Year 1968...

Divina was broken-hearted due to her lover, Alfredo's infidelity. He cheated on her with a rich heiress named Belen. Even though it was difficult for Divina, she forced herself to move on. She became a teacher in a private school and became close friends with their headteacher, Marco Salvador. Marco is a happy person and he shares this happiness with those people around him to the point that Divina is slowly falling for him... but there is one absolute rule in that school, they shouldn't have a romantic relationship with each other. Marco holds a high position at school and Divina loves teaching. How are they able to face the obstacles of their growing affection? Are they destined to be together or will they end up with the common saying, "they met but they were not fated"?

"We were but we were not..."

We Were But We Were Not

Ricardo was saddened to see his younger sister looking depress and starving herself as a protest against their mother. He tried to talk to Divina and tried to convince her that he will help them the best way he could but Divina refused. She doesn’t want him to be involved because their mother would end up hurting him too, not only physically but also emotionally. She’s worried that their mother would throw hurtful words against Ricardo again just like what she did last time. 


Most of the time, Divina would also refuse to speak with Ricardo to spare him of their mother’s anger because everytime she would caught them talking, she would throw hurtful words against him again. Divina doesn’t want anything of it because Ricardo is a good son of the family, he is not ill-mannered, never rebellious, unlike her… she couldn’t obey her mother’s order not to meet Marco. 


Chapter 19: Goodbye