The Ex-Girlfriend's Revenge

Chapter 1:

Kirsten's POV:

"Pearce, teka lang! Ano ba! At least tell me the reason why you're breaking up with me! You can't just leave me oblivious! Bigla ka na lang lumamig, not answering any of my messages and calls tapos bigla mo na lang ako hihiwalayan over a text?!", I ranted while trying to grip his arm na nilalayo niya sa akin kasi ayaw niya magpahawak.

"You still don't get it do you? Everyone in the school knows, how can you not?", he muttered in a tone of voice I'm not familiar with.

It feels like talking to a stranger.

I roamed my eyes in the whole vicinity, and I wasn't even aware na nagtatalo kami ni Pearce sa gitna ng hallway.

Ang raming nanonood, ang raming nakikisawsaw. They're looking at me weirdly, whispering and chuckling as if they know something that I don't.

Ibinalik ko ang tingin ko kay Pearce.

"What do you mean?", I nervously asked him, my hands shaking visibly.

"I only dated you because you're pretty."

My eyes twitched, and so is my ears hearing that. I can't even comprehend what he said well, or am I just refusing to believe it?

"We dated for a year, Pearce. And you expect to believe me that?", pagmamatigas ko.

He chuckles.

"I dated someone longer before you because she had a great body, Ophelia.", he answered, wriggling his eyebrows.

I bowed down my head, tumitig ako sa sahig, hindi alam ang gagawin.

"Then why would you talk about marrying me? Na mahal mo ako? Was that all a lie?", sa sahig pa rin nakatingin na tanong ko sa kanya.

"Come one, what's so hard about lying?", mabilis niyang sagot.

And a lightning struck through my heart.

Tinignan ko ulit si Pearce.

"You don't actually think, that I'm marrying a commoner like you, right?", sabi niya agad nang mapaangat ako ng tingin sa kanya.

I heard laughter from the crowd.

Unti-unti akong napabitaw sa braso niya.

I can hear their whispers so clearly, it cut my heart deeply.

I'm so embarrassed right now. I've been fooled for a year, and these people around me waited for this day to come.

Tinalikuran ako ni Pearce at iniwan sa gitna ng hallway, I watched his cold back leave with no hint of remorse.

"Sabi ko na nga ba road to hiwalayan na sila hahaha nakita ko kahapon kasama ni Pearce 'yong newbie actress sa Channel 6, si Hannah."

"Ngayon mo lang alam? One month na naglulumpungan si Pearce at Hanna no hahahah. "

"Alam niyo girls, hindi type ni Pearce si Ophelia. Tumagal lang sila kasi ang tagal ibigay ni Ophelia sarili niya, Pearce was challenged with that at ngayon nakuha niya na, naghanap lang siya ng tamang tiyempo para hiwalayan 'yan. I mean, she's pretty, I'd date her too but come on... A scholar and a commoner at the same time? If ako si Pearce? I'm also not settling with that sa layo ba naman ng estado ng buhay namin hahahaha."

Napakuyom ako ng mga kamao.

I gritted my teeth with my tongue in between.

Hindi ako iiyak sa harap ng mga walangh*yang tao na 'to. Na who sees me like an object just because hindi ako naaayon sa standards nila.