Vices X Virtues (AWESOMELY PUBLISHED BY POP FICTION)

Not Sorry

LABINGISA

Agad kong pinunasan ang luhang tumulo sa mga mata ko ng matalikuran ko na si Sandro. Tumakbo ako paakyat pero ramdam ko ang paghabol niya sa akin. Isang baiting na lang sana when he grabbed my arm.

"Phoebe--"

"May nakalimutan ka pa bang idagdag Sandro?" matapang ko itong hinarap and I saw him swallowed bago namutla. He looked everywhere except for me. He was avoiding my gaze habang ako ay nakatitig lang.

"Phoebe, iha. Your room is ready. Nasa kanan ng kwarto ni Stanley." Sir Xander's voice rang on the room. Inayos ko ang sarili ko at hinila ang kamay na hawak ni Sandro.

"She'll be staying In my room Dad." hinarap ko si Sandro. Tumawa si Sir.

"Do you want to stay with him Phoebe?" Sir--I mean Daddy asked me. Mabilis ang ginawa kong pag-iling. Tumango naman ito bago ngumiti.

"Fine then. Sa guestroom ka iha."

"But Dad--"

"Alessandro, my house, my rules. Wag mong pilitin ang asawa mo kung ayaw naman niyang tumabi sayo. Goodnight Phoebe, and you, sa opisina Sandro." He said before walking away. Sandro clenched his jaw at tiningnan ako. Lumakad na palayo si Daddy at naiwan kaming dalawa ni Sandro sa gitna ng hallway nila. I looked at him and he was gritting his teeth. Halatang hindi nito nagustuhan ang ginawa ng ama.

I was about to walk away when Sandro reached for my nape and pulled me harshly. I gasped ng magkadikit ang mga noo namin. I put my hands on his chest but he pressed me more into his body.

"I'm going to kiss you now, Phoebe. I'm going to kiss you senseless and you would regret you will not stay in my room tonight." He said softly. I looked into his eyes and there I saw the eyes of the man I fell inlove with five years ago. The man who robbed me off my virtue. The man who used me. and I know, this is all part of his trapped but I can't move. I anticipate the feel of his lips, the comfort of his warmth, the beating of his chest. Kung kaya't ng magkadikit ang mga labi namin ay pumikit na lamang ako at hinayaan si Sandro na halikan ako.

Memories rushed back into me as our lips touched. This is our first kiss without him forcing me. this is the first time he kissed me as if he loved me.

"Just sign the papers." He sadi at may tinulak na dalawang folders sa akin. I looked at it and saw that the first one was a marriage contract while the other is the terms of agreement.

"Can I read this first?" I asked him, pertaining to the contract. He ran his fingers on his lip at napalunok ako. He nodded kung kaya't binuksan ko na iyon.

"Tatlong buwan lang ang pagpapanggap mo Phoebe. After three months, we could go on our separate ways. Within those three months, you will be compensated generously, trust me." he said. Sinara ko na ang folder bago huminga ng malalim.