Nefarious Love

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

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"Do you still have classes to attend to, hija?"

Tita Veronica and I are both watching as the waiter placed our orders on our table. Ilang sweets lang at tsaa ang in-order kaya mabilis din kaming naiwan. I answered her when we were left alone.

"Wala na po. I was about to go home when I received your message," I said and smiled a bit.

Tumango siya at sumimsim ng tsaa. I watched her as she did. Ngumiti ulit ako nang mag-angat siya ng tingin sa akin.

"You'll be graduating soon. What are your plans after college?"

"I will work on our Airlines po. Sinabi na sa akin ni Daddy kung saang department niya ako gustong ilagay pagkatapos ko nang pag-aaral,"

One of her eyebrows shot up. "I see..."

We we're both silent for a brief while. Bumaba ang tingin ni Tita sa kaniyang tsaa at mukhang may malalim na iniisip. Ako nama'y pinapanood lang siya.

And I must say, Tita Veronica has a scary aura in her whenever she's this serious. Ibang iba sa Tita Veronica na nakilala ko nang gabing pinakilala kami ng anak niya sa isa't isa. Although, I already had a glimpse of this side of her that night. Iba pa rin ngayong seryosong seryoso siya.

I smiled again when she looked back up to me.

I am not nervous though. Aaminin ko, maingat ako sa mga isinasagot sa kaniya. Pero hindi 'yun dahil sa natatakot ako o nakakaramdam ng kaba. I'm trying my best to act nice. Sabi kasi ni Samuel hindi ko na kailangan sirain ang sarili ko sa kaniya, e. At'saka may plano na siya. Baka masira ko pa 'yon kung itutuloy ko ang sariling naisip.

So here I am, acting like a beautiful perfect soon-to-be daughter in law to her. Though the beautiful part is true. No, a fact.

On the contrary, Tita Veronica never smiled even for a bit since I came here. Nananatili siyang seryoso.

"I noticed, your Father always makes the decisions for you?"

Hindi ako nakasagot.

"You know, my son, Liam, he decided on his own to help his Father and to work on our company at a very young age,"

I don't know if it's just me, or does it really sound like an insult?

Itinago ko ang inis sa pamamagitan ng pagbugtong hininga. "Iyon nga po ang narinig ko. At gustuhin ko mang gawin ang ginawa ni Liam, 'di rin po ako papayagan ni Daddy. He wants me to finish college first before working."

She nodded a bit. "Your Tito William was against Liam too, at first. But when he saw his determination and eagerness to help, he let him and so did I."

Her eyes drifted down on my body, on my uniform.

"This year, ga-graduate kana ng college at ang anak ko nama'y ga-graduate ng Senior High..." her eyes went up to mine. "You're twenty one while he's turning eighteen."

Binagsak ko ang tingin sa isang slice ng velvet cake na nakahain sa aking harapan. I keep on reminding myself to act nicely in front of her dahil nararamdaman ko na ang unti-unting pagusbong ng sungay sa aking noo.

"Don't get me wrong, hija. I don't want to imply anything here. I just want to state the gap between you and my son."

Mapait akong ngumiti. "You don't have to, Tita. Dahil iyan po ang unang pumapasok sa isip ko tuwing nagkikita kami ng anak niyo,"

She didn't speak. It made me look back at her. My eyes widened a bit when I saw her smile for the first time today. She even laughed a bit.

"I was actually troubled on that part. Naisip ko na baka hindi mo magustuhan ang anak ko pag nalaman mong mas bata siya sa'yo at baka ayawan mo siya. Mabuti nalang at hindi,"