"Are you awake?" he asked before planting a soft kiss on her shoulder.

Mariin siyang napalunok bago sumagot, "Where you've been?"

"I got a call from my lawyer."

Again, she swallowed the lump in her throat. "Is... everything alright?"

Matagal bago sumagot si Cayson. "Yeah."

"Nothing's going on that... I should know about?"

"No, sweetheart."

Hindi na siya nagsalita pang muli.

Hindi niya kaya.

Unti-unting nadudurog ang puso niya sa walang pakundangang pagsisinungaling habang nakayakap sa kaniya.

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