Chapter 25: That Thing Called 'Love'

(Luther)

I DELIBERATELY walked away as slowly as I could because I wanted Alexandra to call me. I wanted her to stop me from walking away because once I get out of these woods, once I leave her here with Giovanni, I feel like we’ll only drift further away from each other.

Here I was, thinking we could somehow work things out since she was starting to talk and open up to me. But this happened.

In the end, my expectations had hurt me again. I never really learned.

My parents were the living proof that falling in love was a terrible thing. And yet, even while knowing that, I still fell in love with Alexandra. I only realized it when I saw her embracing another man. I think I’d been in love with her from the first time I saw her and that feeling must have grown more as I watched her from afar all these crazy years.

Maybe I first fell in love with her bravery. No one was ever that brave around me. When I saw her again in Manila, I fell in love with her determination, with her guts.

Then I