Bachelor's Night

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

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Sa loob lang ng isang buwan ang dami nang nangyari. Gusto kong sapakin ang sarili ko ng paulit ulit para makasigurong hindi lang panaginip ang lahat. Who would have thought that because of that stupid site my life would change drastically. It's getting ridiculous every single day.

Pagkatapos ng napakahabang katahimikan, I finally found the courage to look at Shannon. Gusto kong hanapin sa mga mata niya na isang malaking biro lang ang lahat, that what she told me was just a prank, a sick joke. But looking at those eyes, I can see nothing but desperation.

"You don't have to answer me right away. You don't even need to make him fall for you. Just be with him all through out," ginagap niya ang magkabilang kamay ko at tinignan mabuti, "I hate begging someone, pero ikaw lang ang makakatulong sa'min. Sana pag-isipan mong mabuti."

Marahas akong napabuga ng hininga.

"One more thing, please don't tell Zach about this. Here's a phone number to call kung handa ka ng tanggapin ang pera. I'll go ahead."

I just kept my silence hanggang sa mailapag niya ang isang kulay pink na calling card at tumayo para umalis.

How I hate this day.

°°°

Lutang pa rin ang utak ko hanggang makabalik ng penthouse. I don't think kaya kong simulan ang project after what happened. My body can no longer take the amount of stress that I've been dealing since day one.

"Hey."

Napaangat ako ng tingin. I saw Zach sitting on the couch while holding his favorite book. Yun din ang libro na binabasa niya nung unang tagpo naming dalawa.

"You're here?" I asked.

"Yup. It's my penthouse after all."

I sneered. Ganun pa rin ito. Except that he is more open compared before.

"It's almost 5pm pero wala ka pang nasisimulan." Aniya, lukot ang mukha.

"May pinuntahan lang ako." Walang gana kong sagot. If only he knew. Pero wala akong karapatang makialam.

I started to pile all the materials on the wide table para makapagsimula ako kahit base man lang.

"You look tired." He noticed.

"Bakit ka ba nandito? I can't concentrate while you're here."

"Who says I'm here? Consider me as a chair." Pangungulit nito.

"You're crazy."

For the last one and a half hours nandun lang siya sa sala looking so dumb while monitoring my work. Napailing ako. Tama nga si Bubbles. Sobrang gwapo nito pero siraulo naman.

"Are you hungry? I can make some coffee."

"Baliw ka ba? May kape bang nakakabusog? Umuwi ka na nga!"

"I'm here to watch a series."

"Ba't di na lang sa inyo!?"

"Why do I have to explain? I'm the boss."

Ugh! Bakit ba sobrang kulit niya ngayon?

And then I remember..

"Zach doesn't really need you as his assistant. He's interested in you because you look exactly like Bianca, his girlfriend who died 2 years ago."

Wala sa sariling napilingon uli ako sa kanya. Does he really sees me as his ex girlfriend? Excuse niya lang ba ang lahat para may mapaglibangan siya? But looking at him.. he seem more content.

Hindi ko namalayang nakanganga na pala ako sa kanya. That's when our eyes met.

"Do you really find me attractive na kulang na lang ay mag laway ka, Alexandra?"

Napasimangot ako. "Ulol!"

Hindi ko pa alam kung anong gagawin matapos ang earth shattering na pasabog ng ate niya. Should I flatter myself that some strangers have been offering me a huge amount of money? Creepy!

Hindi ko namalayan na dulo na pala ng cutter ang nahawakan ko. Bigla akong nataranta nang may mga dugong kumawala sa daliri ko.

"Shit! May dugo!"

I never dreamed of becoming a nurse. Bukod sa multo, it's weird but I loath blood. They scare the hell out of me!

Mabilis ang mga pangyayari. In an instant nasa tabi ko na si Zach..and he was..

he was sucking my god damn middle finger!!

"T-teka.. anong g-ginagawa mo!?"

"Helping you! Huwag kang malikot. We need to stop and lock the blood cells from flowing."

I was so stunned that I could not move. Looking at him doing that gave a maximum volume of warm and tingling sensation inside my body.

This is not good. I shouldn't feel this way!