*THIRD-PERSON POV.
“ Sir, here are the photos of that girl who is always with your son.” My black belter said and he gives me those pictures.
I took a deep breath before I opened the envelope with a lot of pictures together with Ace and that woman.
“ You did great. I want to know the background of this woman and her family’s job, as soon as possible.” I strictly said and fixed the right postures of my eyeglasses.
“ Yes, sir.” He respond and went out of my office.
I won’t let this poor and cheap woman to ruin my son’s life and future. I’m going to apart them and set him on a blind date right away
*MARIEL’s POV.
[ morning came]
Mga alas tres ko ni mata nasab para makasayo kog adto sa University.
Basin bored rato si Ace gabie maong nasulti to niya or ambot. Psh, morag awkward na hinuon. Maulaw nako basta magkita mi.
Nag butang kog gamay make-up ug pink na lipsstick.
“ Wait? What am I doing this? ” sulti nako while ha lantaw sa samin ug gadali-dali kog panas sa make-up.
Kinsa man sab akong pagwapahan? Hay nako self.
Pagka-alas singko kay gisirad-an na nako ang dakong purtahan ug mogawas na unta sa gate pero nakita nako ang sakyanan ni Ace.
Shit, nag unsa siya diri? Ay syempre no, iya man sab ning balay.
Nigawas ko nag-dungo ug nagpa-as-if na wala nakakita sa iyang sakyanan. Basin naa siya sa sulod. Maong gadali-dali kog baklay nga ga dungo ug sa dihang nabangga ko sa gahi kaayo na lawas.
Grabehag lawas ani niya oy. Nagdungo gihapon ko sa kasakit sa akong agtang ug gilantaw nako iyang sapatos.
Wait? Familiar iyang sapatos. Colorful na sapatos. Don’t tell me— asyhh.
“ I’m sorry.” sulti nako ug modagan na unta ko pero iya kong gibitad og kalit.
Nasandig ko sa iyang gahi na dughan ron. Halosa diko ka lihok sa akong position ron.
“ Come on. Why are you look so scared? I said to you last night that you’ll think about it, that’s why stop pretending that I’m visible to you, hmm?” sulti niya ug nitarong kog tindog ug gitarong nako akong buhok.
“ You’re mistaken. Wala ko nahadlok nimo or unsa. Nakuratan rako.” pagbinakak nako ug nilantaw sa kalsada.
“ Then why are your cheeks so red?” pangutana niya ug gilantaw ko sa akong nawong diri sa side mirror sa iyang sakyanan.
Tama gud diay siya. Ga dali-dali kog tambon. Susko, ka sayo sa buntag tas ga igat-igat ko.
“ Get in.” sulti niya ug giabrihan niya iyang sakyanan.
Taysa asa silang Josh, Kristof ug Jeremiah?
“ You’re not my bodyguard or assistant anymore, so get in. Let me take you there.” dungag niya ug ga duha-duha pakog sulod.
Morag ulaw ra kaayo. Seryoso gud diay siya? Jusmeyo.
“ You want me to carry you or you—” wala pa siya nahuman og istorya kay nisulod nako sa sakyanan ug nadunggan nako nga nikatawa siya.
Actually duol ra diri ang University. Arte lang gud kaayo ni si Ace.
“ I wasn’t intended that you were gonna be my bodyguard. I really wanted to court you back then because I didn’t have the courage on how to tell you. But now, I made it! ” taas niyang sulti maong nakalingi ko niya.
So dugay ra siya nakagusto sa akoa? Putik.
Nakaabot nami diri sa University.
“ Don’t hesitate to tell me when someone is bullying you. I’ll handle them.” seryosong sulti niya ug nigawas siya sa sakyanan.
Natulala gihapon ko ron. Is this happening? Or damgo rani.
Giabrihan ni Ace ang purtahan ug nigawas nako ug tuara, daghan kaayong chika sa mga istudyante diri.
“ Are they really dating?”
“ They look so good together!”
“ What about Nicole? She confessed that she has feelings for ace.”
“ Bitch. She should know her place.”
Naay positive comments ug negative na amoang nadunggan. Wala pay kami pero daghan na kaayo bashers.
“ Don’t mind them. Just pretend that you're deaf. We don’t need their opinion.” sulti ni Ace ug gihawiran akong kamot.
I tried to calm myself.
Those stares at us, it’s like an episode in movies or chapters in books that I wanted to skip. But seeing Ace's face, and the way he held my hands while walking inside this University, I felt like it was only me and him in this world and nothing else.
— TO BE CONTINUED—
