ALEX could feel his eyes getting wet while kissing his wife. The walls he built just vanished seeing how Pepper wanted to win him back. He could feel his own pain ebbing away. He had been an asshole since their marriage. His own pain was intensified for restraining himself from getting near her. When all his life he wanted her to be this close. Fine, he's giving up his revenge. He's tired of hating his wife. It's impossible hurting her without him feeling worse.
And now that he is holding her and kissing her like his life depended on it, he is certain that he is still in love with his wife - profoundly, deeply, madly, desperately in love. He does not care about anything anymore. He is too tired of fighting his own feelings. He loves her despite of everything that went between them and in spite of what is to come.
He could feel his cheeks getting wet. But it wasn't his own tears.
"Sshh," aniya. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart." Naramdaman niya ang pagyakap nito ng mahigpit.
"B-Bati na tayo?" parang batang tanong nito na tiningnan siya, pigil ang paghikbi. Pinahid niya ang luha nito saka tumango.
Pepper smiled as she cried and she showered his face with kisses. "I love you, Alex. And I miss you... so damn much."
He answered her with another kiss with a promise in his heart that he will never make her cry again. .
"Let's go home," aniya nang maghiwalay ang labi nila.
Nag-init ang dibdib niya nang ngumiti ito. He will make Pepper happy again. He wants to have more of that moment they shared this weekend. Napangiti siya. He is finally free.
ERIKA still can't believe that the old Alex is back. No more fury in his eyes, no more animosity in his voice. He got rid of that sarcasm, too. He takes really good care of her. But the weird thing is, he never sleeps with her. He cuddles her to sleep but when things get steamy, he stops. And he sleeps at the couch.
Even when things are good, it felt wrong. And when she asks him he simply smiles and says he can wait for the right time. When would that be? What's keeping him from making love to her?
She can't believe that at her young age she would play the role of a desperate wife. Call it woman's instinct, paranoia, whatever, but she knows Alex is up to something. She had a hunch and she just can't let it go.
Pinakialaman niya ulit ang cellphone ng asawa. Ganoon na lang ang kabog ng dibdib nang makita ang recent call logs nito. There were series of phone calls from a girl named Ruth. The last message was from the same number and they are about to have dinner in a hotel this weekend.
See you, darling.
That was the last message from Ruth.
Darling! Nahilamos niya ang mukha. Gusto niyang magwala. Kaagad niyang kinuha ang detalye bago pa siya mahuli ng asawa. Pakiramdam niya'y umakyat ang lahat ng dugo sa ulo niya.
Nang makaalis ang asawa'y tinawagan niya si Gwen. Ibinuhos niya lahat ng hinanakit dito. She knows it is absurd but it's only Gwen she can confide to.
"Hey, do you want me to come over?"
"No, I'm okay. I just needed someone to talk."
"You don't sound okay," nag-aalalang sambit nito. "I'll talk to, Alex. I don't know why he is suddenly acting like crazy."
"Can you do one thing for me?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Can you stall, Alex this Saturday? Make he's gonna be late on his date at six? "
"Yeah, I can fake a labor. Will an hour do?"
"That should be enough."
"Well it's about time you kick those b*tches!"
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Forever and Always (Book 2)
RandomAlex and Erika were best friends turned lovers. They were inseparable since childhood, and even when they were miles away from each other, distance can never set them apart. Erika thought that falling in love with her best friend was the best thing...
