I Can't Make You Love Me

Chapter XV - Ares Seth Evans

"Aphrodite."

I finally had the guts to open my eyes after hearing that someone's voice. I stared at him at blinked repeatedly. I focused at his angelic face. At tama nga ang hinala ko.

Hindi ko siya kilala.

He was so close. Too close. I stared at him with eyes wide open, then, "Ahhhhhh!!!" I shouted my lungs off. Ghaaad! "Let go off me! Let go!" I slapped his hands off me and hugged the nearest pillow lying beside me.

"Argh! What's with all the shouting, woman?!" He said while holding his ear. He was about to approach me when I shouted once more and grabbed the lampshade on the bedside table. Whoo! Too much shouting for one day, though.

"Who are you and what the hell am I doing here?!" I pointed him the lampshade like it was my only life saver. I was surprised when he laughed at me. Gosh! Not trying to be funny here!

"Ang sabi ko, sino ka! Wag mo nga kong tawanan!" I was about to hit him with the lampshade when he grabbed it from me and pinned me to the bed! "Ahh! Let go of me, you asshole!" I was struggling hard but unfortunately, I was too weak. Eventually, I stopped. Napagod din naman ako no.

I closed my eyes, hard, and tried to concentrate. Nakakabwisit na tong lalaking to ah. I opened it quickly, pulled both my arms and pushed him out of bed to the nearest wall and stragled him. I saw he was surprised to what I did, well, his eyes were wide open and so. I am not Aphrodite for nothing.

"Alam kong maganda ako, kaya wag mo naman akong titigan masyado. I'll melt, you know." That is when he realized that he was staring at me for some couple of minutes. Catherine Aphrodite Steele's beauty strikes again!

He pushed me making me lie on the floor. Ghad! Ano bang problema ng lalaking to? Hindi na nga nagsasalita, nananakit pa!

He looked at the door, which also made me looked, and saw that we are not the only ones who was in this room. There were nurses. "Why did she screamed awhile ago?" He asked one of the nurses, and to my surprise, he was not mute!

"Ehh, Sir, tuturukan lang po sana namin siya ng gamot, nang bigla siyang nagwala. Pasensya na po." Is it just me? Or that nurse just blushed? What a flirt. My inner bitch nod in agreement.

"Fix her and get her down within 30 minutes! Now!" We all jumped in surprise when Mr. Grumpy shouted. The nurses approached me quickly and do as he said. They cleaned my wounds, my cuts, fixed my bruises, bathed me, where my arguement was invalid, and dressed me. I was asking them where I was, what was I doing in this place, but all they gave me was either a nod, a shook of the head, or a mere stare.

As soon as we're done, we left the room and eventually we parted ways. I was shocked seeing the place. It was a house. A fancy and--yeah-- awesome house. Most of the color was black and white, and the setting of the house was like one of those vampire movies. It was nice. So nice.

As I reached the end of the corridor, I went down the staircase. The house was really amazing. It was like a fairytale-vampiric-oldcentury-yet awesome house. As I reached the end of the staircase, there was an old piano nearby where there were sets of picture frames on top. The piano was indeed exquisite and attractive. It was white with the mix of black. But what caught my attention most was a picture of her.

A picture of Selene.

"Hey." I literally jumped when I heard his voice. I almost dropped the frame but good thing I didn't. I looked like a 3 year old caught in a dirty act. He walked towards me and grabbed the frame. He stared at it for a moment and put it back where it belongs. He stared at me, eyes filled with unknown emotions, emotions that were alien for me. "Follow me." I jumped once more. Why is it whenever he talks, I can't help but jumped in surprise? Ghad.