Book Excerpt:
Desiring Drew
by Eve Montelibano
Desiree saw her mug on the rags a few days later for the very first time.
Si Racy ang unang nakakita at ipinadala sa kanyang opisina ang mga tabloids. Iyon ang bumulaga sa kanya isang umaga. Kaya pala tinitingnan siya nang makahulugan ni Alma at ng mga empleyado niya pagdating niya sa opisina nang araw na yon.
Gusto niyang mag-hysterical sa picture niya na nakabalandra sa front page. Iyong naka-swimsuit siya! Nakuhanan sila ng pictures ni Drew noong nagbakasyon sila sa Calatagan.
Desiring Drew
by Eve Montelibano
Desiree saw her mug on the rags a few days later for the very first time.
Si Racy ang unang nakakita at ipinadala sa kanyang opisina ang mga tabloids. Iyon ang bumulaga sa kanya isang umaga. Kaya pala tinitingnan siya nang makahulugan ni Alma at ng mga empleyado niya pagdating niya sa opisina nang araw na yon.
Gusto niyang mag-hysterical sa picture niya na nakabalandra sa front page. Iyong naka-swimsuit siya! Nakuhanan sila ng pictures ni Drew noong nagbakasyon sila sa Calatagan.
Ang unang umalma ay ang vanity niya. Oh my Gosh! I look faaat! Of all pictures, bakit ito pa ang lumabas sa media? Grrrrrrr!
Then she panicked. She was in the tabs wearing a skimpy bikini cavorting in a beach with Drew Arroyo! What will people say?
The headlines were varied, centered on her and all ended in question marks. Who’s this girl? The new girl of Drew Arroyo? Champ’s Weekend Fling? Drew Cheating on Tory?
Binasa niya ang pinakamahabang article na naisulat.
"They thought we couldn't get through them? Think again. A resourceful Elite Insider pap finally got a scoop on Drew Arroyo after months of waiting. These infos are actually almost three weeks old and are just now coming out as rumors persist that he had indeed broken up with Tory Urdaneta.
"The playboy racer, who has managed to evade the local press after his car accident that happened on the night he was celebrating his most recent F21 championship title for his team Ferrari almost three months ago, seemed to have recovered from his injuries. Drew had sustained some broken bones on his legs that reportedly left him unable to walk for a few months. Many feared that he won't be able to race again. Ah well, guess he's well enough now to do his usual fave gig- dating beautiful women of course!"
"Drew wasn't seen in public until recently, when he hit MAB with his buddies X, Rad and Ram. Incidentally, last week, we featured some really nice pix of Drew and Tory having some lovey-dovey moments at MAB, too. They looked like the typical happy couple. We wonder what happened to them? It seems that the rumor is true after all, that Drew and Tory have been estranged for months now as evidenced by these recent pix of Drew romping at his private beach resort in Calatagan, Batangas with a beautiful mestiza whose name still eludes us. Or the more important question is: Is Drew cheating on Tory?"
"The lady in question is a bootyliscious thing, an odd detour from his usual size-4 models, actresses and fashion victim socialites. This girl has all the chassis that screamed super-plus-size Playboy bunny! Hmmm, interesting...Who is this girl??? Is the Ferrari top gun dating her? What does this mean to those Drew hopefuls? Is he finally going exclusive? Is she THE one for our Darling Drew? We hope NOT! Taking this lothario off the market so soon is such a shame!
Drew’s date is not a celebrity or a socialite. We haven't seen her before. Anybody who knows her, please email us! We will reward you!"
Oh Lordy, what a mess! Now she was the target of the paps due to that reward thingie! This is sooo not good. Not good!
Nag-ring ang cellphone niya. Wala sa loob na sinagot niya iyon. “Hello?”
“Since when did you start dating Drew? Ikaw ha, malihim ka!” may hinampong sabi ni Racy.
Napakagat-labi siya. “Hi, Race!”
“Hi Race ka diyan! Kelan pa ‘yan ha?”
“Uhm…approximately three weeks?”
“My goodness, you are smoking hot in these pix, Desiree! Shiva should see this! Ma-email nga sa kanya.”
“Heh! Tumigil ka diyan! Nakakahiya, Race! Saan na pupulutin ang reputasyon ko niyan? Ano na lang ang sasabihin ng mga clients ko?”
“Ha? Eh di sasabihin nila na hottie ka!”
“Anong hottie? Ang laswa ng mga pictures na ‘to. Wala na akong mukhang ihaharap sa publiko!”
“Aw, shut up. Anong malaswa? You and Drew look great together.”
“Teka, ang ibig bang sabihin ng bootilicious ay mataba?”
Humagalpak ng tawa si Racy. “Nah, sweety. It means you’re juicy and delicious!”
“Race, be serious! I’m dying in shame here! Baka dumugin ako ng mga tabloid reporters!”
“Hmmm, ‘yun na nga. Magpakilala ka na kasi. Para wala ng mystery.”
“Ayoko nga! Hindi naman ako showbiz.”
“But you’re dating a celebrity, hun. That makes you showbiz, too.”
“Drew will be so mad over this!”
“I doubt it. Sanay ‘yun sa tsismis.”
“But not like this! They invaded his private property!”
“Dear, he is public property whether he likes it or not. Stop worrying on his behalf. But what about you? Are you okay being thrust in the limelight all of a sudden? Can you handle it?”
“I don’t know…I have to talk to Drew.”
“Well, give my regards to him, okay? I’m still so shocked but…what the heck, congrats, you guys!”
She sighed. “I don’t want this. I don’t!”
“Well, hun, you should have thought of that before you started dating the guy. Too late for that now. Anyways, just calling to tell you you’re hot. I’ll see ya soon. Oh by the way, you owe me one article.”
Napangiwi siya. Wala siyang nasusulat na controversial lately since she started seeing Drew. Nawala yata ‘yung anghang ng utak niya na siyang bala niya sa pagsusulat. “I know. Sorry. I’m writing a piece here. Matatapos na ‘to, promise.”
“Okay. Send it to me ASAP. Later, hun.”
Racy hung up. She sat weakly on a sofa. She stared at the tabloids again. Ang tindi talaga ng mga cameras na gamit ng mga paparazzi. It felt so strange looking at herself from some stanger’s lense and reading some article about her written by people who knew nothing about her, didn’t care one bit about her and were only interested in her because of Drew and of course, to make money.
What was she going to do? Mahirap palang ma-involve sa isang celebrity! Pakiramdam niya ay nahuhubaran siya sa publiko, literally and figuratively.
“She looks like a fat toad!”
Tory Urdaneta, Manila’s reigning It girl, was trying so hard not to have a meltdown. Elite Insider finally released the photos of Drew and THAT woman with a few supplementing scoops, too! Drew was seen with the woman a few days ago in a hotel in Subic, yesterday at a coffee shop and he also brought the bitch to her mother’s birthday party last week! Although walang pictures na nakuha doon sa birthday party, relaibale sources naman ang nagdala ng balita. She wasn’t able to attend the party because she accompanied her mother to New York that time. Ngayon ay nagsisisi siyang hindi siya naka-attend sa birthday ng Mama ni Drew. Nasalisihan tuloy siya ng ibang babae.
“Di ba, Wends? Look at her legs! They can be used as battering rams! Her ankles are so thick! She has hips as wide as an airport!”
Wendy didn’t even look up from her sketch pad. They were at Wendy’s studio cum boutique in Greenbelt. When she saw the tabloid, she had nowhere else to go to but Wendy. Ito lang naman ang matiyagang nakikinig sa kanya lately.
She stamped her foot. “Say something, Wends!”
Wendy finally looked at the tabloids scattered
on her wide cutting table and studied the pictures. “Hmmm, she definitely doesn’t need a boob job.”
“Wends!”
“What? It’s true.”
She was even more dismayed. “You think I should get a boob job?”
Wendy shrugged. “If your competition has 38 D’s…” She went back to sketching.
Napaupo siya sa sofa. She was a very confident woman, proud of her model-like, slender figure. She kept a low-salt, sugar-free diet to maintain her thinness that perfectly fit those designer clothes that she so loved to wear. But at that very moment…she wanted to gobble tons of carbs to gain more flesh. “She is fat!” she still insisted, abhorring her rival’s full, very well-endowed figure.
Wendy rolled her eyes. “What does it matter if she’s as fat as a whale?” Wendy pointed at a particular picture. “Drew is grabbing her fat ass like crazy here. Obviously, your ex likes ‘em rounded and big. And she's not really fat...just...Beyonce fat.”
“Oh, shut up! You’re making me feel worse!” She wanted to roll on the floor and howl in rage. Beyonce fat?! That big-assed, thick-ankled singer ruled the damn world with her plus-size figure and she didn't want Drew's current bitch being alluded such sex appeal. Natatakot siya.
“So…are we still making that wedding gown of yours?”
“Of course! It would take a couple of months for you to finish the beadworks, right?”
“Yup. Shall we follow your measurements now or are we going to add more inches to your girth?”
It was a moment of major indecision.
Wendy looked at her, incredulous. “My God, Tory, you’re actually thinking of getting fat?! Why don’t you just give the guy up? He’s obviously not into you anymore. Marami namang iba riyan. You've lost him, my dear. Give it up.”
She shot Wendy a venomous look. “Give him up? Never! He was mine first! I will get him back! I won’t let some fat bitch full of cellulites snatch my future away! If she wants war, I will give her war!”
Wendy shook her head. “You are losing it, my dear. Really losing it.”
Tumayo na siya. “And you are making me feel ugly for being size 2! I thought you’re my friend!”
“Yes, I am that’s why I’m telling you the truth. You are acting so desperate, Tory. It’s so not you.”
“I don’t need your goddamn honesty right now! I’m in a major crisis right now! I need back up, not lecture!” Fuming, she stomped to the door.
“Aw, come on, Tory…!”
She wrenched the frameless glass door open and walked out of the boutique.
She whipped her cellphone from her Birkin and called Timmy. This definitely needed major, major damage control.
An hour later, Tory was setting her battle strategy in motion. This was war. Sure, the ugly toad was enjoying her very temporary status as Drew’s current flavor. Let her think she’d won.
But nah-ah. She wasn’t Manilasocial.com’s Super It girl for nothing. There was no way in hell that she’d let the bitch take her future without a bloody fight, a fight she would make sure to win at all costs.
She would stage the mother of all wipe-out operations on her fat ass, obliterate her from the planet and she, Tory, the Queen Bee would be walking down the isle come June.
Then she panicked. She was in the tabs wearing a skimpy bikini cavorting in a beach with Drew Arroyo! What will people say?
The headlines were varied, centered on her and all ended in question marks. Who’s this girl? The new girl of Drew Arroyo? Champ’s Weekend Fling? Drew Cheating on Tory?
Binasa niya ang pinakamahabang article na naisulat.
"They thought we couldn't get through them? Think again. A resourceful Elite Insider pap finally got a scoop on Drew Arroyo after months of waiting. These infos are actually almost three weeks old and are just now coming out as rumors persist that he had indeed broken up with Tory Urdaneta.
"The playboy racer, who has managed to evade the local press after his car accident that happened on the night he was celebrating his most recent F21 championship title for his team Ferrari almost three months ago, seemed to have recovered from his injuries. Drew had sustained some broken bones on his legs that reportedly left him unable to walk for a few months. Many feared that he won't be able to race again. Ah well, guess he's well enough now to do his usual fave gig- dating beautiful women of course!"
"Drew wasn't seen in public until recently, when he hit MAB with his buddies X, Rad and Ram. Incidentally, last week, we featured some really nice pix of Drew and Tory having some lovey-dovey moments at MAB, too. They looked like the typical happy couple. We wonder what happened to them? It seems that the rumor is true after all, that Drew and Tory have been estranged for months now as evidenced by these recent pix of Drew romping at his private beach resort in Calatagan, Batangas with a beautiful mestiza whose name still eludes us. Or the more important question is: Is Drew cheating on Tory?"
"The lady in question is a bootyliscious thing, an odd detour from his usual size-4 models, actresses and fashion victim socialites. This girl has all the chassis that screamed super-plus-size Playboy bunny! Hmmm, interesting...Who is this girl??? Is the Ferrari top gun dating her? What does this mean to those Drew hopefuls? Is he finally going exclusive? Is she THE one for our Darling Drew? We hope NOT! Taking this lothario off the market so soon is such a shame!
Drew’s date is not a celebrity or a socialite. We haven't seen her before. Anybody who knows her, please email us! We will reward you!"
Oh Lordy, what a mess! Now she was the target of the paps due to that reward thingie! This is sooo not good. Not good!
Nag-ring ang cellphone niya. Wala sa loob na sinagot niya iyon. “Hello?”
“Since when did you start dating Drew? Ikaw ha, malihim ka!” may hinampong sabi ni Racy.
Napakagat-labi siya. “Hi, Race!”
“Hi Race ka diyan! Kelan pa ‘yan ha?”
“Uhm…approximately three weeks?”
“My goodness, you are smoking hot in these pix, Desiree! Shiva should see this! Ma-email nga sa kanya.”
“Heh! Tumigil ka diyan! Nakakahiya, Race! Saan na pupulutin ang reputasyon ko niyan? Ano na lang ang sasabihin ng mga clients ko?”
“Ha? Eh di sasabihin nila na hottie ka!”
“Anong hottie? Ang laswa ng mga pictures na ‘to. Wala na akong mukhang ihaharap sa publiko!”
“Aw, shut up. Anong malaswa? You and Drew look great together.”
“Teka, ang ibig bang sabihin ng bootilicious ay mataba?”
Humagalpak ng tawa si Racy. “Nah, sweety. It means you’re juicy and delicious!”
“Race, be serious! I’m dying in shame here! Baka dumugin ako ng mga tabloid reporters!”
“Hmmm, ‘yun na nga. Magpakilala ka na kasi. Para wala ng mystery.”
“Ayoko nga! Hindi naman ako showbiz.”
“But you’re dating a celebrity, hun. That makes you showbiz, too.”
“Drew will be so mad over this!”
“I doubt it. Sanay ‘yun sa tsismis.”
“But not like this! They invaded his private property!”
“Dear, he is public property whether he likes it or not. Stop worrying on his behalf. But what about you? Are you okay being thrust in the limelight all of a sudden? Can you handle it?”
“I don’t know…I have to talk to Drew.”
“Well, give my regards to him, okay? I’m still so shocked but…what the heck, congrats, you guys!”
She sighed. “I don’t want this. I don’t!”
“Well, hun, you should have thought of that before you started dating the guy. Too late for that now. Anyways, just calling to tell you you’re hot. I’ll see ya soon. Oh by the way, you owe me one article.”
Napangiwi siya. Wala siyang nasusulat na controversial lately since she started seeing Drew. Nawala yata ‘yung anghang ng utak niya na siyang bala niya sa pagsusulat. “I know. Sorry. I’m writing a piece here. Matatapos na ‘to, promise.”
“Okay. Send it to me ASAP. Later, hun.”
Racy hung up. She sat weakly on a sofa. She stared at the tabloids again. Ang tindi talaga ng mga cameras na gamit ng mga paparazzi. It felt so strange looking at herself from some stanger’s lense and reading some article about her written by people who knew nothing about her, didn’t care one bit about her and were only interested in her because of Drew and of course, to make money.
What was she going to do? Mahirap palang ma-involve sa isang celebrity! Pakiramdam niya ay nahuhubaran siya sa publiko, literally and figuratively.
“She looks like a fat toad!”
Tory Urdaneta, Manila’s reigning It girl, was trying so hard not to have a meltdown. Elite Insider finally released the photos of Drew and THAT woman with a few supplementing scoops, too! Drew was seen with the woman a few days ago in a hotel in Subic, yesterday at a coffee shop and he also brought the bitch to her mother’s birthday party last week! Although walang pictures na nakuha doon sa birthday party, relaibale sources naman ang nagdala ng balita. She wasn’t able to attend the party because she accompanied her mother to New York that time. Ngayon ay nagsisisi siyang hindi siya naka-attend sa birthday ng Mama ni Drew. Nasalisihan tuloy siya ng ibang babae.
“Di ba, Wends? Look at her legs! They can be used as battering rams! Her ankles are so thick! She has hips as wide as an airport!”
Wendy didn’t even look up from her sketch pad. They were at Wendy’s studio cum boutique in Greenbelt. When she saw the tabloid, she had nowhere else to go to but Wendy. Ito lang naman ang matiyagang nakikinig sa kanya lately.
She stamped her foot. “Say something, Wends!”
Wendy finally looked at the tabloids scattered
on her wide cutting table and studied the pictures. “Hmmm, she definitely doesn’t need a boob job.”
“Wends!”
“What? It’s true.”
She was even more dismayed. “You think I should get a boob job?”
Wendy shrugged. “If your competition has 38 D’s…” She went back to sketching.
Napaupo siya sa sofa. She was a very confident woman, proud of her model-like, slender figure. She kept a low-salt, sugar-free diet to maintain her thinness that perfectly fit those designer clothes that she so loved to wear. But at that very moment…she wanted to gobble tons of carbs to gain more flesh. “She is fat!” she still insisted, abhorring her rival’s full, very well-endowed figure.
Wendy rolled her eyes. “What does it matter if she’s as fat as a whale?” Wendy pointed at a particular picture. “Drew is grabbing her fat ass like crazy here. Obviously, your ex likes ‘em rounded and big. And she's not really fat...just...Beyonce fat.”
“Oh, shut up! You’re making me feel worse!” She wanted to roll on the floor and howl in rage. Beyonce fat?! That big-assed, thick-ankled singer ruled the damn world with her plus-size figure and she didn't want Drew's current bitch being alluded such sex appeal. Natatakot siya.
“So…are we still making that wedding gown of yours?”
“Of course! It would take a couple of months for you to finish the beadworks, right?”
“Yup. Shall we follow your measurements now or are we going to add more inches to your girth?”
It was a moment of major indecision.
Wendy looked at her, incredulous. “My God, Tory, you’re actually thinking of getting fat?! Why don’t you just give the guy up? He’s obviously not into you anymore. Marami namang iba riyan. You've lost him, my dear. Give it up.”
She shot Wendy a venomous look. “Give him up? Never! He was mine first! I will get him back! I won’t let some fat bitch full of cellulites snatch my future away! If she wants war, I will give her war!”
Wendy shook her head. “You are losing it, my dear. Really losing it.”
Tumayo na siya. “And you are making me feel ugly for being size 2! I thought you’re my friend!”
“Yes, I am that’s why I’m telling you the truth. You are acting so desperate, Tory. It’s so not you.”
“I don’t need your goddamn honesty right now! I’m in a major crisis right now! I need back up, not lecture!” Fuming, she stomped to the door.
“Aw, come on, Tory…!”
She wrenched the frameless glass door open and walked out of the boutique.
She whipped her cellphone from her Birkin and called Timmy. This definitely needed major, major damage control.
An hour later, Tory was setting her battle strategy in motion. This was war. Sure, the ugly toad was enjoying her very temporary status as Drew’s current flavor. Let her think she’d won.
But nah-ah. She wasn’t Manilasocial.com’s Super It girl for nothing. There was no way in hell that she’d let the bitch take her future without a bloody fight, a fight she would make sure to win at all costs.
She would stage the mother of all wipe-out operations on her fat ass, obliterate her from the planet and she, Tory, the Queen Bee would be walking down the isle come June.