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Chapter 11

Chapter 11

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"Fine. I'll show you who I really am..."

That was the last thing she heard from him before her back collided with a something hard like a wall. She was trapped. Cornered. Wala na siyang ibang mapuntahan. Wala na siyang ibang magawa kundi panoorin ang nagpakilalang secret admirer niyang naglalakad palapit sa kanya.

Angela saw that the strings on his mask were finally undone and the only thing he has to do para ipakita ang mukha niya is to remove his right hand that still held the white, emotionless, mask.

There was dominance in his walk which made Angela, not neccessarily scared, but somewhat uneasy as if may pina-plano kasi ito. Finally, after almost what felt like a long time, magkaharap na rin sila. She can almost hear his breathing behind the mask he was still holding.

"Angela..." said the mysterious masked man.

Ngayon na mas maikli pa sa isang hakbang ang layo nila sa isa't-isa, dito na napansin ni Angela na wala pala siyang nakikitang mga mata sa dalawang butas kung saan dapat ang mga ito... There was nothing... Nothing... Nothing but darkness just like the one surrounding them.

"Angela..." he repeated.

As if it was in slow-motion, he dropped the mask on the floor which landed with a loud thud. Angela gasped in surprise. Sinundan ng mga mata niya ang pag-hulog ng maskara sa sahig bago ang mukhang kanina pa nito nililihim sa kanya.

Hindi niya alam kung anong makikita niyang mukha ng lalaking matagal na niyang gustong makilala pero nang makita na niya ito, ang alam niya lang ay... Hindi dapat ganun.

Napasigaw siya sa gulat nang makita ang "mukha" ng nagpapakilalang secret admirer niya. Nanghina ang mga tuhod niya at nawalan siya ng balanse.

"Hi Angela..." bati ng lalaki sa kanya. "Akala ko ba gusto mo 'kong makita?"

"... A-Ano?! ... Hi-Hindi ikaw si-" she was trembling... Her voice shaking... At parang lalabas na ang puso niya sa dibdib niya dahil sa bilis ng pagtibok nito dahil sa gulat at takot.

"Angela? Why are you so afraid?" slowly, he knelt down in front of he with one knee.

That was it. His face was so close...

Except...

There's one problem...

It wasn't...

His face...

"It's" face...

Ang tinititigan niya...

Ang nasa harap niya...

Ang matagal na niyang hinihintay at inaasam na makita...

Ay...

Hindi pala...

Isang...

... Mukha.

"What wrong Angela?" nagbago ang boses nito... Lumalim at naging nakakatakot. "I'm everything you want to be, aren't I?"

'Everything you want to be...?' Angela thought to herself despite her fear. '... Isang Wattpad book?!'

His face...

"It's" face...

... Ay isang Wattpad book.