Loving Mystery (Ang P.O.V. ng Babaeng Sawi)

1.7. The Key to His House

Hindi ko talaga lubos maisip kung papaano ako nalagay sa ganito kaalanganing sitwasyon.

Kung paanong kaharap ko na naman ang bastos na lalaking 'to.

Kung paanong hindi ko maidilat ang mga mata ko dahil sa kahihiyan.

"Hey, you can open your eyes now," he said, obviously with his damn amusement.

Dahan-dahan kong idinilat ang aking mga mata. He was now in the couch sitting like a king. I stared at him and he stared at me. He grinned and look at me from head to foot.

"Have a seat," he added.

I sit on the single chair away from the couch where he's sitting.

"You're hired," biglang sabi nito.

"What?"

I look at him with the I-don't-believe-you face of mine.

"You are hired. As you can see," itinuro niya ang paligid.

"I'm a mess. I definitely need a personal assistant nowadays. To remind me of things like appointments, to do wake up calls, to cook for me if necessary, to clean up..."

"That's too much work for a personal assistant, I think you need a personal maid and not a personal assistant." Did I really told him that?! Pahamak talaga 'tong bibig na 'to!

He smiled and said, "Do you or don't you want the job?"

Don't make him more upset. Oh. I think I made him upset already.

"Okay. Sorry. I was just thinking that a personal assistant should just generally do the assisting thing. I mean..." I explained myself.

He paid full attention at me.

"I mean..."

Shocks.

Could he just stop staring at me!

"You mean what?" he asked.

"Wait! Could you please just stop staring at me like that..."

He stared at me like he could not believe what his hearing.

"Do you even know why you're here?" he sarcastically asked.

"Of course, I do."

"Can you really do the job?" he asked again.

"I think, I can."

"I don't want you to just think you can. I want you to make sure you really could do the job.."

What the hell is he saying?

I just stared at him blankly.

"I could do those stuff if that's you concerned of."

He stared at me again and made a playful grin. "The question is can you stick with me every hour of everyday?"

"What?"

I was taken aback by that exact question. Ano ba 'tong napasokan ko?

"As my personal assistant, you should keep me in your sight, be always near me, and never ever leave me astray. Could you do that?"

I made a blank expression.

Could I really do that?

Keep him on my sight? I even prayed not to see his face ever again.

Be always near him? But right now, what I want to do is to run away, away from him.

Never ever leave him astray? Bahala siya sa buhay niya! Matuto siyang mabuhay na hindi inaasa sa iba ang lahat ng bagay 'noh.