Chapter 3- You live by my rules
They say first impressions last. Well, I guess I have to disagree with that. I thought this guy with me is fun to be with, just like EJ. But like what I believe, first impressions don't last.
Boring! Boring! I wanna shout. Wala kaming imikan, makes the tension between us to go higher. I want to ignore that feeling, but how? How can I stop when every minute I am with him, nakakaramdam ako ng kakaibang kaba? We already driving home, since Papa said na si Ryo ang maghahatid sa akin pauwi.
I took a heavy breath and fished out my phone from my purse. Tatawagan ko na lang si EJ, para sabihin sa kanyang matutuloy kami sa Volume mamaya. "Hello?" I said.
"Hello? Kat? What happened? Are you okay?" Sunod sunod niyang tanong. "Yuh, I'm fine,"
"You're not answering earlier, you made me nervous,"
I pouted. "I just talked to someone, you know," I answered to him. "So, you met your bodyguard, huh?" Mukhang nahulaan niya agad ang ibig kong sabihin.
"Yeah," I just said. Ayokong pag usapan ang lalaking nasa tabi ko lang at nakafocus sa daan. But EJ seemed to be interested with that man. "Is he okay for you?" Natatawa niyang tanong.
"Of course not," I answered. Sino ba namang matutuwa kapag may bodyguard ka pa, at age of 27? "Ooh, just like what I expected from you,"
"Whatever, EJ," I snorted out. I heard his smirk on the other line. "So you think you're safe with him?"
I looked at Ryo before I answered. "Of course not, how can I be safe with this guy, when in the first place, he is the threat?" I sarcastically said. Nakita ko naman ang pag angat ng sulok ng labi niya. I heard him smirked.
"Woah, are you with him r'now? That was a blow to his ego, dude," He laughingly said. I turned again to Ryo and I saw him smiling. "Mukhang hindi naman."
"Oh? By the way, do you still wanna go to Volume tonight?"
My eyes flashed when I heard my favorite bar. "Yuh, why not,"
"Well, dahil may bodyguard ka na, it would be too hard for you to escape, princess,"
I raised my eyebrows in disagreement. "Uh-uh, not me," I playfully said. Of course I can escape, I'm doing this since I was 18, ngayon pa ba ako titigil? Nah. I am into drinking since God knows when because it is my only stress reliever. "Hmm, let's see, oh by the way, I have to go, my fubu's here," he said and dropped the call.
Before I could even put down my phone, nagsalita agad siya. "Planning to escape, eh?" He sarcastically asked. Marahas akong napalingon sa kanya. "What?"
"Don't act innocent, lady, because we both know you are not," he smirked after saying those words. "Excuse me? What are you talking about?"
"We will have a certain set of rules, lady," he stated. Rules? What the fuck? Ano ako, estudyante? Just fuck it. Napatawa ako ng pagak, "Rules? Huh?"
"Yes, and you'll live by my rules, Katrina," he said and looked at me using his cold eyes. Nang magtagpo ang mga mata namin ay nagsitayuan ang mga balahibo ko sa katawan sa pagbanggit niya sa pangalan ko, dagdagan pa nang malamig na titig niya sa akin. Napalunok ako bago umiwas ng tingin.
"First, no more night outs, Katrina, no going to the bars, no escapes, no sneak outs, no more," he seriously said. I rolled my eyes at him, how dare he?
"Wait, let me remind you that I am still your boss here, bakit kailangan may rules?"
"Your dad already agreed to these rules, Katrina, and no, you're not my boss, your dad is, you are just my work, my responsibility," he seriously answered.
