Secret & Lies (A Chat Fic) (COMPLETED)

12: There's a but

9:42 PM

Valerie: Can't be helped. I wanna say last na but... Nico

Valerie: I really have to stop going to your condo.

Nico: Eh di wag kang pumunta.

Valerie: You keep inviting me, idiot.

Nico: I invited ate Steph din naman ah. Bawal siya. Kailangan agad umuwi ni James. Bakit ba galit ka na naman? Dahil sa tweets ni Allie?

Valerie: Exactly. Ayokong mag-feeling kabit mo kasi magkaibigan lang naman tayo.

Nico: then don't go

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9:38 PM

Valerie: James Almendras, magpakita ka.

11:02 PM

James: Yo

Valerie: I thought I'll never meet a matino guy again.

James: Matino?

Valerie: I mean what happened 2 years ago. I thought all guys are permanent assholes after that.

James: Oh that. I'm sorry Val. How I wish I have done better to help you.

Valerie: Hey it's fine. Ayun nga going back, there are still couple of guys who respect me as a woman...

Valerie: After everything that happened.

James: Of course, there will be. You just really have to look. So is this your new guy?

Valerie: Yup. Kind of.

Valerie: But

James: Of course there's a "but"

Valerie: Ayun nga eh. Don't I deserve to be happy?

James: Val... everyone deserves to be happy.

Valerie: Easy to say.

James: I know, it sucks.

Valerie: James, malandi ba ako?

James: Do you want me to be honest? Or do you want to hear what you wanna hear?

Valerie: You could do both, James. Stop messing with me.

James: Hahahahaha. Okay fine. Yes, malandi ka from an outsider's perspective. But...

Valerie: There's always a but

James: If they know what happened, I think they're going to get what you're doing.

Valerie: What I'm doing?

James: Multiple guys, flings, 1 week relationships? Even Ate Steph is curious about your case eh. the real story, I think they'll understand why you're doing what you're doing.