My Amnesiac Assassin

Chapter 8: A Little Visit

ARTEMIS LARCENA

The next morning, I went down to the living room only to see an unexpected and unwelcomed guest, sitting at the center of my sofa with his arms spread wide across the backrest. Nang makita niya 'ko ay sumibol ang isang ngiti sa mga labi niya.

"Anong ginagawa mo dito, Axl?"

It was Axl, one of the Hacker's at Clandestine and also my intel. His now crescent shaped black eyes looked at me intently.

"Masama bang dalawin ko ang girlfriend ko?" he replies as he flashes his pearly white teeth with his cheeky smile.

My forehead instantly creased at his words.

"Son of a baker, when did you have a girlfriend who lives here?"

"Babe naman, nagtatampo ka pa rin ba sa'kin dahil sa ginawa ko kahapon? Palabas lang naman 'yon eh, ikaw talaga ang kakampihan ko kapag nagkaloko-loko na."

Napahalukipkip na lang ako sa sinabi niya at umupo sa single couch. I admit, him siding with Clea made me believe that yesterday's mission was real. He was always neutral when it comes to those kinds of things but he would never directly expose me to the enemy. Professional siya pagdating sa trabaho and that's what I like about him.

"Tignan mo, may dala pa akong fries at milk tea para sayo, kaya bati na tayo ha?" aniya pagkatapos itinuro ang paperbag na nakapatong sa lamesa.

"Fries and milk tea for breakfast. Really, that's the best you can think of?" I answered him in a sarcastic tone. "At paano ka nakapasok dito? Do you specialize in housebreaking too?"

"Oi hindi ah. Pinapasok ako dito ni Addie,"

"Oh god, that irresponsible girl always lets suspicious people inside the house."

"Bakit nasama ako sa mga suspicious people na 'yon? Eh, ikaw nga may pinapatira kang lalaki dito eh! Mas gwapo ba siya sa'kin, ha? Ipagpapalit mo na ba talaga ako sa iba?"

I basically own this house so the case with letting Shiriyo stay here is not counted as being irresponsible.

"How did you know about that?"

Halos lahat na lang alam ng lalaking 'to. I even made sure that he wouldn't know my address and here he is, sitting at my sofa and irritating me first thing in the morning. I guess my security is not tight enough for him to slip in here unnoticed. But how did he know that I took that guy in?

"Hahaha, bilib ka na ba?"

"1..."

"Hindi mo 'ko mapipilit."

I smirked at what he said. Kinuha ko ang kutsilyo na nakatago sa ilalim ng couch at pinaglaruan 'yon sa harap niya.

"2..."

"Hindi mo 'ko matatakot sa ganyan, my love."

One of my brows shot up at his confidence. Patuloy ko pa rin pinaglaruan ang kutsilyo sa kamay ko.

"This is your last chance, Delgado," I warned.

"Oi seryoso ka talaga?"

If he was really monitoring me through my CCTV cameras or by other means, he wouldn't like what I'll do to him.

"2 and a half..." as I said that, I threw the knife towards his direction, and just as I predicted, it only scraped his arm while the edge of the blade struck at the backrest of the sofa, probably one inch away from him.

Well, I never liked that sofa anyway.

"Oi g*go! Hindi ako naka-ready doon ah!" he exclaimed while looking at me­- wide-eyed. Tinanggal niya ang kutsilyo sa pagkakatarak nito sa sofa pagkatapos ay itinago niya sa likuran niya.