تسجيل الدخولA few days after Dera woke up from her coma, the atmosphere around the hospital slowly began changing from constant fear into something warmer, softer, and almost painfully normal again, although normal for their family still included dramatic arguments, emotional breakdowns, overprotective behavior, and Lora loudly threatening hospital cafeteria workers because they forgot extra sauce for the children’s chicken nuggets.Honestly, nobody expected peace anymore.They only hoped for survivable chaos.And somehow, that was enough.That afternoon, sunlight poured softly through the hospital windows while Dera rested against her pillows looking significantly healthier compared to the previous days, though the exhaustion beneath her eyes still remained visible enough to remind everyone how close they had come to losing her.Alex sat beside her bed working on documents from his company while pretending he was not secretly monitoring her every movement like an emotionally damaged security cam
The hospital had finally allowed Dera to rest properly after days of emotional chaos, meaning the adults around her were now aggressively forced out of the room whenever they became too loud, which unfortunately happened often because Alex and Lora together possessed the emotional stability of two dramatic television characters fighting for screen time. As a result, the triplets ended up spending most of the afternoon with Lora in the hospital lounge while Ji Lian handled an important phone call nearby, and although everyone originally believed this arrangement would be peaceful, they clearly forgot one crucial detail. Lora should never be left unsupervised with children for long periods of time. Especially three children who inherited both Dera’s stubbornness and Alex’s intelligence. “Okay,” Lora announced dramatically while sitting cross-legged on the floor surrounded by snacks she absolutely did not buy herself, “today’s lesson is survival yeah boys survival like basta Yun na
Ji Lian Chen was a patient man.Painfully patient.The kind of man who could sit through tense business meetings without raising his voice, negotiate with dangerous people while remaining perfectly calm, and survive family tragedies without completely falling apart in front of others.Unfortunately for him, however, none of those experiences properly prepared him for dating Lora Vergara on a daily basis.Especially not when she became dramatic in Tagalog.Which was always.That morning, Ji Lian woke up peacefully for exactly four minutes before hearing a loud groan echo through the apartment followed by aggressive Filipino cursing that sounded emotionally personal toward the entire universe.“PUTANGINA MO TALAGA!”Ji Lian slowly opened his eyes while staring blankly at the ceiling for several seconds.Not because he was shocked anymore. That phase of the relationship ended months ago.At this point, he mostly just wanted to know what caused the daily emotional crisis this time.Anothe
I used to think relationships were supposed to feel dramatic all the time.You know grand confessions in the rain, toxic tension, screaming matches followed by passionate reconciliations, the kind of romance that feels like a car crash but somehow gets romanticized in movies because everyone is apparently mentally unstable there.Then I met Ji Lian Chen ang pogi kong asawa akkkk kinikilig parin ako tangina.And somehow, against all odds, I fell in love with the human version of deep breathing exercises.Which was honestly insulting.Because how dare someone stay calm while dating me?“Why are you staring at me like that?” Ji Lian asked without even looking up from the steering wheel while driving, his voice carrying that usual calmness that always made me want to either kiss him or annoy him aggressively.“I’m thinking.”“That’s dangerous.”I gasped dramatically from the passenger seat.“Wow,” I said while placing a hand over my chest, “so this is emotional abuse now?”Ji Lian sighed
The hospital room remained chaotic long after Dera woke up, because once the initial shock and relief settled slightly, everyone suddenly seemed to remember all at once how terrified they had been for the past several days, and instead of becoming calm normal human beings about it, they all processed their emotions in the loudest and most emotionally unstable ways possible.Dion refused to stop clinging to Dera’s arm.Deya cried every five minutes even while smiling.Alexion kept pretending he was composed while secretly wiping his eyes whenever nobody looked directly at him.Lora somehow managed to cry and complain simultaneously.And Alex?Alex looked like a man who had survived the apocalypse only to realize afterward that he still had no idea how to breathe properly again.He remained close to Dera constantly, almost unconsciously hovering beside her bed like his entire nervous system still refused to believe she would stay alive unless he physically stayed near her, and every sin
For one terrifying second after Dera opened her eyes, nobody moved.Not Alex.Not the nurses rushing into the room.Not even Lora, who had spent the last several days talking nonstop like silence itself offended her personally.Because after so many sleepless nights, after too many moments of hope ending in disappointment, everyone had become afraid of believing too quickly, afraid that this would disappear the moment they reached for it.Alex stared at Dera like a man witnessing a miracle he no longer thought he deserved to see.Her eyes were still weak and unfocused from the coma, her breathing uneven, her body exhausted beyond imagination, but she was awake.Alive.Looking back at him.“...Alex?”Her voice came out barely above a whisper, rough and fragile from days of silence, but the moment Alex heard it, something inside him completely broke apart.“Baby…”The word escaped him like a prayer.His trembling hands immediately cupped her face carefully as tears filled his eyes so fa
Maaga pa lang sana akong nagigising para maghanda papasok sa trabaho, ngunit bago pa man tuluyang mawala ang antok ko ay biglang nag-vibrate ang cellphone ko sa bedside table, kasabay ng mahinang tawag ni Lora mula sa labas ng kwarto na halos pasigaw sa kaba at excitement.“Girl! Gising ka na ba? N
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Hindi ko alam kung anong mas nakakabigla, yung salitang punishment o yung paraan ng pagtitig niya sa akin na parang ilang araw na siyang may gustong sabihin pero pinipigilan lang dahil sa pride, position, at kung anu-ano pang dahilan na siya lang ang may alam.Nasa loob kami ng office niya. Tahimik







