me on hurting.
The next thing I knew. I'm hurting again.
Kahit pala gaano ka katatag at katapang, 'pag nasaktan ka ng mahalagang tao sa buhay mo, manghihina't manghihina ka. The worst, umaayaw ka na. Sa huli, susuko ka na.
Still aching from her internet ex-boyfriend's scam, Tamitha finds herself in deep trouble when she meets Roosevelt Sanvictores, the man in the photos her ex pretended to be. She knows that he's off-limits, but when circumstances keep bringing them together, maybe fate's got other plans.
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After getting drunk from a stupid mistake, Swan Tamitha Dominica wakes up in a room that's not hers, stark naked. As she tries to move forward from the humiliating one-night stand, she comes face-to-face with the man whose photo her internet boyfriend used to scam her. The man is Roosevelt Sanvictores, a handsome billionaire and it's not difficult to like him--only if he's not off limits. Determined not to fall for him, Tamitha puts up her walls. But when her heart screams to tear her walls down and she discovers the past she shared with Roosevelt, will she finally listen to her heart?
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish.