The Billionaire's Wicked Scars | RBS 3

CHAPTER 14 - BACK

AMARA

Nikkolai's friends stayed in the palace for three days. Nalaman ko din na may anak na si Rafaelle at Veronica. Hindi lang naisama dahil nasa Pilipinas kasama ang mga magulang ni Rafaelle. Aria and Alexus have a daughter too. Naiwan naman ito sa nakatatandang kapatid ni Alexus sa France. Si Farrei naman, wala ako masyadong alam dahil hindi naman siya pala salita tulad ng iba.

Nakangiting kumaway ako sa chopper na gamit nila pabalik ng syudad. I am quite happy to meet new people and got to have a talk with them about random stuffs. Kailan nga ulit nagyari ito sa'kin? Hindi ko na maalala. Tanging puro missions ang naging laman ng utak ko ng maraming taon at ngayon ko lang yata naramdaman maging malaya mula doon.

"Now you met my friends. Those three bastards were with me ever since," si Nikkolai habang nakatanaw sa papalayong chopper.

Nilingon ko siya at nakitaan ko ng kakaibang kislap na naman sa mga mata niya. I can't seem to grasp if it was happiness flashing in his eyes or something else.

In the past days na nakasama namin ang mga kaibigan niya, pakiramdam ko may kakaiba na hindi ko matukoy kung ano iyon. He's smiling more when his friends were here. Bagamat tipid, at least that's a new thing for me. At ngayong umalis na ang mga kaibigan niya, bumalik na naman ang malamig na ekpresyon sa mukha niya. Maybe he misses them already.

"You missed them, don't you?" I asked.

Kahit naman siguro sinong tao nakakaramdam ng lungkot sa tuwing nakikitang umaalis ang matalik na kaibigan. Hindi ko man alam kung gaano sila katagal nang magkakakilala pero base sa mga nakita ko nitong mga nakaraang araw, may bond na kakikitaan sa kanilang lahat. At kahit na naiiba ako sa kanila, hindi nila ako tinuring na outcast, lalo na nila Veronica at Aria.

I learned that they have bad experiences before. Veronica's childhood was full of her abusive father's memory. Aria's condition was because of an accident and attempt kidnapping of her crazy celebrity ex-boyfriend.

They asked so many things about me and I can't answer them, specially about me being an agent. I told them about my parents. Mabilis naman nilang naintindihan agad kung bakit hindi ako nagsasalita tungkol sa sarili ko. Maybe one day, I'll tell them.

It's just I'm not yet ready right now. Only Nikkolai, my husband in papers, know.

He licked his lips then shrugged. His massive hand held my waist. Napapadalas na ang mga paganyan niya sa'kin ah. Hinayaan ko nalang siya dahil wala namang malisya sa'kin. Lalo pa't mag asawa kami.

"Let's go have our breakfast."

Tumango ako. Sabay kaming pumunta sa kitchen para kumain. Niyaya ko din si Martha na sumabay na samin. Hindi naman na siya naiba sa akin at mukhang wala din namang tutol sa mga desisyon ko si Nikkolai.

Matapos mag almusal ay nag-ayos na agad kami. Sabi niya ay may pupuntahan daw kami. Hindi niya naman sinabi kung saan.

"What should I wear? Hindi ko alam kung saan tayo pupunta," tanong ko sa kanya na kalalabas pa lang ng bathroom.

The waters dripping from his damp hair and the towel's only wrapping his lower body. Practically exposing his half naked body in front of me.

"Let me get it for you," supladong pumasok sa walk in closet kung nasaan ako at nag abot ng isang black paper bag. Nagtatakang kinuha ko naman iyon.

Don't tell me, bumili pa siya ng bagong damit para sa'kin? Napakaraming damit na ang nakadisplay sa harap ko!

I curiously grabbed the clothes and found that everything was black. This looks familiar. Wait...