"Fake or real?"

"What did you say?"

Moira shockingly asked Zach.

Isa siya sa mga naging babae ni Zach who pretended to have an official relationship with him.

Which all of them knew. In fact, Zach was always been frank sa lahat ng babaeng dumaan sa kanya. He doesn't want to be tied up.

In short, no string attached!

"I said, I'm married!" 

Zach repeated impatiently.

"But why?—who?"

He glared at her, saka baliwalang pinagpatuloy ang pinipirmahang papelis.

"Why do I feel like I owe you an explanation?"

"We've been in a relationship—"

"Relationship?" 

Zach snorts. 

"Haven't I made myself clear to you Moira?"

"It's unfair to me!"

anitong sininghalan si Zach, natigil naman ito ng biglang marealized kung ano ang kanyang nagawa.

"Please don't do this to me, sabihin mong nagbibiro kalang. Gusto mo lang akong pagselosin, you just want to play with—"

Anitong nagmamakaawa.

"Get out!"

Nawala na talaga ang kanyang pag titimpi at talagang sinigawan na niya ito.

"I made myself clear from the very beginning, so don't act like you're a victim!"

"I've been with you, all this time. Tiniis ko yang putang inang pagkababaero mo, in the end this is what I got?"

"I never told you to do such thing!"

He said grimly. 

"Its your choice and you think, I don't know what you were doing all this time?"

Natigilan ang babae at bigla itong namutla. 

"I still had a shred of respect left to you, so don't push me to my limit!"

"You think I'll let this slide?"

"Fuck off!"

Kung naging lalaki lang ito kanina pa niya ito nasuntok kaso babae. 

He never laid his hands to a woman gaanu man siya kagalit, out of his respect to his family lalo na't halos lahat sa kanyang pamilya ang mga babae.

Woman is woman after all gaano man ka pangit mga ugali ng babae, babae parin ito.

"Let see! Im going to find that bitch. Tingnan ko lang kung magugustuhan ka pa niya, pag nalaman niya ang totoo.

Zach smiled in ammusement.

"Go ahead, be my guest!"

Anyang natatawa, what is there to hide? Alam naman ni Sophia ang tungkol sa kanya.

"Poor woman" Zach murmured. "She had no idea who she is dealing with!"

He's confident, that Sophia wont be shocked anymore kung sakali mang may magpapadala ng mga nude pic niya kasama ang ibat ibang babae.

But nevertheless, he had to warn her.

Meanwhile in M&M groups.

Nagulantang si Sophia sa tunog ng telepho. Bigla niyang kasing naalala ang nangyari sa pagitan nila ni Zach noong gabing napasugod siya sa hotel nito.

"Goodbye Mr. Accuesta!"

She walked toward him and give him a slight kiss in the edge of his lips.

It was a token for gratitude but hindi niya inaasahan ang sumunod na pangyayari.

Zach groaned. She was about to turn arround when Zach pulled her and kissed her torridly but gently.

It was a kiss of respect and longing— Enough to expressed a thousand words, enough to melt the ice wall she build for so many years.

Indeed. .there are words that better left unspoken.

"Goodbye Mrs. Accuesta"

"Maam line 4 ho!"

Untag sa kanya ni Gretta, di kasi siya kaagad nakasagot.

"Who—who is that?" 

Anyang tila natataranta.

"A certain Edd—"

"I'll take it!" mabilis niyang sagot.

"Hello dear!" 

Pangbubungad niya na muntik na niyang ikasamid. 

Habang sina Don Sebastian, Margareth at Gawri naman ay makahulugang nagtinginan. 

They secretly wiretap Sophia's land line to find out kung totoo ba talagang may kasalanang mangyayari. Baka mamaya maisahan na naman sila ng dalaga.

But Sophia also knows na naka wiretap siya.

Akala niyo huh maiisahan niyo ko, baka nakakalimutan ninyong trabaho ko yan dati!  Anyang natatawa, but still she needs to go with the flow.

Napakunot noo naman si Zach sa kabilang linya.

"Did I just dialed a wrong number?" he asked himself.

"Honey you still there?!" 

She bit her lips parang kinilabutan siya nang banggitin ang katagang "Honey!"

Lintik ang tagal ba namang makagets! She silently gritted her teeth, 

"Sophia sweetheart is that you?" 

Bigla namang napatitig si Margareth kay Gawri nagtatanong ang kanyang mga mata.

"What's happening?" anitong di na makatiis.

"I don't know!"

"keep quite and listen!"

Saway ng matandang Madrigal sa kanilang dalawa.

"Yeah—its me!" 

Aniya na tila nawawalan nang pasensya.

Are you expecting someone else— you!

Muntik na niyang bulyawan ito pero nagpigil siya.

"Meet me at heaven's gate at 8pm tonight—"

"I have something to tell you—"

Something to tell me? 

"Oh babe, how sweet of you but save that one for later, bye!" 

Anyang mabilis pa sa alas kuwatrong ibinaba ang phone bago paman ito makapag salita ng kung anu ano at mapornada pa ang kanyang mga plano.

Bigla siyang napabuntunghininga sa pagka  corny kanina.

"So tuloy ang kasalan?"

Naguguluhang tanong ni Margareth kay Gawri at sa kanyang ama.

"Why don't we have a bet?"

Ani Don. Sebastian na makahulugang nakatingin kay Margareth.

"cool!" ani Gawri. "There'll be a wedding  for sure, even if it's fake!"

"Fake?—No! I'll bet on the opposite!"

Nanlulomong saad ni Margareth. They both knew na there's no way Sophia would agree in that wedding with out a back up plan.

Ngumiti lamang ng makahulugan si Don. Sebastian.

"Everything is real!" 

aniya sa sarili.