MANILA, Philippines — Actor JM de Guzman is happy after Donnalyn Bartolome confirmed their relationship.
In his Instagram account, JM posted photos of her and Donnalyn.
“I love you baby.:) palagi… @donna,” he captioned the post.
Donnalyn revealed that she and JM are now in a relationship in an Instagram post last week.
In a lengthy Facebook post, Donnalyn recalled how JM persistently courted her until she finally said "yes."
"I thought we were only going to be friends. I was almost certain... If everyone knew in detail how I felt, and everything that transpired, you’d feel the same, but the stars had something else written in them and during our exclusively dating phase, we assured each other promise rings, linked to the first promise we’d made to each other — a pinky kind for when we’re finally ready to be officially in a relationship," she said.
"JM was unaware... it was a year and five months later from when he first tried to woo me. It was all after asking him to explore other hearts— to just find another heart who’s not mine, but he proved to me that he’s found the heart that made him blind to all other hearts.. a blessing it was, that it belonged to me," she added.
Donnalyn also revealed that they flew to Japan for JM to ask her parents' permission to court her.
“His determination caused him to persist… until one day I just could no longer resist. He awakened the love I didn’t know I still had to give to someone again ever, and even though I no longer believe in forever… I believe in Now," she said.
“Spell it backwards and that’s what he has done, the match to capture my heart, I declare out loud: Juan Miguel won," she added.
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