This story is finally completed in my draft. Last two chapters left then Chaos's POV.

Enjoy reading!

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"I'm not on a depo. I stopped using contraceptives years ago so if you don't want your father to have a grandson nine months from now, pull out before..." I knowingly stared at Chaos and smirked.

"The decision is yours, do you want to wear a maternity dress months from now?" He cocked his brow while a teasing grin was visible in his lips.

A low chuckle came out of my lips. "Nah uh, not gonna happen. Trust me, I can still do fashion when I'm very pregnant. Wearing lousy dresses aren't in the choices." I smirked and lifted my head to reach for his lips, sinalubong naman niya ang aking mga labi.

I awkwardly chuckled as I can still feel my cheeks burning upon remembering what happened. Pregnant? Really, Marcia you said those? But, well...

Inilapat ko ang aking kamay sa dibdib ni Chaos habang ang kabilang siko ko ay nakatukod sa kama upang suportahan ang aking sarili at tuluyang maharap si Chaos. "The moment I let something happened between us, I'm already open to that possibility."

The corner of his lips rose for a warm smile as he pulled me again in his arms. "I'll marry you," bulong niya.

Muli akong napalayo. "Marry?" nahihiwagaang sambit ko. "You're not even my boyfriend."

And he dare raised a brow on me. "That's not a problem. I'll court you."

"For five years?" I raised a brow, challenging while teasing him about the five years that we're apart.

His lips parted in disbelief. "Oh, damn, can I marry you first and court you for a lifetime instead?"

We ended up laughing at his words. That's how our conversation ended. The reason why I don't understand why the next morning, I caught Chaos panicking as he descended from the stairs. 

"I don't give a damn, Martin. Check the fucking CCTV on the lobby—" Naputol ang salita niya nang nagtama ang aming mga mata. I raised a brow with a suppressed grin in my lips.

He softly cursed. "Forget it," sambit niya sa kausap bago tinapos ang tawag. 

"What's wrong?" kunot noong sambit ko. But I have an idea why he's being like this. Sinalubong ko siya pababa ng hagdan.

I caught how relief washed worry in his eyes. "I thought you left." 

I shook my head and chuckled a bit. "I was just preparing our brunch. Though I was about to leave after what I'm doing."

"To where?" he asked as we walked side by side towards the dining area. 

"My boutique and I might visit my father."

"Can I come? I wanna see your boutique." His hand rested at my small back.

I narrowed my eyes as I tilted my head towards his direction. "As if you haven't seen it. You've been there before."

"As Rieselle's fiancee and not as your suitor."

Huminto ako sa paglalakad at tuluyan siyang hinarap. Nawala ang kamay niya sa aking likuran dahil sa aking ginawa. "Boyfriend," I corrected and smirked.

Ilang segundo siyang natigilan.

His eyes widened a fraction. "What?" marahang tanong na tila hindi nakuha ang sinabi ko. Or more like he's too astounded because of what I said.

"As my boyfriend, I said," nakangising ulit ko bago ako nagpatuloy sa paglalakad. 

Sandali ko siyang nilingon at natantong hindi siya sumunod sa akin. Seems like he's rooted from where he's standing.

I went on the countertop while shaking my head a bit. Sa pag-iling, bigla kong naalala ang mga ginawa ko kahapon. I felt like I wasn't Marcia last night. I'm too... fucking emotional. Damn it. 

Muli akong umiling at kinuha ang mga niluto. Matapos ay nilagay ko na iyon sa table. That's when I felt a set of arms wrapped around my waist. 

"I love you," Chaos stated while his lips were pressed on my head. Tila ngayon lang nakabawi mula sa sinabi ko.

Later that day, I let Chaos come with me in my boutique. This might be the last time that I'll be here so might as well let him.

Chaos's hand is resting at my back the moment we went inside The Estelle. Dahilan kung bakit agad na naisip ng aking mga staff na ako si Rieselle.

"Good afternoon, Sir Chaos, Ma'am Rieselle," my staff members greeted the moment we entered the boutique. I saw my manager nearing our direction. 

"Good afternoon!" May bahid ng gulat na bati ng aking manager, nahihiwagaan. "Finally after years! Will the wedding finally push through this year?" She let out an awkward chuckle. 

Maybe astounded that after five years of the wedding being postponed, Rieselle and Chaos suddenly came here.

"We haven't talked about the wedding yet." Chaos cleared his throat when he answered my manager. "And about the contract with the boutique years ago, my secretary will talk to you regarding that matter."

I remember that contract. It was the formal agreement that The Estelle would provide all clothings that's needed in Chaos and Rieselle's wedding.

"You can talk to me about that instead," I interfered as my eyes darted at Chaos. "Should I cancel the contract?" I gave him a knowing smirk.

Chaos smirked back at me. Tila sapat iyon upang magkaintindihan kamin.

Nag-iwas ako ng tingin at binalingan ang mga staff ko na natigilan matapos ang sinabi ko kay Chaos. "It's Marcia, anyway. Not Rieselle." 

"M-Ma'am?"

I nodded. "How's everyone doing?" I raised my voice a bit for all of them to hear me. Ngunit bakas pa rin ang pagkalito sa kanilang mga mukha kaya't hindi ako nakakuha ng sagot mula sa kanila.

I glanced at my manager. "Where's Clarita?" I asked but a horrified expression flickered in her face. I tilted my face and waited for her to recover without leaving her eyes. 

"Ma'am Marcia?" She blinked as she quickly glanced at Chaos, still dumbfounded why I'm with him. "Ma'am Clarita went out to fetch a client. Pero p-pabalik na rin 'yon-" naputol ang salita niya nang bumukas ang pinto ng boutique. 

That's when I saw Clarita with a familiar socialite in her early fifties, must be the client. 

And in just a few seconds, they're already in front of us and the socialite instantly recognized us. Or probably just Chaos because she addressed me as Rieselle. Even Clarita mistook me as her, though after greeting me, her eyes never left me like she's scrutinizing if I'm really Rieselle or her friend.

"Chaos, hijo what a surprise! How's your mother? I haven't seen her for a while." 

"Mama's fine, Tita," pormal na sagot ni Chaos.

The woman chuckled. "I'll invite her out one of these days." She paused a bit before smiling at me. "What are you both doing here, anyway? Tuloy na ba ang kasal?"

"My girlfriend just visited her boutique, Tita."

"Oh?" Agad na bumalatay ang kalituhan sa ekspresyon niya. "Really? I never thought Rieselle's-"

"I think you mistook her as someone else, Tita. Let me introduce my girlfriend, Marcia Estelle Quijano."

I heard Clarita gasped upon confirming that I'm her friend.

"Quijano?" nahihiwagaang sambit ng ginang at hindi na naitago ang gulat sa mga mata. Her eyes widened as her lips parted. "Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't know." she apologized with still a bit hesitant voice. Bakas pa rin ang pagtataka sa mga mata. 

"But I thought you're..." Mabilis niya akong sinulyapan bago muling ibinalik ang mga mata kay Chaos. "Getting married with a Serrano? Your grandma's boasting about that."

"The wedding is cancelled, Tita. We'll make a formal announcement regarding that matter."

Ilang minuto pa ang lumipas bago natanto ng ginang na hindi nga ako si Rieselle at talagang naghiwalay na ang dalawa kaya't hindi natuloy ang kasal. She left after browsing my designs and scheduled a new appointment because she seems overwhelmed by what she just found out. Reason why her mind seems clouded while looking at my designs.

After she left, I asked Clarita to come with me in my office. While I asked Chaos to stay with my manager for a while. 

Clarita bombarded me with a series of questions the moment we're in my office and I gladly answered them all. She even apologized again for what she did to the boutique's money and promised to pay it back.

Nang napunta sa pera ang aming usapan ay noon ko na binanggit ang tunay na sadya ko.

"I'm selling the boutique." And that... was the hardest decision I've made. 

Even before I graduated from college, I already wanted to have my own clothing boutique and I plan to have one when I graduate. But after what happened to my mother and with our company falling, I can't afford to have it so it really slipped off my mind because I thought, that dream of mine isn't possible already because of our situation.

But when I graduated, our family lawyer went to our mansion and that's when I learned that my mother left an inheritance under my name. Or more like a graduation gift for me. 

She bought me a land and gave me an amount of money, enough for me to start what I've always dreamed of. The Estelle.

It is hard for me to let it go because aside from it is my dream, The Estelle is from my mother. That was the last gift I received from her.

But I have no choice. I need to pay for what I stole from Chaos. I can't stand being in a relationship with him with the fact that I stole millions from him. I know I can't undo what I did, it's already carved in my mind and the least thing I can do is to pay all the money back. And I don't have the cash to pay him five million plus the money Flavio used to book several flights for me to lure them. 

Siguro, bibilhin ko na lang ulit ang boutique kapag may sapat na pera na ako at papayag ang magiging bagong may-ari na ibenta ulit ito sa akin. Though that's quite impossible.

I sighed. I don't want to blame Clarita for what she did to the money that's supposed to be the payment for Chaos because she did it for her father. Hindi iyon nalalayo sa bagay na nagawa ko para kay Dad.

"You'll what?!" Namimilog ang mga matang tanong ni Clarita matapos makabawi. "What did you say?" 

"I'll sell the boutique."

She shook her head on me. "You won't do that," marahang sambit niya at para bang nahihiwagaan pa rin sa sinabi ko.

"I will. I don't have a choice," I stated as I roamed my eyes around my office. I tightly pressed my lips and shut my eyes.

"Are you sure you're Marcia? Nako! Rieselle, if you're trying to fool-"

"I am Marcia, Rita."

Our conversation lasted for a few minutes more before someone from her office called. Must be an emergency, dahilan kung bakit agaran siyang umalis. 

Chaos went inside my office when Clarita left. I raised a brow as our eyes met and I pursed my lips to suppress the smirk forming in at the edge of my lips.

I walked towards the couch at the side of my office. Naramdaman ko ang pagsunod sa akin ni Chaos ngunit nauna siya sa akin sa pag-upo. Then he instantly reached for my hand and pulled me. Nakaparte ang mga hita niya nang bumagsak ako sa kandungan niya. 

His hand automatically landed at my back to help me find balance in his lap. 

"Is there something wrong?" he asked after I clung one of my hands to his nape.

I tilted my head and started combing his hair using my fingers, messing it up. "I agreed to be your girlfriend but there's a condition."

His eyes narrowed. "There is? I'm not aware of that."

"Now you know," the corner of my lips rose for a smirk.

He lowly chuckled. "Yeah. Tell me."

"I'll pay everything I stole and you'll accept it."

He let out a tired groan. "I don't give a damn about those millions but if that'll make you feel better, sure. I won't give you a due date. Pay me anytime you want."

I raised a brow. No due date? That sounds tempting but I instantly discarded the thought. 

It will take me years again to save that amount of money from my boutique. Hindi ako pwedeng kumuha ng pera sa kompanya ni Dad dahil hindi pa ito bumabalik sa dati.

"Give me a month and I'll pay it all."

He tsked as I felt his hand behind me moved. "I'm not pressuring you. You can pay one peso a day and I won't have a problem with that."

Napapantastikuhan ko siyang tinignan. "As if! Baka patay na 'ko, hindi ko pa rin nababayaran lahat."

His shoulders nonchalantly rose. "Then I'll search for you in the next lifetime so you can continue paying your debt."

I heaved an audible breath. "So I can continue paying my debt or..." I trailed off as I eyed him suspiciously. 

He chuckled hoarsely when he realized that I know what he's thinking. "I don't think this lifetime is enough to spend all my love for you."

I rolled my eyes as the smile I'm suppressing finally went out of my lips. 

Wednesday came quickly. I visited my father last day after I dropped by my boutique. Sa loob ng mga nakaraang taon, unti-unting umayos ang lagay niya matapos ang operasyon. That's a good thing because if ever I'll spend some years in jail, no one will take care of him or at least assist him to give his necessities.

I'm with Chaos when I visited him and he offered his apologies to Dad because of what his grandparents did to our family. Wala namang naging problema iyon kay Dad. Though that's because it's Chaos who asked for forgiveness. I know deep inside, kahit magmakaawa pa ang dalawang matandang Zaldivar ay hindi sila patatawarin ni Dad. Na malabo rin namang mangyari dahil hindi magpapakababa ang dalawang Zaldivar na iyon.

We stayed there until dinner but I didn't bother telling him about me giving my DNA samples to the Serranos. Ayaw ko nang sabihin iyon kay Dad. It's nonsense anyway. The results would be negative and they'll surely sue me after.

Ngayong araw lalabas ang resulta ng DNA test. Reason why we're inside the mansion of the Serranos, waiting for it. 

Chaos is sitting at the chair beside me while in front of him is the envelope where the result of one of the set of DNA samples is in.

Sa kanan ni Chaos ay si Tita Cecille habang sa tabi ni Tita at si Mr. Serrano na nasa kabisera. While Rieselle and her mother is in front of us. 

Guerdon can't make it today. The reason why the other result is already in front of Mr. Serrano. Ngunit wala pa kahit isa ang nagtangkang magbukas ng resulta. 

We're still waiting for the third result. Ang resulta mula sa piniling laboratoryo ng mga Serrano. 

I cleared my throat when silence started to feel deafening. "If you don't mind me asking... what happened to your daughter? I mean, I think someone said she's... dead or you thought she is."

If I remember correctly, someone from the Serrano told me that. It's either Rieselle or Mrs. Serrano if I'm not mistaken.

Sandaling nahanap ng aking mga mata ang tingin ng ina ni Rieselle ngunit agad akong kumurap at bumaling sa direksyon ni Joaquin Serrano. Her eyes seems penetrating my insides. Though she's calmer than the last time we saw each other. Hindi tulad noong nakaraan na sampal ang sinalubong niya sa akin.

Damn, I can still imagine her hand on my cheek.

"Our daughter was kidnapped two days after Estella gave birth of the twins. May posibilidad na kakompitensya sa negosyo ng pamilya ang kumuha o hindi kaya ay nag-utos na ilayo ang anak namin."

"There's a big possibility that she's dead already but we didn't stop looking for her. Until now, we couldn't find her. You're the seventh lead that we have. The results of the first six turned out negative."

My lips parted as I listened to Mr. Serrano's firm voice. 

"My turn to ask." Agad akong napabaling sa direksyon ni Estella Serrano nang marinig ang puno ng awtoridad at malamig na boses niya. "Your name is Marcia Estelle."

"Yes, Madame," I politely answered and even gave her a half nod.

Nanliit ang mga mata niya. "How did you know about that name? Where did you get that?"

Bumuka ang aking mga labi. "My name? It was given by my parents," I stated, almost chuckling dahil saan pa ba manggagaling ang pangalan ko? Of course from my parents.

"You can't exactly look the same as my daughter..." She glanced at Rieselle. "And have the same name with our missing daughter."

"I understand, Mrs. Serrano. But I'm telling the truth. I didn't undergo in a surgery to change my face and didn't change my name as well," I said in a matter-of-fact tone.

At bago pa kung saan mapunta ang usapan ay dumating na ang doktor na pinagkakatiwalaan ng mga Serrano.

I shifted on my seat, eager to finish this because I have plans to go back to my boutique after this. Iyon ay kung walang mga pulis na nag-aabang sa paglabas ko ng mansyon.

Pakiramdam ko, ang paghihintay sa resulta lang ang siyang pumipigil sa ina ni Rieselle sa pagsasampa ng kaso sa 'kin. I expected that the police will be waiting outside their mansion the moment we got the results.

Rieselle's parents rose as they greeted the doctor. Even Tita Cecille and Rieselle rose. Kaya't sumunod na kami ni Chaos sa pagtayo. 

"Here's the result of the test. Walang nakahawak ng resulta kung hindi ako, Joaquin. The result written inside is certainly based on the samples that you and Ms. Quijano gave," the doctor assured.

Estella Serrano stretched her hand to get the envelope from the doctor. While Chaos handed me the envelope in front of him. 

I sighed as I held it. 

Joaquin Serrano cleared his throat to get everyone's attention as his eyes were directed at me. "Before we proceed we just want you to know that, regardless of the result, we decided not to file a case against you," he suddenly announced that made my lips part from each other. 

There's a deafening silence after what he said. Lumipat ang mga mata ko sa ina ni Rieselle, hinihintay ang pagtutol niya ngunit wala akong narinig mula sa kanya. 

"Our daughter doesn't want to sue you and if the result turns out positive, you won't expect us to file charges against you." 

I nodded. Kung positive nga naman ang lalabas at ako hinahanap nilang anak, imposible ngang magsampa sila ng kaso. Though I'm not their missing daughter or whatever.

I glanced towards Rieselle's way upon hearing what her father said. I frowned a bit. Why doesn't she wants to sue me? 

I slowly tilted my head.

She's too good that sometimes it wasn't really a good thing. If I were her, I'll surely wish for my kidnapper to rot in jail. Plus what I did to her relationship with Chaos. I broke them apart even though Chaos doesn't really love Rieselle as what he told me, mali pa rin ang ginawa ko. Yet Rieselle didn't do anything against me. 

Kung ako ang ginawan ng ganoon, hindi ko kayang manahimik. If there's a woman who'll try to steal my man? Oh damn, I probably won't hurt the woman physically but she would certainly be emotionally damaged after our little conversation. My sharp words will surely leave deep wounds that she'll regret touching my man.

"Let's open the results," Mr. serrano stated as he grabbed the envelope in front of him and started untying the lock of the envelope. Ganoon din ang ginawa ni Estella Serrano kaya't itinuon ko ang buong atensyon sa envelope na nasa aking harapan. 

I can feel Rieselle's eyes on me but I continued opening the envelope. Nang tuluyang mabuksan ay agad kong inilabas ang papel na naroon. 

My eyes automatically skipped the other information written and searched for the result. 

Ngunit agad akong natulos sa aking kinatatayuan nang makita ang resulta. Kumunot ang aking noo sa mga numerong nakita. My eyes went back to the parts that I skipped and started reading it just to make sure that I understood the numbers written at the result because it doesn't makes sense.

I felt my heart rammed against my ribcage as I shifted my weight. Muli kong tinignan ang resulta ngunit tulad ng unang nakita, iyon pa rin ang mga numerong nakasulat doon. 

I glanced at Chaos beside me and saw him looking at me with concern in his eyes. The way he looks at me tells me that he saw the result too. 

Marahan akong nag-angat ng tingin sa mag-asawang Serrano. Sa ekspresyon nila, alam ko nang iisa ang lumabas na resulta sa tatlong kopya ng DNA test na galing sa iba't ibang laboratoryo.

I heard a loud gasp from Rieselle as her eyes started watering, kagagaling lang ng mga mata sa resultang hawak ni Mrs. Serrano. Rieselle's eyes met mine.

What the fuck is this.

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