Kabanata 22: What Are We?
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"Ilang beses ko na bang sinabi sa'yo, Dominic?"
At ilang beses ko na rin bang sinubukang alisin ang mga mata niyang nakakalunod mula sa utak ko?
Ilang beses ko na rin bang pinangarap na matikman ulet ang labi niya?
Ilang beses ko na rin bang ipinagdasal na sana marinig ko ulet mula sa labi niya na mahal niya 'ko ulet?
Ilang beses na, Dominic?
I can't keep doing this to myself.
I can't let you do this to me over and over again and I'm going fucking crazy here.
"I will marry Silas!"
"No, no... I don't want to hear that."
Sobrang lapit pa rin niya sa'kin at 'di niya 'ko binibigyan ng tsansa na makaalis mula sa bisig niya, dahan-dahan niyang inilapit ang mukha niya sa'kin at hinawakan ang magkabilia kong pisngi.
Tangina, kinikilig ako pero hindi ito ang tamang panahon para kiligin ako, for God's sake he needs to stop this!
"Well it's the truth, I will marry him. Just stop this, Herrero. Stop doing this shit. Stop pretending that you're in love with me when you're not. You're only doing this because you hate him. Inutusan ka ba ni Karine na itigil--"
"No one is telling me anything, Geneva. No one can tell me what to do when it comes to you."
Why are you making this hard for me, Dominic?
Why now?
You're making it so hard for me to not choose you and end the engagement that I have with Silas, I can't do that!
"Stop this... please..."
Naestatwa ako ng dahan-dahang bumaba ang mga mata niya sa may labi ko at pati na rin yung mga kamay niya na nasa pisngi ko lang at ngayon ay nasa baywang ko na.
Halos 'di nanaman ako makahinga sa epekto niya sa'kin, hindi nakakatulong kung gaano rin siya kalapit sa'kin.
Damn it.
Fucking damn it!
Nothing's going to be easy for me, huh?
Tapos ganyan pa siya makatitig sa'kin?
Binalik niya ang pokus ng mga mata niya sa'kin, mas lalo lang lumalim ang titig niya sa'kin at doon ako kinabahan.
"Don't get married, Geneva. Please?"
How dare you use that voice on me, Dominic Herrero?
How dare you?
And here I thought he doesn't know what kind of effect he has on me, but it looks like he knows really well what kind of effect he does have on me.
He's a liar. He really is!
"Why are you doing this, Dominic?"
Nababaliw na yata ako, nahihilo ako sa mga mata niya, mapapaluhod yata ako dito.
"Because I love you, Geneva."
Fuck. Just fuck.
"I love you so fucking much, Geneva."
BINABASA MO ANG
Loving You With My Hands Tied ✔️
RomanceAster Geneva D. Dixon has always been in love with Dominic Herrero since she was seventeen. He's always been the only thing on her mind from when they first met and made a promise to herself to marry him one day despite his traumatizing past and wha...
