Gwyneth’s POV
“Take it or take it. You choose, ”
His voice were so manly to the point that I couldn't utter a word. It looks like there’s a big lumps in my throat, making me out of words. I couldn’t take my eyes off his deep-set blue eyes, and it’s making me feel more uneasy. It was as if there’s a magnetic force and I got stuck gazing at him for a long time.
"You're spacing out, girl."
I woke up from my thoughts when I heard Zaina’s voice, and noticed they were all staring at me. Sh * t! how embarrassing! I shoved my hair back away from my face and without further ado; I took my own bottle and stood up. "I g-gotta take off," I forced a smile as I said and then turned my back on them.
“Hey? Where are you going?” Zaina shouted and I am now few strides away from them.
"I forgot to go to the library. See you later," I mumbled without giving her a glance and head out the cafeteria.
<Gwyneth's POVFortunately, there was no traffic jam, so I was able to return to school from the hotel shortly. I am currently walking in hurry into the senior high building for I was anxious of what Zaina would tell me."I'm sorry," I apologized to a student I accidentally bumped with. Ugh! Because of being in rush, I almost tripped my toe, causing me to jerked with students I passed by.Zaina really annoys me to death. Why the h*ll she didn't tell me what was happening and command me to come back immediately? She's hustling me while spying on that nerd. Hopefully she has a good reason, otherwise she'll experience my wrath.In the middle of my haste, I suddenly heard a crash in one of the classroom I passed. When I peeked inside it, there were no students so it was just surprising that there was a sudden crash all of a sudden.I was about to ignore what I heard, when I hear the sam
Gwyneth's POV"Yawn! This day is finally over," Zaina yawned while stretching both of her arms while treading in the hallway of senior building.Our class just ended and we're currently heading our way out of the campus, so it is not surprising that Zaina's excitement is like overflowing tank of idiocy. Well, what do I expect from her?"I-Is it okay if..." I heard Quir muttered, so I turned to face him. "I'll drive you home?" he sounded little timid as if not sure of what he said."Nah, I don't want to bother you. Besides, my apartment is not far enough for you to send me home, " I smiled at him despite of declining his offer.As much as I wanted to let him sendoff me, I doubt if he has plenty of time to spare a minutes of driving me home. I don't want him to put his time to waste."I insist," he asserted, staring at me with those hopeful eyes of him.Eh
Gwyneth's POV"All you need to do is simple as counting one, two, three. As much as possible you need to follow him wherever he goes and never lose him at your sight." Doctor Mirandes said and handed me the contract that I will be signing.I read carefully what was written on it. Isn't it strange? I used to asked most of my clients to sign a contract, and I couldn't believe I am doing the same thing as what they've did. Never in my life I imagined contracting myself to someone I didn't knew well. But I had no choice but to do it because of what happened."And when it comes to payment, aside from earning ten thousand a month, I will shoulder all the expenses of your Aunt's operation. You have nothing to worry about." he added, making me gaze at his direction.Is he serious? How can I be sure that he's a man of his words? The money needed for my Aunt's operation is quite big, so I doubt if he could give me that
Kalex's POV"Why are we even following them?" I asked, obviously getting annoyed of what she was doing.She glanced over her shoulder, staring at me with her eyes widened. "Sssssh!" She hushed and gestured to make my mouth shut by placing her index finger in front of her mouth. "They might hear us, " her voice were quite worried and gaze back to where she was looking earlier, to those 'I don't give a f*ck who they are' we were following.I don't know what nonsense went into her brain and had the guts to follow every moves and wherever the stupid Quir with the other exchange student goes. Her name is Laureen or Maureen, I guess. I'm not good when it comes to memorization, but that's how it sounds like.Worse is that, we looks like a paparazzi trying to spy in celebrities and that's what makes me annoyed even more. Who would think that I would end up this way? I wonder how my schoolmates would think of me, if ever the
Gwyneth’s POV"How was your Aunt?""The physician said, Auntie's condition is stable now, but there's no exact date or time if when she will wake up," I said, letting Doctor Mirandes know about my Aunt's condition.I was about to leave the hospital after I visited Aunt Carolina and it so happened that I ran into Doctor Mirandes while I'm on my way out. We talked about our deal, which is being a sitter of Kalex, and asked me how was my Auntie's condition. Aunt’s operation last Saturday was successful, though I wasn’t here because I and Kalex were busy following Quir and Maureen’s whereabouts. I thought I could finally figure out what kind of relationship they have, not until I and Kalex got stuck in a traffic jam. To make the long story short, Kalex blamed me for getting him into that mess. He has gone mad and I can still remember how he looks like that time haha. His face turning red in the process while his eyebrow pulled down and the margin of his lips rolled in. It was like any min
Gwyneth’s POV It’s been twenty minutes since our school’s bell rang, but our lecturer for the foremost subject this morning is kind of’ late. Maybe something came up, the reason why he got late in our class. He had never been late so far and this is his first time if I were to conclude.“Hey! I am melting for the position of SSG president. Can you help me or should I count on you?” Maureen suddenly showed up in front of me and handed me the slice of paper, with her name in it and a single icon of her. “I hope you’ll help me to win this position. Bye-bye!” She added then winks at me before moving around her back and walk forth to carry on promoting herself to some of my classmates.So the election for the new SSG President, after Natalie Heurt got expelled, continue? If Maureen is one of the candidates for the position, then I have no problem with that, besides she suits the position as the next SSG President of our school. What bothers me is that, will Natalie Heurt ever never have a
Gwyneth’s POV“Are you sure you wouldn’t need my help from those brats?” Zaina seems worried but her voice was obviously annoyed because of those brats she was referring to. “If only you allow me to come inside the principal’s office with, I’ll surely make them pay for what they’ve done.” She gritted her teeth but I just answered her with a quick shook of my head.“I’ll be fine so you don’t have to worry about me,” I said then forced a smile before pushing her to leave. “I swear I’m going to defend myself from their wrath,” I kid but she’s still not convinced.“If something will happen to you—”“There again! You’re exaggerating things that are most unlikely to happen.” I said, cutting her off while busy pushing her away. “Don’t you trust me? I can easily handle this alone so don’t worry about me, so you better go now to the café in front of our school gate because Maureen probably waiting for you there.” I swayed, hoping she’ll gonna listen to me.I’m anxious that she might involve in
Gwyneth's POV After leaving the office, I trod my way out of the campus. This day was so stressful. How I hope tomorrow will bring me luck instead of misfortune. A lot of troubles happened to me this day, and I doubt I can handle if ever tomorrow will be worse compared today. Instead of minding the bad luck, I remembered I still have something to do. I need to see Zaina, or maybe I’ll go and see her meeting with Maureen. That girl smells fishy, and I need to find out what’s her plan before diving in the circle. I trod faster, making sure that I will be able to arrive in their meeting area before they leave. When I got out of the gate, I walk toward where crosswalk was and strides to the opposite way. “Hey!” someone spoke behind me, making me glance over my shoulder. “Where are you going?” he asked.I didn’t saw his car after I crossed from the crosswalk. He was leaning his back against his car while hands on his pocket. He’s wearing a solid V-neck sweater, paired with soft denim sh
Gwyneth’s POV"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Local time is ten past three in the afternoon and the temperature is 25 degrees Celsius ..."I can't help but to feel all the excitement as the crew announced that our plane landed. I've been peeking out the window for a while now because I really want to set foot in the Philippines again. It has only been six months, but it feels like forever since the day I've been here. I was excited to see Jase and Kalex. We video called almost every night and they also went to see me at Christmas. They stayed there for the whole holidays but it's not enough to compensate my longing for the two.The hard battle of homesickness!"Have a nice stay ma’am!" one of the crew greeted me before I went down on the plane. I gave her a smile.When I got off the plane, I went straight to a bus that the staff p
Gwyneth’s POVI woke up with the clamorous knocking on my door. I looked at my clock; it's already 11 in the evening. Who would bother to visit me at this time? I don’t even know why I was on my out to see me at this hour when in fact I still had to sleep because my flight will be early tomorrow at five in the morning. I was still yawning while rubbing my eyes as I walk to the door."Gwyn! Gwyneth! Are you there?!" My yawning stopped and my eyes widened when I heard Kalex's loud voice. I immediately ran towards the door thinking that something might have happened to Jase."Kalex?" he was sweating and gasping as he put his hands on his knees to support himself. He's wearing his usual sleeping clothes, his jersey short and a white cotton shirt. "What are you doing here? Why are you gasping?""I ... took ... the ... stairs." He said as his chest is heaving from the gasps. It took me a second
Kalex’s POV"What's up?" Demitri asked as he sits in front of me. I asked him if he could come because I needed someone to talk to. I need someone who could knock some sense out of me. "Where's Jase?""Upstairs. Sleeping." I replied before I took a sip from the glass of whiskey in my hand. I know he's waiting for me to start talking but I fucking don't know where to fucking start."It's about Gwyneth, isn't it?" He asked when I didn't say anything. My chest tightened by the mere sound of her name. I miss her. I miss calling out her name and how she smiles at me in the morning."She's ... she's leaving tomorrow." I said in a low voice as I remember what she said five days ago. I don't even know how long she'll be gone. I was afraid to ask.My mind went crazy by just the thought of her leaving with that fucker and all I ever said to her was that she doesn't need to worry ...
Kalex’s POV"Mommy you're going with us tomorrow, right?" Jase asked Gwyn again as he draws on his book. I peeked at my son's ipad to see Gwyn's face. She's as beautiful as ever."Yes baby, how many times have you asked me that already? You silly kid!" I can't help but to chuckle as I chop the vegetables for our dinner. Jase quickly glanced at me and grinned."I'm just reminding you mommy in case you forget." I shook my head. Jase just reminded Gwyn for the third time in fifteen minutes since they started talking.He was actually referring to her school activity. Since it's family day, parents are requested to attend the said event with their child at school. Jase has been talking about it since he learned that Gwyn and I are both going. I refuse to be absent on his first family day.They talked for an hour. I love hearing their voice and their funny conversations, especial
Gwyneth’s POV"Why are you so quiet?" Quir asked me as we ride the elevator. I was on my way down earlier when I ran into him and he asked me to have lunch with him."Jase is with Kalex now and I don't have anything to do because I've already made all the proposals for my next event. I just need to submit." I sighed.This has always been my problem ever since Kalex and I had an agreement. When Jase isn't by my side I can't do anything so I usually just read a book until I fall asleep. Everything's just boring whenever Jase's not at home.Quir and I decided to eat outside the company. Sometimes the food is also boring because the menu is almost always the same."So I was thinking, how about we go out tonight?" He asked as we eat at one of our favorite place near the hotel. It's delicious here in case there's majesty so we only eat here when new wages.
Gwyneth’s POV"Excellent job, Gwyn." I beamed at as he opened his arms and I ran towards him to hug him. He picked me up and turned me around."I did it!" I shouted at him and we were both laughing. "The senator loved the theme for the party ... he loved everything."They even popped a confetti for me. One of our officemates opened a bottle of wine to celebrate and gave me one. "Cheers to Gwyneth!"After months of preparing one of the biggest events of the year, I'm just so glad I finished the job. Who would have thought that I would host a politician's birthday party?I've been the event manager of big business men in the country but the aura is still different when your clients are influential in the Philippines. I met the president, the vice president, and even celebrities last night! That’s how big was the event that I organized and I'm happy to see the proud look
Gwyneth’s POV"Sorry you had to wait." Kalex said as he took the seat in front of me. I stared at him intently while calling the server to give him coffee.Short stubbles are starting to grow on his chin. There are bags under his eyes and his hair is too long. To some, I'm sure he looked fine, but I know him too well to see that he's not. That's not the Kalex I know. These past few days must've been hard for him.I was making it hard for him."What do you want to talk about?" He asked after his coffee was served in front of him. His eyes made its way to mine, but then he immediately looked away. To this day he still can’t look at me."I'll go straight to the point." He nodded as he mixed his coffee. "I heard you ... at the bar. I heard what you said to Demitri." That made him look at me.His eyes are full of guilt that confirmed that everything I
Gwyneth’s POV"Quir?" He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that I'm okay."You scared me back there." He said and shook his head."I'm sorry. She just came out of nowhere." Said a man approaching us. He seems to be the driver of the car. He helped us stand up. "I really didn't see you." The man approached me. "Are you hurt? Should I bring you two to the hospital?""No. We're fine." Quir replied with a smile and then they talked. He glanced at me before shaking hands with the driver who said goodbye."So, what are you doing here besides killing yourself?" He joked. I was embarrassed to close my eyes because of his question."I haven't seen it." Is this man like everyone who sees me like this? I looked up at him when he chuckled. Since Quir is much taller than me he put his hands on top of my head and beamed at me."Let's get some
Gwyneth’s POVI walked into the building and went straight to Kalex's office. I can sense all those stares from the people here. I know others here know me because I was once Kalex’s high school friend. Maybe that’s also the reason why some of them were staring at me.I just ignored them because I have nothing to do with them anyway. I came here because of Kalex and they weren’t my goal. I also hate people looking at me, as if spotlight was pointing at me as of this moment. It looks like I’ll be their topic once I turned my back at them. These dumb as* has really nothing to do instead of focusing on their work. Tch.While walking to Kalex’s office I came across a kid chasing a ball. He was running and not looking to where he's going so I tried to avoid but he still collided with me, causing him to fall to the floor. Awts. His back must be hurt.“A