"Congratulations!"
Kanina pa ako naririndi tangina! Dapat talaga hindi na ako nagpa kita sa reception na ito eh! Pero alam ko namang hindi iyon magugustuhan nila dad at mom. Mapapahiya ang pamilya namin sa angkan ng mga Lee kapag ginawa ko iyon. At andito din naman ang mga pinsan ko kaya sa kanila nalang ako nakikihalubilo. Andun ako sa table nila habang mag isa sa table namin ang asawa ko.
Tsk as if I care!
"Lover boy bat di mo samahan si misis?" tangina!
Nagtawanan lahat ng pinsan ko together with a twin dahil sa sinabi ni Zander. Gago talaga toh!
"Tumigil ka kung ayaw mong mamatay!" giit ko
"Grabe, galit na si lover boy!" asar pa niya
Tangina lang.
"Pero seryoso kuya, don't you love that girl?" tanong saakin ni Safe
"No" tipid kung tugon
Kumunot ang noo niya, pati na din si Lance nag taka.
"I know na arrange lang ang kasal niyo, pero look at her kuya, she's nice and sweet naka usap ko nga kanina eh" ani niya
I took a glance at Claire, she's alone on our table. Naka ngiti siya pero may halong lungkot. Should I feel guilty? I think not. I turned my gaze back to my cousins.
"Ano naman sinabi mo Safe?"
"I congratulated her, she's really nice kuya I swear"
"Okay" nagkibit balikat ako
"Well she looks fragile to me" ani ni Lance
For the first time nag salita ang pinsan naming ito. Napaka tahimik kasi nito eh!
"Woah nagsalita ka na Lance!" asar ni Raven
"Tsk!"
"Why did you say so?" tanong ko
Tanging pag kibit balikat lang ang tugon niya saakin. Fragile?! What the hell?!
Ericka's more fragile than her in thousand possible ways.
I don't know why, but I just don't like Claire. Straightforward but it's the truth. Ayaw kung ipagsiksikan ang sarili ko kaya as much as possible, ayaw kung malapit sa kanya.
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Claire's POV
All of our guest congratulated me. I thanked them of course, and gave a plain smile. I sigh as I looked over the crowd, searching for my long time crush, who is now my husband. There I saw him talking to his cousins. This wedding could have been more happy if he was here with me. Kaso ako lang naman ang natitira dito sa stage. Sitting alone while gazing at the crowd.
I'm married to Raze. But why does it feel so different? As if the both of us are very far from each other. I know fixed marriage sucks, but with Raze, tatanggi pa ba ako? I'm madly in love with him for years already! Ngayon pa ba ako magiging maarte?
"Hey Claire right?" I turned my gaze to the man who spoke to me
Raven.
"Yes" tipid kung sagot
I turned by gaze back to the crowd. To be really honest, I'm not in the mood to make long conversations. Today was supposed to be a happy day but hell life sucks!
"A little bit snob I see" I can feel him grin
"Why are you here Raven? Diba dapat kasama mo sila" I pointed at Raze's direction
He chuckled. Same voice with Raze, but for me Raze's voice is more manly.
"Well I'm just here to say something to you" ani niya
I looked at him. Well he looks serious.
"What is it?" I asked
I received a sigh for an answer. He sat on the chair where Raze is supposed to be seated right now.
"I know how fixed marriage sucks Claire, I know the feeling of being tied to the person whom you do not love"
My forehead creased. What is he saying? Is he implementing that I don't love Raze? Pwes mali siya!
"M-Mali ka Raven, you see, I love your brother. Mula college palang, siya na ang-
"Yes I know that, I can read it in your eyes"
My eyes grew bigger. I felt my cheeks burning right now. How did he knew?
"P-Paano?"
"I can see it in your eyes. The way you look into my brother, so much love and attraction" simple niyang tugon.
Raven Del Valle. I didn't expect the cassanova to be like this. I was left speechless!
"So now I'm telling you, habang maaga pa Claire, learn to unlove my twin brother"
WHAT?! Why would I do that?!
"And why would I do that?" inis kung tanong
Once again, he sighed. Hindi ko talaga maintindihan ang sinasabi ni Raven. Ang gulo!
"Bago ka pa man masaktan Claire, learn to unlove him."
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
"Tama na Raven"
"Maawa ka sa sarili mo Claire, masasaktan kalang kapag pinag patuloy mo yang nararamdaman mo"
"Tama na"
"You know how much my brother loves Ericka. I-
"Enough" I raised my voice's volume a bit
I don't want to hear it! Masyadong masakit!
Raven stood from the chair. He looked at me with so much sympathy.
"I warned you"
With that he walked out. I was left dumbfounded.
I just came to think of it, napaka swerte naman ni Ericka at mahal na mahal siya ng lalaking mahal ko. Mahal na nga siya ng asawa niya, mahal pa siya ni Raze. How lucky! I'm starting to get mad at her. It's unfair for her part yes, but can you blame me? Nag seselos ako. Ingit ako sa kanya!
How can Raze love her? Well babaguhin ko iyon. I will do everything to make this marriage work. Kung kailangan maging modelo o designer ako tulad ni Ericka then I'll be glad to give up on photography. Basta bat mahalin lang ako ni Raze, sapat na sapat na saakin.
I'll make sure my husband will forget Ericka, and eventually replaced her in his heart. Replace her with me.
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Short update. Sorry busy.
I'll try to update as many as I could sa long vacation.
-Mr. A
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