Lahat ng Kabanata ng Replacement Love (El Fuego Series 1) (ENGLISH VERSION): Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 107

ALLY’S POV My head was throbbing and I still felt a little dizzy. My whole body felt incredibly heavy. As I lay there, I listened closely and heard faint sounds around me, along with the steady hum of a machine right beside me. Don’t tell me… am I in the hospital again? I started recalling everything that happened. Oh right… I got into another accident, the second one now. “Doctor, why hasn’t she woken up yet? There are so many things I need to ask her!” I heard a woman’s voice say nearby. Mom? So they’re here. “Her condition is stable now. It’s a good thing we were able to attend to her immediately and give her a blood transfusion. For now, all we can do is wait for her to wake up. I also strongly suggest that the patient be given plenty of rest,” I heard the doctor answer her. Moments later, the door opened and closed. The doctor must have left already. I slowly opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was the white ceiling of the room. Wait… this doesn’t look like a hospital roo

ALLY’S POV As I was leaving the mansion, I saw a taxi approaching. It was just coming out, having apparently dropped off a passenger inside the subdivision. I quickly waved it down, and as soon as it stopped in front of me, I got in. “To the nearest terminal, please, Kuya,” I told the driver. While we were driving out, I couldn’t help but glance back at the huge gate slowly closing behind me. I would miss them all. I would miss every happy day I spent with them. Most especially Leon. He has no idea. He doesn’t know anything about what is happening to me right now. I wonder how he’ll feel when he finds out I’m no longer under the Cuevas’ care? Would he ever learn to love someone else? Or… would he look for me? No! It’s impossible to think he’d search for me. Probably now, Meldrid will be the one to become his fiancée. ‘Leon, forgive me. Forgive me for leaving you behind.’ I cried the whole way to the terminal. My eyes were already nearly swollen shut from all the endless weep

MELDRID’S POV “Now that the impostor posing as Mariel is gone, I’d like to formally propose becoming your son’s new fiancée, Tita. You’ve known for a long time how much I truly care for him,” I said to Tita Kristine, Leon’s mother. I was here at their mansion, and I had deliberately asked to speak with her just for this very matter. She let out a long sigh before shaking her head slowly. I frowned, confused and annoyed by her reaction. “I don’t think that would be right, Meldrid. This is certainly not the proper time to arrange another engagement for my son. It would look very inappropriate for him to suddenly have a new fiancée right after everything that has happened.” “But Tita! Mariel has been dead for a long time now! If it weren’t for that deceitful woman, we would have found out much sooner that she was gone. By now, Leon and I would probably already be together,” I insisted firmly. She looked me straight in the eye for a long moment, then sighed again. “This is actually

ALLY’S POV A few more days passed, and I quickly got used to living entirely on my own. My routine was always the same: arrive at the coffee shop by 8:00 AM and leave at 4:00 PM. I lived alone in that small apartment Daniel had left behind. Occasionally, when he happened to be at the shop too, he would drive me home. “You know, Alice… ever since you started working here, Sir Daniel comes by every single Saturday and Sunday. Before, he only used to visit twice a month. But now? It seems like he never misses a weekend,” Mika, my co-worker here, told me. “Oh Mika… I think that’s just pure coincidence,” I replied while wiping down the counter. “I really don’t think so, Alice. In my opinion… our boss definitely likes you. Just thinking about it makes me feel all giddy! Such a beautiful barista and such a handsome doctor… it’s exactly like a scene from a romantic telenovela,” she gushed excitedly. I just smiled at her vivid imagination and shook my head as I walked toward one of the t