A Royal Visit in Brooklyn

Chapter 21

Chapter 21

He knows. Oh. My. God.

I moved away from him, staring at his face nervously.

"Seb..." I called. My mind rushed, trying to get out words of explanation out of it. "H-How did you know na—"

"—Na ikaw ang nagpangalan sa pinsan mo? Sinong hindi, corny naman nito talagang pinag-collab mo pa anak ni Mr. Krabs at Ariel. Nahiya ka pa, 'di mo pa ginawang Mrs. Puff." He answered like it was nothing.

My jaw dropped.

"Huh?"

"Hotdog. Oh, kainin mo." Then, he took a fork with a hotdog in it, placing it inside my parting mouth.

I remained motionless, still bewildered. I couldn't even get my mouth to work and chew the food that he rolled his eyes in the air and faced me again.

"Nguyain mo, 'te. Ano? Tulala? Pasukan ng langaw 'yang bibig mo." He then touched my jaw and tried making me chew, I slowly did, still locking eyes with him. "Gara naman no'n, future queen daw ng mga conyo tapos may langaw sa bibig. Eww."

"But Sheb—" I called in a funny tone because my mouth's full but he shut my lips again by placing a finger in front of it.

"Kumain ka, 'te. H'wag kang magsalita, matalsikan pa 'ko ng laway mo." He reminded and so, I chewed on it faster and swallowed it.

Seb just stared at me, his face's serious. As if he's gonna scold me if I say anything again with my mouth still full kaya I finished it first before resuming to my questions.

"Wait..." I sighed, licking my lower lip. I saw his eyes fell on it and got lost for a moment until I snapped my finger. "Hey, your majesty?"

He blinked. His face immediately turned grumpy again.

"Majesty, majesty ka na naman. Ilang beses ko bang sasabihin sa 'yo na Seb nga?"

"Because you're staring at my lips so much and distracted!" I pouted.

"'Di, ah!" he answered defensively, "feeling talaga 'tong little mermaid na 'to. Akala mo naman patay na patay ako sa 'yo? Sorry, 'di kita bet."

I just shrugged, "okay, tell mo sa crabs." I pointed the plate and he glanced at it, annoyed again.

Seb's really moody.

"Listen, okay? Answer me, I was asking what do you mean by that... I mean about M-Melody?"

He stopped briefly. His eyes got stuck on the foods in front of us before he shifted his gaze back on me.

"Bakit? Nagko-comment lang naman ako tungkol sa pangalan ng pinsan mong may hawak ng phone 'ko, nag-sleep over sa kwarto mo tapos ang tawag sa 'yo ay Mama. May say ka ba?" he shot his brow up handsomely, his lips in a thin line.

"I..." I swallowed the lump on my throat. "I was just curious... you knew my c-cousin's name?" I did my best to refrain myself from trembling while asking that.

"Oo, may chika minute kami kagabi no'ng hinatid ko siya sa kwarto mo." He answered and I nodded, gulping hard.

So... he didn't know about Melody's real identity? My baby could actually pass as my cousin. Almost every girl in our family, even Sofia has ginger hair. It's just the eyes for my baby. He can't really possibly know, right?

If he researched then, he might find out na she's my cousin in papers and the duchess even manipulated my blessing's age.

I don't actually know if it's a good or bad thing. This is bad because deep inside, I've been dying to let him know but the duchess...