CASE #4: LOVE VS. ADULTERY AND A BROKEN HOME

“Mahal kita.”

"I love you."

It’s raining hard and I’m outside without an umbrella. Everybody’s busy looking for a place to hide from the rain. The rain and the crowd made a lot of noise but there was silence in my head as soon as I heard the words come
out from her mouth.

“Mahal kita!”
"I love you!"

We we’re standing in the rain. Our bodies were drenched by rainwater and our hearts were flooded with tears from our eyes. What she said were the words I’m longing to hear. I’ve been waiting for those words from her but I felt a jolt of pain from those words.

I walked away without saying a word. The pain gets stronger as I inch away from her. It’s like tearing my heart open and I burst into tears. I arrived in front of my pad. I opened the door, closed it and I leaned my back against it.

“Mahal din kita.”
"I love you too."

The words she said made me happy but the tears just kept falling. I feel the same for her but there are things that’s keeping me from giving in. I want to shout out the same words to her but it’s better to keep it to myself or things would get more complicated.

“Happy Birthday!”

Last week, one of our teammate celebrated his birthday. Food and booze flowed. Everybody got drunk and they started singing songs from the videoke. I was watching her dance. She is hot. Her thighs, her eyes and her lips are seducing me. I went up to her, grabbed her by the hand and we went to an empty room.

[moans…]

I kissed her. She kissed back. I held her tight in my arms. Then she licked my neck. I hurriedly removed my shirt and she went down to my chest and then down to my abs. her tongue was so gentle. I removed her dress and felt her body with my hands. I tasted every inch of her soft skin. We enjoyed every moment of it.

“Ehem!”

Chel entered the room seeing our half naked bodies. Her eyes widened but she left like nothing happened. We hurriedly put our clothes on and went out of the room. Everybody was about to leave. Most of them got drunk and didn’t notice that we were gone except for Chel.

“You’re married!”

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I saw her and Chel talking. Chel looked very mad. They must be arguing about what happened at Benj’s party. Then I heard Chel’s words. It hit me. I knew it from the start but alcohol and lust made me forget that detail. Reality stood in front of me and drained my energy.

I was avoiding her the rest of the day. I seated away from her. I took my lunch break ahead. I refrained from looking at her. The whole team noticed it. Some asked. I just smiled.

“Policarpio!”

I went ahead after work but she caught up with me. Then I tried to walk faster but she called out my name. I hate it when she calls me by my first name so I stopped and turned towards her. She grabbed me and made me sit on the bench.

We talked about what happened last night. She said to just forget about it. She knows that it was wrong and she doesn’t want to lose our friendship. I nodded. But I could never forget what happened.

“Lunch break.”

It’s another day at work. Everything seems to be back to normal. Even Chel is not making a fuss of my restored closeness with her. I seated next to her and we took our lunch break together. But there’s something different this time. Every time I’m with her, my heart beats a different melody.

I’m happier now although I’m afraid. If I keep this up I might get hurt but every time I’m with her all my worries fades away. I just want to enjoy my hours looking at her eyes and listening to her laugh.

“Tama ba ito?”
"Is this right?"

We sat at the stairwell with coffee cups on our hands. I always like it when she blows off the steam from the hot coffee. She looks very beautiful. Then I lost control of myself, I took her chin lifted up her face and kissed her. I might be doing something wrong but feels good to be with someone you love.

[L0ve u 2 … J]

She was off from work for two days and I can’t wait to see her again. She arrived at the office, smiled, but there was a bruise on her face. Benj told me her husband hit her because of a text message. I can’t help but to get mad. How can a man hit his wife?

“Leave her alone!”

Chel and Benj were concerned about her. Benj said that the husband already know the situation between me and his wife. But I don’t want to leave her. I love her and I want to be with her.

“You should know better.”

Benj was about to hit me but he stopped. He said something that made me weak. He knows that I grew up from a broken family. My father left my mom for another girl. That was really a bad memory from my past. I despised my father and her girl. How could she be with a married man? I promised myself not to follow my father’s footsteps. But why am I involved with a married woman now? My mother would be hurting again when she finds out about this but is it wrong for me to love her?

I can’t sleep that night. What should I do? I know the grief of being in a broken home. They have a child. I don’t want that child to feel what I felt growing up in a broken home but I also don’t want to lose her.

“Immediate?”

I came late at work. I talked to my boss and handed him a piece of paper. The after signing some papers, I left.

“Policarpio!”

I went out the front door. I was a few steps away when I heard her call my name. She must have known that I resigned effective immediately. She was in tears. She’s begging me to stay and said that I don’t have to resign but I already made up my mind. I told that don’t want to hurt her and break up their family. I told her this was the best way to solve this.

“Mahal kita.”
"I love you."

It’s raining hard and I’m outside without an umbrella. Everybody’s busy looking for a place to hide from the rain. The rain and the crowd made a lot of noise but there was silence in my head as soon as I heard the words come out from her mouth.

“Mahal kita!”
"I love you!"

We we’re standing in the rain. Our bodies were drenched by rainwater and our hearts were flooded with tears from our eyes. What she said were the words I’m longing to hear. I’ve been waiting for those words from her but I felt a jolt of pain from those words.

I walked away without saying a word. The pain gets stronger as I inch away from her. It’s like tearing my heart open and I burst into tears. I arrived in front of my pad. I opened the door, closed it and I leaned my back against it.

“Mahal din kita.”
"I love you too."