Napakurap ako nang ma realize ang sinabi ni Ahren.
“W-what…”
“I mean it. Come with me. I have a place set up where you can live. I will provide for you. Anything that you want, Daena.” There’s urgency in his voice.
Sa labi nya ako nakatingin the whole time. Then I looked into his eyes again.
“Anong sinasabi mo?” Gulat pa rin na tanong ko. There’s the thumping on my heart again.
“I want you to be my woman.”
I looked at him with wide eye. “What? Your woman? Ahren sinabi ko naman sayo. We barely knew each other and-”
“And I told you we’ll have all the time we need to know each other.”
Napayuko ako. What is he exactly asking me to do?
Hinawakan nya ang isang kamay ko at pinisil iyon.
“I’ll give you anything you want and need, Daena. Hindi ko na kaya isipin na nandito ka. I want you a
