Chapter Seventy

Nakakunot ang noo ni Awa nang magtanong siya. “Why? Aren’t they friends with her?”

Iling ang naisagot ng binata sa kanya. “Not really.”

“Can I ask why?”

“For reasons that are: one) we’re more like an arranged couple.. or something like that, two) they didn’t entirely like her personality.. and to quote Niel, “she’s a bitch.”

“And three) because she took us for granted.”

“Wait…” she paused, her hand hanging halfway out of the ecobag, “what do you mean arranged couple?”

“You know how in corporate families, arranged marraige is a common thing.. to further expand the company and the connections, right? So both our parents wanted the same but since we were still in high school then,they settled for us to become a couple.. for the time being.

“I was friends with Rence, Enzo and Greg, then. So they know all about that deal. Aya was, then, my first and only girlfriend. I admit, I didn’t like her at first but eventually I came around.

“Himala nga at natagalan namin ang isa’t isa at