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

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty

Love is a simple and complex word...
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[Fia's POV]

"ANONG kailangan mo?" Kayden asked me with a tinge of coldness and indifference in his voice. Sandali lang niya akong tiningnan then his eyes were back on the papers at the table.

Contrary to what he was showing me, I had the urge na lapitan siya at yakapin ngayon. I wasn't sure that I actually missed him, until now. Na mi-miss ko nga siya at masakit na balewalain niya ako ng ganito.

I bit my bottom lip while fidgeting my fingers. "Uhm...natanggap mo ba yung text ko?"

"Yeah. Thanks," he answered in a monosyllabic tone saka siya nagtaas ng tingin. His eyes bore coldness too. "'Yan lang ba ang pinunta mo dito?"

Bakit ba ang cold at ang suplado niya ngayon? I was just asking. And I was being nice to him.

"Kung wala kanang sasabihin, pwede kanang umalis," he dismissed in a bored tone saka muling binalik ang tingin sa mesa.

"G-galit ka ba?" Hindi ko na napigilang itanong, pigil ko ang panginginig ng boses ko.

I heard him sigh breathlessly then his eyes were on me. "I'm busy, Fia. You see? I have to review these papers because I'll be away for a week. I have no time for idle talks. If you've got something so important to say, then say it now."

He was too busy na ignorahin ako ng ganito? Gaano ba kaimportante iyang binabasa niya na hindi man lang niya ako masulyapan ng matagal?

"Kamusta nga pala nung...ano...a day after your birthday—"

"What do you want to know?" he cut me off and looked at me with an annoyed face. "If you're worried about that sex thing? Count on me, I won't tell your mom or my mom or even my brother. It's no big deal, Fia. It was just only sex. Natatanggal sa paligo."

My eyes were already flaming with tears but I held them back. I said the same matapos nung may nangyari sa'min but I only said that in my defense. I don't want to be emotionally inclined with the idea that there was something so special about what happened between us. I very well knew his idea about sex. Baka nga galing pa siya sa isa sa mga babae niya ngayon. I knew I was no different from the women he had sex with before.

What am I thinking? Why would I even expect something from this man? At bakit nasasaktan ako? Ano ba 'tong nararamdaman ko sa kanya?

I don't even know...Pero masakit talaga...

"May sasabihin ka pa ba?" irita niyang tanong.

Napalunok ako at pilit ikinubli ang mga luha ko. There's just one thing that I have to ask him kahit gusto ko nang lumabas. Ang sikip sikip na ng dibdib ko. Anytime, tutulo na ang mga luha ko.

"Hang-gang kailan ba ako magtatrabaho sa'yo for me to get back my... camera?" I asked while still trying to shed my tears.

"Magtatrabaho ka dito and it's still my call kung kailan ka pwedeng huminto," he answered rigidly habang matalim akong tinitigan. His look clearly tells me how he badly wants me to get out of his office now. But I didn't move. I had to swallow hard kasi pakiramdam ko may nakaipon nang asido sa lalamunan ko. I did try my best to hide my tears but I failed. I just hate how he expertly makes me cry like a weak baby.

"Leave now, Fia. Kinakain mo na ang oras ko," he said apathetically and went back to reading the damn papers again na para bang wala ako sa harap niya!