Admiring You From Afar (The Cold Masks Has Fallen: Book 1)

Chapter Thirty Three: Racing Stalker

"You can't just let my precious Orchid go do you?" - Theodore Xerxes Salvatori
——————————————————
December 14, 2019.
Saturday.
Ivory Mall.
10:24 a.m.

xxxx-xxx-xxxx sends a picture

xxxx-xxx-xxxx: It's been two years I finally found you

xxxx-xxx-xxxx: You look prettier than before

xxxx-xxx-xxxx: You look more mature than the last time I met your group, Rin-Rin

xxxx-xxx-xxxx: Can't wait to finish what I'm supposed to do two years ago
——————————————————
'This motherfucker can't fucking get over me'

"Mayari?" napatingin si Mayari ng tawagin siya ni Autumn.

Pinatay ni Mayari ang kanyang cellphone at tumingin kay Autumn.

"Ano po yun?" tanong ni Mayari.

"Mabango ba itong perfume na ito? Anong sa tingin mo?" tanong ni Autumn at pinaamoy niya ang scent ng pabango kay Mayari.

"Oo naman ate. Bakit? Bibili ka ba?" tanong ni Mayari at namula si Autumn.

"Okay ka lang ate? Namumula ka"

"Hindi! Ano kasi eh-" hinihintay ni Mayari ang sagot ni Autumn.

Lumapit si Autumn kay Mayari para ibulong ang kanyang sagot.

"I want to finally do it with Cygnus" muntik nang masamid si Mayari sa kanyang iniinom na kape.

"Ah! Napaso dila ko!"

"Okay ka lang?"

Hinila ni Mayari si Autumn sa isang tabi at tinignan ng seryoso ang nakakatanda.

"You still don't do it?" Mayari asked Autumn.

"Oo. We promised na kapag ready na akong maging intimate with him" nahihiyang sagot ni Autumn.

"So hindi niyo pa siya nagagawa at all?" tanong ni Mayari.

Autumn nodded as an answer.

"Bakit? Ginawa niyo na ba yun ni Theo?" natigil sandali si Mayari bago sumagot kay Autumn.

"We're intimate yes. But we're not doing it"

"What? Like within three months of dating? You're already intimate?" sunod-sunod na tanong ni Autumn kay Mayari.

Nilalaro ni Mayari ang suot suot na Emerald ring na bigay sa kanya ni Theo isang linggo matapos niyang sagutin ang binata nung nakaraang tatlong buwan.

"Um. It's been happening for two years?" nagulat si Autumn sa sagot ni Mayari.

"So there's something happening even before you date?" Mayari nodded.

Autumn grabbed Mayari's arm and gently dragged her towards the perfume samples.

"Can you help me?"

"Are you going to seduce Cygnus ate?" Mayari curiously asked as she smelled the offered samples.

"Honestly speaking? Kind of" sagot ni Autumn at biglang humarap si Mayari ng may hawak na bote ng pabango at sampler.

"This suits you. It's Vanilla scented" Autumn tested and smelled the perfume on her wrist.

"Ano? Okay ba?" tanong ni Mayari.

"Yeah. It smells good. I'll take it" Autumn and Mayari smiled at each other and the later faced the sales lady.

"Can we have two bottles of this perfume?" Mayari asked politely and the sales lady starts to do her work.

"Ang babango pala ng mga scent na ito" sabi ni Autumn kay Mayari habang inaamoy ang iba pang scent ng perfume.