Hindi mapakali si Charlie habang nakasakay siya ng sasakyan niya patungo sa St. Gabriel University. Today is the start of classes. She's now an official part of the graduating class -- a thing she had always looked forward to in the past. She initially dreamed of going to Oxford for her masters after she graduates from college. And after that, she will take the helm of SSL and lead it. It was a perfect plan. Well that was before. Before her life got all messed up when her future was decided for her by people other than herself!Mahigit isang linggo na mula nang makasagutan niya ang Daddy niya. Isang linggo na rin mula nang pumutok ang balita tungkol sa engagement nila ni Theo. Isang linggo na rin siyang grounded. Her father took her phone away. Pinagbawalan na rin siya nitong pumasok sa SSL. She's basically a prisoner in her own home Home. Oh how the words tasted bitter in her mouth. Should she have the opportunity to choose, she would stay out of their house for a while. She felt su

"What did he do to you?" malumanay ang boses na tanong ni Gael sa kanya. They were parked under a tree na sa tingin niya ay parte ng isang natural park sa labas ng Maynila. They drove in silence for more than three hours. Ngayon lang sila huminto.Bumaling siya kay Gael. The storm in his eyes didn't go away, but it was more subtle now. She knew he was fighting his emotions. Siya rin naman. But what Theo did to her today was unforgivable. Hindi niya lubos maisip kung ano man ang maaring nangyari sa kanya kung wala si Gael sa malapit. Muling nangilid ang luha niya."H-he k-kissed me and tried to..." Napahawak siya sa damit niya, sa may bandang dibdib. Theo almost touched her there. Gael cursed under his breath, gripping the steering wheel tight, his knuckles almost turned white. "I will not let this pass, Charlie. He will pay. He will damn pay for what he did to you today!" Humagulgol na siya, tuluyang napayakap dito. Theo's threats ringing inside her head. "P-please, Gael. Just let i

"What? Tonto! What am I paying you for? Hindi mo na naman inaayos ang trabaho mo!" singhal ng Mommy ni Theo sa kausap nito sa telepono bago tumingin sa kanya. Sigurado siya, kausap na naman nito ang secretary nito. "Well make a way! If you should move the heaven and earth just to get to that client, then do it. No! You do it or else you're fired!"He grinned. He really took after his mother's impatience. Kaya nga siya nagtataka kung paano niya natagalan ang sang gaya ni Charlie. Charlie. That stubborn girl. He automatically balled his fists when he recalled her insults and rejection earlier that day.He will make sure that she'll pay once he found her. He will bang her and taste every inch of that beautiful body of hers. He had waited for so long at hindi na siya makakapagpigil pa. Masyado na rin siyang matagal na nagpapakabait.His mother told him that marrying Charlie would be good for him-- for his image. So that he would gain the favor of her aunt's husband, the baron who doesn

Hindi mapigilan ni Charlie ang panginginig habang inihihinto ni Gael ang sasakyan sa ilalim ng isang puno. They drove to a small dirt road, just a few hundred meters away from the highway. They were surrounded by bushes, hiding them from the view of anyone. It took them almost half an hour to reach there and shake the damn black car away. And now she can really feel the cold. Moreso, when there is a storm raging outside. "Take off your clothes, Charlie," nagmamdaling utos ni Gael sa kanya. Sinubukan niyang tumalima subalit masyadong malakas ang panginginig ng mga kamay niya. Seeing that she was struggling, si Gael na ang nagtanggal ng mga damit niya until all that's left were her underwears. Gael reached for the backseat and took from there the big blanket they bought when they first went to the market before they went into hiding by the sea side. Ibinalot nito iyon sa kanya. But she still can't stop shivering. "G-Gael, i-it's c-cold," sabi niya. She heard him curse unders his b

“Nasabi na sa akin ni Ms. Sandejas kung ano ang nangyari sa ‘yo, Gael,” umpisang pahayag ni Sir Eric kay Gael nang sila na lang dalawa.Inipon niya ang lahat ng lakas niya upang makaupo siya sa kama. “Mrs. Estrada,” sagot niya pagkatapos.Nangunot-noo ang boss niya. “What?”“Charlie is Mrs. Estrada now, Sir. I married her,” seryosong pahayag niya.Bumagsak ang balikat ni Sir Eric, sandaling sinapo ang ulo bago umiling-iling.“Kailan pa?” tanong nito nang muling mag-angat ng tingin.“Two weeks ago. Mula nang umalis kami nang Maynila. Tinulungan kami nina Gray at Judge Almazan,” paliwanag niya sa mababang tinig.Sir Eric huffed, muling umiling. He knew his boss will have this big talk with his son and his uncle, the judge. “Anyway, nasabi sa akin ni Ms. San—ng asawa mo na may mga humahabol sa inyo kaya ka nabaril. Do you have any idea about the identities of these men?”He blinked a few times, battling with himself if he’d tell his boss on not. “Sir Aaron threatened Charlie that he’d hu