The betrothed (COMPLETED)

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I know I was feeling better. I smile a lot now, hindi noong unang pagdating ko rito sa singapore ay tanging siya lang ang iniisip ko. I seem happier these days, especially Tori's belly is starting to show. My bestfriend is heavily pregnant and glowing. Mas lalong gumanda lang siya.

“You think this will be a boy, babe?” hinawakan ni Vince ang kanyang tiyan, dahilan ng pag ngiti ni Tori.

“Hmm. I think so. Talaga bang ayaw mong tanungin nalang natin si Doctora? Kailangan bang surprise talaga?”

“As much as we both want to know, mas nakaka excite pa rin malaman sa araw ng labor mo.”

I smiled at the sight of these two, talagang masaya na si Tori ngayon, it is what I want for her from the very start. What I wanted the most when she lost him.

She told me, na sumagi sa isip niyang Paul ang ipangalan kapag lalaki ang kanyang anak, pero hindi na lamang niya iyon isinuggest kay Vince. Vince had always been insecure about him kahit pa naman wala na ito. I don't blame him though. It took years before Victoria got over him.

Malapit na rin akong umuwi ng Pilipinas. Now that I've got few weeks left here, pakiramdam ko bumibilis naman ang takbo ng oras.

I spent the months touring around Singapore kasama ang mag asawa. Minsan nahihiya na rin ako kahit kay Vince dahil alam kong abala rin siyang tao, but he always shrug it off saying it was no big deal. In my first weeks here, he even talks to me about Trevelyan. Maikli lang ang mga sinasabi niya ngunit parating may punto. The bottomline of everything he said is that if you love someone, hinding hindi ka raw gagawa ng makakasakit sa kanila. Vince's words started to hit me, halos ito rin ang naging eye opener para sa akin. I can't say that I've already move on, but at least now I'm rational.

He...

He never loved me, he never even gave it a chance.

We could have atleast tried to make it work but he didn't want to. The moment my father was dead, he wanted me out of his life.

Sa kakapilit sa akin ni Tori ay sumama akong makipag “double date” kuno kasama ang kapatid ni Vince. Talagang mabait si Shaun, he's a gentleman and a charmer. He was exactly the opposite of my brute of a husband. Hindi ako sanay na nakikipag interact sa mga lalaking hindi ko kilala but I was starting to get comfortable around him dahil mabait naman siya. Madalas din siyang napapadaan dito sa bahay nila Vince at Tori kaya nakaka pag usap rin kami.

“I really had a great time today, Xerxes.” Shaun Gokongwei smiled down at me, flashing his perfect white teeth and pair of dimples across his cheeks. “I hope there's next time?”

Pinamulahan ako. “A-ah , si-sige, Shaun. Bago ako umuwi...”

“Uuwi ka na ng Pilipinas? Ang iksi naman ng bakasyon mo.”

“Mag tatatlong buwan na ako dito, Shaun. Tsaka, may mga kinakailangan rin naman akong ayusin sa Pilipinas.”

“She has a farm to run, Shaun. Kung gusto mo ay dalawin mo nalang siya roon.” mas lalong namula ang pisngi ko sa biro ni Vince sa kanyang kapatid. Tinapik nito ang kaniyang balikat at nagpaalam na sa amin.

Tori just won't stop shipping me with Shaun.

“Huy ano ka ba, may asawa pa rin ako sa papel.”

“Does it matter? For all we know Trevelyan's enjoying his life like a bachelor right now! Diba ay habulin rin iyon? I remember attending the same college party with him! Yung mga babae, parang ayaw umalis sa tabi niya. He was so wasted that night.”

Tori was probably right. I don't know his reputation with women but I know he wouldn't say no to them. Now that he's free, he could have all the fun he wanted. Noong kasal kami ay taling tali siya sa akin. We haven't even consumated our marriage, if he's been celibate during the duration of our marriage, he might be on a spree right now.