PROLOGUE

"Cally," he said after I picked up his call.

"Promise me, you'll wait."

"Of course, I'll wait for you. Forever kitang hihintayin."

"Wala namang forever eh," sagot niya sa'kin na parang batang hindi nabilhan ng candy.

"Eh 'di tototohanin natin yung forever. Papatunayan ko na may forever talaga."

"Paano pag... hindi ko nasurvive?" Ano bang sinasabi noya? Kakayanin niya 'to!

"Kakayanin mo yan. You made a promise papanindigan mo yun, diba?"

He was not the Prince Charming in my dreams.

I was not the damsel in distress he was wishing for.

But I love him, and he loves me, too. Isn't that enough for a happy ever after?

Happy ever afters cannot happen in just a snap.

Princesses have kissed frogs, princes have kissed princesses in deep slumber.

Some have lost a shoe, eat a poisonous apple, lived in a beast's castle, exchanged tail for legs, and got stuck in a tower.

Every "happy ever after" has its own ups and downs.

princes come to rescue hurting princesses.

The prince you've met might the villain in your fairytale.

Well, have you ever figured out the mystery of love?

I tried but I can't.

I guess it lies quietly on the deepest chambers of our heart

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