Hopelessly Devoted (Under Revision)

CHAPTER 11

Anya's POV

Office day again.

After a dramatic yesterday, I am already facing the reality again but today is different. I know and I can feel it, the moment I stepped inside the building where I work in, the atmosphere became heavy.

All eyes are on me, looking and checking my body from head to toe, nang bumukas ang elevator kung saan ang departamento namin ay agad along hinablot sa braso ni Eshell, she's dragging me on the corner of our office but before we could make it Chella pop out of nowhere

"Anya?"

Dahil doon ay nagsimulang magbulungan ang nasa paligid, may hawak siyang isang papel, ikinalat ko ang aking paningin just to confirmed that everyone is holding the same paper, muli along tumingin kay Chelle I saw anger in her eyes while a mocking smirk is flashing on her lips

She slowly raised her hand and show me the picture she's holding.

It was me entering our house, Chella clenched her jaw saka ipinakitang muli ang kasunod na litrato, it is the same house but it's Drew who's now entering the house.

Nanginig ang mga tuhod at kalamnan ko, does Drew knew about it already? If not, magagalit kaya siya sa'kin even the fact that I don't know how and who spread the rumor? Nanghihinang napahakbang ako palikod only to realize that Eshell is standing there firmly.

Hinila ako nito patungo sa kaniyang likuran at matapang na hinarap si Chella

"So what? Anong gusto mong iparating ngayong Chella?"

"Chella?!"

Gulat na asik nito saka ibinaba ang kaniyang kamay at bahagyang nilukot ang litratong hawak

"Don't you know? O mahina lang talaga 'yang pang-intindi mo? I am higher than you, rather than being the secretary of Drew I am one of the directors--"

" Then act like one!"

Biglang sigaw ni Eshell na ikinasinghap ng mga kapwa namin empleyado na nanonood

"What?"

Chella asked in disbelief, she raised her hand to slapped my best friend but I didn't let her.

Gamit ang buong lakas ng loob na inipon ko, pinigilan ko ang mga kamay nito

"Let go of my hand, Anya!"

"You said, that you're one of the directors, why are you doing this?"

Tim ang bagang kong tanong dito, lahat ng sama ng loob na naipon ko sa kaniya ay tila unti-unting lumalabas, labis ang galit na nararamdaman ko dahilan ng panginginig ko

"Are you the one who spread this picture?"

"Let go of me!"

"I am asking you!"

"Let go of me first!"

Nasasaktang tiki nito patulak ko itong binitiwan dulot ng pagkaatras nito ng bahagya, she even give herself a massage on her wrist, bakas doon ang pamumula

"Oo! Ako ang naglabas ng picture na 'yan! Why? Are you scared? For what? Because you are the Boss's Wife?!"

Muling nagsinghapan ang paligid, Chella faced the audience

"Can you believe it? How come this girl be the Boss's Wife? Why is she here with all of you?! Why is she being treated badly and her self-proclaimed husband didn't do anything about it?! It is more than impossible!"

Tila suntok sa sikmura at dibdib ang natanggap ko sa mga salitang binitiwan ni Chella, everyone agrees on her, I can tell that just by looking at their faces

"Gusto mo ba'ng masampal ng marriage certificate?!"

Eshell butt in ngunit agad ko itong pinigilan, muking bumaling sa amin si Chella

"Where's your ring? Why is he with me always? Why Anya? Why are you treated badly by your husband?"

He asked emphasizing the word husband

"I don't need to explain it to you, Chella"

"But why?"

"Because you're not worth the explanation."

I said in finality that makes her jaw dropped.

I turn my back on her but she's fast enough to pull me and give me a double slap on my cheeks

"Anya!"

Three familiar voices engulfed the surroundings

"What the fuck is happening here!"

Dumagundong ang seryosong boses ni Drew sa buong departamento while Xavier and Gaze held me with a worried expression

"I just reveal your true status Drew!"

Napalingon ako sa puwesto ni Chella when her voice broke

"What?!"

Drew asked in annoyance

"That you're married and the fact that it's her! I hate her Drew! I hate her so much! I fucking hate her for being your nonsense wife that you always talk about!"

With those last word my world collapsed

"Chella!"

Drew tries to stop her but we all know that in this moment, Chella is unstoppable from spitting the fact that will destroy me thoroughly

"You always told me that you regret that day! You always told me that her sight makes you sick and suffer! You always told me that it was the biggest mistake you ever did! I am always wanting to meet whoever she is and slapped her for hurting you because I love you Drew! The pain you endured is double the pain I'm still enduring right now! It turns out that it's just her?! This trash?!"

The tears I'm shedding became unstoppable too, Chella's word is a knife stabbing right in my chest, I can't almost gulped for controlling myself not to sobbed.

Drew, in other hand, held her, caress her, hug her and disappeared in our sight while here I am, composing myself because the one who should help me to built my self is already on the other side.

I can feel that Eshell, Gaze and Xavier is trying to reach on me, trying to hold me in case I might fall but I didn't let my self to depend on them

I exited myself out of the scene too, dinala ako ng mga paa ko sa banyo, I locked myself in one of the cubicles, there, I cried so hard, I cry my eyes out

So all this time, naging sumbungan niya pala si Chella tungkol sa mga pagsisisi nito sa'kin, kay Chella pala siya tumatakbo tuwing nahihirapan siya even though it is already obvious from the start, sobrang sakit pa rin nito.

Kasi kahit alam kong matagal na niya akong pinagtataksilan, kahit matagal na niyang ayaw sa'kin, ako pa rin ang asawa niya, I am still hoping for him to come home with me but today is so cruel, because our faith just simply ended it on between us.

Maybe, a divorce will help.