Arrange Marriage With The Gangster's Empress

PT. 9: Date?

Drake's POV

Kasalukoyan kaming nasa daan ngayon habang nakasakay ako sa ducati niya. Hugging like the way she wants is worrying me. And it feels awkward too. I have a girlfriend and I kept on telling her that. But she will only respond, 'The heck I care if you have a girlfriend. Kung mahulog ka sa daan magiging kasalanan ko pa. Kung ayaw mo sumakay, just hail a cab and go home.' She may be blunt but shameless as well. Minsan ay ang hirap niyang intindihin. Siya 'yung tipo ng babae na may napaka-kitid na pasensya. So hard to please and so hard to say no. Dahil kung sasabihin mong ayaw mo or even complain na ayaw mo, she will push you even more.

Ayoko naman siyang iwanan. For some reasons ay ayaw kong umuwi. Like, we just got friends. So as a friend, I have to endure her attitude and as I said she's not bad.

"Hey, Drake. What time is your curfew?" pasigaw niyang tanong dahil sa hangin na sumasalubong sa'min.

I leaned closer to her to answer so she could hear it well too. "They don't really care if I go home late or will not go home. Just go on and let me tag you."

I heard her chuckle, "Oki! Good then!"

We just met three days ago, ang paglipat ko sa skwelahan nila ay intentional para ma-approach siya. But never did I expect na ma-encounter ko siya earlier than I thought. With her attitude and the gossip lurking about her was giving me a rough time thinking of how I should approach her.

Then one time, our fate met. She was cold and menacing as I handed her the headset she accidentally fell because she bumped me. Then that incident happened at school, maybe I was too kind to follow her and console her as well. Then the night at the parking lot before we went to the park she really liked.

Hindi ko bagkus inaakala na makilala ko siya sa madaling paraan. At sa ilang mga araw na lumipas simula no'ng magkakilala kami ay napakarami ko na ring natutonan sa kaniya.

She might as well be the bravest lady I met.

Siguro iniisip ko noon na baliw siya at mukhang may sira ang utak niya, but lately, I found out na she's independent. That line, 'My life, my rules' was her motto. And I envy her for that. No one dared to bully her, siya pa nga mismo ang nagmumukhang boss. Takot ang nakakarami sa kaniya.

That scene way back in hospital, she was talking to her family like people not in common. And I also learned to defend myself. Pinaka-unang pagkakataon na sumubok kong mag voice out ng saloobin ko sa Mom ko.

Mommy might be soft, but she's also arrogant in her own ways. She's just like dad and Gramps. It was as if aso lang nila ako dahil I have no right to talk back and will just do everything what they want to say.

Naiisip ko nga na napakaliit lang ng limang milyon na kinuha ko mula sa kanila.

Napatigil ako sa pag-iisip nang, "Keihzza, papaano kung malaman nila ang tungkol sa ginawa mo? Hindi ka kaya papagalitan?"

A foolish laugh did escape from her mouth, she's vicious and proud with what she had done. "Edi, mas mabuti. I couldn't wait to see Gramps replace my place in that disgusting hospital."

Nagulat pa ako dahil sa tinawag niyang disgusting ang hospital namin, "Did you just try to offend me?" well kung oo, medyo na-offend ako ng kaunti. I idolized my Gramps, mom and dad for making the business outstanding. Tiyaka hindi naman panget at kasuka-suka ang environment sa hospital. There is responsive maintenance to maintain the cleanliness of the hospital.

"Oh, sarry. It has nothing to do with you. Sinasabi ko lang 'yun dahil ayoko talaga ang environment ng hospital. That doesn't mean na nag refer lang ako sa hospital, I was referring to all of the hospital."