FOR A MOMENT Winter was too stunned to say anything. Napaisip pa nga siya kung tama ba siya ng narinig. But when Noah spoke again, she’d finally confirmed that she heard him right.
“I tried to build a wall between us and thought that it was strong enough to keep you away. But you were persistent. At unti-unti, without knowing, the wall that I built crumbled.”
Halo-halo ang emosyon na nararamdaman ni Winter ng mga sandaling iyon. Hindi niya alam kung maiiyak ba siya o magtatatalon sa sobrang tuwa. Pinisil pa niya ang pisngi para masigurado na hindi siya nanaginip.
Noah gave an embarrassed cough. “Come on, aren’t you going to say something? Mananahimik ka na lang ba dyan?”
Bahagya siyang natawa. Sa paningin niya ay parang teenager si Noah na nagtapat ng nararamdaman sa kauna-unahang pag
