THIS IS A T x S M STORY.
Jan Aldriz Borja x Seth Adriel Del Prado.
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CHAPTER 16
I never imagined that someone would find the courage to utter that word to me. Growing up, I carried the heavy belief that no man would ever be capable of loving someone like me—a transgender woman, a soul born in a male body but blossomed into a woman in spirit and mind. My journey has been shaped by fate and destiny, painting me as a woman in every sense, yet I often felt like a shadow, longing for acceptance and love.
I have never encountered someone like him—someone who has pushed me to this stage where I feel everything the way everyone else does when they are in love even though there's a part of me that doesn't want to believe in everything that is happening, in every word that escapes his lips. Because every time he speaks—every time he tells me how he feels about me, how I catch his eyes, his heart, his mind—a voice inside me whispers that it's all just a game. He's only trying to lure me into his trap, to make me fall in love with him, to drive me crazy over him, and once he succeeds, he will eventually leave me broken and hurt.
Who wouldn't think that a man as successful, handsome, and almost perfect as him would like someone who has nothing but her heart—no wealth, no achievements, no remarkable family background, and just a mere orphan like me?
I feel my heart race inside my chest. The way he uttered those words with assurance and sincerity has always left me breathless. I couldn't think straight as I stared into his eyes.
"M-Married?!" Medyo gulantang kong tanong.
Ano?! Married na agad? E, hindi nga naging kami. Ni hindi niya man lang ako niligawan tapos kasal na agad kami? Baliw ba siya? Hindi sa pagpapakipot pero 'di ba pwedeng ligawan niya muna ako. Papayag naman ako lalo't gusto ko na rin siya.
Ngumisi siya sa akin bago ibaling ang tingin sa harap bago magpatuloy sa pagmamaneho.
Because of our conversation, it slipped away in my mind that we were still in the middle of the road. Masyado ata akong nalunod sa mga sinabi niya at ang mga bagay na gumugulo sa isip ko kaya hindi ko na namalayan na nasa byahe pa rin kami.
I looked at the road we were taking. I just noticed that we're heading out of town. Napalingon ako bigla sa likod and as I expected, there was a car tailing us. His guards... The Men in Black.
"Why does it sound like you didn't like what I said? Am I too fast, Wife?" He then asked. Bumaling siya sa akin nang isang mabilis lang bago bumalik sa harapan.
Our hands are still holding, it was like a requirement for him to be able to drive the car. It was like his source of energy.
Muling bumaling ang tingin ko sa kanita. His eyes, which were too focused on the front, his thick eyebrows, furrowed as if something had happened that he didn't like. His pointed, sharp nose and his reddish lips. Sobrang guwapo, walang kapintasan at kahit titigan mo nang buong magdamag ay hindi ka magsasawa, baka makulangan pa. This adds to the doubts and what-ifs that were clouding my mind.
