PEP: 'Hayden is the best boyfriend' -- Dra Vicki Belo

"I don't wanna live in fear." This is now the stance of Dr. Vicki Belo whenever people ask her about her relationship with Hayden Kho. As she once told PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal): "Sobrang manlait ang mga readers. Ayaw nila sa amin, kaya quiet na lang." Turbulence rocked their relationship in 2009, when the sex videos of the now 33-year-old doctor-turned-businessman, showing him in racy poses with other women, were leaked to the public. At the time, Dra. Vicki and Hayden were an item. But the famous and highly successful beauty doctor supported her beau throughout the ordeal. And she is glad she did. "He's really trying his best to prove that he has changed. For me, I don't wanna live life in fear," the doctor says. "Feeling ko...if I feel though...I really, really know na talaga na matino na siya ngayon, sabi ko, 'I would take him.' There are many naysayers who cannot understand why she took him back, but the lady behind the multimillion-dollar Belo Medical Group Empire proclaims that both of them have learned their lessons. "Siguro naman, I'm not a silly person. [I am] more mature, hindi na ako insecure... I mean bahala ka kung... Mukha namang he's very mabait—morning, evening, lunch," reveals the very frank Dra. Vicki at the launch of Ruffa Gutierrez as the endorser of BodyTite last week. One of the changes she noticed in Hayden, she says, is that he keeps away from temptation. "Now, he avoids na lang pag may temptation. [I tell him] 'You can be strong.' Sabi niya, 'Nagiging mahina naman talaga ako sa temptation.' [Gusto niya] just avoid kapag may magandang babae na aaligid, kaya aalis na 'yan sa party." And so far, Doktora—which is how everyone calls the gregarious doctor—can see that he has been succeeding. She notes, "Sa Paris, anak ng friends ko, mga [in their] 20s [nandiyan, pero] nag-aaral siya. Ayaw lang daw niyang ma-tempt, so avoid na lang." As a boyfriend, Hayden is "the best," according to Dra. Vicki. "Minsan, he's very very ano...ako yong hinahanap. He's very mabait na boyfriend. He's very maalaga, thoughtful." She gives an example, "Kasi mahina ako sa Internet, 'Hayden, paki-download naman 'yong iPod ko.' [Noon] medyo matagal [bago dumating]. Ngayon, kapag sinabi, within an hour nandito na 'yon, [with] 'I love you.'" For her part, she's learning to take "quality time" as a serious matter. As the doktora tells it, "Ngayon, medyo istrikto na siya. Hindi na ako puwede mag-cellphone, kasi ako naman, lagi [ako] nagti-text. [He would say], 'Honey, puwede ba quality time? When we have dinner, no cellphone?'" Just like most couples, "we fight and get along," she says. They have been together for almost four years now, and she says they're still trying to get it right. "Nag-a-adjust siya, nag-a-adjust din ako. " - Karen A. Pagsolingan, PEP