Just as Kate and Curt were leaving the Batanes airport, Kate texted Rafael that she had arrived, so she was surprised when they exited the arrival gate and the man was already there leaning on his car. The man is also handsome, tall, with a handsome body, obviously a pet in training, maybe if they met before and he flirted with her, she would answer him. Rafael is kind, considerate, she's not really his girlfriend but this and just one text from her is there right away. She stopped walking because someone pulled her bag and she knew who it was, Curt, she almost forgot she was with him because of what was going through her mind.
"I'll carry your bag." He just wanted to take his bag, but thank goodness she woke up, the owner of her heart was with her. She smiled at him then gave the young man her bag. "Thank you!" she said at once.
"Nothing" replied Curt. Curt's happy feelings earlier were replaced by sadness, when he came face to face with Kate's husband.
"Hi! Raf, I just texted you, will you be here soon?" Kate met her husband, and her mood grew even more envious as the two embraced and the man kissed Kate on the cheek.
"I was already around when you texted so I came straight here." the man answered. "Aahh!.. Curt was my best friend back then. And Curt he is Rafael the____"I'm glad to meet you man!" Curt interrupted what Kate was about to say, he didn't want to hear any more hurtful words. He is too crushed by what he sees, what if he hears from Kate that Rafael is her husband?
"I'm also happy to meet the man who always our princess talk about you" he replied and accepted his handshake. Curt is quite happy to hear from Kate's husband, it means that his friend doesn't forget him, he smiles when he looks back at Kate and her cheeks are red, he feels that there is something wrong with what he is thinking, it looks like he is just being tricked of his mind.
"Really?, I'm glad to know that" he simply said and distanced himself from the couple. His mind was even more confused when Kate rode in the back instead of in the front because the husband was driving the car. "Curt sit in the front," she said.
Kate closed her eyes as they were on the way to the big house of her late grandparents, she didn't want to talk now because she saw in Curt's eyes that he had a lot of questions for her, so she wanted to prepare herself for those questions of Curt.
Kate's pretense of sleep turned into real sleep, the last thing she heard from the two men was her name. Curt looked at the man next to him.
"What?" he asked, because he didn't hear much of what he said because his thoughts were occupied with Kate.
"Kate is beautiful, isn't she? You're lucky because you're the one she fell in love with, a lot of people flock to her when she comes home, but she doesn't even give a little time to the young men here." Curt didn't understand anything else the man was saying, only one sentence entered his ears.
"What are you talking about? Nessah loves me?" he repeated what he said. "How? I mean aren't you jealous that she loves someone else when you are her husband?"
Rafael laughed out loud, "No way!.. maybe if we had met this earlier,! I won't let her go, in any case!.. it's too late,.." Rafael replied still laughing.
Curt wanted to clarify what Rafael was saying but he stopped the car infront of the big iron gate. A security guard opened the gate, far from what Curt expected he would get there, what he thought was just a simple land with paddy fields like her grandfather's farm in Pampangga. Because what he went to today was a big farm. And he thought that Rafael was the owner, he was wrong, the whole property belongs to Kate.
He looked at the girl in the back of the car they were riding in, she was fast asleep, maybe she was tired from the flight. Now that his and Nessah's paths have crossed again, he will never let her go, he will be with her no matter what happens. And now that he knows that those who thought that this girl is married, are wrong, he is even stronger that he will do everything for the woman, he loves her so much, nothing else will replace her in his heart.
"Welcome to Bainessah Kate's palace man! I hope you enjoy here with us" Rafael said with a smile.
"Sure bro, I'm going to enjoy here, I'm sure of that." he said and was the first to get out of Rafael's car and went to the back where Nessah was sleeping, he didn't hesitate to pick her up because he had already confirmed that the two had no relationship. He continued inside the big house, or the correct word is that it was an oversized palace.
Kate felt like she was floating on air, so she opened her eyes a little, she wasn't floating, someone picked her up, and she felt so good, strong arms do that, and she knew it was Curt , so when the man laid her on her bed she pretended to be sleeping, she leaned over and recited some dialogues.
"Curt!, I've missed you so much, I hope we meet again." she knew Curt could hear it, she said that so the man wouldn't notice she was awake. He opened her eyes when Curt spoke. "I've missed you so much, Nessah, and I'm here, we won't be apart anymore." Because she had her back to the young man, he couldn't see that she was awake. She was about to face him when Curt stroked her head, and she closed her eyes again. She felt him plant a kiss on her forehead before he left her room.