Pagkapasok ni Selena sa condo, agad niyang isinara ang pinto, mariing pinikit ang mga mata.
Tahimik.
Walang tunog kundi ang mahinang ugong ng aircon at ang sariling t***k ng puso niya.
Parang doon pa lang siya muling huminga — at saka niya naramdaman ang bigat ng gabi.
Hinubad niya ang stilettos, ibinagsak iyon sa sahig, at marahang naupo sa gilid ng sofa. The city lights outside the window glowed faintly, painting her skin in soft gold and blue.
Pero sa loob niya, puro dilim pa rin.
Her phone lay on the coffee table, Damien’s last message still glowing on the screen.
“You shouldn’t have walked away that easily. This isn’t over.”
Of course it isn’t, she thought bitterly.
Because Damien Vergara never lets anything end on someone else’s terms.
She took a long breath, trying to stea
