DINALUPIHAN, Bataan — Ruffa Gutierrez has coined a pet name for Derek Ramsay, who was recently linked to her in the rumor mill. “Derek is my invisible lover,” Ruffa quipped in front of the press on the set of the TV5 fantasy series “Enchanted Garden.” She explained: “We've never gone out on a date. We've never even held hands. We hardly exchange text messages.” She said she got to work with Derek only when they went on a promo tour for TV5 international in the United States. “I guess some people just got excited when they saw us together. It was as if we exchanged partners.” Derek's erstwhile girlfriend, Angelica Panganiban, is now said to be with Ruffa's former boyfriend, John Lloyd Cruz. Talk about a romance rumor. She asserted, however: “Derek is just a friend.” She's still on a love sabbatical until next month, she insisted. Why November? “I'd have been single for a year by then,” she noted. She basks in single-blessedness, she added. “I'm happy to be unattached for now. I have no stress in my life. I have no wrinkles on my face.” In any case, she has a checklist of qualities that she's looking for in a future beau. When she was younger, all she wanted was someone cute, she admitted. “But as we mature, we look for other things.” She elaborated: “Aside from being tall, dark and handsome, my future partner should be a man of integrity. He should be self-sufficient, independent. He should have leadership qualities as well.” She's not averse to getting involved with a politico, she insisted. After all, her mother, talent manager Annabelle Rama, recently joined politics in their home province of Cebu. — Agencies
