MY SWEET SEDUCTRESS (Daphne Story)

chapter 6

"You have a limo?" I said excitingly, and clap my hands. "You must be rich, My Love," tukso kong sabi kay Sergio.

"Yes and No, you never change." He smiles as he helped me hopped in. "In Spain, I'm a businessman my love."  He winked at me.

"Kahit ikaw, you never change a bit,"  sabi ko, at tumawa nang mahina. 

My love ang endearment namin sa isat-isa since college days at siya lang ang tumatawag sa akin by my second name Isabelle. Naalala ko pa nga noon nag-aaral pa kami. Sa buong campus, people thought we're an item pero hindi, babagsak ang buwan bago mangyari iyon because he was in love with someone else

"Talaga? What business?" I asked him as we settled inside the limo.

"I'm running a Hotel," he informed me simply.

"Wow, talaga? At saan naman?"

"Toledo," he said as he pulled me close to him. "So what brings you here, My Isabelle?" biglang tanong ni Sergio sa akin.  I can see that his face turn into serious one.  "Bakit ka nandito? At bakit ka nakatira sa castle ng mga Garcia?"

I let out a long sigh.  "It's a long story,"  sagot ko habang nakatingin sa labas.

"Well, we got whole day for that," he smiled at me, and hold my hand gaya ng ginagawa niya dati.

“Hmm… I've found out my father had arranged me to marry someone, but I refused. Then… He—he beat me and told me if I would never do his wishes he would disown me, and a friend of mine helped me. She sent me here.“  panimula ko.

Halos sumikip ang aking dibdib habang ikinikwento ang nangyari, na para bang ang lahat ng sama ng loob, at sakit ay biglang bumalik sa aking isipan.

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Flashback..

“Oh you're here,” my mother told me sarcastically,.“mabuti naman, at umuwi ka na. I've told you to stop wasting your time at the orphanage. You have better things to do here, imbes na igugol mo ang oras mo doon."

"Ma, once in a week lang naman ako pumupunta doon. Napadalas lang ngayon dahil may event ang mga bata."

"Your father wants to talk to you. Hinihintay ka niya sa veranda."

Mabigat ang paa kong pumunta ng veranda. Ano na naman ang gustong sabihin sa akin ng aking ama.

"We need to talk, Yuri," sabi ni Papa nang marating ko na ang kinaroroonan niya.

"Tungkol saan po?"

“Well, it's time that you settled down, you're already twenty-one.”

"Settle down? Papa, wala pa ho akong planong mag asawa."

"But, I have plans for you. You're  going to marry my bestfriend's son."

"Are you out of your mind, Papa?" I asked him in knitted brow.

“Oh, I damn sure I'm not Yuri. It was already settled, pupunta sila dito next month."

“No Papa! I won't marry unless its love. Whatever your reasons, please don't drag me to this bull shit! I rather die than marry a random guy." I said angrily.

“You will do as I wish Yuri, you will marry my bestfriend's son, or I will disown you and forget that you existed”my father shouted angrily at me making me trembled with fears.