Kabanata 17: Promise

I don't know how to answer him. Nakatingin lang ako sa kanya habang siya'y nakaluhod pa rin habang hawak-hawak ang singsing. The ring has a big pearl on its middle and it's surrounded with small pearls that looked like white sand.

Is now the right time? Am I ready to start the new chapter of my life? I know that he already has confessed his love for me and how much he wants to be with me but...this is different, marriage is different. It is a lifetime choice. Hindi ko pa siya tunay na kilala and we started this relationship in a wrong way.

I wandered my eyes around the place and saw that the instructors were not here anymore. Did he really plan this out?

I tried to give him a genuine smile but ended up giving him a fake one. I don't know how to react! "I-I d-don't think...I don't t-think now is the right time, Jake," mahina kong saad sa kanya.

Kahit na wala naman ng tao sa paligid, I still need to be careful. I waited and waited and waited for his response for minutes but then...he l