How to say we made love without saying we made love?
"We prepared a gift for señora Regina."
Iyon ang napili kong sabihin sa dalawang pinsan ni Hunt kanina upang matigil na sila sa katatanong. Pakiwari ko'y iyon lang ang hinihintay nilang sabihin ko kung kaya't pinagbigyan ko na.
Ngunit mukhang hindi iyon magandang ideya para kay Hunt. Nakaalis na ang dalawa. Nang-aasar sila hanggang sa makalabas, ngunit hindi pa rin nagsasalita ang katabi ko.
"You didn't like how I worded it out, did you?" I bite the sandwich that I wasn't able to eat because of the duo. Isa pa iyon sa mga dahilan kung bakit diniretso ko na sila. GUTOM NA AKO.
He kept his soft, lecturing gaze. Habang ngumunguya tuloy ay sumusulyap ako sa kaniya.
When I finished my sandwich, inikot ko ang upuan at humarap sa kaniya. "Are you mad?"
"No."
"Then why are you looking at me like that?"
Napangiti ang lalaki. Sa isang segundo, nagawa niyang ihaba ang braso upang punasan ang musang sa gilid ng labi ko.
"I'm thinking about something, Solen. That's why I was quiet."
I bite my tongue. "Like throwing me out of your house or . . . firing me?"
Nagsalubong ang mga kilay niya. "Is that it? Do you think the reason why I am letting you live here is because you work for me?"
"Hindi ba? Kaya mo ako kinuha noon sa rentahang espasyo ay para pagbayarin ako sa utang ko sa 'yo. At makababayad ako kung magtatrabaho ako sa 'yo."
"Solen," malakas niyang sambit sa pangalan ko. "That was before."
"What changed?"
"Everything."
"Iyon ba ang iniisip mo?"
He nodded. "I said to everyone that the only woman I will bring to my house is my girlfriend or my wife. I would never bring an employee here."
Is he . . .
"Solen, be my girlfriend."
Bumilis ang pagkurap ko. "I am already your girlfriend, right?"
"I mean . . . my real girlfriend."
"Why?" I know why but I still want to hear it from him.
"What do you mean why? I made love with you because I love you. That means I'm marrying you."
"Hindi ba't sinabi mo noon na hindi ka magpapakasal?"
"NOON."
"Sinabi mo rin dati na sakit lamang sa ulo ang mga babae."
"DATI."
"What made you change your mind?" I tilted my head upward.
"IKAW."
One question, one-word answer. Nice.
"I don't know if I want to be your girlfriend," I said with a plan in mind.
Mabilis siyang napaayos ng upo. Kanina ay nakakalumbaba siya, ngayon ay diretsong-diretso na ang likuran.
"Why?" He sounded lie complaining.
"I'm not sure."
"You said you love me."
I nodded. "I really love you. I won't do what we did last night if I don't. But relationship is more than just sex. If you want me to be your girlfriend just because of that, that's not right. If you want me to be your girlfriend because you love me, the question is how much . . . and until when?
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Been Hunting Home | Suarez III
Romance[SLOW EDIT] Soliesse Adelina is a sophisticated woman from a private family of de Andrades. For the last five years, she was caged at their mansion which most may call a dream-perhaps a home. She knew she was missing a lot about life and she wanted...
