A Letter of Promise

Chapter 30

Inabot ni Ria ang pinto ng passenger seat at itinulak ito para bumukas. Pag bukas ng pinto ay siya namang pag hila ni fervs sa pinto pasara at paghila nito sa batok ng dalaga.

"Out---" dina siya pinatapos ni Fervs at siniil siya nito ng halik. Malutong na sampal ang ibinalik ni Ria matapos niya itong itulak.

"Gago! Don't you dare kiss me with that filty lips of yours!" Kusang tumulo ang luha niya at mabilis na pinalis at hinarap ang binata.

"Nothing happened. I swear. It was her post birthday celebration, she wants to celebrate there I said yes, I drink a few shots and slept."

Nakatitig lamang si Ria sa kanya at hindi kumibo.

"She's a sister---"

"I'm a sister to Gilbert, but we don't sleep together more so I DON'T sleep with him without my clothes." Matabang na sagot ni Ria ang hinarap ang tahimik na parking lot. Wala na halos sasakyang nakaparada roon. At iilan na lamang ang nagdadaan na sasakyan sa national highway.

"I didn't know she'll sleep there."

"You don't lock your door when you sleep?" malumanay pa rin si Ria.

"I don't, the celebration was merely for the close friends and relatives."

"Why would she sleep with you?"

"I don't know."

"Why is she on top of you?"

"She was not! Magigising ako kung ganon. I didn't felt anyone beside or even on top of me."

"That's what I saw!"

"With the lights on?"

"on or off you can see silhouette"

"No, silhouette is only seen when there's a bit light. I slept with the lights off and my shirt off." Itinuro pa nito ang katawan na hangga ngayon ay naka balandra sa kanya.

"Whatever, who's on earth that won't be tempted? Nasa kama mo na nga naman, hubo't hubad bakit ka pa tatanggi? No need for this conversation." mahinahon pa rin siya kaya naman napa buntong hininga si Fervs.

"You are not believing me."

"You want me to believe you. Hmm... We don't even have label. I don't have to believe in you. Get off my car and go back there and continue whatever I disturbed."

"Look, Maria, Nicolette is a freaking sister to me and I don't give a damn if she likes me! It is you whom I like and as far as I remember you and I made it clear on Amies despedida." Kahit mahinahon ang tono ni Fervs ay ramdam ang bawat diin sa bawt salitang kaniyang binitiwan. Mabilis na ibinaling ni Ria ang kaniyang atensyon at mukha sa harap ni Fervs.

"Not because you are not interested with her doesn't mean you won't give a damn to her moves! You should!"

"I had no idea that she likes me!"

"Bullshit! I didn't know the king of all playboys in town doesn't know how to read signs! Let me give you a bit of a situation, what if Ares likes me but I don't like him, he makes moves so he could get me. Should I not give a shit? Should I not?" Hindi ito kumibo kaya nagpatuloy siya.

"Even no one is persuing me, since I don't want him to have his feelings get deeper and for him to not assume, I should tell him that I don't feel the same way he does. Right? So tell me how the hell it came to the point where Nicolette is on your bed, you don't like her more than a sister and you are persuing another girl but you failed to read the signs? How the hell a man did not feel that he needs to draw the freakin line because I would not do the same unless I like to have a garden full of flowers." Dinampot ni Ria ang kaniyang purse at bumaba ng kaniyang kotse.