THE SECLUDED TRAILS OF DECEIT '. ruler of fate series l first book

The Secluded Trails of Deceit
written by : riyanisity

For our third anniversary, as we planned, we traveled to another city to spend it there. Our suite isn't that big, but it's enough for the both of us. Dahil malapit lang ang tinutuluyan namin sa dalampasigan, kaya ang ihip ng hangin at paligid ay maaliwalas.

"Miss, Tara na! Tama na kakakuskos. Isang oras ka na diyan, Mahal. Palubog na ang araw, oh? Wala pa tayong pictures!" It was Draven who was knocking and shouting like his life depended on it.

Inis akong lumingon sa pinto ng banyo dahil do'n at mabilis na lamang na tinapos ang pagligo ko bago isuot ang pula kong bikini. It's a plain backless halter kind of top, attached by a round metal piece in the center of my bust. I paired it with a mesh mini skirt and the same color panty underneath it. Bago tuluyang lumabas ay nagsuot ako ng itim na salamin at tinali ang buhok ko. It's now in a half ponytail.

Draven, on the other hand, was wearing a short-sleeve cream button-down polo. Nakabukas ang apat na butones ng suot niya, kaya nakikita ang gitnang bahagi ng kanyang dibdib. He paired his top with black beach shorts and white shades too.

"Let's go." Draven stood up from the bed after hearing that from me. Ang malaking ngiti sa mukha niya ay nawala, habang tinitignan ako mula ulo hanggang paa. At the end, he can only lick his lips and gulp before nodding his head.

He kissed my forehead and pinched my nose, "Taralets, ganda!" malakas na sagot niya.

We went out of our room, holding each other's hands, and walked towards the beach. Like Draven requested, we took a lot of pictures of ourselves the moment we arrived. He even posted it all over his social media the moment we decided to rest.

I rested my head on his chest as he encircled his arms around my waist. He then placed his chin just above my shoulder as we sat down on the sand and watched how the sky changed color.

Sa mga oras na 'yon, kahit madami ang makikita at maririnig sa paligid, mistulang kami na lamang ang naroroon. Ang bawat humahampas na alon, dumadaan na tao, at huni ng lumilipad na ibon, maging ang bangka o kung ano pa man, ay naging musika sa pandinig ko, habang nasa gitna ako ng mga braso niya. On top of that, it's as if the beating of his heart behind me is the only thing that matters right now.

"I'm curious..." Saglit akong tumingin sakanya bago ko ibaling ang tingin ko sa dagat sa harapan naming dalawa. "What will you do if we ever break up..? When the universe or that thing called 'destiny' doesn't want us to be together anymore?"

I saw from the corner of his eyes how he peeked at me, with his creasing forehead. "Where did that come from?"

My shoulder shrugged. "I don't know..? It just came out of the blue. I'm really just curious. And there's some instances too that I couldn't understand still."

His hold on me tightened before I felt him burying his face in my neck. "Which is what?"

"You remember why I don't want to be in a relationship..? My takes about love back then..? That I don't want to waste my time on someone who's not even sure..?"

"And doesn't stay, fight, and take his promises to life." He nodded his head. "Syempre naman."

"I know I said that I need someone like that, who's going to be my end game without a question, but what if..?" My lips pursed before I raised our intertwined hands, slightly playing with it. "What if dumating 'yong araw na sobra-sobra na 'yong sakit..? Alam ko namang malabong mangyari 'yon, pero pa'no kapag may nangyari, hmm? Na kahit ga'no pa natin kamahal ang isa't isa, mundo mismo ang umayaw? Na hindi naman pala pabor sa'tin ang tadhana?"