“DROP ME OFF on the corner,” I pointed to him, who immediately braked.
I opened the door, but it was locked. So I turned my frown face to him and shot him a glare.
“Open the door,” I said emphatically.
But he just kept holding on to the steering wheel.
“Can you please open the door so I can get down?”
I heard him sigh. I was swallowed up ’cause I was the one who kept my gaze away from him.
“They followed us,” he said, glancing in the rearview mirror, so I quickly turned around.
“Damn! What’s wrong with them?” I seem to have run out of patience.
“They want the truth,” he said. And the car started again.
“Wait. Where are you taking me?” Out of shock, I grabbed his arm.
He glanced down at my hand, and then he smirked.
“Oh, I’m sorry,” I quelled.
“We’re going to my pad. There&rsqu
I WENT OUT of the bathroom and found him sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed. I hesitated a few times before I sneezed as he opened his eyes.“Want some autograph on that?” He began to let out a foreign smile.“No, thanks,” I said sarcastically.“It’s up to you,” he said, then shrugged at me before standing up.“You can sleep in the other room. I’ll just take you home tomorrow.”“No, I’m going home now. It looks like our followers are gone,” I replied.He stared into my eyes for a moment before finally smiling.“Do you think I will do anything bad to you?” His lips curved a bit. He stepped closer to me.“I’ve never said that,” I said, high on my forehead, but deep inside, my muscles were shaking with nervousness.“Hmm . . . But that’s not what your eyes say.” He took another step. He’s
“DO you need anything?” He raised an eyebrow and now leaned back in his swivel chair.“Ah, it’s about the issue—” I was about to say something when his jaw tightened on me. “I would like to apologize . . .” I wrapped my two palms in front of me with intense nervousness. Add to that the quiet surroundings and the fierce beating of my heart.“Issue about what?” His back rose from the chair.“The issue about us.”I swallowed when he suddenly burst out laughing in front of me.My lips twitched because of his perfect look while doing that.“Are you serious?” He can’t stop laughing while saying that.I nodded. He suddenly became serious when he noticed I was not moving.“Okay!” He nodded at me and drank the juice I was carrying. “I thought you weren’t thinking about that. Gossipers make up stories about the personal lives
WE ENTERED the elevator, and because it was crowded, I could not help but cling to Calix. I frowned as I looked up at the light above as if it was a tortoise, too slow when moving a number. Calix almost hugged me because the people next to me were all men. I do not know if I will breathe or shut up due to extreme nervousness. I also heard his heavy exhalation as he bent over me. When the elevator finally opened, I was able to breathe correctly. We went straight to the office, and we were immediately welcomed. Dawzon and the attorney stood up when they saw us. “Good morning, Mr. Fuentes and?” He looked at me. “Cherry, Cherry Mae Banaag,” I introduced myself as Dawzon reached out to me. “Oh, I forgot. I’m sorry,” he said. “It’s okay, Mr. Del’Torre.” Calixto, who was looking at our hand, caught our attention. So I withdrew my hand and smiled slightly. “Good morning!” Calixto’s attorney also greeted us. “Please sit
“THERE SHE IS. Please come over here, Miss Cherry.” He motioned for me to come over. They waited for me to approach Rexon, who was now smiling while waiting for me. I want to slap him hard on his face because of what he did. This was not what I thought he would say to everyone because this was not included in our conversation earlier. I took a deep breath first and glanced at the press waiting for me. Until I glanced at the frowned forehead of Calixto and Dawzon, who were in a corner. I took another deep breath before smiling broadly as I approached Rex and the band. He’s smiling at me, who obviously enjoyed playing with me. If you think you can manipulate everything like that, you are wrong, Rexon Del’Torre,I whispered to myself as I got closer to him. “Hi!” he greeted. He quickly pulled my hand closer to him and addressed the press who was there before me. He even slightly smiled at the media, who went ahead to
CALIX and I hadn’t talked that much when we left the Del’Torre Corp. He didn’t bother to ask if I’m okay or not. I let out a few sighs and completely closed my arms because I seemed to be deaf to his silence earlier.“What do you want to eat for our late lunch?” He stared at me, so I sit properly. Then I looked down at my wristwatch. It was past one in the afternoon, so I could feel my stomach boiling.“Anything,” I replied.I just let him take me wherever he wants to, and we headed to a famous restaurant.I want to smile because this is my first time eating out with Calixto. If this can be said, I was probably the happiest woman in the world.But again, a deafening silence broke out between us as we ate. I reluctantly leaned back in my chair and drank the juice, which I immediately lowered, so that made a slight noise.My lips twitched as he caught my attention. “Don’t you like you
THAT NIGHT, Jacky visited when she heard that my father was in the hospital.“How is uncle?” she asked as she laid the fruits and bread she handed on the side table.“He needs an operation as soon as possible,” I said with no strength.“What happened? How about his medication?”“I really don’t know. Maybe I also have a shortcoming because I still let him get tired from work even though he has heart disease,” I whispered weakly.She leaned over me and gently held my palm. “Don’t blame yourself. Uncle Gorio just wants to have a normal life,” she said to me.I shook my head and could feel the warm tears in my eyes.“Nothing will happen if you blame yourself. Let’s just pray that uncle’s condition improves.” She tapped my back.I wiped away the dripping tears and watched him sleep soundly.“I heard you moved to the morning s
I WAS suddenly startled when my cellphone rang again. “Hello?” “Hey, babe.” I immediately peeked at the registered number before I became very quiet. Why didn’t I look at who was calling first?! “Please, Rexon, not now,” I murmured. “Be at my house tomorrow at eight in the morning,” he ordered. “What? No! Who says I agree with what you want, huh?!” I answered bluntly. “I do,” he countered back. I rolled my eyes and rubbed my head in pain. “I said, no! I will never be your personal assistant. Isn’t it enough that you used me just to get through your issue?” “That is why I’m here to help you.” “Well, I don’t need your help,” I said firmly. He paused for a moment on the other line before speaking again. “I’ll wait for you ’til 10.” After that, he dropped the call. I just sighed and got up to continue buying coffee. *** “Dad, you must be strong so that you can recover quickly,
“THANKS for your help. I’m not sure how I’ll be able to pay you.” Calix invited me to the cafeteria, and I felt ashamed of what I said.“Don’t be thankful. If I can pay the operation fee in full, I will do it. But I can only pay half of it.” He embarrassingly scratched his eyebrow.My eyes widened at what he said. I never thought he would pay half of Dad’s surgery.“Calix, you don’t have to bring out a lot of money just to help me.” Without saying a word, he held my hand on the table.“It’s just a piece of paper, the amount doesn’t matter. I can earn that much money again. Uncle Gorio’s life is even more important.” He gently touched the palm of my hand.“But—”“No buts, when I said, I said.” His eyebrows rose at me, so I shyly pulled my hand that had been burning on me earlier.“So I’ll better go!