Lacuna • Book 2 of Change [Ricci Rivero]

nine.

"Okay, okay, thanks Mands. See you." he drops the call as I approach him near the lobby of the hospital. "Sino yon? Tsaka why are you here?" I asked. "Engineer Mandy Manabat. You know her too right? My friend in Diliman?"

Wow. Ako pa ang tinanong mo. Malay ko kung pang ilan mo yan after I left.

"Pang ilan siya?" I asked as I walk away and rushed to my car. He followed me along. "Ha? What do you mean?" curious niya pang tanong and so I stopped. "She's just a friend. Close kami since we graduated from UP together ng Engineering." he argued. I chuckled because of the arrogance he spitted on my face. Not falling for that, honey.

"Engineer Rivero, balita ko na mula nung umalis ako ay napakadami mong babae. So ano, pangilan mo siya? Bilang pa ba sa sampu mong daliri?"

He chuckled. "She's just a colleague, Alex."

"Colleague, your ass, Ricci Paolo, I'm not falling for that anymore. You used to tell me that before."

"Why are you acting like this? Bakit mo hinahanapan ng butas lahat ng ginagawa ko oara sayo? You hate me that much?" he asks in disbelief.

"I hate you more than you think I do. I resent you more than anything in this world."