The Covetous Heart¹

5

The next morning, I woke up when I felt like I couldn't breathe anymore. And opening my eyes was not the best idea because I stopped breathing when I saw Lorenzo's chiseled chest. How did I end up here?!?

And what shocked me even more is that my hand is hugging his waist as I am lying in his arms that's for sure is already numb. I'm talking about his arms not about his heart though. Just kidding. But still I can't move! Because his hands were draped around my back pulling me towards him.

I tried to push my feet on the edge of the bed to clearly see his face. I kinda regret doing it because now that I can see his face clearly, I can't help but to get mesmerized by how perfect his face is. He looks so at peace while sleeping, however his brows were still furrowed as if he's thinking deeply while sleeping so I touched it to make it relax, and gladly it relaxed.

"You're so handsome." I removed my hand from his waist to touch his cheeks. His skin feels so delicate and soft against my palm. I hope he feels the warmth of my hand touching not just his face but also his frozen heart.

I played with his hair and just watched him sleep. I stayed that way not until his eyeball moved a bit. I immediately pushed him hard out of fear, but instead of pushing him just a bit he ended up lying on the floor, awake and not knowing what just happened.

"Omygosh! I'm so sorry!" I exclaimed as I immediately went to help him stand up.

"Why did you do that?" he asked, still confused.

"I didn't mean to. Are you okay?"

"Do I look like I'm okay?" he irritatingly said before storming out of his room.

I bit my lip and didn't expect that. Wala sa sariling lumabas ako ng kwarto para tignan ang parents ko. But to my surprise they already left. I called them to ask why they didn't even tell me or said goodbye but none of them picked up my calls.

"Hey. Are you—Omygosh! Ako ba 'yan?" I gasped when I saw a small bruise in his jaw. Agad akong lumapit sa kaniya para tignan iyon.

Gano'n ba ako kalakas?!

"It's fine." he said as he removed my hand on his jaw.

"I'm really sorry! Hindi ko sinasadya! Nabigla lang ako." paliwanag ko.

He just nodded as a response. Hindi ko na pinilit pa siya dahil hindi naman kami ganoon kalapit sa isa't-isa kaya't nag-asikaso na ako upang pumasok.