POSSESSIVE SERIES 2: THE NOTORIOUS HEARTBREAKER (EXCLUSIVE ON DREAME)

Chapter 2

Nagising ako sa tunog ng cellphone mula sa bedside table ko kaya naman kahit ayoko pang bumangon ay hindi ko nagawa. Tiningnan ko ang oras sa alarm clock ko and it's still freaking 4:45 in the morning!

Sino namang hukluban ang tumatawag ng ganitong oras?! Siguraduhin n'ya lang na importante ang sasabihin n'ya dahilan para bulabugin ako sa masarap kong tulog!

Sinagot ko ang tawag ng walang tingin-tingin kung sino ang nasa caller ID.

"Hello—"

(Ohayō, kodomo.) Napabalikwas agad ako ng bangon nang makilala ang boses na iyon.

"Okasan?!" I trailed off in disbelief as I take a look at the caller ID and I am definitely not mistaken. (Mommy?!)

She's calling me overseas!

(Anata wa odoroita yōdatta. Matte, mama wa anata o okoshimashita ka?) tanong n'ya agad nang mapansin siguro ang boses kong bagong gising na napabalikwas lang ng bangon dahil sa biglang tawag n'ya. (You seemed surprised. Wait, did Mommy awake you?)

Paano n'ya nga pala nalaman ang number ko? I already deleted all my numbers that can track me and I even buy my new phone just to cut all of my connections towards them after I left that freaking country for Pete's sake tapos ngayon ay bigla-bigla na lang s'yang tatawag? Paanong nalaman n'ya ang number ko?

"It's freaking 4 in the morning! Tonikaku, dō yatte watashi no bangō o te ni iremashita ka? Dare ga anata ni sore o ataemashita ka? Watashi ga soko o satta nochi, watashi wa sudeni subete no setsuzoku o setsudan shimashita! Shikashi, naze anata wa—" (Anyway, how'd you get my number? Who gave it to you? I already cut all of my connections after I left there! But why did you—)

(Oh come on, Megumi. You seemed to forgot that we have a lot of connections. And please, don't tell me you'll going to run away again. You can't run from this, child. So please, come back here as soon as your grandfather will finally finds out,) that cut me off at natigil ako nang marealize ang huling sinabi n'ya.

Ibig sabihin, hindi pa rin pala alam ni Lolo ang tungkol sa paglalayas ko anim na taon na ang nakakaraan. Siguradong pinagtatakpan nila ang paglalayas ko at sinabing pinag-aral ako sa ibang bansa para hindi ako masyadong ma-stress sa bubungad sa akin pagkagraduate ko sa kolehiyo.

Huh, ibang klase!

"You can't force me to do that, okasan! I already have my life here—"

(Really, child? Do you think that I don't have any clue if where the hell you are getting money for a living?)

Fuck! Alam n'ya?

"Mom—"

(My decision is already final, Megumi Aleah Inoue Mikitani. I've had enough of you being rebellious. 6 years is enough. I'll give you an extension to enjoy your remaining months. After your graduation, you'll come back here whether you like it or not!) bago pa man ako makapag salita ay pinutol n'ya na agad ang tawag.

Natapon ko na lamang ang cellphone ko sa sobrang inis. That's why I left our country before because of that huge responsibility that I will going to face after I graduated in college. They are pressuring me about the do's and dont's for the right time which I'll finally take over the position. And I don't like it! If other people would find its fucking crazy for me to turn my back at that biggest blessing which only some people like me who'll experience on living like a queen on my own castle then they thought very wrong! Being a daughter of a billionaire is freaking difficult!