When the Beast Meets the Bitch (COMPLETED)

4: The Wedding Rehearsal

The sun was high at init na init na siya sa suot niyang blue long gown. Asar na asar siya.

Akala ko ba bridesmaid?! Bakit parang nanay ng bride ang peg niya? Kaina-inaman! Long sleeves na nga, sayad hanggang paa pa ang gown niya!

Not entirely the designer’s or the couple’s fault but it was all the former bridesmaid's fault. Yung babeng pinalitan niya na ubod ng conservative.

 Di naman nila sinabi saken magmamadre pala itong pinalitan ko. Damn!

She exhaled.

Tiis tiis lang sa ngayon Reena dear kapag napa-repair mo na ang gown na yan. Huh, I apologize to the bride dahil matatalbugan ito ng kasexihan niya!

“Excuse me woman, pwede bang tantanan mo na ko dahil hindi talaga kita type.” Asik ng lalaki sa isa sa mga abay.

Hindi na niya kailangang lumingon ni dumilat para makilala kung sino ang hambog na lalaki.

The voice and the guts define only one man—Ricardo Thaddeus Traviel. Ang tinik sa makitid niyang lalamunan.

Nakatingin lang dito ang babae at naluluha na pero ang demonyito ni mahabag sa kalunos-lunos na babae ay wala man lamang ni  bahid ng pag-aalala sa mukha. Tumakbo na palayo ang babae.

Napapailing na lamang siya as she approached him. “Ouch! RT! Hindi ka lang maarte wala ka ring puso!” pang-aasar niya dito.

“Shut up!”

“No friggin’ way!”

He stared at her.

Napalunok siya.

Suddenly, hindi niya alam kung bakit pero naiilang siya, nacoconscious siya. All of a sudden, she started worrying kung ayos lang yung mukha niya, kung may tagihawat ba siya ngayon, kung oily ba ang face niya...

Dammit! What is wrong with me?

Then out of the blue...

“Do you like me?” walang ka-kiyeme-kiyemeng tanong nito.

Her heart pounded fast. 

What was that? 

Hindi na lang niya iyon pinansin. Dahil mainit lang siguro ang panahon at ang ulo niya.

“Yeah! I like you so much to the point that I wanna burry you alive.” She smirked. “How about you, do you like me?”

“Yeah, I like you.” Nagulat siya dahil unti-unti itong lumalapit sa kanya.

His eyes were seductive. Sinong mag-aakalang maliban sa mga death glares nito ay maalam din palang mang-akit ang mga mata nito.

Gosh! She is getting seduced. Dammit!

Her heart just won’t stop beating so fast.

Puso ang OA mo! Kung makatibok bigay na bigay? Wala ng bukas?

She exhaled.

She can’t let that happen. She can’t let him win. She can’t back off and she can’t be seduced! There’s no other option but to play his game that she started.

Inilingkis niya ang braso sa leeg nito. “Really?” seductive din niyang tanong.

She saw a glint of shock on his face. Natuwa siya dahil nagulat ito. Mas lumakas tuloy ang loob niya. “So what to do now?” wika niya habang unti-unting inilapit ang mukha dito.

Wrong move! Here come’s Ricardo Thaddeus’ devious grin.

He lowered his head and his hands find its place right unto her waist pushing them to his firm and broad chest.

Oh man! This is bad! Reena Mae Mendrez, you are in deep shit!

I can’t back off. I will never back off!

“Do you want us to go there?” makahulugang tanong nito.

She pressed her chest to his chest. “Why the hell not?”

Nagulat siya when his expression changed—it was cold and dark.

Lumayo na ito sa kanya.

She was confused and is still shivering upon seeing his reaction but she is happy because she won.

She smiled as she walked away, only to find out that everyone’s staring at her or rather at her and Ric’s flirtatious scene.

Kaya pala humiwalay ang gagu! Hindi agad sinabi!

She gave her best smile, tossed her hair and walked away.

Dammit!