"Who's this girl?" andoon na naman ang striktang boses ng ginang habang inuusisa ang kapatid ni Brea."She's Brea's sister, why?" kaagad ding napalingon silang dalawa ng kapatid sa likod n'ya ng marinig nila ang boses ni Edward na nagsasalita mula doon. Nasa may hagdanan ang binata at nakatingin sa mommy n'ya. Actually, Brea thought that Edward's mom is just curious kung sino ang kausap n'ya sa sala but she means no harm with what she asks. Natural na ata talagang strikta ang mukha ng nanay ng binata."oh, so you're Brealle?" kumunot ang noo n'ya at noo ng kapatid n'ya dahil kilala siya nito. Pero dahil nagtanong ito, kahit naguguluhan si Brealle at Brea, tumango na lamang si Brealle dito."How did you know me po?" Brealle asks and Brea wanted to knows as well."You're all grown up now. Kaya pala sobrang pamilyar ng mukha mo. I used to see you around your parent's office, playing around with the employee. We met once but I guess you wouldn't remembers that because you were still youn
She is naked and in front of her is Edward who's unclothing himself. She couldn't help but to stare at him from his soft lips down to his very own manhood who's so alive at the moment.Right after he finished taking of his clothes, and nothing more is in his body. He then put his tow hands on her waist and slowly pushing him until her butt checks felt the cold table behind her.Napalunok ang dalaga while her eyes are locked with Edward's eyes. Walang nagtanggal ng pagtitig nilang dalawa."You were so busy being mad at me that you forget about my award when I won that golf." who would have sex with him like that if she's mad-mad? she thought."you shouldn't have made me mad at the first place, edi sana nasa car na tayo na award ngayon." tugon n'ya dito and it made Edward smirk.Without speaking a word, Edward kiss her torridly that she responded and gave the same energy as he is giving. His hands who was just on her waist, is now on her breast and massaging it like it's his stress ball
"finally, they're here!" Brealle hissed nang makita silan dalawa papasok sa dining area ng bahay. She has this teasing smile for her and Brea is trying her best not to have an eye contact with her sister kasi alam n'yang sa uri palang ng tingin nito ay pinagduduhan na siya.Dahil sa kaka-iwas n'ya sa titig ng kapatid, dumapo ang titig n'ya sa parents ni Edward at parehong nakangiti ito sakanya na para bang may nagandang nangyari lalo na ang mommy ng binata. Nakakunot ang noo ni Brea habang naupo siya sa upuan katabi ni Edward."why are you guys looking at me like that?" nagtataka n'yang tanong sa mga magulang ni Edward dahi hindi parin nawawala ang mga ngiti nito sa mga labi."Such a gentleman, Kuya Edward." sabat naman ni Brealle nang nakita nitong pinaghila siya ng upuan bago tuluyang naupo. "Brealle, why are you so bubbly?" she asked her confusingly. She doesn't know what's going on with them but she can guess that maybe Brealle told them that they did something in Edward's office
Brea is so happy that her sister was able to visit her, the only thing that she hates is that her sister is being stolen by Edward's mom. His mom adore her so much na sinama ginala n'ya ito sa buong mansyon nila, mula gate hanggang sa mala palasyo nitong bahay."my sister is spending more time with your mom instead of me. I'm hurt." she jokingly said and she heard Edward laugh beside her while they're looking at the two from the terrace of Edward's room na namimitas ng mga prutas at bulaklak sa Hardin. "I remember how my mom adores her so much when she's still young, my mom wanted a daughter so much that's why." anito pa at napatango-tango si Brea dito."so you don't think anymore that your mom is faking her treatment to my sister and to me? earlier, I saw how you observe your mom's actions towards us. I guess her actions convinced you enough to believe that she adores my sister." tumingin si Brea sa binata matapos n'yang sabihin iyon.Edward was still looking at the two from a dista
Matapos nilang mag meryenda ay tumambay muna si Brea, Brealle at mommy ni Edward sa garden para mag tea while admiring the place samantalang si Edward at daddy nito ay may trabahong ginagawa sa mga opisina nito sa loob ng bahay."alam n'yo ba, my mom made this garden when I was two years old. Sobrang tagal na, and yet andito parin ito and just like how my mom made this, it's still so beautiful and comforting." anito na parang ninanamnam ang magandang simoy ng hangin. Si Brea at Brealle ay nakikinig lang sa ginang habang nagko-kwento ito. They're attentively listening to the story that Edward's mom's about to tell them."dito ako madalas napupunta kapag pinapagalitan ako ni mama dati at gusto kong mapag-isa at kapag nagtatampo ako sakanilang dalawa ni papa. This place holds a very deep meaning to me, this place was my comfort when I was struggling during my teenager days. Palagi kasing busy si mama dati sa work, they barely had time for me while growing up but when they do, they make
"what in the world is going on here?" Nang makapasok sila sa loob ng bahay, bungad na bungad sakanila ang mag-ama na parehong naka apron at busy na busy sa kusina."can't you see? we're cooking." tugon ng daddy nito sa mommy ni Edward na hindi makapaniwala sa asawa n'yang nagluluto."Honey, for our whole marriage. I've only seen you step into the kitchen to cook twice and the last one was five years ago. What's going on? And Edward? do you even know how to cook?" baling nito sa anak na siyang naghihiwa ng sangkap."Of course I know how to cook. I've taught myself how to cook. Pinagluto ko na nga si Brea eh." anito pa na animo'y proud na proud pa."And I also know how to cook—" naputol ang dapat sasabihin ng daddy ni Edward nang sumabat kaagad ang asawa nito sakanya."You've burned the eggs in those two times that I let you cook for me." natawa si Brealle at Brea sa sinabi ng ginang pati si Edward natawa narin."I'm learning and besides, Edward told me that he'll teach me because he kno
Hindi alam ni Brea kung anong niluluto ng mag-ama dahil hindi sila nito pinapasok sa kitchen, they actually shut the kitchen door closed so that the three of them wouldn't enter and bother them. What's confusing is that halos dalawang oras na silang nasa kitchen at hindi parin tapos.Wala silang naaamoy dahil sa dirty kitchen na Ang mga ito nagluluto ngayon at wala silang idea kung ano ito. Ang tanging magagawa lang nila ay maghintay sa living room. They've been sitting their for almost two hours at natapos narin ang barbie na pinapanood nila."you guys wanna watch the sunset in the garden?" na-excite silang dalawa sa sinabi ng mommy ni Anthony."There's still a sunset?" gulat ngumiti excited na tanong ni Brealle dito.tumango-tango dito ang ginang. "kahit 6 p.m na dito may sunset parin. Minsan malapit na mag 6 p.m lumalabas ang sunset dahil doon palang nagsimulang lumubog ang araw dito. It's pretty amazing actually, the sunset in the garden is pretty amazing. Come on you two and let'
"kailan ka uuwi?" narinig ni Brea na tanong ng mga kapatid nila na ka video call ni Brealle na nasa guest room ngayon.Pumasok si Brea sa kwarto at kaagad na nag-angat ang tingin sakanya ng kapatid bago ito sumagot sa mga kapatid nilang kausap din nito."Bukas naman ako uuwi. Hindi naman ganon katagal iyon. Matutulog lang kayo ngayon tapos pag-gising n'yo nasa bahay na ako." anito pa. Hindi na muna nagpakita si Brea sa mga kapatid n'yang ka video call ni Brealle. Umupo lang siya sa kama na hindi siya nakikita ng mga ito."Baka naman ilang linggo ka rin na hindi uuwi katulad ni Ate Brea. Hindi pa siya umuuwi, namimiss na namin siya." randam n'ya ang lungkot sa mga boses ng mga ito."I told you guys, nasa work si ate diba. Uuwi din naman siya." narinig n'ya ang boses ni Mark so napagtanto ni Brea na nasa hospital ang mga kapatid nila kasama sila aling Maricel."pero kasi sabi n'ya every Tuesday siya uuwi pero nag Tuesday na at hindi parin siya umuuwi. It's Sunday na kaya, hindi siya umu
"Cindy Vergione, come here and I'll comb your hear before you play outside with kuya and daddy." tawag pa ni Brea sa bunso n'yang babae. Narinig n'ya ang nagtatakbong mga paa nitong maliliit. Vergione is now four years old and she's there second child, the third one is still on her stomach."mommy, will Tito mark and the other Tito's and tita's will be there to play with us?" sobrang cute ng boses nito at pinanggigilan iyon ni Brea."Yes, your Tito's and Tita's will be there to play with you." aniya pa. Magaling na si Mark, Edward's parents took him to America para doon magpagaling and when they came back, magaling na si Mark na ipinagpasalamat n'ya. Ang iba naman n'yang kapatid ay malalaki narin habang si Brealle ay nagta-trabaho na bilang doktor sa isang malaking hospital sa bansa. She's so proud of her sister for the past years and now? she's studying because she'll gonna take a board exam for being professional nurse. Yes, nag aral siya sa loob ng anim na taon, she also met her p
Habang palabas silang dalawa ni Paul galing sa kwartong iyon ay hindi parin siya makapaniwala na buntis siya. All this time, she thought that it was just because her period is coming but she forgot that she's already delayed."Will you be okay?" tanong nito sakanya nang mapansin nitong tulala siya habang naglalakad sila."I'll be fine." nasundan iyon ng isang malaking buntong hininga at natawa sakanya ang binata. "You have to be stress free, makaka apekto iyan sa bata. Does Edward know? nag-away ba kayo?" kumunot ang noo n'ya sa tanong ng binatang doktor sakanya."How did you know that it's Edward?" nagtatakang tanong n'ya pa dito."I saw you guys being together in a restaurant once. So I guess you two are back together and I suppose that's his child?" may pag aalinlangan nitong tugon sakanya."oh, yeah just don't tell anyone yet. Hindi n'ya kasi alam at wala pa akong planong ipaalam sakanya." aniya pa sa binata pero imbis na ito ang sumagot sakanya, ibang boses ang sumagot mula sa h
"Ate? dalawang araw kana dito sa hospital. Wala ka bang planong umuwi muna at mag bihis?" tanong kaagad sakanya ni Mark pagkabalik n'ya galing bumili ng lunch nito.Tumawa si Brea sa kapatid. "Mabaho na ba si ate?" biro n'ya pa sa kapatid pero nagulat siya ng tumango ito sakanya."Oo ate kaya umuwi ka muna at maligo. Ang baho mo na." kumunot ang noo ni Brea sa sinabi nito kaya inamoy n'ya ang sarili pero hindi naman siya mabaho kaya nagtataka siya sa kapatid."Hindi naman ah. Pinagti-tripan mo ako eh." aniya pa sa kapatid na ikinatawa nito."syempre biro lang iyon, ate. Kailan ka ba naging mabaho? ang akin lang naman ay magpahinga ka muna sa bahay. Hindi ka nakakatulog ng maayos dito eh." anito pa at ngumiti si Brea dito saka kinurot ang pisngi ng kapatid.Brea is glad that her little brother is getting better and better every day. She's thanking God for that. "nakakatulog kaya ako ng maayos. Ano ka ba." pagsisinungaling n'ya pa dito. Hindi naman ito ang dahilan kung bakit kulang-kula
naalimpungatan si Brea nang biglang tumunog ang doorbell ng hotel room kung saan siya tumuloy matapos n'yang umalis sa penthouse ni Edward. It's been two hours since then."Oh my gosh, what happened?" it's Brealle, she immediately texted Brealle to come over and talk to her."Our contract has already ended." she said to her but Brealle was just looking so deeply into her eyes. She saw the eye bags and how tired her face is. "Tell me what really happened. I know this is not just about the contract, ate. Alam kong hindi ka hahayaang ni Kuya Edward na makawala sakanya so tell me what happened?" nagbuntong hininga si Brea at naglakad papunta sa kana para umupo doon at nakasunod naman sakanya ang kapatid sabay sarado nito sa pinto."Last night, I've waited for him to come home and eat dinner with me. He promised me na uuwi siya dahil titikman n'ya ang luto ko, I was looking forward to it. I waited from 6 p.m up until 2 a.m and trying to be so understanding kasi alam kong busy siya. I didn'
"Brea? baby? wake up. Bakit dito ka natulog sa sala?" dahan-dahang iminulat ni Brea ang mga mata at kaagad na bumungad sakanya ang mukha ni Edward.She's sure as hell that her eyes are puff because of too much crying from last night. Hindi niya pinansin si Edward at kinuha lang ang cellphone para tingnan kung anong oras na. It's almost 11 in the morning kaya bumangon siya without saying anything to him."Brea, I'm sorry about last night—" "save it, looks like you enjoy your time with Cheska. Hinatid ka pa n'ya kagabi, I wonder what you guys will do if I wasn't here." she said without any emotions and without looking at him.Hindi sumagot si Edward sakanya. "But that's okay, not that I should care. You're single naman so it shouldn't be any of my business." dagdag aniya pa at pumasok sa kwarto at dumeretso sa banyo. Napabuntong hininga si Brea nang makita ang mga mata n'yang magang-maga dahil sa kakaiyak at naiiyak na naman siya pero pinigilan n'ya ang sarili kasi pagod na siyang umiya
"Brea? baby? wake up. Bakit dito ka natulog sa sala?" dahan-dahang iminulat ni Brea ang mga mata at kaagad na bumungad sakanya ang mukha ni Edward.She's sure as hell that her eyes are puff because of too much crying from last night. Hindi niya pinansin si Edward at kinuha lang ang cellphone para tingnan kung anong oras na. It's almost 11 in the morning kaya bumangon siya without saying anything to him."Brea, I'm sorry about last night—" "save it, looks like you enjoy your time with Cheska. Hinatid ka pa n'ya kagabi, I wonder what you guys will do if I wasn't here." she said without any emotions and without looking at him.Hindi sumagot si Edward sakanya. "But that's okay, not that I should care. You're single naman so it shouldn't be any of my business." dagdag aniya pa at pumasok sa kwarto at dumeretso sa banyo. Napabuntong hininga si Brea nang makita ang mga mata n'yang magang-maga dahil sa kakaiyak at naiiyak na naman siya pero pinigilan n'ya ang sarili kasi pagod na siyang umiy
"Brea, I can explain. It's not what you think it is—" tumayo si Brea sa pagkakaupo at tiningnan ang lasing na Edward na nasa mg bisig ng babae."Bring him to his room and you can leave now." she said to her. As long as she can, she's trying to calm down because she knows deep inside she's been cut into pieces once again, just like what she felt when she saw them seven years ago kissing."Brea, we're not doing anything wrong—" tumitig siya sa babae pagkasabi nito niyon and laugh sarcastically to her."Yeah, whatever pleases you at night. Just put him into his bedroom because it seems like he enjoys your company and got home this drunk without even thinking na naghihintay ako because he promised me to eat dinner with me." she said and she's so close into bursting into her anger but she's trying so hard not to. This girl and this man is not worth any of her emotions."It's not like thay—""JUST PUT HIM TO HIS BED! WHAT'S SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT!" she shouted when she already had
"Hello, Edward? should I bring you your lunch?" sobrang excited si Brea dahil nakapagluto na siya ng paborito nitong ulam."I'm sorry, baby, but I'm gonna be having a lunch meeting with some of my new business partners. I'm really sorry." nawala ang mga ngiti ni Brea pero kailangan n'yang intindihin ito dahil trabaho ang ginagawa nito."Hindi, okay lang. i-ta-tabi ko nalang ito dito para mamaya." she tried her best to sound jolly when she answered him so that he won't feel bad for her. She's hoping that she succeeded with that."I will that later when I come home. I'm really sorry, baby. Promise, kakainin ko 'yan mamaya pag uwi ko." tumango si Brea sa binata kahit pa nga hindi siya nito nakikita."Sige, call me kapag pauwi kana mamayang gabi para mainit ko itong pagkain na niluto ko for you." she said."I will..." tugon pa nito sa kabilang linya. "I have to go now, bye. I love you, don't forget to eat lunch, alright?" "Bye, I—" hindi na n'ya natuloy ang sasabihin n'ya ng binaba na ka
"What are you doing?" tanong ng dalaga sa binata nang napansin n'yang may kinakalikot ito sa drawer nang desk n'ya and looks so bothered about it."I can't find this one important file. I need to check it already but I think I lost it." tugon naman nito at patuloy parin na naghahanap."what kind of file? do you want me to help you look for it?" right after she said that, sakto namang nakita na ni Edward ang hinahanap nito."Oh here it is." ngumiti sakanya ang binata. "You can sleep now, baby. I just have to finish all these works and I'll sleep beside you." Edward has been busy for few days already. The last time she and him had meal together was two days ago in his office with his friends and after that he became so busy that he couldn't even eat."Sobrang busy n'yo ba sa opisina at parang wala kang laging planong kumain at matulog?" tanong n'ya pa dito habang si Edward ay may tinitipa sa laptop nito."Yeah, I have so many papers to read and sign. And so many other things to do. I'm