Arranged Marriage To My Boss (Completed)

Chapter 23

I was half asleep when someone removed my seatbelt and lifted me up. Kahit pakiramdam ko panaginip lang ito, I knew who it was without even looking. I still closed my eyes, ayokong masira ang pakiramdam na nararamdaman ko. This was the first time he did it to me.

He was changing. Though it wasn't too drastic but his hard heart was becoming soft a little, and that for me, was enough. Ilan araw na kaming nakakapag-usap ng maayos. Parang kailan lang takot na takot pa ako sakanya.

I didn't know how he did it. Nakapasok siya ng bahay habang buhat-buhat ako. Inihiga niya ako sa malamabot na kama. It wasn't my bed. I opened my eyes a little and saw Zach's room. Ipinikit ko agad nang kumutan niya ako.

Lumalim ang kama sa gilid ko sabay may humaplos na kamay sa buhok ko. Kahit nakapikit, alam kong tinititigan niya ako ngayon.

"You got me the first time I saw at the bar..." he started. Teka? Was he talking to my sleeping self? "You were dancing like a free woman and I was smiling like an idiot from above while watching you swayed your hips, moved your foot and your hair was bouncing involuntarily. I don't know what do you have that others don't, you mesmerized me just like that."

Hindi pala sa elevator ang unag pagkikita namin? What he was talking right now was Romeo's birthday. It was the night before my orientation in his company. Kaya niya ba alam kung may hangover ako noong araw na iyon?

I knew it! Kaya pala pakiramdam ko ng mga oras na iyon may nanonood sakin. I felt so depressed that time dahil nagsisimula na mamroblema ang pamilya ko dahil sa pera. I needed a break from reality.

"You looked innocence that was trying to mixed in with the crowds but yet you look so lovely," he said then caressed my lower lip.

Gusto kong gumising at yakapin siya. But it would ruined this moment. Was this conversation supposed to be secret?

"You got me there, I knew you are the one I'm looking for."

Naisip niya ba na ako ang babaeng kailangan magpanggap sa pamilya niya noong mga oras na iyon? Everything happened wasn't coincidence at all? It was his plans?

"Are you scared of me, Iris? I bet you are. Someone's stalking you every now and then after that night. And I think I'm going crazy if I can't have you that time. I always get what I want. But I am very lucky, to have an incredible woman like you. I want to make you happy as much as possible even if it means fighting my own demon."

No... We all had different demon fighting everyday. We were just not in the same level and same monster. But I felt fluttered knowing that he was trying to change... For me.

"Iris, how can you do that? I've been lost all through my life. How can you make me compromise and communicate? I don't do it with other women."

Pinipigilan ko ang sarili ko na mapangiti dahil alam kong nakatitig oadin siya saakin. I would asked him the same question why he was changing day by day? Anong mayroon saakin na wala ang iba? Hindi ko rin alam.

But his rules wouldn't allow me to fall. I would get a bigger punishment for it. Ayoko siyang mabigla dahil hindi naman siya sanay sa mga ganitong bagay. I bet he hadn't into any real relationship before.

It was like he was full of shield and truly afraid that one day, someone would jump in and break it. By then, he wouldn't know what to do. But who does? Life was a continues learning cycle where we had to adapt new things and learned to be comfortable with it. Kapag tinulungan ko ba siya, hahayaan niya ako?

"I don't have enough strength to come near you that time because I don't want to hurt you," he breathe heavily. "I'm afraid I might ruin you if I won't plan it correctly."