Once In A Lifetime (Life Struggle Series #1) COMPLETED

Special Chapter

Kung babalikan ko ang mga nangyari sa akin sa mga nakaraang taon, hindi ko maisip kung paano ko nalagpasaan ang lahat ng mga 'yon. I didn't just experience one struggle, I experienced lots of it. Hindi ko na mabilang.

I experienced being hurt by my parents. I almost killed myself. I got raped. I lost my memories for two years... I lost the people I thought I'll be spending with the rest of my life.

Did I really survive? Am I really in the place where I exactly want to be?

Bumuga ako nang malalim na hininga. Tears pooled down my eyes. It's impossible that I'm still here!

"Hey... Why are you crying?" Puno ng pag-aalalang tanong ni Nehemiah.

Umiling lang ako at pinunasan ang luha, "Is this life really existing?"

I also can't believe that the man I left, the man I didn't saw for eight years is hugging me from behind. Iniwan ko siya noon pero bumalik pa rin siya sa akin. Hindi ko siya maalala noon pero ngayon ay ang mga alaala nalang naming dalawa ang tumatakbo sa isip ko.

He buried his head on my neck and felt him smile, "This is our life now... He gave this to us, Love."

Humilig ako sa kan'ya. I smelled his scent.

"Grabe, 'no? Ang dami nating pinagdaan pero nakarating tayo rito," I said while smiling a bit.

He only kissed my nape.

"This honestly feels surreal."

After our wedding, we took out of the country vacation. Just the two of us... me and him.

But even if we're alone and married, nothing yet happened to us. Inamin ko sa kan'ya na ayoko munang magka-anak and he respects it. I want our alone time, at least for a year or more than a year. Madaming taon din ang ninakaw sa amin ng tadhana at gusto ko pang sulitin ang taon na kaming dalawa muna. No one else, but him only.

Nehemiah as Nehemiah, hindi siya pabor na gumamit ng protection because of his beliefs and it's totally fine with me. Though I have to wait years to discover his body and mark him mine. Hindi rin naman ako nagmamadali. I can always have his body anytime I'm ready.

"I can't believe it, too. After you broke up with me on my birthday..." biro n'ya.

I pouted and hit his chest a bit. Hinuli n'ya ang mga daliri ko at idinala sa bibig n'ya. He kissed them like a precious jewel.

"Wala akong choice, okay?!" I defended myself.

"Yeah. Sure."

Sumimangot ako kahit hindi n'ya nakikita, "Ikaw nga, sinabihan ako ng malandi! What was that, again? You're a whore, Mahalia Jassy..."

Umungol siya, "Love! That was... Impulsive words!"

"Katawan ko lang ang habol mo," I mimicked what he said that day.

"Stop it!"

"Akala mo naman nakaka-akit 'yang katawan mo," I teased him.

"Hinahamon mo ako, Mahalia Jassy Villagracia?"

I pursed my lips. Inangat n'ya ang kamay ko at ipinadausdos 'yon sa katawan n'ya. It stayed on his abdomen.

I gulped. I felt his abs,  "A-and besides... if I didn't leave you, our life wouldn't be like this."

"Hmm?" he guided my fingers to rub his abs.

"M-magsasawa ka sa akin panigurado. You'll look for other girls who're sexier, prettier, and smarter than me."

He left my fingers and bring his hand inside my clothes.

He chuckled, "Really?"

"Really."