The Gentlemen Series 6: Chris, The Macho Lawyer (SELF-PUBLISHED)

THIRTY-FOUR

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Chris POV

I just can't remove my eyes from her. She was the prettiest woman I have ever seen in my whole life. Her vibrant smiles enthralled me, making me feel things I'd never thought I could feel. She's my sunshine in my gloomy day. My light in my dark tunnel. But I don't deserve someone who is as perfect as she is. She doesn't deserve a fucked-up man like me.

Veronica dela Vega owns every damn fibre of my being. But I hurt her. I make her cry. I make her sad.

I was an asshole. An insensitive son of a bitch.

A jerk.

"You're here."

I looked around to see Lawrence who leans against the door frame of his office. I nodded at him as a response. "Just arrived."

"And by "just" you mean hours ago. And you've been staring at my sister's portrait for god-knows-how-long, yet again." He shook his head in disbelief. "You and Ian are so creepy. Laging nakatitig sa litrato ng mga babaeng nagugustuhan nila."

I smirked. "Funny. Coming from someone who stalks his girl by accessing the CCTV's of the hotel. You're much creepier, Lawrence." I tried to laugh when Lawrence rolled his eyes on me. "At isa pa, I don't shed tears unlike Ian who's always a crybaby whenever he spoke about Elena." That was a lie though. Every time I misses my girl, and I've been missing her for days now, I can't help but cry. But I'd rather die than admit it to Lawrence. Imagine the reaction of the rest of the boys.

Pasikretong umiling ako at binalik ang tingin sa malaking frame ni Veronica na nakasabit sa pader.

For the past years since I started working here, it became my habit to always stare at her in this specific room. The moment my eyes fell on her for the first time, I swear to God it was also the first time I felt my heart skip a beat. And that feeling was so unreal to me at first. But I like it. I have always love how my heart beats erratically whenever I see her beautiful face on the frame.

I was in denial then. I used to hate girls who belong 'up there'. Dahil tingin ko'y pare-pareho sila ng tingin sa aming maliliit na tao sa lipunan. And yes, I met a handful socialites who wanted to hook up with me and god how I hate them when they asked me how much do they need to pay just for me to fuck them.

Bitches. Whores. That's how I see them.

But Veronica changed my perspective. No, scratch that, she changed all of me.

And when the first time I laid my eyes on her, in flesh? My heart dropped and rolled to the abyss. My heart never returned to me since then. Veronica captured it like it was her prisoner. The only problem is that, she doesn't know about it.

Or maybe, I failed to let her know she had it since day one.

Because I was that fuck-up man.

"We'll, he's drunk."

Medyo di ko na nasabayan ang pag-uusap namin ni Lawrence dahil ang isipan ko ay sakop na naman ng kapatid niya. But still, I agreed. "He's drunk."

"Veronica doesn't know." Pag-iiba nito ng paksa. And God, how I hate the topic that he chose. Hangga't maaari sana ay ayoko munang pag-usapan ang tungkol sa aming dalawa.

Tumingin ako sa kanya at naupo sa pinakamalapit na upuan. "She doesn't need to know, though. It's not important."

"Just so you know, I didn't sign your resignation letter, Chris. If you want time to breathe, I'm giving it to you. And when you think you are ready to come back, the door is always open, you sonofabitch." He moved his way and seated on the chair in front of me.