After parting from the hug, Felix approached Amya and said, "Of course I had to make it. How could I miss the birthday of such a special person? Here is your lovely present, my dear. I hope you like it." He handed the present to Amya. Amya accepted the gift hesitantly because she did not know if it was alright to accept a gift from a man who was hated by her mother, but since it was a party and everyone was watching her, she had to accept the gift in spite of her mother's disapproving gaze.
After seeing Amya accept Felix's gift, Amber felt hurt and disgusted. She felt the very air in the room begin to suffocate her. She then left the party and went outside to the hotel's garden, where she began to take out her anger and frustration on the grass by kicking it furiously. "I can't believe that bastard had the nerve to show up at my daughter's birthday party and also back into my life! I hate this!!" exclaimed Amber as she kicked the grass furiously. "Amber!" someone called from behind her.
Amber's mind froze, and she felt her body stiffen from both anger and disgust. 'How dare he!! How dare this bastard show up in her life again after all these years and after what he had done to her!!' These thoughts ran amok in Amber's mind after hearing Felix call her name. Gathering her resolve, she slowly turned around and faced the man who had ruined her life.
After setting her eyes on him, she noticed that he was still the handsome man she had met twenty-eight years ago. The only slight difference was his hair, which was turning light brown because of age. "You!! What do you want?" asked Amber, writhing in anger.
"How are you?" asked Felix, stepping closer to Amber.
Amber moved back and answered, "Don't you dare come closer to me!! What do you want, Felix Peralta?"
"Well, isn't it obvious? I came to my daughter's birthday party. I came to see her," replied Felix.
"Well, you are wrong! Amya is not your daughter! She is mine and only mine!! So you have absolutely no right to come over here because she is not your daughter!! So get that through your head and stay away from her!!" replied Amber, fuming with anger.
"Amber! Amber! My beautiful, sweet Amber! What happened to the two of us? What happened that things ended up this way, huh! We used to be so in love with each other that our flaws and big mistakes could not separate us or come between us. We would always fight strongly for our love. So what happened to that perfect love that we had for each other, for it to be forgotten like this?" said Felix, trying to reach out to touch Amber.
But Amber took another step back and turned her back to Felix, furiously replying, "Stop pretending like you don't remember what happened and the disgusting act that you did, you bastard!! Just stop it!! You ruined my life! After I gave you what you wanted from me all along, my innocence! What did you say? That our love was strong enough to the point that every flaw and mistake we made, we always forgave each other and moved on! Well, wrong! That was not our love; it was my love! My love blinded me from realizing the truth that was in front of me!
You were nothing but a cheap bastard who only took pleasure in taking away women's innocence and destroying their dignity! I forgave you for every mistake you made because I thought you would change! But damn!! Was I wrong!! I thought we would be happy together! I thought you loved me and wanted to marry me and build a family together! I was so stupid and naively in love that I even went ahead to plan the wedding without realizing that I was going to make a big mistake! You killed the so-called love that we had, that you also said was seemingly strong when you decided to break our relationship in the most painful, harsh way!! I waited at the altar like a fool, waiting to get married to you, while you were busy cheating on me with another woman and on my wedding day!! My wedding day!! You know, I thank God that I did not make the mistake of marrying you that day, because if I did… then I don't know what kind of hell I would be living right now.
And I also thank God for returning my wasted love for you in the form of a beautiful, gorgeous, intelligent, and successful daughter. Which you never, I mean never wanted to have with me! Because I remember I was the only one who had envisioned a family together when you clearly did not! So you don't have absolutely any ties with her! So don't you ever think of trying to get into our lives because I swear I will make you regret that decision of wanting to involve yourself in our lives! Mark my words, Felix, I will make you regret it!!"
"But she is my daughter! Amya is my daughter, and I have every right to be in her life as much as you do!! I know I made a terrible mistake by treating you that way in the past, and I am sorry, Amber! I truly am! If I could turn back time and make things right between us, I would, because there is nothing that I would love more than to have you back in my life, Amber, and also our daughter! To have the family that we always wanted to have! I know the past can't be changed, Amber, but please forgive me and allow me to have a chance to be in Amya's life, please! I am begging you!" said Felix with a pleading tone.
Amber turned around to face him and started to clap her hands. "Wow! Just wow! Bravo, Mr. Peralta! Bravo! I never knew you were such an actor! To think of it… maybe I should reward you because you really are the best!" Then she stood right in front of him and folded her hands across her chest. "Now let me tell you something, Mr. Peralta! I have already moved on with my life, as you can see! And I am not going to allow some cheap bastard like you to enter into my daughter's life! So you better stay away from us, or I will surely make you regret it."
"Oh, come on, Amber, don't do this! Think about what you are doing!" exclaimed Felix, grabbing Amber's arm to stop her from leaving.
"Let go of me, Felix! And don't you dare try to fool me with that regretful look which I know very well that you are pretending to! Amya may be your daughter, but I am not going to let you ruin her life either. Now let go of me!!" replied Amber furiously. She managed to get out of Felix's hold, noticing a look of shock on his face. At first, she thought he was shocked that she managed to get out of his tight hold, but when she saw his line of vision, she turned around to look at what shocked him. She found Amya looking at them wide-eyed, with shock written on her face, indicating that she had heard their conversation. Oh no!