Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5

NEVAEH's POV

NANG makarating ako sa 'min ay agad na bumungad sa 'kin si Belle na mangiyak-ngiyak at si Betty na nangungusap ang mga mata.

"M-madam..."

"I'll be fine. Go to your room." Kalmado kong sambit sa kanila nang mapagtanto kung bakit gan'yan ang kanilang reaks'yon.

Kahit nag-a-alangan sila na iwanan ako ay wala silang nagawa kung 'di sundin ang utos ko.

I took a deep breath before I turned my gaze to Grey who's sitting on the couch and staring at me, sharply.

Mahigpit din na nakakuyom ang kan'yang kamao and the veins in his arms and neck are visible.

He's mad, Darn...

Ito pala ang dahilan kung bakit pakiramdam ko kanina ay may hindi magandang mangyayari.

Marahas siyang tumayo sa kinauupuan kaya naman kunwari ay natakot ako so I stepped backwards.

"Where did you go?" May diin na tanong niya habang naglalakad palapit sa 'kin at palapit pa lang siya ay amoy ko na ang alak na nanggagaling sa kan'ya.

He's drunk.

"N-nagpahangin lang ako." Kunwari ay utal na sagot ko

"Hah! Are you expecting me to believe that?" He gave me a death glares

"Can't you think of something much more believable?" Dagdag niya pa sa malamig na tono

"Im telling you the trut-" Hindi ko na natapos pa ang sasabihin nang inisang hakbang niya ang pagitan namin at mahigpit na hinawakan ang magkabila kong braso

"SHUT UP! Hindi mo na 'ko malilinlang pa sa mga kasinungalingan mo! I'm so tired with your lies, HEAVEN!" He madly shouted to me

"A-ano ba'ng problema mo grey? Bitawan mo nga 'ko! Tsaka bakit ba maaga kang umuwi ngayon? Inagahan mo lang ba para sa 'kin mo ibuntong ang galit mo?" Sambit ko dahil ito ang unang beses na maaga siyang umuwi at mukhang sinadya niya pa talaga na manatili sa sala para hintayin ang pagdating ko.

Didn't he hates seeing me? So what's with him now?

"I'll go home whatever time I want SO DON'T CHANGE OUR TOPIC! YOU, Have you been meeting him everytime I go home late? Araw-araw mo ba siyang kinikita?" Mas lalong humigpit ang pagkakahawak niya sa braso ko

Is he planning to break my arms?

"L-let go of me, Grey! Nasasaktan ako!" I yelled back at him

"Masasaktan ka talaga!"

D*mn it!

I want to punch his right now dahil nauubos na ang pasens'ya ko but no, I should not.

Patience, Nevaeh. PATIENCE.

"Hah! You're so unbelievable, Grey!Ikaw pa ang may ganang magalit sa 'kin matapos nang nakita ko kanina sa office mo? Are you not even gonna explain yourself?" Sambit ko

"Explain myself? Why would I? Hindi ka rin naman interesado 'di ba?"

"Who told you I'm not?! I'm your wife, grey! What I saw earlier is hurtful!"

"SINUNGALING! Nasasaktan ka? Kaya pala peke ang mga luha mo kanina!" Natigilan ako dahil sa sinabi niya

Paano niya 'yon nalaman?

"What now? Naubusan ka na ba ng dahilan? Magpakatotoo ka nalang Heaven. I mean nothing to you." Lumambot ang kan'yang boses at ekspres'yon.

Something that is new to me.

He's hurt. I can feel it. But why?

And who's the 'him' he's mentioning na kinikita ni 'Heaven'?

Did Heaven really meeting another man behind his back?

"My tears are true. I care about you, grey."

"Ah..." Tumango-tango siya, "Kaya pala nang lumabas ka sa opisina ko ay hindi ka na umiiyak." Muli akong natigilan.

How the hell did he found out about that? Tinanong niya ba ang mga empleyado na nakakita sa 'kin? But why would he ask them?

"Look, Grey. Ayokong isipin ng iba na hindi tayo maayos. Ayokong isipin ng iba na hindi ka mabuting asawa. Ayokong maging masama ang tingin nila sa 'yo that's why I immediately wiped my tears after I left your office." Kat'wiran ko at natigilan naman siya subalit agad din na tumawa ng pagak.

"Hindi ka pa rin talaga nauubusan ng kasinungalingan huh? You are so good at lying," Muling tumalim at dumilim ang kan'yang ekspres'yon.

"Just admit it already, Heaven, will you? 'wag mo ng pahabain pa ang listahan ng kasinungalingan mo. Sawang-sawa na 'ko sa mga imbentong dahilan mo. Aminin mo nalang na nakipagkita ka sa kan'ya. YOU MET THAT BASTARD AGAIN." Mariin niyang sabi

"What are you saying? What do you mean? Ano ba'ng nangyari grey at naging ganito ka?"

"Hindi mo ba talaga alam? O nagpapanggap ka lang na walang alam? Sa 'ting dalawa ay ikaw dapat ang mas higit na nakakaalam kung bakit ako nagkakaganito, Heaven. So why do you kept on pretending not to know anything? Please, just stop! Do you think I didn't know that you're cheating on me? That all these time that we lives together you didn't love me not even for a seconds. So, I will no longer believe in you...You're always lying. You don't love me." He let go of my arms tsaka niya 'ko tinalikuran

Nagsimula siyang lumakad subalit dala ng kalasingan ay matutumba siya kaya naman mabilis akong lumakad palapit sa kan'ya at sinalo niya.

"Let go of me. I don't want to be touch with that hands that also touched that bastard, Angelo." Pilit niya kong itinulak but I didn't let him go.

Angelo? Is that the name of Heaven's lover?

"Stop resisting. Let me help you go to your room. Tama na muna sa away, Grey. Kailangan mong magpahinga, please..." Sambit ko at nabato nalang ako sa kinatatayuan ko nang isubsob niya ang mukha sa balikat ko.

I don't know what to do but I found myself letting him rest on my shoulder when I hate skinship the most.

"B-bakit ba gan'yan ka heaven? Why can't you be contented to me? Ano ba'ng mali sa 'kin? What's with that as$hole that I don't have? Ano ba'ng dapat kong baguhin at gawin para ako nalang ang mahalin mo?" Pumiyok siya kasabay ng mga paghikbi na narinig ko. Ramdam ko rin ang pagkabasa ng balikat ko.

He's crying...

Ang palaging galit at cold na si Grey ay umiiyak ngayon.

Why...

Why is it unpleasant?

Why do I hates this sight?

Before I could even stop myself ay namalayan ko nalang ang sarili na tinatapik ang kan'yang likuran as if I am trying to comfort him.

Hah! I can't believe this.

Never did it crossed my mind that I'll comfort someone.

Lahat ng umiiyak sa harapan ko ay kadalasan mga kaaway ko na gustong palayain ko sila but instead of listening to them I immediately killed them. But for him, once again, I made an exception.

I listened to him and even let him cry on me.

Is it because I feel bad for him?

I am feeling guilty for the sin I didn't even committed.

"I hate you, Heaven. I hate you so much..." The last sentence he spoke before he passed out.

Napabuntong-hininga naman ako tsaka siya binuhat.

"Do you need help, milady?" Napalingon ako sa nagsalita. Si Betty pala.

"No need. I can handle this." Sagot ko tsaka nag-simulang lumakad paakyat sa hagdanan buhat-buhat na tila bagong kasal si Grey.

He's heavy but I can manage.

Nang makarating kami sa kan'yang silid ay maingat ko siyang inilapag sa kan'yang kama upang 'di siya magising. Mahirap na dahil baka mag-alburoto na naman siya sa galit.

Kinumutan ko siya tsaka ako naupo sa kan'yang tabi at tinitigan siya.

Namumugto ang mata niya and he'll not like it once he woke up for sure.

Tatayo na dapat ako para umalis pero natigilan ako nang hawakan niya ang kamay ko.

"D-don't...D-don't leave me, please. Heaven..."

'Heaven' TSK!

Is he dreaming about her?

Why does he loves her so much? Despite of what he's doing right now, he still wants her. He still loves HEAVEN even if he denies it.

"I will not leave." Napailing nalang ako.

Akala mo naman talaga ay maririnig niya 'ko.

Hinawakan ko ang kan'yang nakakunot na noo and finally, he looks peaceful now.

Maaliwalas na ang kan'yang mukha.

Now that I see his face closely ay maganda talaga siyang lalaki. No wonder he's so popular with women.

But despite having that face he still chose to be tied up with Heaven.

I tried to remove his hand from mine subalit mahigpit ang kapit niya roon so I had no other choice but to stay here with him for a while.

I sighed and stared at him. Hindi siya ngayon makabasag-pinggan.

Napakaamo ng mukha niya. Mas maganda pala 'pag tulog siya.

I stared at him for an hour at nang lumuwag na ang pagkakahawak niya sa 'kin ay agad akong tumayo.

"I'm sorry." Mahina kong sabi which is unbelievable.

I never apologize to someone before.

And beside, why am I apologizing to him? It wasn't me who did something bad to him but heaven. But what is this heavy feeling in my chest?

Inayos ko ang kan'yang kumot bago ako maingat na lumabas sa kan'yang silid.

I went downstairs at nakita ko naman si Betty at Belle na mukhang inaabangan ako.

"M-madam! Ayos ka lang po ba? Sorry po madam. Kasalanan ko po kaya ni master nalaman na wala ka rito." Agad na sambit ng nag-aalala at nagu-guilty na si Belle.

"I'm fine. But what happened?"

"Akala niya kasi ikaw 'yong papasok ng mansion kaya ang sinabi niya ay 'welcome back, madam!' pero si Grey pala 'yon. Hindi niya kami tinanong kung nasaan ka. Hindi ka rin niya hinanap pero naghintay siya rito sa sala dahil mukhang nagkaroon siya ng kutob na nasa labas ka. Kanina pa siya nandito." Paliwanag ni Betty kaya napatango-tango ako.

"Nag-text ako sa 'yo na 'wag ka sa front door dumaan para hindi ka niya makita pero mukhang hindi mo 'yon nabasa." Dagdag niya pa

"My phone's battery is empty. Aakyat na 'ko sa k'warto ko. Magpahinga na rin kayo." Tumango ang mga ito kaya pumunta na 'ko sa silid ko.

I sat down on my bed tsaka isinaksak ang phone ko at nang mabuhay iyon ay sunod-sunod na mensahe ang ko. Messages ni Betty at nang tenos na nagbabantay kay Grey.

They informed me that Grey went to a bar right after I left. They also told me when grey is coming home.

Too bad I didn't read it much earlier. Pero at some point ay okay na rin 'yon dahil ngayon malinaw na sa 'kin kung bakit ganito si Grey ngayon.

I opened the last message from my men and it's about Grey firing his secretary. Kung gano'n ay hindi nagsisinungaling si Helga.

Ngayon ay malinaw na sa 'kin ang lahat.

He deliberately kissed Helga to hurt and make 'Heaven' jealous.

Too bad I wasn't hurt because In the first place I am not heaven and I don't love him.

I closed my eyes.

Now I understand why he hates Heaven. I thought he hates me because he knows that I am not heaven but turned out that he don't know yet that I am not her. Ibig sabihin successful ang pag-arte ko bilang si Heaven.

But seriously, how could Heaven cheats on him? Yes, I didn't witnessed with my own eyes how Grey treated her before I came but I can tell just by the people around them that Grey truly loves her to the point of not telling their parents that she's cheating.

She's so stupid to let go of him, but well, I'm not in the position to judge. I know nothing about love after all.

But knowing that Heaven is a cheater is something I still finds unbelievable. I already guessed that this might be the reason why Grey changed but I didn't believed it dahil wala sa itsura ni Heaven na marunong siyang magloko but ika nga nila looks can be deceiving and heaven isn't an exception to that. May itinatago rin palang kulo ang babae.

She is surprisingly an unfaithful bitch. I trust Grey's words dahil wala namang dahilan para magsinungaling ito beside mukhang nakipagtanan si Heaven. She knows that Grey knew her secret that's why she ran away with this 'Angelo' for sure, but who the hell is that man?

I immediately messaged Dalton to find out who's this 'Angelo' that Heaven has been seeing because I am sure na magkasama ngayon ang dalawang 'yon. I also told him to meet me tomorrow.

I need his report as soon as possible.

I massages my temple nang kumirot iyon.

I should beat Heaven once I see her for giving me this problem. For leaving her mess to me and giving me a headache. She's my twin but I will not take her side nor tolerate her lalo na't nadamay ako sa kabulastugan niya.

Napabuga nalang ako ng marahas na hangin matapos maalala ang itsura ni Grey kanina. He looks so pitiful.

Pero maalala niya kaya bukas ang mga nangyari ngayon?

*SIGH*

END OF CHAPTER 5