AETERNUM SERIES 1: A TWIST OF FATE (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER EIGHT

 "Anna!", habol ni Marco sa kanya nang makalabas na siya ng malaking bahay. Lakad-takbo ang ginawa niya para lang di maabutan nito at di makita ang pag-iyak niya.

Mabilis niyang tinungo ang bisikleta niya na nakasandal lang sa puno ng mangga. Gusto niyang lumayo sa lugar na iyon at kay Marco. Akmang sasakay na sana siya nang maramdaman ang mga kamay ni Marco sa magkabilang braso niya at marahas siyang isinandal sa katawan ng puno dahilan para matumba ang kanyang bisikleta.

She winced at how steel-hard his hands were holding her. He was so near that the air she was breathing was a potent mixture of his scent and his nearness was beginning to be achingly familiar again. His face was hardened with anger and if looks could kill, she was already dead a minute ago.

" You should have not come back, Anna! Don't you have decency at all?!", nagtatagis ang mga bagang nito. " Alam mo ang totoo pero parang binabalewala mo lang!"

Para siyang sinabugan ng bomba nang mga sandaling iyon. Alam na ni Marco ang totoo at hindi siya nito matanggap. Inihanda na niya ang sarili sa magiging reaksyon nito pero hindi ang ganito katinding galit na parang makakapatay na ito ng tao.

" At tinanggap mo pa ang pamana sa'yo ni mommy!", lalo nitong diniinan ang pagkakahawak sa kanyang mga braso.

" Wala akong balak angkinin ang lupang 'yun! You can have it for all I care! I don't even dream of setting foot again on that damned place," she struggled hard to release herself from him as her eyes met his eyes that are now in slits.

Ilang sandali pa'y naramdaman niya ang unti-unting pagluwag ng pagkakahawak nito sa kanya na sapat para mailayo niya ang sarili dito. She was about to push him away when he caught her hands and raised them above her head.

Napasinghap siya sa ginawang iyon ni Marco. Mas lalo itong dumikit sa kanya, feeling his hard chest on hers, breathing his intoxicatingly familiar scent, and being awed by the steel maleness on her stomach. He was setting her whole body in the same kind of fire she burned herself into seven years ago.

Nakayuko ito sa kanya, his face just an inch away from hers, and for the life of her, she wanted to tiptoe to cross that distance and taste those lips to know if they can still drug her to ecstasy.

Marco was beyond all logical reasons as he stared at the beautiful woman before him. He was like a moth drawn to fire and his fire was Anna. Always. The moment he touched her a while ago, he instantly knew he was treading on dangerous waters.

He should have let her go but damn her for feeling so soft and smelling like the morning dew that he wanted to consume her right there and then. She's achingly familiar, reminding her of the night he took her and it's driving him crazy right now. He dreamt of touching her all over again so many times and she's here right now, breathing heavily under him just like when the moonlight bathes her nakedness before.

Nang magtama ang kanilang mga mata, he could see how she wanted him just like he wanted her. Muntik na niyang tuluyang makalimutan ang lahat nang pilit na isiniksik ng kanyang utak ang paalaala kung sino si Anna sa buhay niya. Marahas niya itong binitawan na para bang napaso. Nakita niya ang pagkagulat ni Anna at ang sakit na gumuhit sa mga mata nito.

God! He must be crazy for thinking of making love to her again. Nang mahawakan niya ito kanina, biglang naglaho ang kanina'y galit niya dahil sa nalamang ang lupa sa talampas ay ipinamana ng mga magulang kay Anna. Ang tanging nasa isip na lang niya ay pagsawain ang sarili sa pagdama dito and for the life of him, he could see she felt the same for him too.

Buong buhay niya ay minahal niya ang lugar na iyon dahil doon siya lagi dinadala ng kanyang mommy Francisca. His fondest memories with his mother were on that place. Bakit nagawang ibigay ni Martin ang lupaing iyon? Hindi pa ba sapat ang ginawa nitong paglilihim ng katotohanan sa kanya? She could have all the wealth the Vallartas owned but not that place. That was his and Francisca's own world. But the moment he touched her, he forgot everything and was even willing to give up everything just to have her again.