Puppet of Love and Pain (Marchesa Leana Vaughn)

Chapter 2

Leana POV

This is the time that I really hate talaga, whenever kasabay namin mag eat si papa, he's always asking us about relationship thing and since kami nalang ni Leona ang hindi in-a-relationship, I am sure that i-pe-persue niya na makahanap kami. Good thing dad doesn't know that I already seperated from Xander the sireno, I'm sure he will pressure me also just like what he's doing to Leona right now. And I am so very thankful that my brothers and sisters are not telling that I am not in a relationship anymore.

"Kailan mo ba balak mag asawa, Leona?" I look to my twin sister who is hindi na ginaganahan mag eat right now, kahit sino ba naman kasi mawawalan ng apettite kumain if someone is pressuring you to do things na ayaw mo.

"Look at your brothers, they'll have families already, you should also find someone na makakasama mo." Dad said, so I eat silently, I could feel my twin's emotion kahit na she's not talking, everyone in our house knows that she's a cold woman because of how she acts in front of them yet I am the only one who knew that inside of her is a little girl who knows nothing but to have fun at her age and she's just making it pigil because she doesn't want to madali some things na she doesn't want to do muna.

"Yeah, I will." Leona just said with her cold voice so I look at her again, those eyes never lies and I knew na kagaya ko, our brothers are also feel that she won't really do what she said.

"Maybe it's because of how you act that's why some mens doesn't want you to be?" Dad ask so I watch him eat the steak in his fork.

"Look at your attitude, they seems find you a boring person because of your coldness." He adde which cause Leona to put down her utensils, bigla tuloy naalarma sila Von and Van as they knew already na ang uncomfy ng conversation and topic na ito kay Leona.

"Dad, alam niyo ba si Von, may ginawa na namang katangahan." Van said so nabaling yung attention ni Dad kay Van na nag salita, thanks to him kasi he save my twin again, one thing na hindi ko kayang gawin. 

I look to Leona this time habang na'kay Van pa ang atensyon ni Dad. I secretly held her right hand which cause her to look at me.

"Just don't mind that old hag." I whispered so she slightly smile.

"Leana." I make gulat when I heard the old hag's voice so I look at him and he sigh.

"I told you not to whispere when I am here, right?" He ask so I nod and bow my head.
'Grabe, ang OA.' 

"Sorry dad." I said and give him a wide smile na hindi niya kailan'man matatanggihan.

"How are you and your boyfriend? Kailan niyo balak mag pakasal?" Bigla tuloy nabulunan si Fin sa tanong ni Dad so he got our eyes tuloy.

"Sorry, nasamid lang." Sabi ni Fin at nag patuloy sa pagkain niya. So muling tumingin sa akin si Dad that's why I smile nalang and slice my steak.

"Well, we're okay and I don't have any idea when will he planned to propose." Sabi ko nalang kahit na ang totoo ay he will never propose talaga.

"Really? Then I must talk tohim in that case, may iba pa ba siyang pino-problema o alinlangan kaya hindi pa siya nag p-propose sayo?" Tanong ni Dad na kinabigla ko.

"NO NEED DAD!" Medyo napalakas ang boses ko dahil sa pagka bigla ko. "I mean, there's no need to talk to him because I knew that he will propose to me sooner, I want it to be a surprising part of my experience so you don't need to talk to him na." Sabi ko so he look at me for a second before he nods.

"Then, that's good, just let me know if kelan ang kasalan and make sure na hindi mo tatagal yan dahil gusto ko, before this year ends maikasal ka na." Kumunot ang nuo ko dahil sa sinabi ni Dad.

'Talaga naman ang matandang ito, kuhang kuha niya lahat ng madness ko.'

"But what if he won't propose to me this year?" I ask so Dad look at me and put down his utensils.

"Then, I will arrange you to marry one of my friends son, Freddrick." Dad said so I kunot my nuo because the name is so familiar to me.

"Kuya ni Cleopatra iyon ah." Sabi ni Van so I make tingin at him and his eyes are telling me not to marry that man, maybe because he is scared of him since Freddrick make sapak at him last time before na hindi pa sila kasal ni Cleo.

"Dad, there's no need for her to arrange married to that guy." Sabi ni Van so I look to Dad again.

"You know how flirterious she is right? Of course Leana can get other man if she want too." Van added so Dad just sigh.

"Leana, ikaw kinakausap ko sa seryosong pamamaraan, ayoko na isa sa inyo ang mag mana sa Tita Teodora ninyo, look at her. She's too old to have a husband, she never marry nor give other man a chance para mapaligaya siya." Dad said, so I make irap. Here he is again, comparing Aunt Teodora to a play boy like him, as if Tita Teodora will entertain boys back then e she's too obssess to her first boyfriend who died because of a war.

"Hay nako, sinama niyo na naman si Tita sa usapan eh she has nothing to do  with us naman." I said and drink my wine.

"Then, make sure na you will get marry this year or if hindi nangyare yan, I can't do anything but to arrange your marriage to Freddrick." Dad said so I just look at him eat his food before I breath deeply.

Ang hindi ko ma-gets ay bakit ba pinag pipilitan ni dad na ikasal kaming mag-kakapatid? He's always making a decision na hindi niya tinatanong ang side namin and it's unfair to us, malapit na tuloy ako magaya kay Von na inayos ang kasal.

But, as if naman papayag ako? I won't even dare to get married to someone na ayoko 'no, kaya nga ako nakipag hiwalay kay Xander because I lost all my love for him tapos dad will just fix a marriage sa taong hindi ko naman minahal?

No way.

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