CHAPTER 13

"How's Mom?"

"She's okay. By the way, she sent three jars of pickled bitter gourd, cucumber, and turnips. I said, you might not eat it but she said you should taste it. It's her specialty," Bella smiled at Alexander. She invited him earlier to join them but he refused. He said to have something more to do.

Because Alexander found out that her mother went home to the province, she just said that the old woman just visited Manila. She went home alone, and she also took her mother for a walk, along with Daayiee. While they were at the mall, her mind was on Alexander so she immediately returned. It's only four in the afternoon.

“And how are you?”

"You keep asking me that. Of course, I'm fine."

“I always miss you when you’re not here.”

Sometimes she thinks there is a white elephant that they both ignore, just like that time. It is not right for him to say such lines to her, that is the white elephant. But he doesn’t care, he doesn't care also to a bigger elephant --- the fact that he