Incorrigibly Yours [Completed]

Chapter 12

[Warning: R18]
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Nicola, Age Twenty Two
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"K-Kai..."

Napasinghap ako nang agad na hawakan niya ako sa batok. Agad na kumabog ang dibdib ko. I was not afraid of him but my heart is pounding wildly due to the close proximity of his body to mine.

"Hindi ka ba nag-isip muna bago ka pumasok sa madilim na kwarto na'to, Calliope?" his voice was ominous as he brought his face toward the side of my face, giving me instant goosebumps.

His nose trailed on my check to the back of my neck before inhaling deeply. My legs tightened and my core pulsed despite myself.

Pilit kong binuka ang bibig para magsalita. "K-Kai...anong ginagawa mo dito?"

"Expecting someone else? Maybe your muse?" May irita sa boses niya.

"M-Muse?" nalilitong tanong ko.

I shrieked involuntarily and grasped his arm when he bit my ear.

"Yes, your muse. My friend," may na galit sa boses na sabi niya ngayon.

Nag-isip pa ako ng bahagya. "Si Leyton?"

He growled against my skin before squeezing his hand on my throat slightly and biting the skin behind my ear making me wince slightly.

"Don't say any fucking man's name when I have my hand on your throat, do you understand?" he gritted against my ear.

Wala sa loob na napatango ako. I was painfully aware of his hand on my throat and the way he's making me feel. Gosh, I've always been so weak when it comes to him.

I'm still at loss. What is he doing here? Siya ba ang bumili sa painting?

Most of all, why is he acting like he's...jealous? Somehow that made me happy. My god, I'm hopeless...

"Good girl," bulong niya bago nilayo ng kaunti ang ulo para tingnan ako sa mata. "Now answer me, Calliope, did you like painting Leyton, hmm?"

Kinagat ko ng madiin ang ibabang labi ko at sinundan iyon ng tingin ng mga mata niya. His eyes darkened and I swallowed at the intense look on his face.

"K-Kai, please let me go."

He smiled sardonically, his hand still wrapped around my throat firmly with no intention of letting go. "Not until you tell me how Leyton is the first fucking man you painted."

Oh, so that was his reason? He thought Leyton was the first person I painted? Ano sa tingin niya ang ginawa ko sa maraming taon na hindi niya ako binalikan?

Umiwas ako ng tingin sa kanya. Napalunok ako ulit at alam kong naramdaman 'yon ng kamay niya na nasa batok ko.

Of course, hindi niya alam na punong-puno ng mukha niya ang studio ko sa bahay. Hindi niya alam na siya at siya lang ang paulit-ulit kong pinipinta.

I nibbled on my lower lip. "Is that what you want to hear?"

"Sure," his lips stretched in an unfriendly smile, his eyes gleamed with evil intent. "I would love to hear from this red, pouty mouth of yours how you broke your promise of giving me all your firsts."

Natigilan ako at napatulala sa kanya.

What the fuck? The nerve of this guy?!

How dare him?

After hooking up and fucking girls left and right across Europe?

"Why should I save mine when you didn't save yours?" bwelta ko.

Dumilim ang mga mata niya. "You're confirming it then."

Sumikip ang dibdib ko nang hindi niya sinalungat ang sinabi ko tungkol sa kanya.