Tanya followed behind me as I strode to my car. I wanted her to know that I didn't want to be anywhere near her, that her once calming company had become odious to me. Whenever Tanya was around, I had to put the wall back up to protect myself. To protect what was left of the heart that she destroyed. I had given up. I'd grieved over her, mourned, I had accepted defeat. I had accepted that I couldn't have her now in this lifetime.

I stopped in front of my car and pressed the open button on my car remote.

"Get in." I said with a flat tone.

She opened the door to the passenger's side and slipped in. I got in the car and closed the door with a loud slam that made her jerk in surprise. I started the car and drove off as fast as I could.

"Dahan-dahan naman, Wayne." She spoke in a quiet voice.

"I want to get this over with as quick as I could. I want you out of my car and out of my goddamn life."

"That's not possible..." Tanya whispered.

"And why is that?" I roared.

"Pwede bang mag-usap naman tayo ng maayos? Hindi yung ganito. Hindi yung galit ka sa akin..."

"What is there to talk about? Everything was clear to me the moment you told me to move out."

"Makinig ka muna sa akin, Wayne. Please, just this once... kailangan mong malaman ito."

My phone suddenly rang. I picked the phone up with my free hand as the other one controlled the steering wheel. Tristan's name registered on the screen. My forehead crinkled.

Curious to why he'd be calling me this late at night, I pressed the answer button. This had to be important.

"Kunin mo yung kaibigan mo dito! Baka mapatay ko pa tong hayop na 'to. Ayaw kong makulong." His usual cool tone was tight with controlled anger.

"Wait, what is happening there?"

"Just get your ass over to my place and pick Axel up. I swear to God, I might end up killing him." He said and immediately ended the call.

I took a sharp u-turn and drove to Tristan's condominium. Immediately, I pushed the door open as soon as I found a place to park my car.

"Dito ka lang. I'll be back." I told Tanya.

I stepped out of the car and hurriedly went inside the building. I was honestly afraid of what I'd find once I get there. I didn't understand what was happening. Tristan was never a violent person but while I was talking to him on the phone, it really sounded like he was ready to kill Axel.

The door to his unit opened at the third ring. Tristan appeared in front of me with a dark expression on his face.

"What happened?"

"I'm going to get Val. Ikaw na bahala sa gagong yan!" He threw a sideway glare on Axel who was flattened out on the floor with arms and legs flung wide.

I walked towards him and nudged him with my foot. He didn't make a single movement.

"Is he... is he dead?" My eyes widened.

"He's just drunk. Pero kung hindi mo kukunin yang kaibigan mo dito baka ilibing ko ng buhay yan." Tristan shrugged.

"What did he do?"

"He fucked my sister, that's what!" He angrily barked.

I just shook my head as I looked down at Axel. He was passed out drunk with black and blue marks on his face. Looking at him now, I felt sorry for him but at the same time I think I would laugh at him if he got his dick sliced off. The asshole just couldn't keep it in his pants. He had it coming. There were thousands of women out there and he chose to fuck with Valerie.

"Val... Nasaan si Val..." He muttered in slurred, drunken words.

I pulled him up, wrapping one of his arm around my shoulder to support him. He let out a groan as I drag him out of Tristan's unit. I was out of breath from dragging his heavy weight when I got to my car and pushed him inside the backseat.

Tanya looked worried. "Ano'ng nangyari sa kanya?"

"He had a little too much to drink." I answered in a cold tone.

I brought Axel to my place and had no choice but to take her with me. After putting Axel to bed in the guest's room, I went out of the room to find Tanya quietly sitting on the couch in the living room.

She turned her head to my direction when she heard me closing the door. "Wayne..."

"Iuuwi na kita."

She shook her head. "Ayaw ko pang umuwi. Gusto kong mag-usap tayo."

"Bakit ba ang kulit mo? I'm fucking tired, Tanya."

She got up and cradled my face into her palms. Her eyes watered with tears. "Please, Wayne... kahit ngayon lang makinig ka naman sa akin."

"I've had enough of your bullshit! Stop this, Tanya..." I almost begged. I could feel myself melting against the warmth of her touch. "What more do you want from me? Why can't you just leave me alone?"

"Because I love you. Mahal na mahal kita, Wayne. Ayaw kong mawala ka ulit sa akin." Her voice shook with tears.

It was as if my arms had minds of their own as they wrapped around her tiny waist. My lips crashed against hers in a kiss I didn't want to control. She responded to my kiss with the same intensity, the same hunger. My hand went up to reach for the zipper on the back of her dress and withing moments, I had managed to remove it and she let it drop to the floor. She stood in front of me, wearing nothing but ivory lace underwears that incased her most intimate parts. My hand cupped her breast, eliciting a quiet moan of pleasure from her. My entire body ached with longing for her.

I found myself lifting her off the ground and carrying her into my arms, never breaking our kiss. I carried her to my room and laid her down my body. Her hands wandered around my body with such familiarity, finally stopping on the button of my shirt. She played with it a little before unbuttoning them one by one. Tanya pushed the shirt off me until I was topless.

I unhooked her bra and took it off, breaking away from the kiss to appreciate the beauty of it. My fingers encircled around it. Her breasts were the perfect, smooth and round and just filling my hands, with nipples that pebbled with the cool temperature from the air conditioning.

"Wayne..." She moaned as I gently stroke the very peak of her nipple with my thumb. I lowered my mouth to her breast and began to suck on it. I was hungry for her, so desperately hungry. I gave her other breast the same sweet attention. She writhed moan over and over again.

My hand glided down to her stomach and down to her pussy. I gently ran a finger over the tiny piece of cloth that covered her hot feminity. I felt her through the thin cloth, she was already wet for me. Not wanting to waste a single second, I pulled her lace underwear down and it revealed the hidden part that heightened my desire. From the fullness of her lips, the perfection of her breasts, the firm skin on her stomach to her most intimate part... she was God's most perfect creation.

I lightly brushed a finger over her wet folds. She shuddered and moaned, opening her legs a little wider. "Wayne, please, Wayne..."

I massaged her clit in a circular motion. She moaned even louder. I had already memorized every corner and nook of her body. I knew where to touch. I knew what made her crazy. A heat of jealousy burned in my chest when I thought of George doing the same thing to her, looking at her body and touching her in intimate places that were only I should be touching.

She gasped in surprise when I harshly yanked her legs apart. I knelt in between them and positioned myself on her core. I shoved myself inside her as deep and hard as I could, thrusting every inch of my cock inside her. She yelped.

My mouth lowered to her ear. "No man will know how to pleasure you like I can."

I began to thrust in and out of her. Her warm insides wrapped around me, tightly embracing me. I clenched my teeth and fucked her faster, the bed shaking along with my movements and my breath coming in big ragged gasps. Her fingers dug into my back, clawing at it.

"Wayne..."

I kissed her again, messy and passionate, sucking her sweet tongue into my mouth. She was mine and nobody could have her the way I had. I wanted to touch her the way nobody had before. I wanted the feel of my skin to be the feel she could never get enough of. A feeling she would never be able to forget even when she tries to erase my touch with someone else's. Tonight she was mine. I didn't care who she had loved before and who she'd love tomorrow. All I cared about was that she loved me now and that she would always love and remember me even when we were no longer together.

Her insides clenched around me as I continued to furiously pump in and out. I pulled away from the kiss and looked at her sweet, angelic face. That face that could launch a thousand ship. Her eyes were closed as she drowned in exquisite pleasure.

"Open your eyes, Angel..." I groaned. She did as I told her to do and our eyes locked. Her doe-like eyes were dark with passion. "Look at me while you come. I want to watch you."

She buried her face into my chest to muffling her cries of pleasure as she orgasmed. Her walls tightened around me. I felt her orgasm ripple through me from my lips to the sole of my feet. It triggered my own climax. I pushed ever inch of my length in her, hitting her furthermost wall and feeling every part of her. Our pelvis were touching and every part of her was thrilled to be so close. I spilled every last drop inside of her.

After a minute, I eased out of her but she hugged me and wrapped her legs around my waist.

"Please, huwag ka munang umalis. Dito ka lang." She whispered as she clung to me. "Stay inside me a little longer..."

Still buried inside her, I nuzzled my face into the crook of her neck. I inhaled her sweet scent. I had always loved the smell of her when she smelt of sex. She was musk and honey. A few minutes had gone by, her breathing became steady, more relaxed. She had already fallen asleep.

Knowing that I was too heavy for her, I shifted to my side and cradled her into my arms. The love was still there but was it enough? The hurt and the pain that she had caused seemed to big to over come. I sighed and thought to myself how could something this beautiful bring so much pain. She had moved the deepest parts of me that I wished she never made me feel. Because at this point, I was drained of everything I had to give.

Maybe not every love stories end in happily ever after. Maybe ours doesn't need one. Maybe all we could have was a happily right now and that gets to be enough.

Tanya's POV

Nakapulupot ang bisig niya sa akin nang magising ako. I shifted and turned to face him and couldn't help but smile as I watched him sleep. His relaxed face was beautiful in slumber. I missed mornings like this, when I'd wake up with him next to me.

I brushed my fingers into his hair and pressed a kiss on his lips. Hindi na ako makapaghintay na sabihin sa kanya ang tungkol sa baby namin. Sigurado akong matutuwa siya. Wala akong pag-aalinlangan na magiging mabuti siyang ama sa magiging anak namin. After what had happened last night, I had high hope that we'd be able to fix our relationship again. Kailangan namin ayusin ito, lalo na ngayon na alam na ni George ang tungkol sa amin at dinadala ko ang anak niya.

Bumaba ako sa kama at ipinulupot ang kumot sa hubad na katawan ko. I quietly slipped out of the room, careful not to wake him up. I cleaned up the mess we made last night. Pinulot ko ang mga damit ko na nagkalat doon at sinuot yun pagkatapos ay pumunta ako sa kitchen para ipaghanda siya ng almusal. Nagluto ako ng garlic rice, longganisa na nakita ko sa fridge at nagprito din ako ng itlog. Pagkatapos kong magluto ay bumalik ako sa kwarto para gisingin siya at ayain na kumain.

"Wayne, gising na..." I softly whispered to his ear.

He answered with an inaudible mutter.

"Magtatanghali na." He said.

"Later." He moaned.

"Gising na. Nagluto na ako ng breakfast natin." Malambing na sabi ko habang naglalaro ang mga daliri ko sa hubad na dibdib niya.

He grunted.

"Hindi ba sabi ko kagabi may sasabihin ako sa'yong importante?" I nuzzled my nose against his jaw and gave him sniff kisses. "Gumising ka na."

"Yeah..." Inaantok pa na sabi niya.

"Sige, magshoshower lang ako. Pagtapos ko dapat gising ka na."

"Mmhmm..."

I sighed and headed to the bathroom. I took a shower and dried my body with a towel. Pinulupot ko ang tuwalya sa katawan ko at lumabas ako ng banyo. Wayne wasn't in bed anymore. May nakita akong blue striped pajama top na nasa ibabaw ng kama niya at iyon ang sinuot ko. I didn't have any clean clothes to wear so I decided that this would do. Malaki at maluwag sa akin iyon, umabot ang lalayan hanggang sa ibabaw ng tuhod ko. It was a comfortable fit.

Inayos ko muna ang pinaghigaan namin bago ako lumabas sa kwarto. Nagulat ako ng makita si Wayne na kausap ang kaibigan niyang si Axel. I had completely forgotten that he was here. I wasn't wearing anything other than Wayne's pajama top so I quickly went back inside the room.

"Who was that?" I heard Axel's voice from the outside of the room.

"Just some whore." Wayne answered in an apathetic tone.

What I heard him say made my legs go weak. Kinailangan kong umupo sa gilid ng kama kung hindi ay pakiramdam ko bibigay ang mga tuhod ko. I felt a lump forming in my throat as I felt tears sting the corners of my eyes.

Nagulat ako ng bumukas ang pinto ng kwarto ilang minuto lang ang nakaraan. Bumungad sa akin si Wayne na may madilim na ekspresyon sa mukha.

"What are you still doing here?"

"May kailangan kang malaman." Pinahid ko ang nagbabadyang luha sa mga mata ko at nag-iwas ng tingin sa kanya. I rested my hand over my stomach. "I'm pregnant."

There was only silence. It was a heavy one, full of tension. Napilitan na akong mag-angat ng tingin sa kanya ng hindi pa siya magsalita makaraan ang ilang minuto. His face was a little pale.

"Did you hear what I just said? Buntis ako, Wayne!" Mangiyak-ngiyak na sabi ko.

"Kanino?" Matigas ang tonong sabi niya at bumaba ang tingin niya sa tiyan ko.

"Ano'ng kanino?" Namilog ang mga mata ko. I couldn't believe what he just said. "Kanino pa ba sa tingin mo?"

"You tell me..." One corner of his lips curled into a cruel sneer.

"Wayne, alam mong sayo itong dinadala ko..." My voice was weak and shaky.

"Paano ko naman masisigurong akin yan batang yan? Gusto mong ipaako sa akin ang anak mo sa ibang lalaki? You think I'm that stupid?"

"Ganon ba kababa ang tingin mo sa akin? Am I really just some whore to you?" Tears blinded my eyes.

"Ano bang gusto mong isipin ko? I met you through the blue book. You sold yourself to me and now..." He smirked. "Hindi ko nga alam kung ilang lalaki kaming—"

Gathering all the strength I had, I got up and walked up to him. Umigkis ang palad ko at dumapo sa pisngi niya.

"Oo, binenta ko nga ang sarili ko sa'yo noon pero alam mong ikaw lang ang lalaki sa buhay ko. Hindi ko naman ipagpipilitan sa'yo ang anak ko. Hindi kita pipilitin na panagutan Hindi ako maghahabol sa'yo at lalong hindi ko ipagsisiksikan ang anak ko sa amang ayaw sa kanya. Gusto ko lang sabihin sa'yo dahil akala ko matutuwa ka... " I harshly wiped the tears from my cheek. "Huwag ka rin mag-alala, hinding-hindi malalaman ng anak mo 'to paglaki niya. Our child will never know that you didn't want him or her."