"Can I talk to Dad?" I asked and smiled timidly to my Dad's secretary.
"I'm sorry ma'am, but Mr. Cervantes is out of the country right now together with your Mom." she answered sweetly.
I furrowed my brows. They didn't tell me that they're going out of the country. After the incident at the party, I haven't seen them.
"Uh, how about Mr. Echeverrii?"
"Yes, Ma'am. He just got out of the conference room. He's in his office right now."
"Okay, thank you."
I turned around to go to his office when she called me.
"Ah, Ma'am... Mr. President's office is this way, " she said in confusion.
I blinked as I let her words sink in. My eyes went to the closed door of Dad's office and looked at her.
"I'm sorry?" I went to her table again.
She stood up, obviously nervous.
"M-Mr. President is inside..." she mumbled to me.
I didn't ask for explanation and walked directly to the office.
His head raised
"What are you doing here?!" "I have important things to do here for a couple of weeks or months maybe..." he said casually then shrugged his shoulder. I rolled my eyes, as if I care! "Alessandra went back to San Marcelino. She's with Marcus and Cassandra." he said in a low voice. "And why are you still here? Why didn't you come with them?" I said sarcastically. I saw his jaw clenched. Tss, the jerk got hit somewhere! He didn't hear anything from me so he walked to the drawer and pulled a glass. "Woah–Wait! What are you actually doing?!" I stood up from my seat. He was holding the glass when he faced me. Then his eyes slowly dropped down to my belly. I held my breath for about a second as his eyes enthralled on me. I felt my knees tremble. I just wanted to find a crack on the ground and swallow me whole right now. "I... uh, I'll give you some water!" I quickly turned around and around to o
I planned to get checked by the doctor but not for now. I want to visit the office. I think I wouldn't be able to do that anymore in the coming months. I went out of the bathroom with only a towel covering my body. And I nearly jumped out of my feet when I noticed him sitting at the couch. "Jesus! Don't you know how to knock?!" I shouted and fired him a look. "Why would I do that? This is also my room." he said in ease. My jaw clenched and gripped at my towel tightly. I was a bit confused. The way he looked at me boldly and how his eyes drifted on me. I stepped backwards when he suddenly stood up and walked to me. I want to regret it because his lips lifted into a smirk while striding nearer. "May I use your bathroom?" he said in a teasing tone and stopped in front of me. I rolled my eyes up. "Whatever..." I said and walked pass him to go to my walk in closet. When I finally locked the door behind me, that's when I sigh
I shook my head. "No, let's not. You know I'm not fond of those things." I reasoned. "Alright, how about this. I will drop by to your house then bring you some food, how was that?" I contemplated whether to agree or not. It will be bad if he happens to meet Hezekiah in the house. What will I reason out? The situation might just get worse if they see each other. "Uh, maybe in another day..." I murmured over the phone. "Why ? Do you have to go somewhere?" I heaved a deep sigh before replying. "Nothing really, I just thought I'll bother you." "I'll be busy for the next weeks. I need to fly to Australia, I have a conference meeting there. I might stay there for a week. Imagine that? So I want to spend my time here with you..." I sighed. "O-okay, whatever you want..." I murmured again. I ended the call and leaned against the chair. I sat there for minutes before I realized the time. I immediately stood up and bid goodbye to
His hands traveled down until it reached my feet. And right there, I started giggling. "Please, not there! " I shrieked. "Say it again, I can't hear you..." Ellwood teased and massaged my feet more. I learned against the chair and tried to pull my legs from him. But it seems like he does not have any plans to. "Come on! It's for your own good. Trust me..." he said and massaged me again. I laughed too hard that my sight caught Hezekiah. His eyes were so dark, brows furrowed as his mouth turned grim. My smile vanished when he faced the swimming pool and took off his shirt. And my lips hanged loosely as I watched his bare back with all his grandeur. He stood up tall and straight with his glorifying body. He then dived into the pool. My back straightened as I got off from leaning and followed him with my eyes. "He's gonna melt..." Ellwood said while shaking his head. I secretly bit my lip and quickly averted
My shoulders slumped. I have nothing to say at this very moment. Ellwood was right, he's always right. I can't argue with him. I turned my back on him and opened the cabinet where his spare clothes was. "Here, change. I'll wait for you outside." I didn't stay there for long and went upstairs to change in my own room. I'm expecting Hezekiah to be there. He already wore his white T-shirt and maong shorts. He was only in his slippers and is currently drying his wet hair with towel. He stopped what he was doing when he saw me. I walked straight to my walk-in-closet and looked for something to wear. When I went outside, he was still there, but he's now leaning on the doorway. "When are you planning to make your visitor leave?" He said while crossing his arms over his chest tightly. I arched my brows at him, "Actually, I invited him for a dinner tonight. There's nothing wrong with that, right?" I walked closer go him
I stayed at the chair and watched him cook. I can't help but to reminisce the moments we were together like this back then. Even if we had maids before, he was the one who often cooks for us two when we're both free from work. He introduced me foods that I tasted for the first time. He loves to cook, so I also learned cooking so I could at least repay him. One of my favorite dishes he cooked was the filipino dish called Menudo. Because of its taste, I tried to learn to cook it. "Do you want to eat something else besides Pork Stew?" I blinked as I realized that he was already facing me. "N-Nothing, I'll go upstairs. Just call me if it's ready." I stood up and was about to take a step when he suddenly grabbed my wrist. I turned to him with creased forehead. My eyes dropped down to my arm where his fingers were already scorching my skin. That's when he let go of my arm and slightly fixed his posture. "I'm sorry about what
The day came so fast and gone. I don't know what day it was or what month it was. I don't even remember when was the last time I smiled, I can't even recognize the feeling of being happy and alive. And I came to the point that I couldn't find anything in my heart. It was void. Ellwood was still in Australia. I don't know how long he'll stay there. I also don't have news regarding to Mom and Dad who's still on their vacation. I've been locking myself inside my room and not letting in any visitors, even Hezekiah. Zuay and Tawin visited me more often. But even so, I just couldn't stand up and go back to my old self. I felt the door opened so I closed my eyes and fixed the blanket that was covered over me. "The kids are here." I heard a deep voice of Hezekiah behind my back. I closed my eyes to the tightly, I still can't forgive myself for what happened. It was my fault that my child died. I didn't take care of myself and I let myself be t
I bit my lip as I sat on the chair. Even if I know he's still behind me, I decided to eat with head dropped. I want to stop the pain in my heart but why does it seem hard to accept if he'll also leave me this time. My eyes raised to him. And his eyes looked more serious and unreadable. "Eat with me." I pointed the plate I got for him. He didn't hesitate and sat down in front of me. I cleared my throat as I watched him sit in front of me. He often sit at the end part of the table before. I can't help but to glance at him from time to time. I can still smell his manly scented perfume, no, it's his natural scent. Even his skin thst was slightly red brought me heat in my body. "Can I have this?" I flinched when he reached for the bowl of menudo. My eyes flew to him to him who was staring at me intently. "Oh, yeah, sure!" I startled. I cleared my throat and silently went back to eating. But my eyes daeted to him when he spok