"The PC in the neighboring mall is still causing trouble. We all need to be vigilant and ready because they might target and disrupt GC Mall one day. We won't let that happen. Got it?"
"Yes, Boss!" we chimed in, and Lovimer nudged me.
"What?" I asked curiously.
"Yes, Baby Boss, ganern," he playfully teased.
"I've moved on," I confidently stated. It seemed like he was trying not to burst into laughter.
"Seriously, Marci? You've moved on already? Says who? Just yesterday, you were all about 'we need to be serious in our relationship,'" he reminded me.
Pasimple kong inapakan ang paa niya. Impit na napahiyaw siya.
"Papatayin talaga kita, Mer. Itikom mo 'yang bibig mo," may diin kong paninindak ko sa kanya pero ngumisi lang ang haduf.
Nagsitayuan na ang mga kasamahan namin at nagsilabas na. Tumayo na rin kami. Inantay ko na tawagin ako ni Ashmer gaya nang nakasanayan, but of course hindi niya ginawa.
Laylay ang balikat ko na tinalikuran sila ni Percy.
"Selos bell, selos bell, selos bell away! Si Marci nagseselos kay Percy," pabulong lang iyon na kanta ng haduf na lalaking so-called boyfriend ko ngayon.
Nagsisisi na po ako kung bakit siya pa ang pinili kong maging panakip-butas eh.
Panakip-butas talaga, Marci?
Well, ano pa nga ba? Ayos lang 'yon, well-oriented naman ang lalaking ito sa papel niya sa buhay ko eh. Tsaka mukha ngang nag-e-enjoy ang ugok na ito eh.
Nag-e-enjoy sa palabas naming walang kwenta.
"Marci," untag niya sa akin at kinuha pa ang kamay ko at pinagsiklop iyon sa kamay niya. Hindi na ako nag-react. Bahala siya sa trip niya.
"What?"
"Is it hard to let go of someone?"
"Not the person itself, but the feelings, Mer. It's really tough to restrain, disregard, and forget what you feel for someone."
"Ashmer is lucky to have been loved by you. I used to try to get your attention, but you never noticed me. So I fell for someone else."
I chuckled. "I hate attention seekers, duh?"
"Hey, you're too much!" he protested.
"Do you still love her?" I asked, stopping at the benches to hang out.
"Who?" he asked.
"Jeannie, your ex," I replied directly. We both paused.
"No, not anymore. I've been hurt, so I don't want that anymore. That's just how I am. When someone hurts me, I don't want them to hurt me again, so it's better to cut the tie that binds us."
Kaya pala umalis siya ng bansa pagkatapos na pagkatapos ng break up nila ni Jeannie at ang tagal niya ring nanirahan doon.
"Sana ganiyan din ako. Na kapag sinaktan o nasaktan ng isang tao ay may kakayahan at lakas ng loob na protektahan ang sarili ko laban sa kanya."
"Magagawa mo 'yon, Marci. Well, sa ngayon ay ginagawa mo na nga at proud ako sa 'yo. Apir nga!"
Nakipag-apir naman ako sa kaniya. Close na close na talaga kami nitong mga nakaraan kahit na palagi niya akong inaasar. Saka ewan, komportable lang ako sa kaniya.
"Letting go of Marciella Perrer was the dumbest thing he did, and he will ever regret it forever."
I was taken aback by what he said. "Regret? I don't think that's in the vocabulary of an Ashmer Guieco. Not in a trillion stars."
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A Forbidden Affair (Guieco Clan Series #2)
RomanceMarciella Perrer, a woman of principles, faces a complex love situation. She just found herself attracted to Ashmer Guieco, her best friend's boyfriend, and the boss of the Guieco Clan where she works. Though she was there first, she chose to step b...
