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The feeling was freeing. Para siyang nakawala sa matagal na pagkakakulong. Not literally though. Because it was a lie that held her captive for some time. A lie that broke her heart in almost unrecoverable pieces.

"I'm not a Fontanilla. We are not related, Hope." Kaden continued, she had stopped and he stayed where he was standing, few feet away from her.

Naramdaman ni Hope ang tila pagbuhol ng kanyang sikmura. Kung isang napakasakit na biro ng buhay sa kanya ang maging pinsan si Kaden, para namang isang malaking sorpresa na malamang hindi totoo iyon. Pero hindi nga ba? Paano nangyari iyon?

"I am dad's son to his first wife." Sabi nito as if reading her mind. "Agatha Fontanilla is not my mother, Hope. We are not blood related. Not even a drop."

She wanted to face him, run to him, hug him and kiss him. But she stayed rooted on her spot as if she couldn't move.

Because despite that wonderful fact, one thing remains unchanged. At iyon malamang, hindi