Renaissance Of Hearts (TO BE PUBLISHED UNDER LIB)

Chapter 4

Kabanata 4

Ibinaba ni Calix ang itiniklop na pahayagang kanina ay binabasa niya. Inabot niya ang puswelong may lamang kape at humigop roon. Nasa isang paupahang apartment siya na pansamantala niyang tinutulayan. Hindi na siya nag-hotel sapagkat napakaluho niyon.

Hindi siya dinalaw ng antok kagabi sa dinami-dami ng isipin niya. Nakaidlip man siya ay sasaglit lamang. Nananakit pa ng bahagya ang sentido niya. Nagkaroon din ng itim sa ilalim ng kanyang mga mata at lumalim iyon. But he's not vain, so it doesn't matter to him. Napakarami pang mas importanteng bagay na kailangan niyang unahin. Nagpakalap na siya ng impormasyon tungkol kay Zane Montillon. Malakas ang agam-agam sa dibdib niya na may link sila nito. His instinct telling something he can't ignore.

Napalingon siya sa gawi ng pinto nang tumunog ang doorbell. Tinungo niya iyon at pinagbuksan ang taong tumatawag sa labas.

"Zane!" Tinig iyon ng babae mula sa labas.

Hindi nga siya nagkamali ng sapantaha. Si Vel nga ang bisita niya. Naririndi na ang tainga niya rito sapagkat puro pangalan na lamang ng Zane na iyon ang lumalabas sa bibig nito.

"I've been looking for you these past weeks. Ano ba talagang problema?" tanong nito sa kanya sa paraang tila nanunumbat. Kamukat-mukat na lamang niya ay nakapasok na ito sa loob ng apartment.

"How did you know that I'm here?"

"I've traced your rented car plate number."

"You're a great stalker!" sarkastikong saad niya na hindi na napipilan pa ang bibig. Naroroon na naman ang pagdambana ng puso niya. He just ignored his heartbeat. Hindi niya alam na ganito pala ang defense mechanism niya--- ang magtaray!

"I'm not stalking you. I'm your girlfriend. Tell me what's going on. Did Tita Clarita asked you to forget me?" Pabagsak na naupo ito sa couch. Hindi na ito mukhang namumutla. Sa katunayan ay mamula-mula na ang pisngi nito. Mas lalo itong gumaganda. Urgh, what am I thinking?

"Baka nagka-amnesia ka? Imposibleng hindi mo ako matandaan!" Tumayo ito at inilang hakbang ang kinatatayuan niya. Awtomatikong umisod naman siya palayo.

"I think I don't need to show some of my Filipino traits like hospitality. You are trespassing in my house and you sat comfortably in my couch, I won't be surprised if you would get your own cup of coffee. You really feel like at home, I guessed. Uh-uh." he said nonchalantly ignoring the tension built between them. He moves backward as she steps two feet forward, the tension was in extreme tenderness. She laid her arms against his shoulder and wrapped in his nape. Its kind a de javu.

"Zane... Why? Please don't do this to me, you're killing me," her voice was begging him. Her eyes become misty and that misty eyes was looking intently direct into him, deepen into his very core. With those stares he could hardly breathe. His heart skipped a beat. It's happening to him without apparent reason. He was confused.

"I... I..." wWlang nanulas sa mga labi niya. Bago pa man niya mapag-isipan ang gagawin ay kusang bumaba na ang mga labi niya sa mga labi nito. Her sweet lips as candy add an intense desire in him to conquer her. He had this craving that couldn't satisfy with just coaxing of lips. He wanted her, the whole her at this moment. And he wanted more of that but having more seems not enough though because he can't have her the way he wanted to. It's just pure craziness!

This is wrong! This is sin! It was just a lust! Sunod-sunod na babala ng isip niya na nagpanumbalik sa tumakas na katinuan. Itinigil niya ang halik kahit na labag iyon sa sariling kalooban.