"What are you doing here?" Pagalit niyang tanong nang matagpuan niya 'ko sa harap ng bahay niya.
Ilang linggo rin kaming hindi nagkita at nami-miss ko na siya. Tinitigan kong mabuti ang mukha niya. This might be the last time I can get this close to him.
Lumunok muna ako bago sagutin ang tanong niya, "Gusto ko lang sanang malaman kung . . . tayo pa ba?"
Kahit anong gawin ko, hindi ko napigilin ang pamumuo ng mga luha sa aking mga mata.
"Alam kong kasalanan ko. Hindi ko dapat ginawa 'yun, kaya humihingi ako sa'yo ng tawad. Hindi mo ba ako kayang patawarin? Wala na ba 'kong pag-asa?" Tuluyan na 'kong naiyak nang muli kong makita ang disappointment sa mukha niya. Ilang beses na 'kong nag-sorry pero galit pa rin siya. Naiintindihan ko naman na malaki rin iyong naging kasalanan ko.
I got drunk and I kissed some other guy sa loob mismo ng sarili niyang night club. Ang tanga ko rin naman kasi.
Masakit pero tatanggapin ko na lang siguro. It was my fault anyway. Alam ko namang hindi madaling patawarin ang ganoong klase ng pagkakamali. At hindi rin iyon madaling kalimutan. Cheating pa rin iyon na maituturing.
Pinilit kong ngumiti at minasdan siyang muli.
"Gusto ko rin lang sanang magpasalamat. Sa lahat. Sa mga bagay na ipinaranas mo sa 'kin. You've been so good to me. You're the best thing that ever happened in my life. Salamat sa pagmamahal mo sa 'kin, kahit di ko naman deserved. Salamat sa pagkakataong binigay mo sa 'kin kahit na nalaman mo 'yung nakaraan ko. Thank you for taking me out on dates, for showing me what real respect was like, for the flowers and all the gifts . . . Higit sa lahat, thank you for treating me the way I needed and wanted to be treated. I've never felt so special to someone. Thank you for letting me experience all of those things. If . . . if this is the end, then, I sincerely wish you'll find happiness with someone who truly deserves you. I just wanted to see you one last time, so . . . Thank you. Bye."
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.