The Substitute Vows ni Marcandre
“You sound like a girl begging for approval. Dapat maging isang babae ka na parang sa’yo ’yung mismong kumpanya, ’yung mismong boardroom. Dapat makita pa lang nila ang postura mo, alam na nila na hindi ka dapat bastusin.”
Bella clenched her fists. “I’m not Marisella kaya please…” she blurted before she could stop herself.
Napataas ang kilay ni Mrs. Santiago. But Leon, who had been silently observing from the corner, finally spoke.
“No,” he said, stepping forward, his voice low and deliberate. “You are not Marisella. She ran. You stayed. That makes you mine. And mine does not cower, wife.”
Parang mga kidlat na tumama ang mga salita ni Leon sa kanya.
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