✔ The Casanova's Angel (Filipino Novel)

Kabanata 50

"Kung sino man ang tututol sa kasalang ito ay magsalita na ngayon. Speak now or forever hold your peace."

And I knew this was my chance.

"Ako po father!"

And that was probably the bravest thing I did my whole life with everyone looking at me in horror.

Let me rewind a little.

Pagkatapos kong basahin ang wedding invitation na iniwan ni Nina ay parang binuhusan ako ng malamig na tubig ng realidad. The wedding is tomorrow at Tagaytay. Alam kong binibigyan niya ako ng  last chance to get the man I love.

This is my last chance to say I love him. At ngayon alam ko na whatever happens, I will not regret anything because I know I did everything I could. And so the next day, I prepared.

The first thing to do is get my life in check. And that means, cleaning everything I made a mess with - my apartment and myself. So that's what I did the whole morning. Cleaning. Pagkatapos ay tinignan ko ang sarili ko sa salamin, I have the worse hair in the world. Sobrang frizzy, halatang walang kaayos ayos. I took a bath and went to the mall.

Unang pinuntahan ko ay ang salon. I need to take care of my hair and this time I will invest on myself. So pinahair cut ko in layers at pina brown balayage ang style. It cost a lot but I love the result and since meron akong natural curls, it accentuated the color very well. After that I went window shopping. Syempre kung mangugulo ka ng kasal, dapat maganda ka para pag hindi tinanggap ni Nickko ang confession mo, maganda ka parin kaya naman I looked for the perfect dress.

Alam ko, madaming magagalit. Especially because I will be ruining a wedding. And I know this is wrong pero mali ba ang magmahal? I promise after this, magpapakabait na talaga ako. Let me just sin one last time. Even if I know this is wrong, gagawin ko parin. Sabi nga nila, you do stupid things for love. And I will probably do the stupidest thing, if that is even a word, in my life.

Nakapili ako ng off shoulder floral dress that ends in mid thight - cute but also demure. Sinuot ko na and made my way to the car.

I have atleast 3 hours before the wedding starts. I took a deep breath and drove my way to where the wedding was. It took me about 2 hours getting there. Wala naman kasing traffic at madali nalang makapunta. I tried hiding as much as I could but I also ventured to the place. It was well lit with red and white roses all over the place. Medyo madami dami na rin ang tao. The church was well decorated. Ang gara tignan. May red carpet sa dadaanan ng bride at may mini choir and pianist sa gilid.

In short, it was beautiful. Too beautiful to ruin. But I remained, well, selfish. For the first time in my life I want to be selfish.

When I heard the soft tune of the piano, I knew it was about to start. At dahil nasa gilid ako at nagtatago hindi ko nakita yung mga tao. I didn't even see Nickko. I don't want to risk people knowing that I'm here. Although may invitation ako, for sure papaalisin ako ng tita ko pag nakita niya ko. But I kept it secured in my bag just incase.

After a while, I saw a beautiful white car in front of the church with Amira, oh so beautiful, elegantly getting out of the car. The wore a long white tube gown with diamonds glittering on top. Kasama niya bumaba ang isang matandang lalaki na siguro ay tatay niya. He slowly guided Amira in then aisle.

She looked beautiful but sad. Hindi ko alam kung bakit but her smile looks forced. And then I took a look at the man in the center, Nickko Romano. He looked as dashing as ever. He wore a black suit with a red rose on  the pocket. He didn't smile. He just looked at Amira slowly walking to his side.

And that's when I sat on the back of the aisle, waiting for my chance.

And here we are, with me shouting my lungs off, and braving the hatred of their relatives.

"Kung sino man ang tututol sa kasalang ito ay magsalita na ngayon. Speak now or forever hold your peace."

And I knew this was my chance.

"Ako po father!"

All hell broke loose.

"Excuse me?"

"ANO DAW?"

"Sino siya?"

A lot of people looked between me and the couple. On the corner of my eye, I saw my aunt standing up fuming mad. "YOU!" She shouted.

"Everyone shut up." Nic said with his hand on his temple. "Who invited her?"

"I did." Amira said, smiling sadly. "Let's stop Nic."

"AMIRA!" My aunt shouted.

"No, stop mom. I won't be forced to marry someone who doesn't love me." She said with conviction. "The wedding is off." And then she stormed off, leaving Nickko and the guests shocked.

Maybe she was waiting for my presence as confirmation to end the wedding but when she passed through me, she murmured a thank you before leaving.

Nickko followed soon after but instead of going after Amira, he held my arm and dragged me outside near the road where there are no people.

"Leave." He said coldly.

"Is there really nothing, Nic? Wala ka ba talaga nararamdaman?" I asked with my tears flowing.

"Nararamdan? Yes. I feel burdened by remembering things for you kahit wala ako maalala. You expect me to love you when I don't even remember who you are! So leave. Pinapahirapan mo lang ako and I need to think clearly para maayos itong gulong ginawa mo."

And that's when I knew I lost him. I really did.

I nodded and then walked away. Halfway through I turned around and shouted, "Thank you Nic, for being there when I needed it the most and I love you."

When I finished, His eyes widened in horror and I thought he remembers something but then the next second I felt why he was scared.

And I noticed it too late.

A truck crashing into me.

And then everything went black.

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One more chapter and epilogue. BE READY FOR ONE MORE TWIST!!

P.S. Please don't be mad at me. I love all of youuuu. 🥰🥰🥰