Her Way Home

Chapter 3

She held her breath when their eyes meet. It lasted for a minute before she turn back and walked away. Her heart is still racing, my God. Calm down Ellysse... Calm your heart.
She quickly looked for Carla.

She found her talking happily to her boyfriend, mukhang nagkaayos na ang dalawa. "Seriously, you two need to get married na."

The two lovebirds just laughed at her. "We patched things out, he's with his cousin. I thought ipinagpalit na agad ako nitong mukong na ito."

Rick kissed Carla on her cheek. "That won't happened baby, I'm just making you jealous. Lately you've been taking me for granted."

"I'm sorry baby, I realized I can't live without you." Yumakap ito sa boyfriend.

She felt like a third wheel. She roll her eyes upward. "Guy, go get a room. Please your PDA is killing me."

"I think I better go home na." Aniya sa dalawa.

"Not so fast Missy, so have you met someone?" Carla asked knowingly.
Bigla siyang nagblushed ng mag-register sa isip niya ang guwapong mukha ni Anton. "No I haven't." which is true.

"But I want to buy a particular painting."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Ani Carla. "We saw you kanila hindi ba baby?" Anito sa nobyo.

Sinakyan ni Rick ang panunukso sa kanya ni Carla. "Yes Ellie, we saw you ogling at the poor guy."

"No, I'm not!" She said defensively. Was she??? She asked herself. She turns as red as a tomato.

"Yes you are darling. You looked cute together, standing next to each other. It is quite romantic how the two of you was bond together with that particular painting. And I even took a picture of it."

"Really, send it to me now." The excitement on her voice is very obvious.

"Do you know that man Ellie?" Carla asked her.

"Just his first name, I heard that from her ex girlfriend."

"Ex?"

"Well he just broke up with his clingy girlfriend while I'm standing beside him, Kaya dali dali akong umalis. I don't want to be in the middle of their fight."

"That's interesting. Kaya mukhang masaya ka kasi single na siya, your forever is already available." Nakangiting tukso nito.

"Shut up." But deep inside she is ecstatically​ happy about it. "Do you know him?"

Nakita niyang nagkatinginan iyong dalawa. "Saang kuweba ka ba nanggaling? Every woman in this freaking country knew who he is."

"Definitely it's not true, because I don't know him." She said defensively.

"That's because you're caving in you workroom all the time, at wala ka ng kabali-balita sa outside world. You need a life friend. And I think Luis Antonio Marrione Argueles, will help you see the world differently."

She mentality save his complete name in her mind.

"He is just the owner of this goddamn building, A Hotelier, a billionaire and a ruthless businessman. A chick magnet, which is blessed with good looks as you see. His half Italian. And he's still young and very much eligible."

"What? He is all that?" Hindi maprocess ng maayos ng mga braincells niya ang mga sinabi ni Carla tungkol Kay Anton.

"Gulat ka no?" Anito na natawa sa naging reaction niya.

"Duh? Kulang na lang lumabas iyong mga eyeballs sa mata ko sa mga sinabi mo." She said sarcastically. That earned laughter coming from Carla and Rick.

"See, mayroon ka pa lang sense of humor na tinatago diyan." Ani Carla na ayaw paring tumigil ng kakatawa.

"Come on you two, I want to buy the painting first bago ako umuwi."

Pero laking panghihiyang niya ng may na una ng bumili nung painting. It's already reserved." Damn. I really wanted that painting." Himutok niya.

"Anton pare, good to see you here." His best friend Uel greeted him. Nasa counter siya noon at binayaran ang painting na pina- reserve niya. A soft smile curve on his lips when he remembers the lovely girl wearing a lavender lace dress. She was so facinated with the same painting that he also like, kanina pa sana niya ito gustong lapitan pero may kasama itong kaibigan. Her friend left without her noticing it because she was lost in the painting. He knew she really like it, and he wantd to give her the painting himself. Then he finally noticed him, his about to introduce himself when his clingy and annoying girlfriend arrived. And then she leave, he left lost ng mawala into sa tabi niya. Their eyes meet for a minute and then she walked away. He tried to looked for her pero hindi na niya ito nakita.

"Same to you, who's your date? Dumating na ba so Odessa from Paris?" He asked.

Nakita niya ang pait na rumehistro sa mukha Ng kaibigan. "I'm with my mother, she wanted to buy a painting of Lorenzo, she's an avid fan. Where's your date?"

"Lucy went home."

"Home, why nag-away na naman ba kayong dalawa?"

" I just broke up with her, she too clingy and she's starting to annoy me."

He chuckled. "Well hindi kita masisi sa bagay na iyan."

"And what's worst is that she ruin my plan to get to know the lovely woman, that i found staring at one of Lorenzo's painting."

"Really?" His sounds interested about his mysterious girl.

"She's mine." He said possessively.

Uel raised his two hands. "Whoa... I don't have any intention of stealing this girl away from you, I'm just quite curious about this mysterious girl who caught my best friend attention."

"It's good that we're clear about that." He said seriously.

He heard him chuckled, then shook his head. "It's so unlike you pare. I never knew you can be this possessive."

"I don't know what's got into me pare, but I want her."

"You got it bad man, well since your eligible again, why not pursue her, find her, get to know this girl and maybe just maybe she is the who one will teach you how to love." He tap his shoulder lightly, bago ito pumunta pabalik sa mama nito.

Pagkarating ni Ellysse sa apartment niya mabilis siyang nag shower at nagpalit ng damit pantulog her signature Yoga pants and t-shirt. She feels comfortable wearing them. Kaya if someone will take a peak inside her closet, they won't see any sexy or expensive lingerie.

She quickly open her laptop. Habang hinihintay niya mag open iyon ay binuksan niya ang iPhone niya. Go directly to her gallery and found the picture that Carla took. She smile fondly when saw it. He never knew Anton is too tall. She thinks his 6 feet high. Lumampas Lang siya Ng kunti sa balikat nito. And an idea pop in her mind. Hindi man niya nabili iyong painting, she will blow-up this picture , frame it and hang it in her office. Your genius Ellie, she said to herself proudly.

Nobody will know who's the guy standing beside her except Carla, Rick and I.

When she goes back to her computer she Google his name, and in seconds she saw all the images of him. Lahat ng sinabi ni Carla about Anton was all true. His just 32, A successful Hotelier, and a freaking Billionaire. Gosh ang sakit sa eyes. His too handsome and I'm too plain.

She childisly pout her lips. Ano ba yan minsan na nga lang ako ma in love. Sa Isang bilyonaryo pa. Na paka choosey naman nitong puso ko.