My Professor's Secret

Kabanata 20

"Sir, y-you can't do that." pahayag ni Ara

Umangat ang sulok ng labi nito. "Oh, try me."

"W-What will you do?" may bahid ng panginginig sa kanyang boses.

"You'll know, now go." he sounds dismissive as he pointed at the direction of the door.

"Sir, I-I'm sorry. Forgive me." she croaked out.

"I don't accept apologies." he responded in a cold tone.

"P-Pero sir–"

"Out!"

Ara flinched, shocked at prof Liam's sudden raise of voice. Tumulo ang kanyang luha. She weakly stood up and managed herself to walk towards the door.

Naiwan si Liam sa loob ng kanyang opisina. Gumalaw ang kanyang panga. That girl is testing his patience. She'll pay for what she did. Sa nagawa nito, hindi ito makakalagpas. Getting into his way was her greatest mistake.

Aaminin niya, he was in pain when Becky broke up with him. Nasaktan siya sa mga salitang lumabas sa bibig nito. But then, he won't easily give up. His love wasn't shallow. But what confuses him so much was the fact that Becky told him about her crumbled feelings, yet, he saw pain, jealousy, and bitterness in her eyes the day when he was holding a woman in his arms. It was his plan, anyway, to make her jealous. But he didn't expect it'd work. That's the moment when he realized that Becky was lying. Something is holding her back and that's what he needs to find out.

He was successful. Nagkaroon siya ng pagkakataong malaman ang lahat. The day when he found a way to link his device on Becky's phone. He manipulated every files and data stored from Becky device and found this email from an unknown sender.

So, someone is sending her a threat? And Becky did not told him about this? Wala ba itong tiwala sa kanya?

It was easy to decrypt the anonymous sender's account. After all, we are living in a modern society. Methods of using technology is a piece of cake for him. Doon niya nalaman na isa sa mga estudyante niya ang pasikretong nangingi-alam sa relasyon niya kay Becky. He doesn't care about the pictures. Let it spread, it won't bring him down. He'd be much glad if everyone knows.

After finding out, he was at rage. Ilang araw siyang lumiban dahil marami siyang inasikaso, he was busy. When he comes back, he'll make things clear and do things appropriately.

Becky's POV

We are at the middle of our first class lesson when Ara made her way inside our room. Namumula at namamaga ang kanyang mga mata, halatang kagagaling lang sa pag-iyak.

Tapos na ba silang mag-usap ni L? My gosh, pinaiyak niya ba ito? I'm anxious to know what they talked about.

Tahimik siyang dumiretso sa kanyang silya at umupo. Mabait ang teacher namin sa subiect na ito kaya hindi ito nagtanong pa at nagpatuloy lamang sa kanyang klase.

At dahil natural na tsismosa at tsismoso ang mga kaklase ko, nang matapos ang klase namin sa first subject ay agad nilang dinumog ng tanong si Ara. Some of my classmates made fun of her.

"Ano'ng pinag-usapan niyo sir Liam? Ba't parang galit siya kanina? And... did you cry?" sunod-sunod na tanong ni Thea. Nakihalo siya sa tumpok ng aking mga kaklase. Oh, I almost forgot. My friends were nosy too.

"Napagalitan ka, ano? Dahil ba pinahiya mo si Miss Andi last Friday? Sinasabi ko na nga ba, may something sa kanila ni Miss Andi. They're perfect together!"

Sumakit ang tenga ko nang marinig ito. Parang gusto kong sabunutan ang kaklase ko na nagsabi nito.

Nakaupo ako habang pinagmamasdan ang mga kaklase kong pinapalibutan si Ara. Sa tabi ko ay nakatayo si Nicole. She caressed my hair. She probably noticed that I'm slightly irritated.