Chapter 3

"You better fuck off now, no one should lay their hands on my wife."

Banta ni Reuz saka sinamaan ng tingin ang lalaki. Napasamo sa ulo si Alisha nang magsimulang magsitinginan ang ibang tao sa kanila. Sino nga bang hindi mapapatingin kung may dalawang lalaki na ubod ng gwapo ang nag-aaway para sa isang babae? Your typical love scene in every drama. At nasa gitna pa talaga sila ng airport.

"Babe, calm yourself now. He was someone I know." Singit niya, na parang signal dito na hindi niya kilala ang binata. Kung hindi familiar si Reuz sa lalaki na nasa harap nila, imposibleng kilala ito ni Sofia dahil lahat naman ng impormasyon ng pagiging 'Alisha' ay nanggaling dito, kaya naman binigyan niya na lang ng clue ang lalaki sa mga nangyayari at inoobserbahan kung kilala ba ito ni Reuz.

Pero parang malabo dahil napakunot lamang ang uno nito habang pinapasadahan ng tingin ang buong katawan ng estrangherong lalaki.

And it looks like a problem occured. Mukhang type pa ni Reuz ang lalaki.

"Who are you?" Pagsusuplado ni Reuz.

Napakamot sa ulo ang lalaki at nagpakilala. "I'm Hellious Harbourne, a captain pilot. Nice to meet you...?" Pa-suspense na anito na tinatanong ang pangalan ni Reuz saka inilahad ang kaniyang kamay.

Tinanggap ni Reuz ang kamay nito at saka sumagot. "Reuz Montenegro, and this is my wife, Alisha Montenegro." Sinadya nitong lakihan ang boses na parang nananakot ng bata. "And she told me she knows you?"

"So... you are married now, huh." Mahinang bulong nito pero rinig ni Sofia. Naging seryoso bigla ang expression ni Hellious at sinagot ang tanong ni Reuz "She knew me, but not anymore. We haven't seen each other for a while now." 

Napansin ni Sofia ang totoong sinasabi ng mga mata ni Hellious. The expression on his face was very opposite from what he is saying. Mukhang hindi naging maganda ang past ng dalawa base na rin sa ipinapakitang expression ng binata ngayon. Hmm...They probably ended their relationship in a worse way. Alisha and Hellious relationship are getting mysterious.

"—And I think I should leave now; it's nice to see you happy, Alisha, and I hope you stay that way in the future. Congratulations in your marriage." Before vanishing into the crowd, Hellious left a bitter, but meaningful message for the two of them.

"Harbourne, huh?" Napasulyap si Sofia kay Reuz, he has this curious face and was a bit bothered for some reason.

"You know him?"

Umiling ang binata, "No, I don't know him personally but I knew his family."

Hindi na lamang ulit nagtanong si Sofia dahil naiintindihan niya naman kung bakit kilala ni Reus ang lalaki. Well, iisang mundo lang naman ang ginagalawan nila. At alam ni Sofia na kailanman ay hindi siya magiging parte ng mundong iyon. Wala din siyang plano dahil satisfied na siya sa buhay niya ngayo. She took a deep breath as she heard the operator calling their flight. Muntik na iyon, muntik na may makatuklas ng pagpapanggap niya.

Kahit nakasakay na silang dalawa sa eroplano at kasalukuyang nasa himpapawid, hindi pa rin maalis sa isipan ni Sofia si Hellious. Many questions were kept on coming into her mind.

Sino ba ang lalaki? May naging relasyon sila ni Alisha? At bakit parang hindi ito kilala ni Reuz? Para masagot ang lahat ng katanungan na nasa isipan niya, napagdesisyunan niya na lang na tanungin ang taong makakasagot nito.

Mahinang kinalabit ni Sofia si Reuz na nasa malalim na pagiisip. Nakatulala ito sa kawalan at hindi siya napapansin kaya naman malakas na pisil na lang sa braso ang ginawa niya para magising ito. Mabilis ang naging reaksiyon nito at ibinaling na din ang atensyon sa kaniya. "—Ouch! What the heck, bitch?"

Nilakihan niya ito ng mata, "Tumigil ka, should I call you honey right now or what?"

For your information, honey is a call signal na ginagamit nila if something unexpectedly happens, katulad ng sitwasyon kay Hellious na nangyari kanina. Because Reuz despises the word honey, Sofia decided to use it to annoy him, at the same time use it for as an advantage. Kaya naman, nang tawagin niya ng ganoon si Reuz sa airport ay nairita ito pero automatic na malalaman nito kung ano ang nangyayari. Gayunpaman, ang galit at inis nito ay naging malaking tulong sa kanila sa sitwasyong na iyon, kaya hanggang ngayon ay maayos pa rin ang lahat at ang plano nila. Kung nabuking sila, mas malaking problema ang mangyayari. In worse cases, ay baka makulong siya at si Reuz naman ay matanggal bilang tagapagmana.

"No freaking way! I hate that word, tss."

Napangisi siya, "Kung ayaw mo naman pala marinig, edi makinig ka." Bulyaw niya, "Muntik na tayo mahuli kanina. Don't you know him at all? Like his connections with Alisha?" Sulsol niya, gusto niya lang sumagap ng chismis dahil sa pagkakakita niya kanina, tingin niya minahal talaga ni Hellious si Alisha and she was intrigued as to why the two of them had broken up, and why Alisha had left such a man. When Reuz introduced Alisha as his, Hellious was obviously in pain.

Napaisip bigla ang binata, "I know what you meant but no, I haven't really seen him with Alisha since we met." Mahinang sagot nito.

"You didn't know he was Alisha's ex?" Sofia started asking questions to Reuz, who was behaving like a naive child at the moment. In these circumstances, it's impossible for this man to be unaware of Alisha, his fiancée for nearly a year. They were together at the time, and Reuz had no idea that Alisha had a hot ex in the form of Hellious.

"Come again? Alisha's ex?!" His blue eyes grew wider at mas lalong nagpokus sa kaniya ang binata. Geez, he is really clueless.

She simply rolled her eyes as she guessed what probably happened. "So, you didn't know? That guy, Hellious told me– I mean Alisha and him were together for six months! There's no way you wouldn't know... unless they were together before Alisha met you."

They both looked at each other. As if she perfectly guessed a secret information. And it looks like she’s right.

Reuz had gathered all of Alisha's information. It doesn't matter if it's about her family or her business. No information should be overlooked because it was his meticulous secretary who organized and collected all of the necessary information for the play to happen. So, what happened, exactly? Why hasn't there been any mention of Alisha and Hellious being in a relationship?

"I better give a call Azur once we take off."

"Just don't give him a hard time." She said, before slowly falling asleep.