Sa labas ng ospital lang ako nag-abang kay Roilan. When he arrived, I immediately went to his car. I’m a bit anxious though that my classmates, or the other nurses will see us.
Hindi dahil sa nahihiya ako. Alam ko kasi kung gaano kaingay ang mga bibig nila. They will only pester me and asks me questions about Roilan. Hindi ko gusto iyon. I just want to work in peace while I’m still in the Vergara Medical Hospital. At hindi iyon mangyayari kung may mga epal na mangingialam sa akin.
We are required to wear our school uniform before and after our duty in the hospital, but since I have a dinner with Roilan, I had to wear a casual attire. Dinala ko na lang ang uniform ko at mamaya ako magpapalit bago ang duty ko. I chose to wear a casual collar long sleeve shirt that I paired with my faded blue jeans.
“Klea was one of the Engineers. We’re just colleagues," he said out of nowhere.
My brows furrowed, I turned to him in confusion. But then I remember the woman he was with last night. Iyon ba ang tinutukoy niya? Eh ano naman?
“Sinong Klea?” tanong ko kahit alam ko naman.
“‘Yung kagabi... Si Klea.”
I chewed the inside of my cheek as I turned my gaze outside the window car. Why is he explaining? I’m not even assuming if they were a couple. Obvious naman na hindi.
Oh, yeah. I don’t think I ever admitted that I used to be so jealous of every girls who tried to get his attention. Palagi ko siyang inaaway kapag may mga babaeng lumalapit sa kanya. I even accused him of being a babaero.
I was jealous but I never admitted that.
“Ah...” tanging sagot ko. “What about Claire Fernandez?” I suddenly asked.
The thought of him being with that woman in the conference bothered me so much. Hindi iyon mawala sa isip ko. Now, that he’s here and we’ll be having dinner, I should ask him about her. Malay ko ba baka girlfriend, o asawa niya ‘yun? Hindi naman maganda ‘di ba kung magkasama kaming magdinner ngayon tapos may girlfriend pala siya?
“You know her? She’s a childhood friend. She’s an architect and they also owned a furniture business that’s why she was at the conference. Nagkita lang kami roon. Ngayon ay nasa Manila na siya dahil sa bago niyang proyekto. We're not in a relationship and we never had a relationship,” he explained.
Tumango ako pero tila hindi buong naniniwala sa kanya. Is he saying the truth? What if he’s lying? But I don’t think he’s the type of person who lies. But whatever.
Hindi na rin siya nagsalita. Pareho kaming natahimik. Pero matapos ang ilang sandali ay muli siyang nagsalita. “How’s your day?” he asked in his deep baritone.
I chewed on my lower lip before answering. “Ayos lang… We had a quiz earlier. It was hard. Muntik na akong walang masagot pero napasa ko naman. Then I stayed in the library after my classes, and went home around four-thirty. Nagpahinga at natulog saglit tapos dumiretso na sa hospital,” dire-diretsong sabi ko.
Napakagat ako sa ibabang labi ko nang mapagtanto kong ang haba ng sinabi ko. I pouted a little and leaned back in my seat.
“Are you going to take the board exam right after your graduation, or will you continue to med school?”
Nilingon ko siya. I looked at his face first, but his veiny toned arms with a silver watch wrapped around his wrist caught my attention. It looks so dangerously sexy.
His arm flexed as he maneuvered the steering wheel while focusing on the road ahead. He looks hot even when he’s just sitting there, on the driver’s seat while his hand is on the steering wheel. And even his long fingers are really damn attractive.
