CRIPPLED: JULLIANNA (VUILLTRAEN SISTERS SERIES #1)

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OFFICIAL

“Let’s make this official, Jul,”

Halos mabulunan ako sa gulat sa sinabi niya. Kumakain ako ng agahan ngayon habang nagv-VC kami.

“Let’s… what?” Pagkaklaro ko pagkatapos uminom ng tubig.

“Let’s make this official.” He repeated.

Is he serious?

“Huh? Huwag na lang kaya muna?” Hindi pa nga nangyayari, kinakabahan na ’ko sa mangyayari!

His brows shot up. “And why?”

“Hindi pa naman tayo matagal-“

He cuts me off. “But we’ll last, Jul,”

I gasped and shook my head. Are we gonna last?

Paano kung hindi? Hindi namin hawak ang tadhana. Hindi namin alam ang mangyayari bukas o sa makalawa. Nakakapanghina man pero ‘yon ang totoo.

“I am sure, we’ll last, baby,” he assured me and even soften his voice when he uttered the last word.

“Okay, let’s say we will. But that’s just in our point of view, Viscount. Hindi natin hawak ang tadhana. Hindi natin nakikita ang susunod na mangyayari.” Malungkot kong sabi.

“Hey, what are you talking about?” He looks at me worriedly.

I closed my eyes emphatically. This is possible…

“What if your parents will gonna look at me differently after knowing we have a relationship?” I express the question running inside my head. “That’s possible, right?”

“And that could be impossible, too.”

“Basta, Vico, huwag muna!” Umiwas ako ng tingin sa screen ng laptop ko. Sumubo ako at nag-isip habang ngumunguya.

I agreed to his plan to make our relationship official… but… What if everything will change after that?

“Jullianna,” he called me which made my gaze be back on the screen of the laptop. “Albeit if something will turn out wrong, I’d still choose to love you and not leave you.” He assured me.

I pulled my bottom lip between my teeth and slowly nodded. I even heard him whispering a ‘yes’ underneath his breath. I took a deep breath before speaking.

“When then?” I asked him so I can prepare.

“This next weekend.” He answered. “Is that okay with you?”

I nodded. “Yeah…” I trailed off. “But why next weekend?”

“So I’ll have more inspiration upon taking the exam in my last sem for this year.”

I immediately shook his head. “Nah-uh. Let’s move it after your sem.”

Because what if it will not turn out like how he expected? His inspiration will lessen? I don’t want that to happen to him! That’ll affect his grade! Dean’s lister pa naman siya!

“It can’t be moved anymore.”

My eyes dilated. “But why?”

“I have already booked a restaurant for that dinner.”

I held my head and closed my eyes problematically. We just ended our call after his groupmates called him. I can’t help but get stressed about it!