BACK INTO HIS ARMS

CHAPTER 3

WEEKS HAVE PAST, celestine and her friends are currently at one wedding exhibit. Celestine was suffocated inside, so she told them that she will just go outside to get some fresh air.

But then, she bumped with someone, a short-haired girl with average height, and a pair of hazel eyes look at her. Celestine then bowed before mumbling “sorry”

The girl laugh. “It’s nothing, why are you here pretty lady?” she asks, she instantly blushed when she called her pretty lady.

“It was suffocating inside so i went here to get some fresh air how about you?” she answered.

“I just don’t want to be inside, it’s irritating my s**t” the girl said. Tine just smiled at her.

“One of the coordinators?” the girl inquire. Tine just nod. “How about you?”

“Not planning to be one” the girl announced and she just nod.

“So i assumed you are getting married?” she asks with playful smile on her lips, the lady laugh and nod, but then she sigh. “I am” the girl muttered.

The way the girl answered, celestine knew something was off. “You don’t want to be married to him?” She inquired. “Well, if you don’t mind me asking personal questions” she added.

“Yeah, i love him so much but it’s just... i don’t want to get married that easy we’re just 2 years and 3 months for God’s sake” the girl answered.

Celestine just nod. She knew what the girl feel but her curiosity led her to ask the girl a question again. “Then if you’re still not ready, why don’t you just tell him the truth?”

“I just... can’t, i don’t want to turn his proposal down but i don’t want to commit to a lifetime commitment either. I love him, i really do” she girl replied.

“Please don’t tell anyone about this, got to go my fiance must be waiting for me, nice meeting you” with that the girl left.

Tine felt her phone vibrate so she check if there were any messages, and there was. It was from arya.

From : Arya

To : Tine

Come back inside ASAP, your freaking ex err client wants you to still hold the engagement party for him, he even told me that he’ll pay twice the amount.

She just sigh before walking back inside.

CELESTINE CAN’T help but to feel awkward. The girl she was talking about a minute ago was the same girl that his ex was about to marry. She suddenly feel bad for Jacob yet she can’t do nothing. It’s not her problem afterall. They should solve it on their own.

“Ms. Alcaraz” his husky voice, sent shiver down her spine when she heard Jacob calling her name.

She faked a smile and look at him. “Yes, mr. Elizalde?” she answered.

“Why would you suddenly want to back out?” that question caught her off guard.

Is he dumb or what?

“Well, i have many appointments and deadline that should be finished so i let Arya to handle your engagement party with Ms. Mendez, don’t worry Arya is as good as me, or should i say she was more better than me” she laugh.

“But i want you” that caught her off guard for the second time with eyes widened in shock.

“BUT I WANT YOU” Shaira and her look at me as soon as i said that. I gulp and cleared my throat. “I mean i want you to be the one who organize my engagement party.

They nod. While i am mentally screaming myself for what the h*ll that came out off my mouth. I feel terrible. Imagine i say those words infront of my fiance. Damn! what were you thinking Jacob?

They talk about many things, mostly about me and my engagement party. “You’re so pretty ms. Tine how come you don’t even have a boyfriend?” Shaira ask.

Celestine just laugh, and it was.... angelic. “Well, i don’t have plan on my mind yet because the last one i love left me but that was years ago, i was still college that time” she spoke and then look at me straight to my eyes.

I didn’t know why but i look away, i am afraid with her stare. I just look at my fiancee then smile. She looks gorgeous.

“Then you still haven’t move on from him?” Shaira asks, anticipation can be seen in her voice. I gulp, waiting for tine to answer.

“Well, i do but it’s just that i’ve seen him more often this days so it makes me awkward” she said and then stood up. “please excuse me ms. mendez and mr. elizalde i have to go to bathroom real quick” she said and left.

Shaira then look at me. “You okay?” she asks. “Y-yeah, i do”

“Would you mind if i go to bathroom?” she ask. I shook my head. “No, i won’t” i answered. She smiled at me happily and kiss my cheeks before she left.

CELESTINE CAN’T stand the questions that ms. Mendez ask her. “Celestine wait!” Someone called her. She look around and saw his ex’s fiance, Shaira. The girl run until it catch up with her. They walk side by side.

“Didn’t know mr. Elizalde was the one you talked about” Celestine started. The girl frowned.

“P-please don’t... don’t tell him, i-i beg you just... just don’t” Shaira look at her, pleading.

“What if i said?” Celestine remarked, the girl suddenly panic. “I was kidding! ofcourse i won’t afterall it’s both your problems”She said and left shaira there dumbfounded.

You didn’t know why they are there, it was maybe because they are the guest? All the people knows that Shaira Mendez, a song-writer, and model was finally engage with a hot CEO that was her ex, Jacob Elizalde.

Just how small the world is for them to met.

“But ms. Mendez it will be more better if you could have just tell mr. Elizalde that you still don’t want to marry him” she spoke.

“I don’t want to disappoint him, Celestine” She said. “I love him so much” Celestine felt pang in her chest.

“I know but you really think Mr. Elizalde will be happy knowing that you still aren’t ready for marriage? You know how busy he is, yet here he is giving time to manage your party because he wants you to spend your last days of being free before you commit yourself” she explained.

Shaira felt bad, she knows that celestine is really right, the girl just sigh. “Maybe i should tell him” she decided. Celestine just nod.

SHE WAS trying to sleep. Many things happened today. What she didn’t expect was... the girl who rant to her was the girl that his ex loves.

She was still shock as hell, like who wouldn’t right? She feel terrible, she was sad for Jacob because she knew how he loves Shaira so much but Shaira was hurting him without he even knows.

She wasn’t part of it but she felt like that, knowing she kept her secret. But she can’t just tell him that because YOU ARE JUST AN ORGANIZER. AND AN EX.

“Yeah celestine, don’t feel bad you didn’t do something afterall you are just their organizer, and jacob’s ex get over it” she then close her eyes and sleep.