Chapter 4

Kattie and Randall met in a beach resort in Batangas a year ago. She is a kind receptionist there.  He pretended to get a birthday treat by a wealthy friend, with a luxury beach escapade. It was his alibi that he afford the place.

That's where it all started.  He took her phone number.  They texted and called each other.  He also courted her with flowers and chocolates even though he was far away.  He visits here in the province when the opportunity arises.  And it has not been difficult to get her sweet ‘yes’.

The hard part is to be her boyfriend and pleased her because she has no qualms in comparing him to the heroes of her favorite romance paperbacks, mostly written by Spring Solitaire — her favorite romance writer.  And he wanted to get angry with that author because high standards were stabbing his girlfriend's brain.

“Sorry, sweetheart.  I'm just thinking about something."

He eagerly reached for her and passionately kissed his girlfriend's lips.  He released all the heat he felt yesterday in the coffee shop. And even he did not want to, but the woman's beautiful face enters his mind while kissing his girlfriend.  It feels like that beautiful woman responds warmly to every stroke of his lips on her.  “Woman!  You are damn… tempting hot! ”

Randall was startled by a strong palm resting on his face.  He stared at Kattie in surprise.

Only then did he realize what had come out of his mouth.

Damn!  His living lust for that hot woman loosens his self-control.  He thought when she met Kattie, and he could control his libido, then that must be the sign of his being sensible.  But why is it that an attractive woman watching a porn video in front of him makes him lost his self-control again?

"Who was that woman?"

"Baby, what are you saying—"

"You have another woman hanging out in Manila, and you brought here your longing for her!"  Kattie slapped him hard.  “You are thinking of someone else while you were kissing me!  You are shameless!  Admit it to me!  You have a new girl, right?  Don’t try to deny it, or you better make a great alibi if you do."

Sweety?  I have no other woman. ”  He vehemently refused.

‘I am doomed!’

He already imagines how Kattie will lose her temper upon his stupidity.  But he indeed has no other woman.  The woman in the coffee shop is just a passing lust.  And why did he even have to think about that woman?  She has no value to him so why does he always think about her…?

F+ck!

Now he has proven that women's instinct is powerful.  Kattie felt he was thinking about someone else while kissing her.  But what can he do?  He could not control his mind. She was like a temptation that suddenly, the image of the woman in the cafeteria appeared in his mind.

  Nothing?  Is that why you are always acting like a fool?  You always seem to be thinking about something.  You suddenly smile at yourself as if you remember something very special.  Then you kiss me as if you are not kissing me.  That was it!  Those are the signs that Spring Solitaire has given to men who are already busy with another woman. Those are the ones in her book! ”

Double f+ck!

Is he smiling alone?

Damn it!  The image of the beautiful woman really gives him a strange joy and excitement.  Her red lips and tender eyes suddenly grew round and big and eventually turned tender again. Even her smooth complexion as well as her s*xy neck…

Stop it, Randall Deivyl Alejandro!

“Baby?  What are you talking about?  What you read is just fiction.  Of course, writers just invent that.  That is not true.  You are the one I kiss; of course, I only think of you. ”  He tried all his might to make Kattie understands him before she went hysterical again.

If thunderstorms occur right this moment, he would have been roasted because of his lies.  But he had to lie before Kattie finally got hysterical.  Besides, he is not really committing treason.

At least, just in his mind but not with his actions.

"Liar!" She insisted. "I knew it because that's what I see in you!  That is how I feel. ”  Kattie got up from sitting next to him.  “You can't even be like Tyler!  Even though he was far away from his girlfriend, he thinks of nothing but his girlfriend.  How about you? We only meet once a month, and yet, you are thinking of another woman. ”

‘Tyler?  Ugh!  Maybe another hero of a romance novel. As always. ’

Ugh!

It was an immature thought of her.  But it was not just her immaturity that made him upset at this moment.  She was once again punching his ego by comparing him to what she had read.

“Are we going to argue about this again?  Just because I am not like those heroes in the books you read,  you will pick a fight towards me, again? ”  he scolded Kattie.

He could not help it.  He also could not understand why he looked at this issue differently.  Her personality darkens in his eyes, and it is far from the way he used to look and think about Kattie.  He used to tolerate that attitude.  He can take her being a nagger.  He can understand everything about her.

But suddenly, something changed.  Who?  Is it Kattie or him?

“If you really love me, you should be like the heroes in the novel.  Sweet, thoughtful, caring.  The one who never forgets his girlfriend.  Such are the true lovers! ”

“I had never forgotten you.  I always call you even when I am far away. ”

“But that is not enough.  I want you to be here by my side when I need you.  You must do everything to make me happy. ”

Randall thinks he was getting nuts of her tantrums. He cannot take it anymore. It was just now that he finds out how irritating Kattie was.