Rocking a Doctor's Heart

Chapter 47

AN: Unedited/Raw. Will edit this but for now, I just wanted to put it here so that I could move forward.

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Everything is in place. Wala na akong ibang mahihiling pa dahil pakiramdam ko si Damien nalang ang kulang. His presence completes my healing.

Matapos maghapunan ay may tumawag sa phone ni Damien pero nasa banyo pa siya. I looked at the caller and it was Jacinto!

Wala sa sarili kong sinagot iyon.

"Damn you, Arriola! Anong urgent meeting? Why didn't you inform me that you moved the meeting? You even left the island. The girls were looking for you!"

Sunud-sunod ang salita sa kabilang linya. Tumawa pa si Jacinto at hindi ko maiwasang ma-imagine ang kanyang hitsura!

"Hello? Arriola?"

Napatikhim ako. "Hi! Nasa Zambales ka pa ba?" I asked instead. Kumudlit bigla sa isip ko ang isang alaala. I don't know but I suddenly wanted to go back to Zambales. Maybe, now Damien and I are fine, we can go to Zambales and chill, right? Hmmm.

"Who's this? Arr--Miss Fonseca?" gulantang niyang ani. Napamura pa siya. "I'm...I'm sorry. I thought it's--"

"No. It's fine!" I cut him off.  "So are you in Zambales? Diba may mangga diyan at bagoong? May meeting ba kayo? Pupunta ka na dito sa Manila?" hindi ko napigilan nang maalala ang mangga ng Zambales. Ilang taon na ba akng hindi nakakain noon? Oh my goodness, and the bagoong?!

Natahimik sa kabailng linya. "Y-yes, I'm still in Zambales. And it's not the mango season, yet so I don't think there's mango in here..."

I pouted. Imposible naman. "Kahit isa wala? Iyong hilaw?"

Natahimik ulit ang nasa kabilang linya. Maya-maya ay narinig ko siyang bumuntong hininga. "Maybe there is. I'll ask around."

"Yey! Thank you! I'll tell Damien you called! Please bring me mangoes when you come here! I'll pay! Thank you!" I excitedly replied. 

Hindi na nakapagsalita si Jacinto kaya pinatay ko na ang tawag.

Nang makalabas si Dame sa banyo ay naibalik ko na ang kanyang cellphone kung saan niya ito nilagay.

"Engineer Jacinto called," I informed him. Nagpupunas siya ng basang buhok kaya lumapit ako sa kanya at kinuha ang towel. I smiled at his surprised reaction.

"Tulungan na kita," sabi ko at sinikap na mapunasan ang kanyang buhok. 

"Why don't you use my blowdry?" Hinila ko siya paupo sa kama at dali-daling kinuha sa banyo ang sinabi. I plug it into the wall socket near the bedside table. 

Tahimik si Dame na nakamasid habang pinapatuyo ko ang kanyang buhok. I heard him sigh before he pulled me closer to him. Dahil abala ako sa kanyang buhok ay hindi niya maangat ang kanyang ulo para tingnan ako.

"What did he say?" maya-maya ay tanong niya.

Napanguso ako. "That you didn't inform him of the meeting?"

"I think his nice," I said after hearing nothing from him. Napasulyap ako sa pagkunot ng kanyang noo at pinigilan ang kanyang muling subok sa pag-tingin sa akin.

He hissed. "What else did he say?"

"That you went to that hot island," I smirked. Hinawi na niya ang aking braso para matingnan ako.

His jaw is clenching. I smiled at him." Don't worry. I don't mind if there were girls there or if you did the deed with--"

Napamura siya sa aking sinabi at hinapit pa lalo ang aking bewang. "Who told you that? Jacinto?" he asked in between his gritted teeth.