Mistaken Scandal (Montero Series # 1 ) English Version Available on Hinovel

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen

I remember the first time I looked into your eyes and I felt my entire world flip...

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[Kayden's POV]

"SAAN ka ba talaga galing nung isang gabi? Naghatid ka lang kay Fia hindi kana nakabalik? At hindi ka pumunta sa sarili mong party sa bar. Mukhang sira ang mga bisitang pumunta doon na wala ang celebrant."

I took the can of energy drink on my desk and gulped a shot before my eyes went back to the monitor. I pretended to be working with the cuts and variations of my film and ignored Bleeze. I had too much headache from the drink I had last night at wala ako sa mood makinig ulit ng sermon. I had a dose of it from my own mother yesterday.

"Sige lang. Prentend that you're working. Mukha kang sira. You've been playing with that scene for good old thirty minutes already." Nilapag niya ang kopya ng ginawa kong kanta para sa banda niya sa gilid ng desk. "Pati itong kantang ginawa mo, ang lakas makahugot. Langya naman 'tol, para sa mga sawi 'to. Our record label is asking for a good song. Iyong hindi sasakit ang puso ng makikinig." He tsk-ed. "I know you're no more part of the band pero huwag kanamang mandadamay kung may pinagdaraanan ka."

I closed my eyes and massaged my temple. Wala akong naging matinong pahinga simula kahapon. I've worked with editing the film and composing a song. I had to divert my attention into something that would make me forget her.

But I ended up drowning myself with alcohol at mukha pa rin niya ang nakikita ko.

What I did to her that night was something that I've never done with any woman in my life. I've more than made love to her. I gave my all. I have never shared anything as deep as giving my soul sa kahit sino sa mga naging babae ko noon. Sa kanya lang. And I felt humbled that I was the first man to ever have her.

Iyon ang buong akala ko. Pero tang-ina, akala ko lang pala. Because it turned out that I was only a convenience to a call of her flesh. A diversion from the hurt that she still feels for my brother.

At sobrang nakakasakit iyong huli. Ni hindi ko makuhang tingnan ang mga mata niya. Si Kuya parin ang naiisip niya matapos kong makuha ang katawan niya.

"Saan ka ba talaga galing?" untag muli ni Bleeze.

"I went to Ally's." Napabuntong hininga akong napatayo saka dumukot ng sigarilyo.

"Talaga lang, huh? Mukha ngang doon ka galing. Ang daming nagkalat na bote ng beer dito sa kwarto mo at upos ng sigarilyo. I didn't know bedding a woman could turn you like shit, man," he said and pulled himself a chair.

"Kailan pa kita naging yaya?" I asked and lit my cigar.

He gave me a sardonic laugh. "Yeah, you know I get to stick with your nose if I'd know that there's something wrong. Si Fia ba?"

Natigilan ako sa paghithit bago napabaling kay Bleeze. Nakalimutan kong maliban kay mommy at Nanay Marla ay si Bleeze lang ang lubos na nakakakilala sa'kin. I was close to all of my siblings. But Bleeze and I got to share all that there was to share. Marami kaming mga naging kalokohan noon na parehong hindi alam ng mga pamilya namin.

"Sa reaksiyon mo palang alam ko na ang ginawa mo." He shook his head na mukhang hindi makapaniwala. "Tang-ina naman, Kayds. I know you have a thing for her back when we were kids pero bakit mo naman ginawa?"

I let out a nervous laugh. "You're imagining things. Ano naman ang gagawin ko sa kanya?"

"You spent the night with her, did you?"