Chapter 46: You Belong With Me
Do you ever wake up wondering if the person you love right now is the person that you're going to spend the rest of your life with? Sometimes we love someone without thinking about the future. We date just to have someone. We date because of peer pressure. We date because we want to feel the feeling of being loved by someone. We want to feel the love we've been wanting to experience for years. That kind of love that will make our hearts beat from time to time, once you lay in their arms you will feel loved and at home, but is that enough?
Loving a person requires a lot of thinking. Marriage isn't a requirement. It is a commitment between two people who are truly in love with one another. When I first met Angelica, I knew that my future wouldn't be complete without her, she was indeed my other half. Ever since the day I met her I knew she was the one. Her eyes that never failed to make me feel the love. She filled my heart. My heart is a big puzzle, and she's the missing piece. Our love isn't perfect. We faced a lot of problems, we both had mistakes. But when it comes to love, no matter how much that person hurt you. At the end of the day instead of choosing revenge, I chose forgiveness. My love for her is greater than her mistakes. For 7 years we have been separated, away from each other, but in those years we built ourselves, we grew separately. We became the better versions of ourselves.
Last night when I heard her cry that soft spot in me came out. All I did was to hug her, kahit ilang beses ko pang sabihin na hindi ko sya mahal wala eh, my heart screams her name. Ayoko na syang pahirapan pa. I love her with all that I am. She doesn't belong with anyone else, but me.
When I saw her cheat, nasaktan ako nang sobra, that pain blinded me. Somehow it made me numb, but when I saw her again it all came back, the anger, the pain, and my love for her came back as well. I tried and tried to stop my feelings from coming back, pero wala eh.
Seeing her in my arms right now, I am home. She's my home, my safe place, my pahinga. Without her I am incomplete. I caressed her face and kissed her forehead. The morning sun emphasized her beauty. I smiled. I missed her. Her smile and everything about her.
I watched her slowly opening her eyes. She immediately moved away from me but before she could successfully do that I hugged her tightly so she couldn't escape.
"Mr. Arkinson may trabaho pa po tayo, besides we shouldn't do this"
I smiled and looked deeply in her eyes "Mrs. Arkinson. I'm the boss, we can work this afternoon. Let's stay like this for awhile, we'll go down in a bit and have brunch" I hugged her again, and slowly I felt her hugging me back.
"What are we doing?" she asked. "We're hugging each other, what do you think"
She giggled and shyly slapped my chest "Pilosopo"
I chuckled. How could she be this adorable? "We're going to take it slow"
"What-
"Angelica, as far as I can remember you have 2 degrees. You studied two courses. Business Management at UST and Interior Designing in the University of Bologna, Italy. I'm sure you know what I mean" she started tearing up early in the morning.
"Ang aga-aga pa nagpapaiyak ka na" I laughed at her reaction "Wala eh hulog na hulog ako sa'yo. We can raise your son together, I know na hindi kayo kasal ni Felix, he can see his son, but I'm willing to adjust for you"
Nagulat ako nang makita ko syang namumula at natatawa
"What? Did I say something funny, come on Angelica seryoso ako"
"What do you mean? Son? Anak? Wala akong anak Walter."
Nagulat ako. Then who's the kid I saw on her phone yesterday?
"If you're talking about the photo of me and Felix with a kid yesterday, yung nakita mo. He's not my son, he's Felix's son with another woman, the poor child's mom is in a comma, she's italian. After the week you saw me...and Felix we separated. He went to Italy and I focused on my studies. After a year I heard a knock on the door of my condo and I saw Felix with a baby. He told me na the child's mom had a car accident, she was a racer. He asked me for help, so I helped him kasi naawa ako sa bata, his son treats me as his mother, but he's a smart kid sobrang layo sa tatay nyang gungong, he knows I'm not his real mom and he knows about you too, he knows a lot of things about you actually he's the one who updates me about your life the moment he turned 5. He's a really smart kid, and he wants to meet you too, he's a big fan of all your projects, nagseselos na nga yung tatay nya kasi 2nd lang sya, first ka daw. I'm sorry if I talked too much" nagulat ako sa sinabi ni Angelica
"Wow. I would also love to meet the kid the love of my life raised. You changed a lot Angelica, I'm so proud of you. Imagine you raised a kid like your own." I said and kissed her forehead again
She kissed the tip of my nose "I'm very proud of you too, imagine the man I love is one of the hottest and most successful bachelors in this generation and take note you're the youngest too, you've come a long way my love, and I am the luckiest woman on Earth to have an amazing boyfriend like you, thank you for taking me back, and baby your face is the cover for Forbes this year right?"
"Yeah which reminds me, we're flying to New York for my shoot, they want me to personally go there so I'm taking you with me" I hugged her really tight
"Ha? Why would you take me with you, eh photoshoot lang naman?" she looked at me weirdly
"Ofcourse you should be there, with me. Ayaw mo nun. Instant Vacation, all expenses will be payed" lumaki ang mata ni Angelica, she was so shocked that I laughed para namang hindi sya mayaman, I poked the tip of her nose and kissed her cheek "and why wouldn't I take the woman whom I love the most, back? I love you so much, despite everything that happed, I pointed my heart, "ikaw pa din ang sinisigaw nito"
She smiled "I love you too Walter. So much"
at naputol ang aming paglalambingan when someone opened the door
"GOOD MORNING-
We saw Alex, Christian, and Leandro. Alex was the one who opened the door, but when he saw me and Angelica tumigil sya the other two were running kaya naman they all stumbled.
Tumili nang sobrang lakas si Alex habang si Leandro naman may hawak na cellphone he took his phone and took a photo of me and Angelica, while Christian's jaw dropped.
Alex raised a brow and spoke "What is the meaning of this?"
"Oo nga" sabay na sabi ni Christian at Leandro
Umupo kaming dalawa ni Angelica sa kama namin, at sabay na humarap sa tatlong abnoy.
"We decided to get back together, and take things slow" they
"Knew it, talo ka Christian! You know your punishment" Alex laughed so hard and that made Christian pout
"Tngina naman kayo magagalit ang asawa ko, baka hindi na ako pauwiin nun" natawa kaming lahat sa mukha ni Christian, ayan kasi sobrang under sa asaw
Tumayo ako at binatukan silang tatlo "Pinagpustahan nyo pa talaga kami ni Angelica! Labas!"
"Chill bro we just came here! Wala pa kaming kain, tara na let's go and eat downstairs! Christian! Alex! Una na tayo gutom na gutom na ako. Kayong dalawa, turo ni Leandro sa amin ni Angelica, "magbihis kayo tapos sumunod kayo sa amin sa baba you need to do a lot of explaining!" Sumunod naman si Christian at Alex kay Leandro palabas, Angelica and I chuckled
"Yung tatlong yun wala talagang pinagbago, well except for Christian, I couldn't belive it, he's married na pala!"
I smiled and went to her "Susunod tayo. Wala eh pinilit nyang pakasalan sya"
Napakamot nalang si Angelica sa buhok nya, she went out of their bed and headed to the shower.
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"Talaga bah! You married her that way! Baliw ka ba?" natatawa ako sa reaction ni Angelica when she heard what Christian did.
Pati nga ako nagulat when he called us to go to Greece ASAP yun pala ikakasal na sya, and the best part of his wedding was having 3 grooms men. His parents knew about his plan, but his friends and relatives didn't. Well, the parents of his bride knew about his plan, and they were happy kasi tumatanda na sila tapos hindi pa kasal ang anak nila, and they wanted a grandchild too. Just a few months after getting married Christian already got his wife pregnant, and now they already have 3 kids.
"Ba't ka nga pala sumama sa dalawang abnoy na toh Christian? You rarely come with us" It's true ever since he had his own family, he rarely joined us.
"Pinayagan ako nang asawa ko eh, she told me she can handle the kids"
"Anong pinayagan?! Pinapayagan ka naman ikaw lang tong ayaw sumama eh!"
Hinampas ni Leandro si Alex nang menu sa sobrang lakas nang boses nito.
"Tngina naman Leandro. My beauty will be damaged because of you!"
We all rolled our eyes at Alex, or should I say Alexi
"Alexandro babasagin ko na talaga yang mukha mo. Ang arte mo mas maarte ka pa kay Angelica!"
We all laughed and talked, grabe nakakamiss din toh. It has been a long time since the last time we all gathered.
Christian excused himself kasi tumatawag yung asawa nya. Si Alex naman ay magre-retouch, habang si Leandro naman ay pumunta sa labas para mag yosi. We decided to meet each other at the beach this evening to spend time with each other, they were staying here overnight kasi may trabaho pa daw sila bukas.
Angelica and I decided to spend some time at the beach, mainit na at medyo madaming tao din ang nagsi-swimming. We went to this cottage that was away from all the people.
We sat next to each other. Inakbayan ko sya at sumandal sya sa akin. For a moment we stayed silent...
"It feels nice. This feels nice. I feel like I am at home kahit nandito tayo." she spoke. She was smiling, she wasn't looking at me, she was looking at this family of three with their toddler.
"It does... I was looking at her and "it does feel nice, I also feel like I am at home, soon we'll have our own family too"
She looked at me and caressed my face "We will, look at your face you have stubbles na"
"Do you hate it?" I didn't have time to shave, before she used to help me shave my face and smile at me every time she did.
"No, I actually like it. It makes you look more mature and manly" she giggled
"Well, I should keep this then"
We both looked at the beach and stayed there for awhile while hugging each other...
When afternoon came we decided to check the site para sa mall na itatayo ni Walter dito sa Batangas. When we reached the place the mall was half done already, we needed to check the site nga lang para malaman kung anong type nang security system ang ilalagay. Sabay kaming lumabas ni Walter sa sasakyan nya na magkahawak ang kamay, I'm so happy. I'll make sure na this time I won't mess up anymore.
We were greeted by the head engineer of this project.
"Hijo! good to see you." he smiled at us
"Good Afternoon po tito Robert. Good to see you too. This is Angelica Gonzales po and she's here as the representative of Cosa Nostra Security and Gonzales Inc. and my girlfriend" I didn't expect Walter to say that, but still natuwa pa din ako sa sinabi nya.
"Nice meeting you po. Mr. Velasco" he looked like he was already in his 40's kaedad nya ata si Dad.
"Oh hija wag na Mr. Velasco. Tito Robert nalang, ngayon lang ata kita nakita hija, Walter didn't mention that he has a girlfriend, nako hijo secretive ka na" tumawa si tito Robert.
"She was my senior high school sweetheart po, we needed space from each other, and we got back with each other recently" Walter smiled and looked at me. I just gave him a small smile.
"Oh I see, so shall we go inside to my office to discuss about the construction before heading to the site?"
We smiled and followed him to his office.
Tito Robert is nice, kilala nya din pala si Dad, since batchmates sila nuon. We checked the site and everything was going smoothly, Walter decided na pumunta muna kami sa isang mall dito sa Batangas so we can some stuff too. We needed to look for some furnitures and decorations for his penthouse. He told me na ako na daw bahala, kaya naman nandito kami ngayon sa furniture ship nang mall. We decided- well I decided to go with neutral colors, and modern style, I wanted his penthouse to look comfy at the same time manly. Walters choice and preferences never changed throughout the years kaya naman we didn't have a problem looking for what I wanted with his penthouse. He signed some papers so that they can deliver it by next week. My 3 weeks will be so damn busy, but atleast I'm with Walter.