Wedding Ditcher

FOURTEEN

"Come again Dana?"

Napalingon siya kay Kief pati na rin ako."You can call me Lori, Kieffer."

She said that playfully yet he was seriously looking at me like I did something wrong and I should be punished.

"Dana sounds awkward." dagdag niya.

"Lori it is. You mentioned something about a male model?"

She slowly sat down and gestured me to sit. "Yes you heard it right. May kasama siyang male model sa photo shoot na ito-"

"Will they pose together?" he interrupted. "There's physical contact?"

Napataas ng kilay si Lorianne. "Uhm obviously oo."

"Ever gagawin mo yun?" ano na naman ang pinagpuputok ng bunganga ng isang 'to.

"Yes Kieffer now will you shut up and don't disturb us?"

Agad siyang natulala at natahimik. Well that's good.

"So main focus dito ay ang jeans tapos may konti ding shorts, same goes with the male model." she tries everything para lang makapasok sa fashion industry at umangat, pero yung gowns ang best niya. "Sa upper clothing mo naman, not much. The bra will do, tapos topless ang male model pero baka rin hindi. Depende yun sa props na gagamitin or other ways to style you. "

"Are you up for that?" she asked.

"Yeah sure. Tell me more about it tomorrow, inaantok na talaga ako. Gawin na natin agad 'yan bukas."

Her face lit up. "Great! I'll inform the male model."

We waved each other goodbye after that. Patuloy pa ring tahimik si Kief hanggang sa makarating kami sa mansyon. Not a single word came out from his mouth. Ewan ko ba kung anong problema ng gagong 'to.

Maaga akong gumising kinabukasan. Pagkatapos kong maligo, kinuha ko ang white lace floral romper saka sinuot. I made sure fresh ang mukha ko with no signs of stress or whatsoever for the photo shoot.

I went downstairs to eat breakfast. Nakakapagtaka at wala si Kief ngayong umaga. No Kieffer bugging me.

Saktong pag-alis ko ay ang pagdating ni Griffin sa pintuan. "Did you just cut classes?"

"Walang prof. Mamayang hapon pa ako babalik." diretso siyang naglakad.

'Di man lang huminto, parang hindi ate ang kausap a.

"Pwede ka pang mag back out." a manly voice whispered against my ear.

"Can you stop doing that?" he gave me a questioning look. "That! What you did earlier! Palagi ka na lang nanggugulat."

"Cancel the pictorial."

Did he just gave an order? "What's your problem? Kahapon ka pa."

Bahagya siyang pumikit, tumalikod sa akin at bumuntong hininga. He slowly turned back and faced me with his head bowed.

"Look... I can't bear looking at you in the arms of another man."

"Then don't look." ang simple lang 'di ba. "Or don't come. I never asked you to go with me."

Ang arte naman nito. It's just a photo shoot and I've done this many times. "Get in."

He gestured his car and opened the door for me. He looks pissed. He's kinda weird since yesterday.

Nang makapasok, agad akong nagpatunog ng kanta. Knowing his mood alam kong tahimik ang byahe namin papunta sa studio. So that it won't be awkward, I better play a song.