The Empress

Chapter 5

A D A N I E L L O S H E R W I N

"Adaniello Sherwin Lopez." I heard the woman call me by my full name that's why I turned to her with glaring eyes.

"Now, what?!" she snickered at my reaction that's why I glared at her more.

"Ang cute mong asarin."

Wtf?

"Tangina? Cute?!"

"Oh? What's wrong with that? Don't tell me it's because of that damn pride of men na hindi dapat kayo tinatawag na cute? Sus. Napakabaklang dahilan."

I was sure na nanginginig na ako sa inis sa babaeng 'to pero kailangan kong magtimpi dahil hindi ko pa alam ang tinatago niya. Mom wouldn't tell me why she hired this girl when we're not sure if she's capable enough and could be trusted. And I think she's related with the empire with the clue my mother left me.

"You want an easy access to the empire? I'm just doing you a little favor as your mother, anak."

"Stop joking with me, woman. I'm your employer. You should respect me." tinitigan niya ko with a blank face but then smirked with a raised brow.

"Now who's talking with respect for others."

"I'm talking about being professional around your employer."

"So you're talking about superiority? Tigilan mo ko sa usapin na yan kung isa ka lang spoiled brat na nakakagawa ng kasalanan at nagtatago sa saya ng mga magulang niya kapag nahuli sa akto."

Hindi ko dapat 'to gagawin pero she pushed my button. I drag her towards the another room of this apartment, my stock room, and pushed her to the wall.  I'm surprised that she didn't flinched at all nor her expression change. Its like, she already had seen this coming and the pain was bearable.

"Stop what you're doing now, Miss Izabela. Or you wouldn't want what might happen to you if you'll still continue pulling my trigger. Hindi na nakakatuwa."

"Go on Mister Lopez. Try me." she cocked her head to the side tauntingly, "You wanna win the prize? You should learn first how to control your temper. It can put you in a fatal situation if you won't change that." I pushed myself away from her and looked at her with suspicion.

"How did you know that?"

"Your mother and I won't know each other if not for that battle. So you better watch yourself and let me train you the basics. This is what I was paid for."

She stood up straight and crained her neck side to side making it produce a popping sound. She moves and talks like a man more than me. Is she even a girl?!

"The next time you'll lose your temper, please don't drag people and hagis hagis them to the wall because if its other people, masasaktan sila. So you better stop, Sherwin."

"What did you call me?!"

The memories of her calling me in that name came back like a huge truck hitting a wall making it broken down into pieces. My fist automatically aimed to her but she grabbed it in time and flipped me to the wall where she was leaning at awhile ago.

"Did I hit a nerve?" she teasingly asked in my ear. I tried to free myself from her but she was just too strong. Is it normal na ganito kalakas ang isang babae?

"Bitawan mo ko."

"You should be used to me calling you with your second name. Less weakness, more chances of winning!" she exclaimed like a weirdo. She freed me and whistle like a man while sassily walked out of the room.

I scoffed.

I can't believe my mother entrusted me to a psycho.