Anything For You, Beks [Heartbreak Series #1]

Prologue

CHRYSANTHEMUM

"Jyll, will you talk to me? Ano bang problema?" I held his hand tightly. It's driving me crazy. Halos ilang araw niya na akong hindi kinakausap. Hindi ko alam ang problema, nakakairita. Ayos naman kami at nag-celebrate pa ng first anniversary noong nakaraang linggo. The day after that, dinalhan niya pa ako ng breakfast pero simula no'n, hindi niya na ako kinausap.

"Jyll, please naman oh." Pagmamakaawa ko. "Ilang araw na kitang sinusubukang kausapin. Ilang araw ka nang hindi namamansin, hindi mo rin sinasagot ang mga texts and calls ko. Hindi ko na alam—"

"Sure ka bang hindi mo alam?" Napakunot ang noo ko sa sinabi niya. He's looking at me with dull eyes, hindi naman siya ganiyang tumingin dati. Siguro may problema nga.

"Hindi nga, kaya please, sabihin mo na lang."

He took a deep breath before looking intently at me again. Hindi ako nagpatalo at tinitigan rin siya. I'm more intimidating than him, maybe I can let him lose his guards this way.

"I heard everything that day, Chrysanthemum." The way he said my first name gave me chills. Again, I'm more intimidating than him. Iyon ang sabi nila, na sa aming dalawa ay parang mas ako pa raw ang lalaki dahil sa tikas ko. If that's true, bakit nanghihina ang mga titig ko sa pagtingin niya sa akin at sa pagtawag niya ng pangalan ko? I didn't like where this was going to go.

"Mag-break na lang tayo." Para akong binuhusan ng malamig na tubig. What I didn't like about it is the fact that he said it without any trace of emotion in his face. He seemed so serious about it, and it's breaking me into pieces.

Hindi ako nagsalita. Hindi ko rin naman alam ang sasabihin. What is it that he heard that made him come up with this conclusion? Pilit kong inisip kung anong nagawa o nasabi ko, only one thing came into my mind.

"I wrote a letter to my parents saying that Jyll and I are in a relationship and that I have been hiding it from them for a year already. They didn't say anything about it, but they're giving me silent treatment. It scares me, about what can possibly happen. Sinisimulan na nilang iparamdam sa'kin na kailangan kong pagsisihan 'yon. I hate that, Jhya."

"What's your plan now?"

"I'm planning to break up with him."

"Can we just talk about this first?" Tanong ko kay Jyll matapos ang ilang segundong katahimikan.

"This is what you want right? You said you want to break up with me, ito na. Inuunahan na kita." Tears started falling from my eyes. Hindi naman ganito ang expected kong mangyayari. Hindi ko rin alam na ganito pala kasakit. "Besides, I can't fight for someone who wouldn't do the same for me."

It happened so fast. So fast that I didn't see it coming. It was just a short span of time, yet I've been carrying it longer than everything that happened between us.