Grieving Soul [#Wattys2019 Winner]

Chapter 44

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Chapter 44
Unit

Gio kept on playing with the rings he gave me during our wedding and from his recent proposal. I was having a hard time scanning the tablet of the wedding organizer for a striking wedding gown of her friend that's a known designer because he was claiming my left hand. I couldn't think and decide properly because my attention kept on shifting to every stroke he was making.

He was supposed to be working at this hour because they have an ongoing project, but he insisted coming with me to meet the organizer of our second wedding.

Ito pa lang ang aming unang meeting kasama ang napiling wedding organizer kahit na mahigit isang buwan na mula noong tumira kami sa Manila. Hindi naman ako nagmamadali dahil naiintindihan ko ang kanyang pinagkakaabalahan noong mga nagdaang linggo.

His schedule was very tough and hectic, especially because he just started his own company. He wanted to be hands-on with every activity and project his company was working on. Madalas nga ay talagang ginagabi na siya ng uwi kaya habang wala pa akong mahanap na aking pagkakaabalahan dito sa Maynila ay binibisita ko siya sa kanyang opisina. I wanted to encourage him to be more active while working, but because of my presence, he would easily dogde the papers off his table and entertain me. Iyon ang dahilan kung bakit dinalangan ko ang pagbisita sa kanya dahil kaysa mas marami siyang magawa ay mas lalo pa siyang walang nagagawa. Napapadalas na lang tuloy ang pagbisita ko kina Ate Ariana.

Last week ay lumuwag-luwag na ang kanyang trabaho kaya sinimulan na namin ang paghahanap ng organizer na hahawak sa magiging kasal namin.

At first, I was fine with a simple wedding because I already had a grand wedding with him back in Bela Isla, but since this is gonna be the real thing, I want to make it the grandest wedding ever. Gio didn't stop me with what I want to happen. I can see that he also wants to make it more special than what we had before.

We contacted a very elite wedding organizer who organized the wedding of many influencial people, especially the top celebrities in our country. She was a very expensive organizer because of her name, but I know getting her would be worth the price.

I stopped from scanning the designs when I saw a very striking gown that caught my attention. It was a ball gown type of a lace-appliqued tulle wedding dress. There were pearl and crystal beadings that gave glow and emphasis to on the scalloped bodice and as well on the skirt part.

"Gio..."

Nilingon ko ang aking asawa na abala pa rin sa aking mga singsing ngunit agad naman siyang nag-angat ng tingin sa akin nang tawagin ko ang kanyang atensyon. Bahagya akong ngumuso at saka itinuro sa kanya ang napili kong wedding dress.

He sat up straight and interlaced his hand with me before looking at the gown's intricate design. He got the table from my lap to evaluate the gown carefully.

"Isn't the neckline too deep?" His forehead was creased when he was saying that.

Ibinalik ko naman ang tingin ko roon at nakitang hindi ito ganoong kalalim. Tamang-tama lang ito para sa isang v-neck line na bodice. Come to think of it, my wedding gown before was so conservative and he was the one who chose it. Kulang na lang ay ginawa niyang turtle neck ang bodice ng gown.

"It's fine..." I told him. "I have tee shirts and dresses with the same neckline. It's not too revealing."

Agad niya naman akong binalingan. "How come I didn't see you wearing something like this?"

"Hindi mo lang pansin kasi hindi nga siya revealing. Mukha lang sa picture," katwiran ko naman sa kanya.

Nanatili ang kanyang madilim na tingin sa akin bago muling tiningnan ang iPad upang suriin ng mabuti ang napili kong gown. Pakiramdam ko ay nagpapaligsahan kaming dalawa kung sino ang unang bibigay at susunod sa gusto ng isa. Aabutin siguro kami ng ilang minuto na nagpapatigasan kundi lang nagsalita ang aming organizer.