William moved back to the US after letting Aisleen go. Some people might say that he just wasted the time that he spent in the Philippines para habulin muli si Aisleen pero para sa kanya, walang nasayang na panahon. He got to see and talk to her again. Hindi man naging maganda ang resulta nito, pero ayos na rin sa kanyang nakita niya itong masaya.

Sa US na niya tinapos ang pag-aaral niya. After a year, he finally graduated from college. Nagsimula na rin siyang tumulong sa family business nila kahit na noon ay wala siyang balak na pumasok dito. His parents got back together as well. Hindi man kasal, pero sinusubukan nitong ayusin ang mga naging problema nila noon. Little by little, his life was starting to get better.

But his heart still couldn't forget his greatest love.

Once in a while, he would think about her. Iniisip niya kung kumusta na ba ito. Kung masaya ba ito at kung kasama pa rin ba nito ang binatang nakita niyang kasama nito noon. He would then be tempted to check her social media accounts pero ita-type pa lang niya ang pangalan nito, para bang may bumubulong na agad sa isipan niya na huwag na itong ituloy. And so he did.

William did his best not to check on Aisleen. He focused on his work, working overtime almost everyday. Madalas ay nasisita na nga ito ng mga magulang niya, but just one look at him and they know that he was doing it to get distracted. Ang ending tuloy, wala na rin silang magawa para pigilan ito.

Everyone thought that he would remain like that—that he would only stay at home or at work at hindi na siya makikipagkaibigan sa iba. But one day, everything will unexpectedly change for William.

"Ano ba?! Watch where you're going, will you?" sigaw ng isang babae na biglang nagpatigil kay William. Upon hearing those words, it was as if he was transported back to the past when he first talked to Aisleen.

He was supposed to go to the coffee shop to meet with a client today pero dahil may nakabanggaan pa siya sa daan, kinailangan niyang huminto sa paglalakad. Dahan-dahang lumingon si William sa pinagmulan ng boses. There he found a girl probably in her 20's, dressed up in corporate, and she was looking at him sharply. Halatang inis na inis ito sa kanya sa hindi niya malamang dahilan.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to—"

"Oh, shut it, will you?! Bulag ka ba? Ang laki-laki ng daan tapos nabangga mo pa ako! Just look at my clothes! Natapunan na ako ng kape. Damn it!" inis na sabi nito at doon lang napatingin si William sa damit ng babae. True enough, she was drenched in coffee. Buti na lang at iced coffee ang dala nito, kung hindi, malamang ay nalapnos na ang balat nito sa init ng kape.

"I'm really, really sorry. If you could give me your details, I would pay for the dry cleaning of your—"

"No, no, no! Anong dry cleaning? I'm going to a very important meeting right now, and are you expecting me to show up there with coffee stained clothes? No, mister. You need to compensate me right here, right now," dere-deretsong litanya ng babae which amused William even more. He knew he shouldn't be feeling this way, pero sa bawat salitang lumalabas sa bibig ng babae sa harapan niya, he felt like he had finally met his match.

"Okay. And how do you suggest I should compensate you because of the trouble that I've caused you today?" mapaglarong tanong ni William which caused the girl to frown. Ramdam nitong hindi siya sineseryoso ni William. She looked at him sharply again, held him by the wrist, and dragged him to the nearest high-end boutique that she could find. Fortunately, they were in SoHo, so shopping wouldn't be a problem at all.

William let the girl drag him to whichever boutique that she liked. He had money and time to spare so he just went with the flow. Also, this girl really piqued his interest. He had a feeling that this wouldn't be the last time that they would be meeting each other.

"Can I get a size small of this one and this one? Oh, also this one, please! Also, do you have a size 6 of this pair? I'll get one as well as that bag, please!" dere-deretsong utos ng babae sa sales lady sa loob ng boutique. William couldn't help but laugh habang tuliro itong nagtututuro ng kung ano-anong damit, sapatos, at bag. At normal circumstances, he should be worried already dahil sa dami ng tinuturo nito. Pero dahil naaaliw siya sa babae, tahimik lang siyang nanonood dito.

It was pretty obvious that the girl knows a lot about fashion. Lahat ng itinuturo nitong damit ay maganda ang style. Kahit na mukha itong war freak kanina nang sinita siya nito, masasabi pa rin ni William na may kaya ang babaeng nasa harapan niya ngayon.

When the girl had finally calmed down, she went straight to the cashier to ask for the total price. Hindi man lang ito nagulat nang sabihin ng cashier ang total ng pinamili niya. Simple lang itong tumingin kay William na para bang sinasabing magbayad na ito. Napapailing namang tumayo si William mula sa pagkakaupo sa sofa at agad na binigay ang black card niya. Nang makapagbayad na, humarap siya sa babae at tinitigan ito sa mata.

"I guess we're even, then?" nakangiti niyang tanong dito. Hindi man lang ito ngumiti pabalik sa kanya at inirapan pa siya nito.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," balewalang sagot nito at akmang lalabas na sana ng boutique nang biglang may maalala.

"Oh, shit. May meeting pa pala ako! Thanks for this! Bye!" malakas na sabi nito at mabilis nang naglakad palabas ng boutique.

Finally left alone, William started walking back to the coffee shop kung saan dapat isasagawa ang meeting niya. He asked for his assistant kung ano ba ang itsura ng ka-meeting niya at laking gulat niya nang maalalang ganoon mismo ang itsura ng babaeng nakabangga niya kanina.

Now with a smirk on his face, dahan-dahan siyang naglakad papunta sa mesang kinauupuan ng babae. He then stopped a few steps away from her, extended his hand, and stopped himself from laughing dahil sa itsura nito.

"Good morning, Miss Delongco. I'm William Tiongson from TS Industries. Nice to finally meet you."

"Ah, shit."