“It shouldn’t happen again, Daisy,” Ilay declared with finality. “I knew I slipped. But I promise you, our marriage will be clean.”
Napaawang ang aking mga labi. Matagal bago rumehistro sa aking utak ang kaniyang mga sinabi. Ilang segundo bago ako nakabawi. Then, I was incessantly tapping my shoe on the ground, the continuous, ticking sound seeming to irritate Ilay with how his left eyebrow twitched. Tumaas ang kaniyang noo at naghamon ng tingin.
I gritted my teeth. “And what about what happened after?”
“What part?”
“The part where you kissed me and drank the Chivas Regal from my mouth…” I spat dauntlessly.
Ilay released a rough exhale, his nose flaring. It was his time to remember as his obsidian eyes darkened t
