That night, Kendrick confessed to her. Holding her favorite red tulips, he kneeled, “I love you, Ondina. Will you do me the honor to be your boyfriend?” She was taken aback. “No,” she answered firmly. With disbelief look in his eyes, Kendrick asked for the reason. She then responded, not in his dream that it will made his heart bleed. “I'm sorry, but I already have a boyfriend and I like him very much,” she revealed. •••••••••••15 YEARS LATER••••••••••• “Leave me here... and run...” he insisted. Ondina argued, “No! We will escape together or I will die with you!” “Please...” “No... I can't... please, don't say that...” she burst into tears. “Do you know why... I loved you...?” “Why...?” Kendrick smiled despite the excruciating pain in his chest. “Because you made... my world livable... that I can't imagine life without you anymore...” he professed. Continuing, he caught blood, “So please... live for me... and run...” He caressed her cheek soaked in tears. “I love you... Ondina.” he uttered as his bloody hand slipped and his heart stopped its beating. That's when Ondina world completely fell apart. Screaming while mourning in agony, she only left drowning in tears. “Live?! Don't make me laugh! How can I live if even you abandoned me?!” With everything taken from her, Ondina ends her life. BANG! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Her whole body was hurting especially the lower part. It's aching that she can't even move an inch as if someone punched her hard. She wants to complain about it but as she is about to utter a word, her voice can't get out of her mouth. Ondina tried to get up to compose herself but then, she suddenly realized one thing. She was lying completely naked all along under the blanket. Bewildered, she took a glance beside her, where a handsome man was also lying naked and sleeping soundly. After looking carefully at his face, she ended up becoming stunned. "..." "Haha..." "N-No, this can't be happening..." she mumbled as her tears began to stream down to her face. Kendrick, the man she watched died in her arms is now lying beside her unscathed. "Hmm... What are doing? Are you trying to run away...?” “No... Never. Because this time, you have to marry me!”
IT'S ALL JUST BEGUN...
"I love you, Ondina,"
WHEN I REJECTED MY ONLY FRIEND...
AFTER HE CONFESSED HIS FEELINGS TO ME.
"I'm sorry, I already have a boyfriend."
I HURT HIM...
BUT I ALSO DID THE SAME TO MY PARENTS...
AND BECAME UNFILIAL TO THEM.
"We will never accept him!"
"I can't allow you—my only child to marry someone like him who's not born in our level!"
I GAVE UP EVERYTHING I HAVE TO BE WITH THE MAN WHOM I THOUGHT WILL BE FOREVER BY MY SIDE.
"Mom... Dad... I'm sorry, but I really love him."
AND BECAUSE OF THAT NAIVETY OF MINE...
I ONLY LOST EVERYTHING.
"Ondina, I wish you a happy marriage."
I FIRST LOST MY ONLY FRIEND...
"I'm sorry, but they're dead on arrival."
AND THEN BOTH MY PARENTS…
ALL JUST BECAUSE I WAS TOO STUPID TO SEE...
THE TRUE COLOR OF MY HUSBAND.
"She's the woman I truly love from the start, not you."
WHEN I ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT MY HUSBAND HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH MY VERY OWN COUSIN...
"What...?"
I WAS TOO STUNNED TO SPEAK...
BUT NOT WORST ENOUGH TO MAKE ME GIVE UP ON MY LIFE.
NOT UNTIL THE DIFFICULT PART CAME...
"You've been diagnosed with a terminal illness."
WHEN I LEARNED THAT MY DAYS ARE NOW NUMBERED.
I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT...
MARRYING MY DREAM GUY WOULD TURN MY WHOLE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.
"Why should I keep you any longer when your family's assets are mine now, huh? You're now useless to me so just go to hell!"
AND AT THE TIME I FINALLY COME TO MY SENSES...
IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE.
"R-R-Ru-n... H-Hurry..."
MY ONLY FRIEND...
THE MAN I REJECTED BEFORE...
DIED BEFORE MY VERY EYES AFTER SAVING ME.
"Noooooo!!!"
AS I CRIED OUT LOUD MY ANGUISH...
I BEGAN TO LIFELESSLY QUESTION MYSELF...
I TEARFULLY ASK MYSELF WHY I CHOSE TO BE MISERABLE IN THE HAND OF A BASTARD...
WHEN THERE EXISTS A MAN WHO TRULY LOVES ME.
WHY IN THE WORLD DID I CHOOSE TO HURT HIM BEFORE AND MARRIED MY JERK HUSBAND?
BUT BY RECALLING WHAT STUPIDITY I DID IN THE PAST...
CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
IT ONLY MAKES ME FEEL REGRETFUL ABOUT MY DECISION IN LIFE SO BADLY...
TO THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO TURN BACK THE TIME...
JUST SO I CAN PLEAD FOR HIS AND MY PARENTS' FORGIVENESS.
THAT'S WHY KNOWING I WOULD BE SOON DEAD ANYWAY...
"P-Put down that gun... Y-You..."
*BANG!*
I BROUGHT THOSE TWO SONS OF BITCHES DOWN TO HELL AHEAD OF ME!
"...I finally killed them... HAHAHA!!"
UNFORTUNATELY...
"Haaa... Ridiculous... as if killing them could really turn back time... and make everything right,"
I WAS ALREADY CONSUMED BY GUILT AND SORROW...
AND AS MY MIND BECAME DERANGED...
I AIMED THE GUN AT THE SIDE OF MY HEAD...
WITH CLOSED TEARY EYES AND UNWAVERING RESOLVE...
I DIDN'T HESITATE TO END MY WRETCHED EXISTENCE BY PULLING THE TRIGGER.
*BANG!*
THAT'S WHEN...
I FINALLY MET MY TRAGIC DEMISE AT THE AGE OF 35...
USING MY OWN HAND...
BESIDE THE MAN WHO LOVED ME UNTIL HIS DYING BREATH.
BUT INTERESTINGLY, IN MY LAST MOMENTS AS I STARTED TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS...
I LONGED TO CATCH ONE MORE GLIMPSE OF HIM...
I WANTED TO SEE HIM FOR THE LAST TIME...
WHAT I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS...
"What are you daydreaming about after taking my first night?"
I WOULD REALLY SEE HIM ONCE MORE...
LYING BESIDE ME...
NOT AS A COLD CORPSE ANYMORE...
BUT A COLD LIVING MAN.
I'M SPEECHLESS...
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I WOULD EVER WAKE UP FROM A LONG NIGHTMARE...
JUST TO SEE HIM...
COMPLETELY UNSCATHED...
AND NAKED?!
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