Chapter 10: Consequence 2

Tulala si Tala habang binabaybay ang daan pabalik sa hotel na tinutuluyan niya. She had been feeling numb ever since the doctor dropped the news that she’s pregnant.

How can she be pregnant now?

Apparently you had sex with a prince. Hot and wild sex. Many times! paalala ng isip niya.

She bit her lower lip. She knew that. Pero…

She cannot be pregnant right now. She’s still fighting for the life she wanted. She doesn’t even have a job!

Well she had an apprenticeship. But then, the pay she’d get from there wouldn’t be enough to raise a baby. That is, kung gusto pa siyang kunin ng fashion house na pinag-apply-an niya gayong ilang linggo na siyang hindi nagpapakita doon dahil nga nagtatago siya.

And then there’s that compromise with Quint.

Wala sa sarili siyang napatigil sa paglalakad. Her chest felt heavier as confusion and dread enveloped her altogether.

Now that she’s pregnant, she had all the more reasons to refuse marrying Quint. At kahit na alam niyang lalong magagalit ang Daddy ni