Chapter 13

“Congrats.” Smiling, she tells me, forcing the smile I gave it because I don’t know what I should feel.

Toci approached me, held my right hand then smiled at me before looking at the crowd watching us.

“Ladies and gentlemen, The queen and king of the night!” Mrs. Tanggol said cheerfully.

“Whooo!” People applauded but some did not.

“Clear the center for our queen and king, so that they can dance first to the sweet song and you can join after, students.” Command by Mrs. Tanggol what the students did.

I didn’t realize that Toci was holding my hand and we were already on the center floor. He pulled my waist closer to his, he let his hands in there.

Traces of joy on his face, I could see the joy especially in his eyes.

“Don’t you know your beautiful Celiza?” he said as we started dancing.

My eyebrow raised. “I thought you lost your trust in my beautiful Toci.”

“I didn’t. I just complimented someone.”

I rolled my eyes.

“But