Game Over, Engineer

WE

2021

And so, she started making the game while dealing with Jaxavion, and a smile formed across her face the moment she finished it. Scheduling it to be sent to her email a year after, she adjusted her glasses and leaned against her swivel chair. Inipit niya sa likod ng kanyang tenga ang ilang hibla ng buhok na nakatakas sa kanyang messy bun. 

Biting her lower lip, she pressed the send button and let out a sigh. She doesn't have any idea when Jaxavion will hypnotize her, but she knows that one of these days, he will. 

He will make her forget everything about them once he confirms that the organization is after him. . .

Speaking of her man, kinuha niya ang kanyang cellphone at tiningnan ang mensahe na ipinadala ng lalaki. It's October 6, Saturday. And both of them don't have any work to do. 

Jaxavion has become. . . clingier than ever. Pero may mga pagkakataon na bigla-bigla na lang itong dumidistansya at natatahimik kapag magkasama sila. In order for him not to be suspicious of her, she will ask him what his problem is, and he will just smile at her before clinging to her again. 

If she hadn't known what he was up to, she would probably overthink his actions. Alam niyang mahirap ito para sa lalaki, and in this moment where everything is too chaotic and her man is going through internal conflicts, she will be there to hold his hand. 

Hindi niya ito iiwan. 

Her gaze dropped on her phone, which flashed Jaxavion's message to her.

From: My man

You free, love? Let's go out? I'll fetch you at one if you're up :) Love you always, Jill. 

Her eyes scanned the last phrase.  Araw-araw niyang naramdaman na mahal siya ni Jack, and he never fails to say those three lovely words to her. But ever since. . . he found out about his past and how it connects to her, lagi-lagi na lang nito iyong binabanggit. 

It's as if he's afraid that she will leave him when in fact, it's otherwise. 

Jaxavion will be the one to leave her after he hypnotizes her. . . 

Siya dapat ang matakot na iwan nito, but if this is her man's decision, so be it. Alam niyang kahit anong gawin niya, hindi niya na ito mapipigilan. So, she came prepared for all his antics. 

When afternoon came, she immediately stood up from her seat when she heard his car outside. Smiling and fixing her hair which was styled into a 3-strand braid. Inilagay niya pa iyon sa kanyang balikat at saka inayos ang kanyang bangs bago lumabas ng bahay. 

Jaxavion came out from the driver's seat. Pinasadahan niya ng tingin ang kabuoan nito. Her man looks so handsome in his navy-blue polo tucked inside his black slacks. May sunglasses pa ito, and his messy hair was blown by the wind, and when he brushed his hair upwards, 'di niya maiwasang mapangiti. Naramdaman niya ang pag-iinit ng kanyang mga pisngi. 

Ah, all hers.

"Hmm, my woman is lovely as ever." Lumapit ito sa kanya, at saka lang niya napansin na may hawak pala itong bouquet sa kanang kamay na mas lalo niyang ikinangiti. 

Her man is really the sweetest. 

Tinanggap niya iyon at saka inamoy, and as she does, Jack slid his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him to kiss her forehead. Tiningala niya ito at ngumiti.

"These are beautiful, Jack. I love you. . ." madamdamin niyang saad at tumingkayad upang halikan ito sa mga labi. She felt Jack smiled against her lips. 

The whole afternoon, they just toured around the SM Seaside, watching cinema, eating foods, and taking pictures. When night came, they went to the sky deck to enjoy the city lights glowing under the starlit sky. Sa tagong parte sila umupo kung saan natatakpan sila ng halaman at walang masyadong tao na dumadaan.