Love and Cigarettes

Chapter Fourteen

It was such a nice feeling.

To wake up with Lars Altaria beside me, that is.

The first thing I did in the morning was to check myself under the sheets. I was still dressed. Nothing happened between us yet.

And then I spent the next hour admiring the man sleeping soundly beside me. Sir Lars is such a beautiful man. You can tell that he takes good care of himself just by looking closely at his face. Makinis na balat, magandang tubo ng kilay, at malambot na mga labi... He's so neat and clean.

"Ang gwapo mo naman." I whispered then poked him with one finger on his cheek. "Hindi ako makapaniwalang pinatulan mo ako, Sir Lars."

Just when I was about to pull my hand away, he suddenly bit my index finger. I gasped when Sir Lars opened his eyes and looked straight at me.

"Good morning, Sir." I nervously greeted him.

"Hmm." My finger was still in his mouth.

"Uhm," I panicked. "Why are you biting me?"

He ignored me and licked my finger. "Moya..."

My cheeks reddened. Seriously, that's such a lewd gesture... It doesn't help that he's calling me like that, too. It's making me feel a lot of things!

"What are you doing, Sir Lars?!"

"What am I doing?" patay-malisya niyang tanong.

Once again, my finger brushed against his teeth. I closed my eyes and bit my lower lip to stop myself from making sounds. Is he seducing me now?!

"I'm perfectly sober right now, Moya." He told me when he let go of my finger. "Shall we do it?"

Napabuga naman ako ng hangin. "Sir Lars, I'm only realizing it now... but you're quite a horndog."

"I won't deny that." Sir Lars chuckled then buried his face on my neck. "But you're the only girl who excites me like this so please understand, Moya."

If it were the old me, I would have fainted from all the attention that Sir Lars has given to me. Thanks to him, I learned to love myself little by little.

Ngayon, mas nangingibabaw na sa akin ang saya sa tuwing pinaparamdam niya sa akin na maganda ako. I'm starting to regain some of my lost self-confidence.

I brushed my hand through his hair. "What if I tell you to wait until we get married before we do it?"

"I don't mind getting married," His lazy eyes peeked on me. "What if I ask you to get married tomorrow so that we can do it asap, Moya?"

I shot him a horrified look. "Do you seriously want to have sex with me that much, Sir Lars?!"

"Honestly, yes. You turn me on so much."

Napatakip ako sa mukha dahil sa sobrang hiya. Even though he lost his memories, his talent remains the same: to make people uncomfortable!

"Let's save this discussion for another time." sambit ko at bumangon na sa pwesto ko.

Sir Lars held my hand. "We're getting up already?"

"Maghahanda na ako ng almusal." sagot ko.

"It's like we're newlyweds." Tila kinikilig na sabi ni Sir Lars. "Waking up beside you in the morning, cuddling a bit before preparing for work, and you cooking breakfast for me... I love this so much."

Biglang bumangon si Sir Lars at niyapos ako muli. Ipinatong niya ang kanyang ulo sa aking balikat. Napangiti ako. He's still the same touchy Lars.