Forcedly Yours [R-18]

Chapter 15

"Hmm..." ani ng boses ni Leyton galing sa leeg ko. "I could get used to this," he rasped, skimming his face on my throat and inhaling me.

Mabigat pa ang mga matang napangiti ako. He was spooning me from the back, his arms pressing me back to him tightly.

After we addressed the issue about Nicola last night, Leyton decided to cook steak for us. Hindi ako masyadong mahilig sa steak, pero well-done ang ginawa niya para sa akin na agad namang nagustuhan ko. I never liked medium rare or anything that looks to still have blood in them. He, of course, had medium rare.

We ate and he asked about my internships and school. Tinanong niya din kung anong plano kong gawin para sa graduation ko dalawang buwan mula ngayon. It's still surreal that I'm almost done with college.

"I wasn't planning on doing anything. Iniisip ko na mag-celebrate pagkatapos nalang ng board exams. Ayokong ma jinx at hindi maganda ang mag advance celebration," sagot ko sa kanya.

"Is it?" natatawang tanong niya.

Inirapan ko siya, "Yes, I can fail or worse, get into an accident."

Naalala ko ang bahagyang pagdilim ng mga mata niya pagkasabi ko 'non.

"Never," he said with conviction. "I would never let anything happen to you."

I still don't know if I fully believe his claims of having been faithful to me. I mean, one look at him and women would drop to their knees. Mayaman at gwapo. And there was something about his moody nature that seemed to have made him extra sexy.

Marami pa akong tanong. His possessiveness never made sense to me. Oo, asawa niya ako pero hindi namin pareho kilala ang isa't isa at baliw ako kung iisipin kong may gusto siya sa akin. Granted, he wants my body. Alam kong proportional ang katawan ko kahit hindi ako masyadong matangkad. I had light and smooth skin, too, which I got from my mom thanks to my grandmother's chinese heritage. And although I've always considered my features too simple unlike Karina's striking face, I know I was not bad-looking.

Pero sapat ba 'yon para maging faithful siya sa akin? Ang daming magagandang babae na unaaligid sa kanya. He still doesn't know me that much. Isa pa, marami pa akong tanong tungkol sa sitwasyon namin. My father said he wanted me and that my sister was never an option. Was it because I was older? Did he think Karina was too young for him?

He's 28 years old and is older than me by seven years. Did he think a ten-year gap he would have with Karina would be too much?

Something ugly rose in me making my chest tighten. Somehow, I don't like the idea of him with my sister. Hindi dahil ayaw kong mapahamak si Karina pero dahil ayokong ma-imagine na gawin niya sa kahit na sino ang mga ginawa niya sa...katawan ko. Napakunot noo ako sa iniisip. Am I feeling possessive over him?

No, it must be lust. I shamely admit that it's been clouding my judgment lately.

His voice disrupted my thoughts.

"Slept well, wife?" ani niya habang wala sa loob na pinagapang ang daliri sa braso ko.

"Yes," sagot. "Marunong ka bang magtagalog?" I asked randomly, although lagi kong naitatanong 'yon sa isip ko.

"I guess."

I rolled my eyes. "That's not exactly an answer. Hindi pa kita narinig magtagalog," pangungulit ko.

Nagkibit-balikat siya. "I understand it better than I can speak it. My friends teased me about my accent all the time so I guess I was never able to practice it," paliwanag niya.

"Oh. But you grew up here. Kahit si Silver at mama mo ay nagtatagalog din," saad ko.

"Silver had always been here all her life. I went to a boarding school in New Zealand when I was eight until I was fourteen years old. By the time I went back, I was already used to not speaking tagalog," sabi niya at bahagyang natigilan. "Why, does that bother you, Kitten?"