Sunod-sunod akong napalunok nang bumangon siya sa kama. His nakedness was bare in front of my eyes. Ngunit wala siyang pakialam don. He just went to my drawer and took some of his clothes there before going inside the bathroom.

Pero bago pa siya pumasok, tumingin siya sa akin saglit. "Whatever you cook tastes good. Just cook what is available" Malamig na sabi niya. Napatitig na lang ako sa pintuan nang sumara iyon.

There was a new emotion building up inside my system and I don't know what that is.

Nanghihina akong tumayo sa gilid ng kama. I tried to ignore the giddy feeling that washed over me and focused my attention on fixing the bed.

I did cook. Nagluto na lang ako ng simpleng itlog at hotdog. Buong pagkain namin ng agahan, iba pa rin ang tono ni Luke.

Parang tinutusok ng sinulid and puso ko na ewan. Di ko maintindihan kung saan 'to galing.

Magkasabay kaming pumasok sa paaralan. Hinatid niya ako gaya ng lagi niyang ginagawa.

But I feel like this day would be different.


Catalya

How could Isaac do that to me?

Pinigilan ko ang mga luhang nagbabantang lumabas. I don't want to cry in front of Patricia dammit!

Pumasok sa isip ko ang kabalastugang ginawa sa akin ni Isaac.

He forced me. He forcefully penetrated inside me without my consent. He took away my virginity.

He did me again last night. He did it again.

Even a single word, I didn't tell any soul about what he did to me last last week. Pero ngayong inulit niya kagabi, I cannot help the surge of emotions raging inside of me.

He's a devil reincarnated.

Sabi niya mahal niya ako. Pero bakit nagawa niyang lapastangan ang pagkababae ko?

I abruptly wiped my tears and hid my face from Patricia.

Umayos ako ng upo nang makita si Zarena na kakapasok lang. I saw Luke saying something to her before he left.

When I looked Zarena, I stopped midway in holding back my feelings. The look written in her eyes reflects mine. Pain.

Napapikit ako. Zarena has a problem too.


Zarena

Mabibigat ang bawat paghakbang ko papasok sa klasrum. Quickly spotting Catalya and Patricia, I walked towards them. Of course, I tried my hardest to work out hiding my emotions.

Alam ko namang nasaktan ko si Luke kagabi. But still, I pushed my decision. Kaya wala akong karapatang masaktan sa pag-iiba ng mga akto niya. Because in the first place, it's me who wanted this. It's me who chose the decision of breaking up with him. Ako ang sumuko sa aming dalawa kaya wala akong karapatang magreklamo.

I can feel the painful clenching of my heart. It's screaming the pain it feels on the cold and distant actions of the man she's loving.

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