His Rebound Wife

Prologue

Why do we need to fall in love to the person that doesn't love us back? Why should we destroy ourselves, destroy our hearts, and crave for them?

Ilang taon ko na siyang minahal. Simula palang nung mga bata kami, nasa tabi niya na ako.

You know, I can accept rejection. I can accept if he won't love me, kasi alam ko namang hindi ako. Hindi niya ako mahal, hindi niya ako minahal at hindi niya rin ako mamahalin.

But why does he have to marry me when he loves another woman? Why did he used me over and over again?

I can understand if he can't love me as his lover, but I am his bestfriend for ten years. He should have cared for me. Pero niloko niya ako.

"Masaya ka na ba?" Humahagulgol kong sambit.

"Masaya ka ba kasi nasaktan mo ako ng ganito, Jaydan?! Dahil ba mahal kita kaya kampante ka?"

I was there in your worst moments. Ako yung kasama mo habang wala siya. She chose her career over you and yet.....you still chose her. Nagawa mo pa akong saktan.

He is crying as well. I don't know why he is doing that but he doesn't deserved it.

Pinaikot niya ako sa kasal na puro lang naman pala biro. Pati putanginang pag ibig niya ay pag papanggap lang.

He was about to hold my hand when I slapped him. "Don't touch me."

The pain is unbearable, I just want to die and forget everything about him. Do I still love him?

Hindi ko na alam. Galit, yan nalang ang natira. Sana man lang ay pinahalagahan niya ako kahit bilang kaibigan na lang.

"I-I'm sorry Lhyra. H-Hindi ko sinasad-"

"Putang ina! Anong hindi sinasadya Jaydan?! Ikaw mismo ang nagplanong paikutin ako." Gustong gusto kong ipalabas ang lahat ng hinanakit na nararamdaman ko. But even if I do that, I am still hurting.

Mahirap kasi minsan ko na rin siyang minahal. I chose to love him first and neglected my self worth. It broke me. I broke my own self from loving him.

"YOU USED ME JUST SO YOU COULD HAVE HER BACK! Hindi ba? Kaya pala masaya ka na hanggang ngayon ay wala tayong anak." I am married for him for three years. Tatlong taon akong nagtiis para lang maging asawa niya.

I tried so hard to be pregnant. I couldn't expect that the vitamins that he did give me are for birth control. Masiyado na akong nagpakatanga sa kaniya.

I've had enough. Asawa ko nga ba siya? Hindi ko na alam.

"M-Mahal na kita, Lhyra. Please....please don't leave."

Lumuhod siya sa harap ko. He on the other hand is crying so hard. It's as if he is carrying the whole world with him.

"It's okay if you'll be angry. Kahit hindi mo na ako mahalin, wala na akong pake." He stopped for awhile. He was about to reach for me but I took a step back.

Nagbibiro na naman siya. He is a two faced man. Ang hirap niyang paniwalaan.

Pain is visible in his eyes. "I-I could've love you earlier than now."

"Eh di sana hindi kita masasaktan. Sana, mahal mo parin ako. No. Maybe, I really am in love with you for a long time."

"Hindi ko kasi alam Lhyra." He faced me with a broken smile on his face. "Huwag mo 'kong iwan. K-Kasi pag ginawa mo yun, alam kong hindi kana babalik."

I closed my eyes. Every moments, every memory that I've spent with him, both good and bad just flashed through my mind. It did break me but it also wake me from this blindness.

I smiled painfully at him. "Why should I stay, Jay? Tapos na ang pag papanggap. Wala na akong silbi."

"I am not your wife anymore, Jay. Hindi na ako." I said to him and turned my back.

After thirteen years, I am finally setting you free. Hindi talaga tayo para sa isa't isa.

I shouldn't force myself to you. Tapos na ako.

I guess, we are on the same page now.

But with different books. With different destiny. With different lives to face.

"Goodbye Jay. Thank you for being my friend."

If you really love me, then you loved me too late.

@Miss_Acyl

Ehem Lhyra Gomez is now in the Screen.