Hey Miss Stripper

/Strip 7 - Mortified Lust

Hindi ko aakalaing magagawa sa akin ito ni Chris. I was surprised and I felt my jaws dropping in any minute, seriously. He just hired me as a bookkeeper somewhere in the Finance Department of The Venice. Ipinakilala niya ako sa lahat ng mga tauhan sa kanilang kumpanya na nasa party, hindi ko inaasahan na magiging ganito ang kapalaran ko ngayong araw na ito. Ewan ko ba, parang nawe-weirduhan na ako sa lalaking 'to. Hindi niya man nga alam kung graduate ako ng college or what but I'm totally inn for the position he hired me, BS accountancy graduate kaya ako at kasalukuyan ko palang kinukuha ang masteral's degree. What the hell? Is he stalking me? This makes me fucken occupied.

Vannah, Vannah, Vannah ano ba itong napasukan mo.

I immediately grabbed a drink from the island and started ignoring the people around me. Chris is busy. James and Selena were out of nowhere. Ugh.

Medyo nagulat ako nang biglang lumitaw si James, "hello drunkard lady."

"Shut up, James." I rolled my eyes on him. "Forget about that night, I was really really messed up way back then. Sorry."

He took the glass from my hands and drank. "Come on, you almost made out with me."

I leaned back, making a show of surveying him from head to toe, looking at him in disbelief. "Omigod, really?!"

"Yeah, luckily you passed out kaya naudlot." Ngumisi naman siya ng nakakaloko, yung tipong may masamang balak. He looks like a maniac the way he turned his eyes on me. "Bitin."

I tapped his chest strongly, "James! I'm not in the mood."

"Heads have rolled, I really didn't think you're acquainted with my porno-freak friend."

"What?!" I was asking and startling at him. "Nakakahiya ano ba, we're in a formal gathering."

"Oops," he raised his eyebrows and gave me a grimace. "But he is, really. That's why be careful. He's a douche."

I know.

He noticed that I had on incogruously sexy high-heeled shoes. "Sexy... beautiful."

"Well, well, well." Chris suddenly appeared in front of us with Selena. "Vannah?"

Inilahad niya ang kanyang kamay to escort me. "Can I borrow my lady?"

Ngumiti nalang si James at kumuha ulit ng maiinom sa island at inabot ang isa para kay Selena. "Sure, she's all yours."

Nagkasenyasan nalang kami ni Selena because we don't really have a chance in mingling and bitching each other.

Kaagad-agad niya akong idinala sa spot na kakaunti lang ang mga tao.

"I need to." Nag-aalinlangan niyang sabi. Tila may gusto siyang ipaalam sa akin pero di niya kayang sabihin. 

Now we're through a wall like down from a corridor far from the veranda and we could still hear the lively sound of the party. 

Chris held back and trailed his hands on my shoulders, "Dad's arriving."

Pinagmasdan ko ang kanyang mukha at nakikita kong may pag-aalinlangan sa kanyang mga titig. "Anong problema?"

"Hindi niya dapat ako makita dito," he sighed and gave me a gentle pressure on my arm. "with you."

I get it.

"What are we gonna do?" I said in a tone that caused him to look at me. 

He smiled, "let just stay here. Hindi naman siya pupunta rito."

I sat on the bench near us. "Okay, why you're in a sudden panic?"

He paddled his arms above his head, "He's a dick."