The Bad Boy's Property (TAGALOG)

Prologue 2

Eleven Year Old Jelaine's Point of View:

"Remember this, Jelaine, you are my property. You can't do anything to change that. You are mine, and I don't need you to like that fact. Remember, don't you dare find another guy or have a boyfriend while I'm not around. You don't have the right to have one. Don't forget that we are getting married one day. Don't dare cheat. Do not forget me, your fiance. I will be back, ugly!" He smirked. That smirk of him never fails to piss me off.

What a jerk!

Those are some of the last words he left to me before he and his family flew to San Francisco that I wish to be the actual final words I would have with him.

Nalaman ko kay mama na maninirahan sila roon ng matagal para asikasuhin ang mga negosyo ng pamilya nila sa U.S.. They were not sure when to return to the Philippines. Just thinking about the idea that he was going far away from me, there's a party going on with my whole system. My brain, my blood, my cells, my vein, my organs, my nerves, hair, eyes, everywhere! Every part of me is happy and celebrating. But there was this something that was restraining me from feeling all that happiness and letting me remain in the middle of being lonely about being miserable. I got slapped with the truth that he will come back and that we will see each other again. Like, what the hell? Why? Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit?! Ayaw ko na siyang bumalik pa rito, pati na sa buhay ko at ayaw ko na siyang makita pang muli. How did he ever come up with the idea of coming back here? I mean, who said that's a good idea? I mean, yes, everyone wants him here, but except me! I want him out of my life for real and forever!

Oh, my veggies! Bakit? Bakit ganito ang naging kapalaran ko?

Bakit pa siya babalik?

There's no other reason he would talk in that manner and say such things but for the intention to piss me off. He already admitted and told me that he doesn't like me. And now, he is telling that to me? Iyan ang pinaka-nakakatawang joke na narinig ko. Siya ang pinakamalaking joke na nakita ko.

Ano nga ulit ang sinabi niya? Don't forget we are getting married one day? Just as if I will let that happen. I am so ready to pack all my stuff and leave home only to get far away from him and from that thing to happen. That one day he was talking about will never come. Sisiguraduhin ko iyon!

As if I would be willing to get tied in a marriage with a bad boy like him. My type of boy is not a bad boy.

Okay, fine. Inaamin ko! Oo. Maybe, it was way back. It was my type of boy, but that was a long time ago. Nagustuhan ko siya. Oo. I admit that, but I am awake now. I realized it would be a nightmare to have one in your life. Napagtanto ko na kailangan kong baguhin ang tipo ko sa lalaki. The beginning and ending before the realization I had are to have him in my life, and my life has got miserable because of him. After I experienced his behavior of being a monster, I started not to like him and stopped liking him. All I feel about him now is hate. That's all. I HATE HIM!

That moment, when he told those stuff, "You are my property blah, blah, blah," I snorted, and I wanted to laugh because I feel so annoyed and upset.

"The only thing about us is that we are just an instrument for what they call arranged marriage. Don't make certain assumptions like I'm letting myself get married to you. Just as if I would like to. Do you know what I like? What I like is you to stay your ugly attitude, you and your dumbass wherever the hell of a place you are going to, and don't ever come back here in the Philippines, forever and ever! And don't you ever call me ugly. You are uglier! You badly need help with that ugly attitude of yours!" I firmly said with my sharp eyes pointing to his.

He smirked and quickly switched into a straight face.

"You are mine, Jelaine. Only mine."

"Not until I convinced my parents to abort the arrangement, whatever, between us! You better get ready for that. I won't let that marriage happen between us. That is what you have to remind yourself!" I have made sure everything I said was emphasized and delivered clearly.

Pagkatapos ng maraming taon na naranasan kong makasama siya, simula noong pinakilala kami sa isa't-isa. I can't imagine that I am still going to marry a boy like him. It would be a nightmare to have a boy like him in my life forever. My life with him is messy, troublesome, bothersome, burdensome, miserable, and like a nightmare.

He calls me ugly. He has an abnormal and ugly attitude. He made my life a living hell with his war freak fan girls going on and on around me every day at school to fight with me. He added to the weight of my burden every time he was doing some prank on me.

I don't know how to convince my mom and dad to cancel or stop or retreat from that arrangement for marriage between us because my mom always tells me that I already said yes and agreed to it until the last chance she has given me, so there is no chance of backing out now. Paulit-ulit lang ang isinasagot sa akin ni mama sa tuwing sinusubukan ko siyang kumbinsihin. I didn't even realize that I wasted the last chance that my mom had given me when she asked me once again and one last time, but I will do all that I can do to stop it from happening.

For now, I need to celebrate and savor my happiness that he is not going to be around me anymore. Kahit na hindi ito habang buhay dahil siguradong magkikita kami ulit, masaya pa rin ako na mawawala siya sa buhay ko ng matagal.

But whether I like the idea or not, he is coming back to my life no matter how big my hate for him is because there is this fact that, yes, we have reconciled to marry one another. The main reason why our paths are going to meet each another is by fate. As much as I wanted him to disappear from my life but it's not that easy.

I am Jelaine Shil Moara, and I'm getting married to Jeon Eco, one day. Sobrang gustuhin ko man na itanggi iyon pero iyon ang totoo. I'm The Bad Boy's Property.

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- Bri