My Bodyguard

Twenty Eight

28

KYLE

Alam kong instant celebrity si Maiah ngayon dahil na rin sa eksena namin ng paghahalikan. And I know that her identity as a member of the Elite Team is hidden, but now that media captured what happened, she will be known as my fiancee and soon to be my wife.

Hindi matanggal ang ngiti ko ng maalala ang paghalik na ginawa niya kanina. Ang sarap talaga ng labi niya, ang sarap balik-balikan. 

I know that this is so sudden. But I really have no choice but to offer her marriage dahil alam kong yun lang ang tanging solusyon para masiguro kong hindi siya maaagaw sa akin ni Tony. Hindi ko kayang itolerate ang mga titig niya kay Maiah. Gusto ko siyang sugurin anytime pero alam ko namang hindi yon magugustuhan ng mahal ko. Isa pa, doon din naman ang punta namin so, bakit pa kailangang patagalin, right?

Kailangang itali ko hindi lang ang puso niya pero pati na rin ang buong pagkatao niya sa akin. I can't live without her. I can't imagine my life without Maiah. I swear to God.

"Kyle..." at nalingon ko ang nagsalita.

And Kate stood there, having a glass of wine while looking at me intently.

"Yes?" tanong ko.

I was with other businessmen and Maiah's with Dad, happily chatting with him. Fuck, she's even more lovely whenever she's smiling.

"... Can we talk?" tanong ni Kate.

"We're already talking." matabang kong sagot.

But I should've thanked Kate. If it's not because of our breakup, I'll never be happier like this. What I feel for Maiah is way beyond intense than what I had for Kate before.

"Hindi mo man lang ba ako kukumustahin? Hindi ka na ba talaga interesado sakin? You've changed, Kyle. A lot."

"Ikaw ang unang nawalan ng interes sakin, Kate. Hindi ko naman kasalanan. I just moved on."

Napalunok siya. And now she's looking sorry unlike the day she left me, she looked at me with her head high and full of pride. Yung hindi magigiba at yung hindi nasasaktan. And I was thinking back then, she's so unfair to me. Kasi ako lang yung nagmamahal. Ako lang yung nasasaktan sa 2 taon na relasyon namin. Nakakatawa, di ba? But I really wanna forget all those bitterness because there's no reason for me to still keep that kind of feeling. Masaya na ako sa babaeng mahal ko.

"If you only knew, Kyle. I-I made a big mistake. I know I've been insecure of what I have, and because of that, I let go the only person who made me whole and happy again. N-Namatay si Daddy during our breakup. At lagi kitang hinahanap, na akala ko karamay pa kita,  kahit na alam kong kasalanan ko kung bakit ako naging miserable hanggang ngayon. Kasalanan ko kung bakit tayo naghiwalay." mahabang litanya ni Kate. 

I know where this is going. Kaya ba sinasabi niya ang mga bagay na to sakin?

"I'm sorry for your loss, then. I've never heard of the news."

Natingnan niya ako. "No, don't say that. Don't say sorry, Kyle. There's something I wanna hear from you... Why Kyle? Why you moved on so fast while I'm still not? Ganon mo ba kadaling kalimutan ang 2 taon? Hindi ka ba nanghihinayang?"

"Kate, I chose to move on because I'm hurt. I'm freaking hurt that time. And it's not my fault if you're still stuck in the past. Ikaw ang hindi nanghinayang sa 2 taon. Ikaw ang dahilan ng lahat. Ikaw ang humingi sakin nito. Ikaw ang nagsabing iba ang nararapat sakin. At ngayong nakita ko na siya, tatanungin mo ko kung bakit ako nag-move on? Are you trying to be funny?" namumuo na naman ang galit sa dibdib ko. Why do I have to talk to her anyway?