Chapter 42

“Maraming salamat, Manang.” Tipid siyang ngumiti sa ginang nang maglapag ito ng juice sa mesa.

Ngumiti pabalik ang ginang saka ito umalis para magpatuloy sa ginagawa nito sa hardin. She looked at the woman named Violet and saw her still looking at her wedding photo with Beau.

“He doesn’t look happy when he married you,” sambit nito na para bang may nalaman siyang hindi kainteresante. Tumingin ito sa kanya at ngumiti. And she knew it was fake. “Maybe because he’s disgusted by the idea of marrying his brother’s ex-girlfriend. Napipilitan lang in other word.”

She bit her lower lip. Hindi niya pa pormal na nakikilala ang dalaga pero grabe na itong magbato ng salita. Hindi na rin siya nag-abala pang magtanong dahil paniguradong ipangangalandakan lang nito na isa siyang ex-fiancée ni Beau.

“Have you asked him that?” prente niyang tanong at kinuha ang isang baso ng juice. “Because as far as I know, he was the one who immediately agreed to marry me.”

Mapakla itong natawa sa sinabi niya. “Hind