Aurora Borealis

Chapter 67 - Turned Tides

>> • LAUREN • <<

"I'm sorry." I fidgeted as I looked down on the floor.

A pair of shoes walked on my front. Ines cleared her throat. "Hey Baldo, may I talk to her in private?"

I took side-glances at Baldo and saw him unfazed. "Go ahead. She's none of my business, anyway."

"Bal—"

Humarang sa harapan ko ang braso ni Ines nang subukan kong habulin si Baldo na naglalakad papalayo sa 'min.

We strolled through the verandas of the upper floors of the gallery. When no one's around, she faced me with sharp stares.

"What's your deal?"

"What do you mean?"

She snorted as she tilted her sights on me. "What are you trying to do to him? A prank?"

"It isn't a prank. I'm taking him back."

Her cackle echoed through the spacious halls like she's a madman. "Don't give me that bullsh*t. I commend your tenacity for being stubborn, but you should learn your limitations."

"What happened with playing strangers? Tired already?" she asked in a mocking tone.

My gazes followed her as she walked around me while scanning my entirety. "Have you hit your head on the pavement? Did you forget what you did to him as much as you forgot him?"

"That's why I'm here to make up for it. I want to apologize to him for—"

"And then what? Return to him like nothing ever happened?" she pulled my collar as she gritted her teeth in annoyance.

"If he allows me to come back to him, then why not?" I retorted.

She loosened her grip on my collar as she heaved a disappointing sigh. "You know, I have huge respect for you as a fellow player like me. But seeing you pathetically devalue my friend as something easy to give in to you, you lost it all."

"My friend's hurt because of you and your mom. You two are so full of yourselves that you deem any men who tries to be worthy as something worthless."

Snapped. I couldn't control myself.

Nakita ko na lamang siyang nakalumpasay sa sahig.

My eyes widened in shock as I offered her my hand. "I'm sorry!"

She slapped it away as she stood.

"Two-faced bitch, that's it." she muttered as she shook her head. "You don't deserve him. Never ever."

Tumalikod siya at iniwan na ako roon. Hinabol ko siya pero itinaboy niya lamang ako.

"Don't ever come near me or him again." banta niya.

"Hoy, ano 'yon? May shooting?"

"Gaga! May nakikita ka bang camera at staff na sumusunod sa kanila?"

"Malay mo naman nakatago lang."