THE SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

[ 13 ] What was that?!

Althea Guevarra's Pov

One week had past simula ng ikasal kaming dalawa ni Jade, and i can say na naging maganda ang duration ng pagsasama namin bilang married couple. Nababahala lang sya sa set up ng buhay namin coz i travelled 1 and half hour just to make it to the company. I prefer travelling in land than in the air at isa pa minsan may pinapabili si Jade sakin kaya mas gusto ko mag drive nalang. But to her concern naka sched na lang kaming tumuloy sa bago naming bahay tuwing weekend, kumuha nalang kami ng kasama sa bagong bahay and they're the one who maintain the house. Didn't i say na mas lalong gumaganda si Jade? Yes thats true sa tuwing magkasama kami i can sense na masaya sya at nagrereflect ang kasiyahan nya sa kanyang mga mata. And i admit to myself that somehow i pitied her asshole fiance for throwing such a prescious jewel like Jade. Such a jerk!.

So this is what Jayson Chua look like..sinisiguro ko sa kanyang panghihinayangan nya kung sino at ano ang kanyang sinayang. Then i smirk as if i talk to this asshole jerk.

I heared footsteps near the study room kaya dali dali kong itinago ang mga larawan sa aking drawer.

Knock knock

"Come in" bahagya kong inaayos ang mga papeles na dadalhin ko sa aking pupuntahan.

"Althea, gusto mo daw akong makausap?"did i heared it right?she sounded like excited..pero bakit?dahil ba mag uusap kami?

"Oh yes sweety. Okay lang ba?" nakangiti kong sabi sa kanya.

"Of course you may. Wala pa naman si Bianca"

"Hmm okay..so have a sit" naupo na sya sa chair sa tapat ng mesa ko.

"What do you want to talk about lablab?" I sit back at my swivel chair and look at her beautiful face.

"I need to go at San Martin today" she straigthen her back.

"Oh.." is the only answer i get from her..her lively eyes with full of sparks suddenly died as she spoke " k-kelan mo balak bumalik?"

"I dont know. Nagka emergency project kase don and kapag ganun ang set up, matatagalan akong makabalik."

"Ganun ka tagal?"malungkot nyang pahayag. Oh God! Its harder than i thought, leaving her for almost a week is just a torture. Kung hindi lang mahalaga to hindi ako aalis.

"Kung hindi lang mahalaga itong pupuntahan ko i swear hindi ako aalis sa tabi mo" i tried to explain. Pero tumayo na sya at akmang lalabas na ng pinto. Pero tumingin naman sya sakin.

"You dont need to explain yourself at me Althea. Baka nakakalimutan mo, kasunduan lang ang meron tayo. So basically wala akong karapatang pigilan ka sa mga gusto mong gawin." Then she shut the door and leave me without further explanation..

What the! How did we lead our conversation to that? Sa tingin ba nya madaling umalis lalo na't we're starting to live as a married couple. This is ugh! Hindi ko mapigilang hindi mapamasahe sa sentido ko. Then i heared a knock on my door, kaagad akong tumingin but to my dismay it was George.

"Yes George?" Tumungo na ulit ako at nag ayos ng mga papeles na dadalhin sa San Martin.

"Why so serious old friend?" A beautiful woman with rugg look suddenly appeared from George back. Hindi ko mapigilang mapaarko ng aking kilay.

"What are you doing here?Jasmin" I immediately ask her, i signaled George to leave us. Sumandal ako sa swivel chair ko samantalang ang kausap ko ay nakatayo at iginagala ang pangingin sa paligid ng study room ko.

"Nothing i'm just missing you. I heared na papunta kang San Martin so ako na ying personal na nagdala nitong invitation ko kesa naman ipa fax machine ko pa" then she handed me an invitation card. "Namimiss kana ng mga bata pati sila Sister Emma, kaya naisip naming magsagawa ng charity ball." I scan the program and then my eyes landed at the two printed name, bigla naman akong nainis sa nakita ko.