Chapter 6

"Where should I wire the money?"

I quickly give him the account my mother gave me. He was talking about the advance payment.

"Alright, already sent it," saad nito bago iligpit ang phone niya at inilagay sa kan'yang bulsa.

He looked at me seriously. I rolled my eyes remembering his remark earlier. Nandito kami ngayon sa pool side nila, at nandito ako na akala mo'y babysitter na umaalalay sakan'ya habang kumakain ito.

"Why are you so grumpy?" Kunot-noong tanong nito dahil sa inasta ko.

"Why are you flirting with me?" Balik kong tanong.

"Honestly, I find you very attractive," he answered quickly that made me gulped.

"E-Excuse me?"

"The first time I laid my eyes on you, I know you're the one," saad nito dahilan para bigla akong matawa. I laughed infront of him.

"You should stop spitting nonsense, Kington," I said. Nalukot ang mukha nito.

"No one call me with my name except my family," he announced. I quickly sighed and nodded.

"Alright, Kingkong," I said. Nanlaki bigla ang butas ng ilong nito kaya bigla akong kinabahan. Joke lang naman.

"W-What did you just call me?" Tanong nito kaya pilit akong ngumiti.

"Ah... Kingkong, kilala mo si Kingkong?" Tanong ko habang nagdadasal na sana ay hindi.

"I'm not familiar with it," saad niya kaya nakahinga ako ng maluwag. Matamis akong ngumiti sakan'ya saka siya sinubuan.

"He's an actor. A handsome actor," pakilala ko. Tumango naman ito na parang naliwanagan sa sinabi ko. "In fact he was also known as a great actor and most handsome actor in international," paliwanag ko, pilit pinipigilan ang matawa nang walang malay itong tumango-tango.

"I see, he must be really great," saad niya. "Okay, you can call me Kingkong," sabi nito na nakapagpalaki sa mga mata ko.

"T-Talaga?" Hindi makapaniwala kong tanong.

He doesn't really know who's Kingkong? For real? Para naman akong na konsensiya dahil sa ginagawa ko. Hindi ko naman kasi alam na hindi niya talaga ito kilala! I thought he was just presenting!

"No other than you can call me Kingkong, only you. You said he was handsome and a great actor, maybe that name suits me well since I'm also handsome and a great billionaire," ngising paliwanag nito kaya nakagat ko nalang ang pang-ibaba kong labi.

"Doctor Verzosa,"

I quickly stand up when Mrs. and Mr. Villegas called me. Nakangiti si Mrs. Villegas nang makalapit ito saamin ni Kingko-Kington.

"Goodmorning, Mrs. and Mr. Villegas," bati ko.

"I'm Mary and he's Antony, no need to be so formal Doctor Verzosa," she sweetly said. Sinuklian ko naman ang ngiti niya.

"Zarieah nalang din po, mas'yado pong pormal ang Doctor Verzosa," saad ko. Tumango naman ito.

"Can I call you baby, then?" Singit ni Kington kaya wala sa sarili ko siyang nairapan.

I bit my lower lip realizing that we're with his parents!

Ma'am Mary laughed that made me gulped.

"That's right. You can hit him tho if you want," saad nito saakin kaya napalunok ako.

"I'm sorry ma'am," I apologized.

"It's okay Zarieah, we meant it. If he's being hard headed for his treatment, you can hit him hard," saad ni sir Anton kaya hilaw akong napangiti.

"Dad!" Reklamo ni Kington pero hindi siya nito pinansin.

"Alright, enough with that. Anyway, how's my son's condition?" Pag-iiba ni ma'am Mary sa usapan. Huminga ako ng malalim bago magsalita.

"He's fine ma'am. Aside from his wounds getting healed already, we can also say that he can be able to move his left hand sooner 6 months," I said. Masaya itong tumango sa nalaman.

"That's a good news! But for now, please take care of him, okay?"She sweetly smiled as she held my hand. Nagulat ako sa ginawa nito pero pilit akong ngumiti.

"Y-Yes ma'am, no worries,"

"Please focus on him. He needs to recover as early as possible because he has a lot of duties to attend to," saad ni sir Antony. "We'll double the payment if you'll give more attention to him," saad nito kaya umawang ang bibig ko.

"I will do that, sir," masaya kong saad.

Pagkatapos nila akong kausapin ay kaagad na silang umalis ng bahay. May mga business silang kailangan asikasuhin kaya naman ay baka mawala raw sila ng ilang araw.

"You love money, ha?" Saad ni Kington kaya napatingin ako sakan'ya.

"Everyone needs money and I won't deny that I needed that now," saad ko at sinimulan nang iligpit ang pinagkainan niya.

"I hate people who will do everything to get money," saad nito dahilan para matigilan ako. Napatingin ulit ako sakanya at seryoso ang mukha nito.

"I bet you hate yourself also," balik kong sabi.n

"Nope, I'm not doing my work to get money tho. I'm doing it because no one will help my parents manage it but me," saad nito kaya kaagad akong tumango.

"You didn't yet realize the value of money because you have a lot of it in your plate right now. But once it'll be gone, you'll do everything to have it back," saad ko.

"Do you think so?" Mapanganib nitong tanong at inilapit saakin ang kan'yang mukha. Napalunok ako.

"Yes...did I get it wrong?" Tanong ko, sinusubukang pigilan ang hininga dahil sa sobrang lapit ng mukha ni Kington saakin!

"What if I'll give you a hundred thousand for a kiss, would you mind?" Tanong nito na ikinalunok ko ulit.

"A-Are you serious right now?" Hindi makapaniwala kong tanong.

"I'm f-ckin serious, Zarieah," tawag nito sa pangalan ko.

We're talking about money here right now! And it's one hundred thousand. I couldn't earn those money by just being his private doctor in a year. I aaked an advance payment of five hundred thousand from them but if I'll get the one hundred thousand that he said, then I'll just have four hundred thousand left to pay them.

"One hundred thousand for a kiss?" Paglilinaw ko.

"Yes," he said as he leaned way closer to my face.

I bit my lower lip. Halik lang naman ito! This wasn't a big deal! Hinahalikan ko nga ang aso ko sa bahay, e. So why not grabbed the chance?

Kaagad kong hinila ang necktie nito saka mabilis na inilapat ang labi ko sa kan'yang labi. Natigilan ito sa ginawa ko't nanlaki ang mga mata. He wasn't expecting me to really kiss him yet he asked for it?

My eyes widened when his lips started to move.

"Open your mouth," he demanded.

I unconsciously opened my mouth as he move his lips to make an entrance to my mouth. I closed my eyes when he started kissing me slowly. Puno ng pag-iingat.

I felt his right arm wrapped around my waist tightly as he deepened the kiss. I immediately wrapped my arms around his neck also as I kissed him back.

Kissing him back... and imagining that I am just kissing my dog!