AWAKENING DESIRE ( R- 18 COMPLETED) [PUBLISHED UNDER UKIYOTO PUBLISHING]

Chapter 17

LC woke up in an unfamiliar room. Her head is throbbing, and she's feeling under the weather. Gosh, ito na naman siya sa pakiramdam na may sakit siya palagi.

Maybe I should go and see a doctor.

Kunot ang noo niya nangq marealize na wala siya sa Condo ni Marra.

Ipinalibot niya ang tingin sa paligid pero hindi niya talaga maalala kung nasaan siya at kung bakit nandito siya. The last thing she could remember was being dragged by Rex on the dance floor of Club Neo Erotica. Wala na siyang mapiga sa utak niya after that.

She forced herself to sit on the bed dahil medyo mabigat ang pakiramdam niya. The room was huge, and the walls were made of glass. Napatingin siya sa full-length mirror sa harapan niya and her eyes widened when she saw her reflection.

She looked at her naked self in the mirror. She's starting to panic. Her heart was beating frantically. Wala siyang maalala sa nangyari kagabi kaya hindi niya alam kung bakit nakahubad siya. Natutulog naman siya ng nakahubad pero nasa ibang kuwarto siya at hindi niya maalala ang nangyari kagabi. Why would she get naked in a foreign room?

Nakita niyang nakakalat sa sahig ang mga damit niya kaya dali-dali siyang tumayo sa kama at dinampot iyon para isuot. Nanginginig ang mga kamay niya habang inaayos ang pagkakasuot ng boots niya. Nanlalambot ang mga tuhod niya at nagsimula na tumulo ang mga luha sa mga mata niya.

She was silently praying na mali ang iniisip niya na nangyari. Why would she be naked in an unfamiliar room?! Paulit-ulit niyang tinatanong ang sarili pero wala siyang sagot na makuha dahil wala siyang matandaan ni katiting sa nangyari para mapunta siya sa di kilalang silid at nakahubot-hubad.

Hindi siya lasing kagabi kaya hindi niya maintindihan kung bakit wala siyang maalala.

She saw a used condom on the floor and her heart broke every passing second na nakatingin siya doon. Why would there be a used condom on the floor?

"God, what did I do?"

Kinuha niya ang sling bag niya na nasa sahig din at dali-daling lumabas sa kwarto. She's in a hotel room, but she had no idea paano siya napunta dito.

Nanginginig ang kamay na kinuha niya ang cellphone sa bag niya. The time was already eleven-thirty in the morning, and she had missed a hundred missed calls from Terron and fifty unread text messages.

She opened the text messages at lalo siyang naiyak sa mga nabasa. Some are from Marra na nag-aalala sa kaniya at panay ang tanong kung nasaan siya but most of the messages are from Terron.

LC, please pick up...

Where the fuck are you?!

Who are you with right now?!

Why won't you answer my fucking calls?

Answer the phone! Goddamn it!

Are you that preoccupied with your other man?!

How could you fucking do this to me? I trusted you!

Care to explain the video that I received of you, naked in bed with another man?!!

I'm going to kill him!

You lied to me! You were so hurt when your father cheated on your mother, but look at you now, cheating on me!

Let's call off the wedding. I can't marry you.

Napaupo siya sa tapat ng nakasaradong elevator habang humahagulgol. Gulong-gulo ang isip niya. Hindi niya maintindihan bakit nagulo ng ganito ang lahat.