KABANATA 76

You Make Me More Miserable And Excited

(Arzelle POV)

Pinapanood ako ni Gabion habang nagpipinta.

I flicked a glance over at him, catching his gaze. “Tama ba ang ginagawa ko?” I asked habang nag-aalangan kung tama ba ang hawak ko sa brush o pagstrokes ng linya o tama ba ang o

paghalo ng mga kulay. “Do you want me to keep going?”

“Keep going. You'll learn everything from doing it slowly,” he insisted.

Nagsimula na akong gumuhit, pinagtuunan ko ng pansin ang ubra niya at pilit ginaya ito, isang paint ng sari saring hilira ng mga bulaklak at halaman na napagitnaan ang isang bahay. Naalala ko ang farm namin.

I wondered if he’d notice, but he keeps smiling, and I draw and paint faster because I'm flirting him. He was a temptation I couldn’t shake. He’d made it clear we were going to keep things friendly, especially while I was living at his building but that only made me want him more.

I looked at the wall beyond his shoulder as I stroke my brush in the canvas, but I could still feel his e