Never in Kelsey Alena Sanchez's dream did she ever imagine herself being forced into an arranged marriage. Who would've thought that Benjamin Antonio Donovan―a man she has a cat and dog relationship with―will now be her soon-to-be husband?
And beca...
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Song: Nervous- Shawn Mendes
Want
Kahit nasa klase na ay hindi ko parin magawang makapagfocus. My body is in class, but my soul isn't. I tried to focus, okay? But all I could ever think about was that... kiss. And how I enjoyed it!
Damn it! I really don't know what's happening with me!
I still don't get why Benjamin would kiss me all of a sudden! Hindi ko alam kung ano ba ang pumasok sa isip niya para gawin iyon. At hindi ko rin labis maintindihan kung bakit ko siya hinayaang gawin iyon!
Instead of stopping him from kissing me... there I was! Enjoying every fucking second of it! And I also found myself longing for it when he left! Napasapo nalang ako sa aking noo nang maalala ko iyon.
I didn't know I would react this way with my first kiss! Hindi kasi ganoon ang pinapangarap ko noon! And now... he shattered one of my dreams as a teenager!
Umiling ako ng ilang beses at tsaka sinubukan muling magfocus sa klase. Our instructor was babbling something in front na hindi ko naman labis maintindihan dahil lumilipad talaga iyong diwa ko sa ibang bagay kahit na ilang beses ko nang ipilit!
I have to slap myself a lot of times para lang magising sa katotohanan. I groaned so loudly that it made some of the students' head turn to me. My mouth parted at tsaka nag-iwas ng tingin sakanila, trying to save myself from that embarrassment.
Thank god the instructor did not hear me. He continued teaching. Baka kung narinig niya pa ako ay baka magpabaon nalang ako ng buhay sa lupa! Napakamot nalang ako sa aking ulo at tsaka sinubukang makinig sa instructor.
I swear—with all my might—I tried to focus, but I swear! I just can't! That kiss was stopping me to do so! Feeling ko nag-aaksaya ako ng pera dito dahil hindi talaga ako makapagfocus!
I was waiting for the train to arrive when I received a message from Benjamin. Kumunot ang noo ko. As much as I don't want to open that damn message, hindi ko parin napigilan ang sarili.
Benjamin:
Are you free tomorrow?
Agad na kumabog ang puso ko nang pagkalakas lakas nang mabasa ko iyon. Why is he asking me that? Is he... asking me out on a date?
That's bullshit, Kelsey! Benjamin would never ask that! Sino ka ba sa buhay niya?
That thought hurt me a little. Who am I to him though? I'm just a girl who he kissed the other night and I will never be more than that. Bukod doon, I'm nothing to him.
Instead of asking that stupid ass question, I typed a different one.
Me:
Why?
He replied in a matter of seconds.
Benjamin:
I promised to let you meet Celso Da Rosa and Catherine Alvarez, right? Here's my promise now. They'll love to meet you tomorrow. Are you free?
