The Nasty Rancher (Freezell #12)

Fourteen

AEIRYN

STARING at the man who was once the reason why my world was shuttered, was like staring at the pit of hell. I couldn't organize my thoughts. I was too fucked up.

The smoke totally subsided and I could clearly see his confused eyes.

"Let's go upstairs. May amoy pa rin ng usok dito," said Ryl as he grabbed my waist and guided me to walk upstairs.

We reached the balcony and I sat down opposite to where Tyron sat down while Ryl sat beside me.

I shifted my gaze at the stars thinking that I could organize my thoughts this way but I failed. Kahit sa iba ako nakatingin, pinakikiramdaman ko ang bawat galaw ni Tyrone.

"I thought you were gone for good, Ty. What made you come back?" It was Ryl breaking the silence.

Hindi ako lumilingon sa kanila pero ramdam ko na sa akin nakatingin si Tyron. Ramdam kong halos lusawin na ako ng titig niya.

"I thought the same thing too, bro. By the way, who is she . . . to you?"

Bigla na ang pagkabog ng dibdib ko nang marinig ko ang sinabi niyang iyon lalo na ang dulong tanong. It was like he was trying to trap me. Good work, Tyron. You didn't change.

"Oh, fuck. She's Lez, my—"

"His bodyguard," I said cutting Ryl off.

Hindi ko alam bakit ko iyon ginawa at kung anong intemsyon ko, but clearly . . . my intentions wasn't for me nor for Ryl. I was getting insane.

I was caught off-guard when Ryl suddenly reached for my chin and he forced me to shift my gaze towards his eyes.

"My bodyguard, my girlfriend, and . . . soon-to-be wife," he said direct to my eyes without any hesitation.

Bigla ay parang nawala si Tyron sa abot ng pakiramdam ko. At this moment, all I could see was Ryl, his intense stare and his mischievous smile.

Tyron took a huge a part of me before, pero sa mga oras na 'to, Ryl took the smallest spot while penetrating deeper. Hindi ko maintindihan ang pagkabog ng dibdib ko nang matindi. Pakiramdam ko may nagwawala sa loob ko, but I just couldn't figure out what was it.

"Sweet," said a voice that caught both of our attention.

Tumikhim ako kaya't inalis na ni Ryl ang pagkakahawak niya sa baba ko at bumaling kay Tyron. "I badly want her to feel that she's all I want just like what you did to that woman before," Ryl replied and I couldn't explain it but there was something more in that sentence.

"She's all I want too, Ryl. She's all I need and she's all I love."

Napalingon ako sa kaniya at nakita kong nakatitig na siya sa mga mata ko na para bang gusto niyang iparating sa akin na ako iyon . . . that woman they were talking about was me.

"That was too long ago, bro. By the way, how was Yula and your daughter?"

Mabilis kong inalis sa mga mata niya ang titig ko nang marinig ko ang tanong na iyon ni Ryl.

"Yula is doing just fine and as for Tamara, she's fully recovered and healed—"

"W–why!? What happened to Tammy?!"

I didn't expect myself to be this careless. I said those words without thinking.

"She's very much okay now," Tyron replied with an assurance.

I took a deep sigh with what I heard but the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

Nilingon ko si Ryl at nakita kong nakatitig na siya ngayon kay Tyron. "How did you know her?" he asked in a very cold tone.