Chapter Fifty Five

She decided to answer the call. Mukha kasi’ng na-i-istorbo na niya ang pahinga ng pinsan. She pulled her AirPods out and connected it to her phone.

Hindi siya nagsalila. She waited until he said his hello, which he did.

“Hello? Babe?”

Babe?

They’re not together pero bakit babe pa rin ang tawag nito sa kanya? They’re talking not as Liam and Carmela, but as Jae and Asia, so what gives?

“Hmm?”

“I wanted to apologize,”

Asia felt her breath hitched. Was that a prank? April fools? Was he teasing her? Or a test or somethi—

“But not for what I said, I meant that.”

Oh.

“I wanted to apologize for taking you by surprise with that, I should’ve waited for the right time to say that.” There was a nervous laugh elicited from Jae. “I didn’t mean to scare you or make you think I was some sick psycho stalker or anything, but I really like you. Like… a lot.”

“Um