Se connecterClea Mair’s POVTo make up for my deal with Hector, I did what he wanted. I faced our parents and heard what they wanted to say. And just like what I expected, they already manipulated what really happened to me. I guess they heard from Miracle that my memories of that day were still blurry, and they took advantage of that.I just nodded to them, making my response as little as possible.Naging sandali lang din ang pakikiharap ko sa kanila dahil sinabi ni Miracle na kailangan ko pa ding magpahinga lalo na’t kalalabas ko lang ng hospital.Agad na din akong umalis pero imbes na magpahinga sa kwarto ay dumeretso ako sa office ni Hector tulad ng napag-usapan namin.Pagdating ko doon ay nakita ko siyang nakahiga sa sofa na nasa gilid ng silid at sa harap niya ay mayroong center table na puno ng mga papel.“Akala ko ay magtatagal ka pa doon.” Bumangon niya at itinuro ang mga papel sa harap niya. “Those papers contains the information that you want to know.”Agad akong lumapit doon at inisa-
Clea Mair’s POV“Andrel!”Marahas kong iminulat ang mga mata ko at ang unang bumungad sa akin ay isang puting kisame na hindi pamilyar sa akin.Agad akong nakaramdam ng kaba at mabilis na nag-panic ang buong katawan ko lalo na’t ang unang pumasok sa isip ko ay kung ano na ba ang nangyari kay Andrel.I was about to get up, but then I realized that there were a lot of tubes and wires attached to my body. Doon ko lang din naramdaman ang sakit sa bawat sulok ng katawan ko at wala akong lakas kahit sinubukan kong itaas ang kamay ko.What the hell happened? Why am I like this?Gusto kong sumigaw pero nanunuyo ang lalamunan ko at para akong nasusuka.Shit!This is not the time for me to think about myself. I know Andrel was not in a good situation.Napapikit ako dahil sa malakas na paglagabog ng kung ano. Kasunod nito ang pagliwanag ng buong silid na kinalalagyan ko at wala akong ibang nagawa kundi ang umungol na lang bilang pagprotesta.“Clea… Clea…”I felt someone hold my hand while callin
Clea Mair’s POVLeon was right.As soon as we arrived at the downtown of the Yain City, we immediately see the crowd in every establishments around. Halos walang store ang hindi dinudumog ng mga namamasyal dito at karamihan sa kanila ay mga pamilya o kaya naman ay mag-partner.I guess my colleagues were right.Christmas is something that is best celebrated with someone you love.Kahit saan ako tumingin, hindi nawawala ang ngiti sa labi ng mga tao. Ang iba ay masaya pang nagtatawanan at nakikipagkulitan sa mga kasama nila.Ah, this should be what a normal family does for Christmas Day.My family is surely the abnormal one.Sa west side ng downtown makikita ang mga high-end resturants kaya doon kami dumeretso at sa dami ng pagpipilian ay napagkasunduan namin na sa isang stakehouse na lang kumain.Hindi ito nalalayo sa The SweetHeart na isa sa sasadyain namin mamaya pagkatapos dito.Despite what happened to Asper, the founder of that sweet shop, it is still operational, and their recipe
Clea Mair’s POVWe enjoyed Christmas Eve with so much fun and joy. Together with good food that Andrel’s friends made so much effort to cook and prepare, they also serve good liquor with it.And to be honest, I never imagined the laid-back atmosphere that we had last night.Madalas kasi ay laging seryoso ang mga kaibigan ni Andrel. They said that it was because they are responsible for Andrel’s safety, so they can’t just lower their guard.Pero iba ang attitude nila kagabi. Siguro ay dahil nasiguro na nilang ligtas ang paligid at walang kahit anong panganib sa panahong ito kaya naging relax ang paligid namin at hinayaan din naman silang mag-enjoy ni Andrel.They are not just some employees from last night, they are really Andrel’s friends who just celebrated a holiday with him despite being away with his family.They drown themselves with hard liquor, and I get to make fun of them because Andrel permitted me.Sana talaga ay kasama ko pa din sila hanggang sa susunod na taon.May araw n
Clea Mair’s POV“Merry Christmas!”I immediately turned on the Christmas lights around the tree that we set up yesterday. We rushed this, so it was not that great, but celebrating this holiday is not complete without it.Namili na din kami ng mga ipang-reregalo at ipanghahanda. Though, we only handle most of the gift shopping. Iyong sa pagkain kasi namin ay ang mga kaibigan na ni Andrel ang namili.Of course, I made sure I got the best gift for Andrel.And as for him, well, he only bought something just for me. Hindi na siya nag-abala na humanap ng ireregalo sa mga kaibigan niya.He said that they already have everything they need, and he will just send them some monetary gifts since they much prefer that.That is why I decided to buy one for everyone.It is not much since I still don’t have any idea what they might like, but I made an effort to give them something that they can use.Of course, Andrel doesn’t like the idea.That is why he was giving a death glare to his friend while I
Clea Mair’s POVSa sitwasyong kinakaharap ko ngayon, wala akong ibang gustong gawin kundi ang sabunutan si Miracle na prenteng nakaupo sa tabi ng mga magulang namin.Hindi na ako nag-abala pang itago sa kanya ang inis na nararamdaman mo at patuloy siyang binibigyan ng masamang tingin dahil hindi ko talaga gusto ang ginawa niyang pagdadala dito sa mga magulang namin.Alam naman niya na ang mga magulang ko ang isa sa dahilan kung bakit pinili ko na dito sa Yain City mag-celebrate ng christmas hanggang new year. I even made her swear to keep my location a secret and don’t even tell anyone.“Can you please hear us out first before you glare at me?” Miracle said. “They just wanted to say something important to both of you.”“What?” I immediately said. “Dahil hindi niyo ako mapilit na putulin ang koneksyon ko kay Andrel ay siya na mismo ang—” Bumaling ang tingin ko kay Andrel nang bigla niyang takpan ang bibig ko.“Will you please calm down?” he asked. “Let them say what they want.”Inalis
Clea Mair’s POVIt has been a week since I last saw Andrel. The last time we hung out was when he brought me to the mall and we shopped for the things that we were going to use in a party that we would be attending.He got caught up with his job and had to take care of a lot of things in his port sinc
Clea Mair’s POV“Ahm…” I turned to Andrel as the car that he was driving entered the parking lot of a high-end mall not far from my apartment. “What are we doing here?”We just exchanged contact last night and earlier, he called me to ask for my schedule for the whole day. I told him that I don’t have
Andrel Raven’s POV“Sigurado ka na talaga sa desisyon mong ito, Boss?” tanong sa akin ni Leon matapos naming ihatid si Clea sa tapat ng apartment niya. “You already did your all just to avoid getting involved with that woman for two whole years. Yet, all your efforts were wasted just because she got
Clea Mair’s POV“It was you, right?” Iyan ang isinalubong ko kay Andrel nang pumasok siya sa VIP room ng isang restaurant kung saan napagkasunduan naming magkita para maglunch. “You talked to your brother.”Ngumiti siya at hinawakan ang magkabilang balikat ko tsaka hinalikan ang pisngi ko. “Hi, baby,”







