Novel & Cerita If It Hadn't Been For Love

Basta't isang araw ay nagising nalang siya at nadatnan ang ina niya na nag-alsa-balutan na ng mga gamit nito palabas ng bahay nila. She lived with her father until the day he died. And she liked it that way. Since the day her mother left her, nawala na rin ang pagmamahal niya para dito. She hated her mother for leaving their family... for leaving her. And for what? For another man.

He certainly wasn't in love with her anymore. XXX

I should be angry and throwing a tantrum, but I am surprised and still come and not angry, just a bit disappointed, though. 'Am sorry I didn't tell. I knew you would disagree. You are so proud, but I want you to be okay. Somewhere I can see you every day and know you are really fine. Steph, you know that I care about you so much that you are always on my mind. Life without you is becoming hard for me. I wish you could just give me a chance to be there for you. To love and cherish you. Please say yes to me. Be my girlfriend.'

Not for the other. Not for love.

Raw and irrational and almost adolescent in its bitterness. He looked at Luca with open contempt. Then at Damon. And said the cruelest thing he could think of: “When he leaves you, you’ll deserve it.” Silence. Rain. Blood. Damon’s hand steadied. Completely. Because there it was. The thing Matteo had never understood and never would. Love was not leverage. Not a transaction. Not a cage. Not a debt. It was choice. Messy. Risky. Human. And the reason Matteo would always lose was because he couldn’t comprehend being chosen freely.

Love was the reason she remembered. The universe remembered

She didn't know what love was? She was never loved before. Nor did she love anyone so it was difficult to decipher what she felt for him. But it wasn't love. It can't be love. It was more potent than lust but it wasn't love. It would be disastrous if she fell for a man who lacks such an emotion. She was losing her mind. Cath shouldn't ponder on him. Instead, she should think about the future and what she would do when she goes back to her old life?

“ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ғᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ

With love. And it would not be extinguished.

' as love was only for the weak. Am I weak?