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          "You okay?" I asked in a low voice only we could hear.
          
          His eyes moved, turning to me but he didn't answer.
          
          "We could leave if you want."
          
          He shook his head, taking another sip from his glass. "It's fine."
          
          "You sure?"
          
          "We could stay for a while."
          
          We. I couldn't help smiling. I leaned onto his body, feeling his warmth against mine. 
          
          I changed into a dress earlier and even though not a lot of my skin is exposed, his body heat feels as if our clothes are gone.
          
          "I know I told Sweet to shut up but she's right," I said. "You should loosen up kahit konti."
          
          "Don't mind me." Sumimsim ulit siya sa baso niya.
          
          "I can't not mind you."
          
          That made him turn to me again. But he looked away immediately like he didn't want his gaze to linger, afraid of something.
          
          "Are you worried about your work?" I asked, turning to his neck and tracing my finger along his tattoos.
          
          "No."
          
          He moved away, distancing from my finger but I still followed, continuing on the traces I made on his skin.
          
          "I feel like you are." I propped my chin on his shoulder, brushing my lips on his neck. He stiffened and I smiled, sniffing his scent. "What a hard-worker you are."
          
          Sweat infused with his cologne. A unique scent that tinged my nose, lingering and stamping the memory of him associated with the scent in my head.
          
          He inhaled deeply nang ilapat ko ang ilong ko sa leeg niya. I left kisses on his skin and his body tensed under me.
          
          I grinned, lifting my other arm to his shoulder, hugging his neck. "I want to go to your apartment so bad na."
          
          "Hmm..." He wasn't looking at me but I felt the vibration of his neck on my lips when he hummed.
          
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          "Then just wait," Sweet said, like it's the most natural thing to say. "Lalambot din 'yun. Just be consistent."
          
          I turned to her. "What if he doesn't?"
          
          "Will you give up just because of that possibility?" she asked back. "Baby, you know well how probabilities work and all that manifestation bullshit. So hang onto your beliefs. Trust the process."
          
          I deflated, my back hunched.
          
          Maybe I was overthinking. Or maybe I wasn't. But this isn't good. This is torture. And I've had enough of that.
          
          Sweet is right. If I'm desperate to have him, I have to be desperate to believe he'll let me have him someday as well.
          
          Hold on. Show up. Observe. The results will come. It will.
          
          Humugot ako ng hininga, my chest rising and falling when I exhaled slowly. "Fine."
          
          Honey smiled, watching me, her smile as genuine as she can be without being playful. "Prepare ka lang. He'll love you eventually. So ang gagawin mo is make it worth his time." She reached her hand to my leg, caressing it gently like she was holding my cheek. "You are more than just those men, Baby. More than him. You're beautiful and if ayaw niya sa'yo, then it's fine. You have yourself.
          
          "Can I save myself?" The words escaped, bitter and painful.
          
          "You can, Baby," Amore answered. "It's not bad wanting help. But you have to be strong by yourself. Don't let those men define you. Love yourself and save yourself."
          
          "You've said it before." Sweet said, taking my gaze. "You're Baby. You are the Baby."
          
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          "There she is!" Sweet beamed when I entered the practice room. Amore and Honey stopped their warmup stretch, turning to me. "Wala pa ba kayong mga kamay?"
          
          
          
          Sweet started clapping her hands habang palapit ako sa pwesto nila malapit sa far wall covered in mirrors. Honey imitated her claps, grinning like the Joker. Amore crossed her arms in front of her chest, her eyes assessing my body before her gaze settled on my face. A smirk stretched across her lips.
          
          
          
          Honey hooked her arm into mine, locking our elbows. She pulled me and we sat down on the wooden floor. Sumunod si Sweet, laying on her stomach and kicking her feet, her chin propped on the heels of her palms. Amore sat across from me, getting a full view of my body.
          
          
          
          The three had these identical glittering eyes that wanted nothing but the tea to be spilled.
          
          
          
          "Give us the tea! Give us the details!" Honey squealed at her demand.
          
          
          
          "Is he big?" Amore asked without a blink.
          
          
          
          Instead of giving them the reaction they wanted, and the reaction I wish I had, I leaned back, my hands on the floor, looking up at the ceiling.
          
          
          
          "I wish I knew."
          
          
          
          I noticed one of Amore's brows arching at my peripheral vision.
          
          
          
          "What do you mean?" Sweet asked the question Amore's eyebrow-lift meant.
          
          
          
          "I slept alone in bed. He's too fussy."
          
          
          
          Honey wrapped me in her arms, resting her cheek on my shoulder and patting my head like a kid. "Okay lang 'yan."
          
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          "Hi."
          
          
          
          His eyes were wide, out of focus. His gaze stayed in me for what felt like forever, roaming back and forth from my face to my wholeness. I let him enjoy the sight of me in my little black dress, on his bed.
          
          
          
          He shut his eyes and ran up his hand dry over his face, sliding it up to his temple and massaging it.
          
          
          
          "How did you get in here?" I felt the edge on his voice, the sharpness of it but I let it slice me.
          
          
          
          I smiled against his comforter. "I just happen to get along with your landlady."
          
          
          
          "How did you find this place?" his voice hardened.
          
          
          
          "I just also happen to get along with Eaton."
          
          
          
          He inhaled, sliding his hand down and exhaling, his hand over his mouth. I got up and sat on his bed. He shook his head, more to himself and to the whole situation before he left the room, slamming the door behind him.
          
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          "Sandali, hija." She pulled me to face her. Naningkit ang mata niya and she moved close to my face. "Ikaw ba 'yung sikat na singer na sumasayaw? Ma... Marias?"
          
          
          
          "Ano po..." I held my cap, pulling it down and looking around, acting flustered as if this isn't what I wanted to happen.
          
          
          
          "Nako, hija." She pulled me to the counter, making me sit on the long bench she was sitting on earlier. "Bakit ka narito? Kaano-ano mo ba iyong nakatira dito?"
          
          
          
          My love. My one and only. My prince. My God. My salvation.
          
          
          
          I smiled under my mask. "Ano po... tito po." I almost squirm at the word. I held my laugh back. "Need ko lang po talaga siyang kausapin. Sorry po, mauuna na po ako."
          
          
          
          "Ay kung tito mo pala, halika, puntahan natin. Doon ka sa unit niya maghintay. Baka may makakita pa sa'yo. Mahirap na, sikat ka pa naman."
          
          
          
          She pulled me up from the seat and I grinned under my mask.
          
          
          
          "Salamat po..." I thanked her, feigning modesty.
          
          
          
          Hinila niya ang isang drawer under the counter. A set of keys jangled inside and she took it before she held my arm again, pulling me up the stairs.
          
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          "Were you Marco Jose's lover?" he threw his question again, not as emphasized as it was earlier but with enough conviction conveying his desire to get the answer.
          
          "See?" Pinatong ko ang siko ko sa lamesa at sinandal ang pisngi ko roon, my gaze fixed at him. "If I didn't tell you he was secretive, you'd never gone asking me that question."
          
          "Were you his lover?" he asked again. Not in an impatient way. He's not dying to get an answer immediately. He knows already. He just needs confirmation.
          
          I smiled. "And what if I was?"
          
          His chest rose from a breath. Was it relief? Or was it from something else? "That means you know something."
          
          I reached for a bottle of Jagger on the table, taking two empty glasses all with one hand. I poured onto both glasses, filling them halfway. Arson watched, his reflection on the shiny glass staring back at the both of us.
          
          "We already broke up before he went missing."
          
          "Why?"
          
          I shook my head, giving him a look. "One question per day."
          
          The frustration sparked in his eyes again. "Tell me what happened to him."
          
          "Questions only."
          
          
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          "Oh, if it isn't my beautiful fiancé." Elias closed the fridge's door. "Come here, my love," he said, opening his arms and smiling cockily. "I just finished a week's worth of work. Your wedding dress will be fully paid."
          
          My gaze turned sharper when it found him. The anger ablaze inside me burned harder when I saw his smile—his ever-so-cocky smile.
          
          "Are you crying?" He raised a brow. I didn't answer. He took that as a sign that he can invade my space. Nang makalapit, he leaned down to level his face with mine, observing my expression. "What happened?" he asked, his smile now gone.
          
          His voice was low, a tone warm and gentle like a touch to my heart. And it angered me more. My body was repulsed.
          
          "Maybelline, what happened—"
          
          "You think this is funny?" I gritted my teeth.
          
          "What?" His face crumpled. "I'm just asking who made you cry."
          
          "Why do you care?" I pushed his shoulder and he stepped back. "You're enjoying this." Another push and he stumbles back again. "You like seeing me cry." Instead of using just one hand, I pushed both of his shoulders and he fell, landing on the floor with a thud.
          
          "Ah..." he hissed. "What is wrong—"
          
          I knelt over his body, my knees on his side. And then I grabbed his neck with my hands. I pushed him to the floor, closing my hands around his neck.
          
          "I hate you..." A tear slid down my cheek and landed on his face contorting in pain. "I fucking hate you. Just die!" I screamed at his face.
          
          Elias grabbed my wrists. He gripped on it the same way I was gripping on his neck. But he didn't pull my hands away. He was stronger, I was weak. But he didn't fight back.
          
          His expression was twisted with pain. But in the midst of watching his face, watching the lines on it deepen and him trying to gasp air, I saw it.
          
          His lips curled into a smile.
          
          "Go on..." he rasped in between his gasps. "Kill me."
          
          
          
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          "Please take care on your way home, Miss Maybelline."
          
          
          
          "Call me Baby, Arson," I told him. "When will you call me by my name?"
          
          
          
          He just deadpanned me. "Take care, Maybelline."
          
          
          
          Nailing na lang ako at natawa. Kinuha ko ang bouquet at ang lunch bag na nasa tabi ng paa ko. I placed it on the passenger seat nang buksan ko na ang pinto at bumaba.
          
          
          
          "Give me back the Tupperware, ah," paalala ko. "Magagalit si Mom."
          
          
          
          He just stared at the lunch bag and the bouquet. He lifted his gaze at me and I can already tell he's not buying my words.
          
          
          
          I chuckled. Hindi talaga mabiro 'to. "Just give it back so I can cook more for you. Have that for dinner and I'll see you tomorrow." I winked at him. "Bye, Arson."
          
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          "I heard you were with Eaton in the City Hall. You two close?"
          
          Of course he'd know. May nagsabi na naman sa kanya. One of my dogs aka my bodyguards.
          
          I'll have to deal with those strays.
          
          I glared at him. "So what? You're gonna take him as well?" I asked. "Give Sweet's family a break."
          
          Elias shrugged and that small movement of his shoulder ticked the veins on my neck. A fucking monster.
          
          "It's not my fault."
          
          "Whose then? Mine?"
          
          "No. Were you the one who immediately got with someone else just a week after your breakup?"
          
          I gritted my teeth. "Why don't you do me a favor and stop meddling, Elias?" I sighed, massaging my temple. "Give me a break. Ang pinakaasam mong kasal ay next year na, just less than a year pa nga. Would you just leave me alone for now?"
          
          "Sure," he replied, spitting the word like he meant it. "I'm busy anyway."
          
          He left his half-finished water bottle on the counter, heading for his room. But before siya mawala sa paningin ko, he turned to me once again. His dark eyes pierced through me like a pin on a bulletin board, leaving his message for me to remember.
          
          "But I'm not gonna let you run away."
          
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