The Support

Chapter Five

♧︎ HESTIA ♧︎

I groaned when I opened my eyes as I felt a pain on my shoulder, pero hindi lang iyon ang naramdaman ko.

I felt that I was lifted at kung sino man ang may karga sa akin ay kasalukuyang naglalakad.

I looked up, and I immediately saw the handsome face of Jonathan. I need to stop calling him handsome, I sound like a giddy high school girl.

"Jonathan? what--"

"Please pretend that you are sleeping if you don't want to face Danilo right now." Pagputol naman nito sa sasabihin ko.

"Oh." I said at kaagad na pumikit.

Naramdaman ko naman ang pag-adjust niya sa pagkakabuhat sa akin and later on, I felt the familiar coldness of the mansion as he stepped inside of the double doors.

"Took you long enough, what happened?" Danilo asked, and it immediately irked my irritation.

He sounds like the owner of this house, and he sounds like he's the one who's paying Jonathan.

Because clearly, it was my father's money.

"She fell asleep after she finished her painting." Jonathan lied.

"Don Chamberlain is worried, you are just near at the man-made lake bakit inabot kayo ng gabi?" Tanong naman ulit ni Danilo.

"I'm sorry, but Miss Hestia insisted on finishing her painting." Sagot naman ni Jonathan. "And besides, you're the one who told me to follow whatever she says." He added.

Yeah! serves him right!

"Whatever. Put Miss Hestia to her room." Ani naman ni Danilo at narinig ko naman ang paglakad nito palayo nito sa amin.

Naramdaman ko naman ang paggalaw ni Jonathan.

"The morning when I saw him on my door, something in my gut told me that I shouldn't trust Danilo." I mumbled and that made Jonathan chuckle.

"He is your father's assistant." He stated.

"And I don't trust my father's decision." I said as I remember when he tried to make me marry the son of a drug lord.

But I heard that he is married now, and he didn't follow in his father's footsteps, which is good for him.

"You can put me down now." I said at huminto naman sa paglalakad si Jonathan at saka dahan-dahan na ibinaba ako.

Ngayon ko lang na-realize na nasa balikat ko ang suit jacket na suot kanina nito, kaya pala hindi napansin ni Danilo ang benda sa balikat ko.

Wise move, that's a point for me.

"Thank you for carrying me by the way." I said at saka lumakad papunta sa kwarto ko. "You could just wake me up." I added.

"You still had a bullet wound, and you need to rest." He said in a hushed tone.

Huminto naman kami sa tapat ng pinto ng kwarto ko and I hold the doorknob.

"What I stated earlier about Danilo is real...and besides..." I trailed off at saka tumingin sa kanya.

"How did he know our exact location kahit na walang guards noong umalis tayo."

♧︎︎︎・・・・・・♧︎︎︎