Ever A Never After

Chapter 6: Rain

I let out a deep sigh. Kumalas na ako sa yakap niya tinitigan niya ako. Sumandal ako sa Senna, tinitigan ko rin siya ng mariin. Namungay ang mga mata ko habang may multong ngiti sa mga labi.

"You're not as bad as I thought," I said while grinning.

"What'd you thought of me, then?" he asked.

"Much worse," I plainly said.

"Could you elaborate your insights?" he asked.

"Well, no offense," I said as my intro.

"I thought you're one of the playboys in town, who materializes women in general based on your financial status. A privileged rich kid who gets what he wants and prematurely developed their kind impression specially to those who are lower than you, and I also thought you and I are not gonna get along, but clearly I'm all wrong," I said.

I heard him chuckle in the middle of my nonsense.

"Hindi naman sa jina-judge kita, huh," I added.

"Buti na nga lang hindi mo 'ko ji-nudge, noh?" he said sarcastically while still grinning.

I just smiled at him genuinely.

"Pero seryoso, salamat," I said.

"For what?" he asked while raising a brow.

"Thanks for everything you've said, it made me feel important somehow, whether you mean it or not, thank you."

His face suddenly changed from grinning to offended and pissed. Oops.

He stood in front of me cornering me with both of his arms. My knees became liquid, I struggled to move even just for an inch. My whole existence is frozen while laying my back against the car. I looked up at him intently.

He looked down at me, because of his tall yet manly built. It's dark I hope it's enough to hide my fucking tomato face. I know it's red as fuck because I can feel the heat. I'd never forgive myself if I embarrass myself in front of him.

He tilted his head slightly.

"Stop thinking that I said those to make you feel better, I mean it," he sincerely said with those dark, mysterious eyes.

I just nodded. I can't move.

"Let's go?" anyaya niya.

I just smiled and nodded again.

The car was filled with silence I just looked outside the window even when everything was dark and blurry.

"What's with the silence," he asked.

I looked at him intently his eyes are still on the road.

"I can't just get over the fact that you were being kind to me, even when we're just pretending," I said meaningfully.

Na-aalala ko kanina, wala siyang ibang ginawa kung hindi irapan ako, magalit sakin. Tapos ngayon mabait naman siya.

"You're right, we are pretending. We are pretending to be a couple, doesn't mean we can't be friends," he said.

I just smiled genuinely. I looked at my phone to check the time. Twas already 9:30 pm.

"Akala ko ba may curfew ako? it's already 9:30 pm," I said.

"When we're together you don't have curfew," he plainly said.

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We arrived at the condo, I helped him with the paper bags. He put all the bags on the table. He's giving me the Versace and Chanel paper bags.

I opened the Versace paper bag and I saw 4 boxes inside, 2 were from Versace and the other one was Monica Vinader.