DOLCE AMORE Episode 20


We started with Sarah opening Tenten’s door for Serena and telling her that Tenten was in the bathroom.

She asked if there was something Serena wanted but Serena said that it was nothing urgent. Serena left to call Mummy Taps and told her that Tenten was indisposed. Since it was on loud speaker, Binggoy asked what Serena meant and she told him that Tenten had a girl in her room and  he had spent the night with her.
When Tenten came out of the bathroom, Sarah scolded him since she had waited for him until she fell asleep. She asked Tenten if he did not like her and he apologized to her for his behavior. He also explained that he could only offer her his friendship. Sarah said that she understood since she remembered Serena telling her that Tenten had been heartbroken and it was alright if Tenten was not yet over her. She added that the girl Tenten liked was lucky to have his love.
Serena went for breakfast but ended up screaming at the waiter when she thought that it was Tenten. She was very embarrassed so she ran off and ran off.  She ran into Tenten who walked up to her and spoke in Italian. Serena thought she was imagining him since Tenten could not speak Italian. She closed her eyes to clear her head but Tenten spoke  back with his lisp, explaining to Serena that he had bought an Italian book so that he could speak to her in her language. He was very proud of himself and asked Serena if he was a good speaker. Serena’s eyes widened in surprise as realized that it was actually Tenten. She told him that he was good then ran off. Tenten was left wondering what was wrong with her.
The attendants at the resort went to see Gian Carlo and told him that Serena and Tenten had enjoyed the fireworks that he had prepared. Franco saw the positive side of this and said that at least their efforts had not been wasted. Gian Carlo however was alarmed after learning that Serena spent time with Tenten. He even remembered Tenten as the guy who had brought flowers to Serena’s room the day that he had arrived and started suspecting that Tenten liked Serena.
Tenten followed Serena to her room and told her that Sarah had told her that she had been looking for him. Serena told him that Mummy Taps wanted to speak to him and lent him her phone to call his mother back. Tenten promised to pay her back but Serena said it was not necessary and left him. Tenten spoke with his mother and Binggoy. He told them that he was fine and that nothing had happened between him and the girl in his room.
Everyone met for breakfast and Tenten was the last to arrive. He sat between Sarah and Serena and returned Serena’s phone back to her after thanking her. Gian Carlo asked Tenten where his phone was and Tenten answered that he had forgotten it at home. Gian Carlo said that he would buy Tenten a new phone since Serena was a very important person and she had to have her phone with her at all times incase her family tried to contact  her. Tenten apologized and said that he would use the resort’s phone next time. Serena felt uneasy with the exchange and stood up to leave but Tenten held her hand which Gian Carlo took notice of. Tenten asked if she was fine but Serena said that she needed to go and left. Tenten excused himself and ran after her. He asked her if she was really fine and held up her face to gaze into her eyes. Gian Carlo had followed them as well and saw that intimate moment. He then took off. Serena insisted that she was fine and released herself from Tenten’s grasp.
Gian Carlo found Serena in her room and told her that he had booked a flight back to Italy and they were going back. Serena tried to tell him that they had already made plans to travel up north and then back to Bohol with Nanny Melds before they left for Italy. Gian Carlo asked her why she was refusing to leave and go back to her home as if she was running away from everything. Serena told Gian Carlo that all her life she had always been told what to do, who to marry and now Gian carlo was demanding that they return back to Italy but ever since she had arrived in the Philippines, she had been able to get some freedom and truly find herself.
Serena left Gian carlo and took off running. She passed Tenten and outside and Tenten went after her because he was worried about her. He found her crying on a bench and since he did not have any handkerchief, he offered his shirt instead so that she could dry her tears. Serena wiped away her tears and asked him to stay with her when he wanted to leave. She did not tell him why she had fought with Gian Carlo but she felt understood by Tenten.  Serena wished to herself that she had met him under different circumstances so that she could be with him. She leaned in and kissed Tenten on the cheek then held the embrace for a while.
Gian Carlo saw them when he went out to look for Serena. He walked away  in tears and admonished himself for crying over a girl. It was Franco who gave him a consolation hug when he saw him.
Gian Carlo left for Manila with Franco and Sarah went to tell Tenten and Serena that they had left. She asked if their journey north would continue but Serena said that it was better if they left.
Tenten’s family was glad to see him return home and during dinner, he told them that he was fine since he had come to accept that he and Serena could never be. Daddy Dodoy also returned home from his trip.
Gian Carlo drank his misery away with Franco’s company and asked if it was hard for Serena to love him. Franco told Gian Carlo to fight for Serena’s love.

Nanny Melds talked to Serena about her argument with Gian Carlo; about how he wanted them to leave immediately. Nanny Melds mentioned Tenten  and Serena said that she and Ten were only friends. Nanny Melds told Serena that she was only saying that to try and convince herself and needed to decide what she wanted because she was hurting other people. She asked Serena to speak to him so that they could understand where they stood with each other. We ended with Serena asking Gian Carlo if they could talk.

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