CHRISTY:Everette’s eyes softened as he watched me laugh while clutching my chest. It hurts but in a good way. “What’s funny?” he asked, amusement in his eyes. I stopped laughing and struggled to maintain my composure. It was a good laugh, something which I had not yet done for quite some time. And everything was because of Everette. He made me feel…alive and important despite the piles of insecurities in my body, especially my size. “You are funny.”“Why?”“When you try to lift me, you cannot do it. Next time, don’t do something that you will be embarrassed about. I'm heavy and no one has managed to try to lift me.” Well, Everette was the one who attempted to. My previous exes never did, saying I was too heavy and weighed like an elephant. Not a little hurt about it because they were true. He flexed his muscles. “This is pretty useless. Don’t worry, kitten. These are just some of the failures in life that we will be able to conquer in the end.”I snorted and straightened myself

CHRISTY:“Kitten?” Everette asked when I did not say anything at all. “Are you fine? You’re not hurt, right?”All I could do was stare at Everette as I looked for words to answer.It was only a simple question that even a two-year-old baby could answer, but for me, it was difficult. I did not want to lie to him. Except not telling him about Mom and mine’s conversation earlier. What would I say? That he was wrong? That I was definitely hurt after learning he had one woman and that he only used me so that he wouldn’t marry someone else whom he might hurt if that woman loved him. All along, I thought it was because he asked me to marry him because of our debt. Only to find out it had something to do with Eden.I forced a smile before rolling to my side and facing him.“Why would I get hurt? I don’t care if you loved Eden or any woman at all. I don’t have any feelings for you, Everette. After six months, we will have our divorce. I will sign the divorce agreement and we will be saying go

CHRISTY:Everette laughed. “It won’t happen, kitten. I won't fall for you. You can mark my words.”My hope crashed. The smile wiped away from my eyes. He was so sure about it that he wouldn't be falling for me. It must be because of my size. I was ugly and did not pass his standards.Or maybe he just loved Eden so much that he did not have any space for someone else.He patted my hair, tenderly. “I promise that this will be the best six months of your life. I will show you that you should not settle for less anymore. I will treat you like my queen.”“How did you know I always settle for less?”“Different men after every break-up?”“It wasn’t my fault that they always come to me when I am broken.”Tenderly, Everett put the strands of hair away from eyes. “You attracted assholes, kitten. A piece of advice. When you have your heart broken, the next thing you should do is heal yourself. Not to enter into another relationship with a broken heart. The new guy will break you again. I bet my

CHRISTY:I know Mom would never stop running my mood, and she aced it for now. She will never stop calling me and she did until we reached the house. I was already happy being with Everette and temporarily forgot the problem I had to deal with when we were in the resort, but now that we were back to reality, it felt like someone had slapped me hard to be back in the present. My phone beeped and Mom’s text flashed in.“Christina. You will pay for this!” When I did not respond, she continued showering me with text messages.John kept glancing at me in the rearview mirror. “Are you fine, Christy?” he asked with a concerned look.“How was your relationship with your parents?”“They are still alive, and it is great,” he said, smiling. “Lucky you. How old are they?”“They are in their eighties, but still healthy and I wished them a long long life.”John must have loved his parents because he wanted them to have a long life. While Mommy…“We were poor but rich in values. We were also ha

CHRISTY:Eden did not love Everette. That was the biggest surprise I experienced so far. Was there someone incapable of loving someone like him? He was the most ideal man I had ever encountered and not falling for him was one of the biggest mistakes someone could ever make. He was a complete package!“Can you believe it, kitten?” he asked. “My family would never understand why she did not fall for me. And I was too. I mean what should I do so that she will fall for me?”It was an unrequited love, but the amount of love Everette poured towards Eden despite knowing it wouldn’t be reciprocated was beyond comprehension.There was no difference between you and Everette. You both loved a person whom you could never love truly.Still…it was a shock that Eden did not love him at all. That was…surprising given the qualities that this man possessed.“Maybe…she loved someone else and really treated you like her brother.”He went back to his chair and put his hands under his chin. “Why is that?