Serendipity

Chapter 45

Sunset...

I have never been this happy in my entire life.

I was just dreaming before. Hoping and praying that maybe, someday, i will have my own ending. My very own happy ending. And now, it's already happening. I finally found my happy ending and i'm lucky because it's with him.

"W-why me?" Masaya man ay naguguluhang tanong ko, "Of all people, why do you have to marry me? Archer, eto lang ako. I cannot give you anything. I hate to say this, but i'm no good to you. I might just bring you down..." pahina nang pahinang bulong ko.

Hinawakan niya nang mahigpit ang kamay ko, "I have a lot of reasons in my mind just to marry you right now, Kiana, but the only perfect answer that i can give to you is my love for you. I couldn't care less about what you can give to me because what i only want for you is to spend the rest of your life with me. I wouldn't care at all about going down as long as i know that you are with me... Kiana, stop thinking of anything because to me, the only thing that matters now is you and our future together..."

Gumaan ang pakiramdam ko dahil sa sinabi niya, pero hindi no'n nagawang alisin ang takot ko. Natatakot akong ako lang ang hihila sa kaniya pababa ngayong nasa tuktok na siya.

Mukhang napansin naman niya na hindi pa rin kumakalma ang puso't isipan ko kaya marahan niya akong hinila para sa isang yakap.

"Kiana, i have never been this sure in my entire life. Yes, i have thoughts about marriage and it's with another woman, but that's just because people around us are asking for it, but this time, i just know within myself that i wanna get married, finally, and it's only you that i want. When i'm still with Celine, marriage is not a choice for me, but if it's a marriage with you, i will gladly choose to marry you everyday because i am ready."

"Archer..."

"Before, it's my career only, but now, all i want is to settle down with you. Live the rest of my life to the fullest beside you..."

Tumulo ang mga butil ng luha ko. Until now ay mahirap pa ring isipin na 'yung taong pinapangarap ko lang noon, 'yung taong sinisilip ko lang noon, ngayon, pakakasalan ko na siya.

Marriage is not an easy thing to do. It is a lifetime commitment which you cannot just back out when you want to. Get married when you're ready, that's what they always said and that's what i'm going to do.

I am not marrying just because i love him. I will marry him because he's ready and i, too, is ready to commit with him. Our feelings for each other is not just a mere love because it made us ready to commit with each other.

Buong araw ko siyang hindi nakita. Simula paggising ko ay wala na siya sa tabi ko, gayunpaman ay hindi ako nakaramdam ng kahit na anong lungkot. Actually, mas nakahinga pa ako ng maluwag.

Nahihiya akong harapin siya dahil sa nangyari kagabi! I wasn't myself last night! Nakakahiya ako masiyado! Maharot!

But then my eyes went to my ring finger. My heart skipped a beat when i saw the large diamond ring. Unlike sa engagement ring na ibinigay ni Keifer, the diamond on this one is more extravagant, but i don't care about that. What matters to me is i have the ring from Archer.

Hindi ko kailangan ng magarang singsing. Hindi ko kailangan ng malaking bahay. Hindi ko kailangan ng kahit na ano dahil sapat na sa'kin kung ano ang mayroon ako. Ang tanging kailangan ko lang ay siya. When i'm with him, i'm fine with everything.

Parang kahapon lang, isa lang akong bata hanggang sa nakilala ko ang pamilya nila. Binigyan nila ako ng pamilya at natutunan kong mahalin ang anak nila. I am hopelessly in love with him, but now, he's gonna be my husband. My own partner in life.