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Can somebody tells me this man in front of me is my man?
Because those words of Alexander hit me big time, made my stomach do a somersault, my heart skipped a beat and my mind shuts momentarily.
"Uhmm, interesting." wika ni Stephan at ngumisi nang mahayap. They were staring at each other sending venomous unuttered words with clenched teeth.
Dahan-dahan akong kumawala sa pagkakayakap sa akin ni Alexander para ituwid ang sarili sa tabi niya and pry myself from the sweet euphoria I've been dwelling with.
"Let's go." Alexander steered me to the entrance of the mansion unto the living room where an old man, at his mid-eighties with his cane, collectedly sitting at the center aisle of this expansive room.
"You don't have an idea how much delighted I am to have your presence here at my humble place." an old man in tux said once he noticed us trailing towards him.
"Father." tugon ni Alexander.
"This must be the girl?" ani nang matandang lalaki nang tumingin ito sa gawi ko.
"Please to finally meet you, sir. Ysabelle... just call me Ysabelle." iniyuko ko nang kaunti ang ulo ko at ngumiti ng bahagya. A gesture of respect ika nga.
The old man laughs gently, his eyes glimmer that what it seems joy, as if his wrinkles formed another carved pattern of his life in his pale skin. I internally jerked at the deep sound of his laughter that reverberates around the four corners of the area.
"I like this girl," anito tsaka tumawa ulit.
The tension on my shoulders eased up hearing the way he laughs without malice.
"Why, thank you, Sir. Rest assured that I feel the same way to you." tugon ko sa kanya nang nakangiti.
"No need for another formalities, address me as how my Alexander used to call me. Ysabelle." he said, displaying his chummy smile at me.
"Excuse me... but-" napatigil ako sa biglaang paghigpit ng hawak ni Alexander sa beywang ko.
"Worry not, father, she will eventually get used to it at the right time." he said, sabay halik sa noo ko pagkatapos ay pinasadahan ako ng tingin na may pagbabanta.
I should've moved by his gesture pero paano, kung gayong alam ko na ginagamit niya lang ako.
"Am I right, Belle." a subtle huffed with disbelief of whatever this man was up to escaped my lips. Nevertheless, I ride along at his play.
"Yes, of course I am, Alex here is right." ngumiti ako ng mapakla.
Little did he know that that so called right-time-thing wouldn't come along. Wait until I was capable enough to unshackled myself from this tyrannical grandson of yours.
Moments later, we gathered around the table for the dinner. I couldn't help myself sending daggers sa nakakaisturbong pag-ngisi maya't maya ni Stephan, his lewd smirk creeps me out. It made me want to smack his face with the brick and kick his gut to wake him up from his obnoxious phantasm. That pervert sucks the hell out of me. I bet every lady out there who had this kind of scene will likely felt the same way.
BINABASA MO ANG
The Edge of Us
Romance- Ysabelle Paigne - "Nobody owns me. So back off!" "I'm afraid you're wrong, Kitten, 'cause I fuckin' do." She is a feisty woman from a broken yet wealthy family. Who will be traded by his father to regain their company from bankruptcy. Then, there...
