"I'm not going. Can you tell Madame Frost? I think I'm going to have a fever," Sunday lied to Shaina.
"All right, no problem."
When Shaina left, Sunday pulled herself to the bed and pull her hair. "What am I doing..."
When she was satisfied, she drop herself on the bed. This is so wrong ... what she did was wrong. Why did she give in to that Matteo again! What's wrong with her. She can't believe this!
"Oh, this is..." She soaked her face in her pillow as she scolded herself in her mind.
Later someone rang the doorbell.
"W-Who's here at this time?" She stood up.
"Sunday?"
Sunday got stunned when she heard David's drunk voice. What is he doing here at this hour?
It took her seconds before she oblige herself to open the door. And then she saw David's drunk face.
"What are you doing here?" in a cold voice, she asks.
"I'm sorry," David's eyes are begging and full of regret but Sunday won't ever fall to it.
"it's okay, as I already expected it. I didn't give myself to you because I thought you understand. But that's okay. You may leave now," she didn't avert her stare as she said those words. David went speechless and remained quiet for the next seconds.
"If you're just going to say sorry, just leave." She was about to close the door when David suddenly hugged her.
"C-Come back to me, please." Sunday heard him subbed. "I l-love you, I love you..." David holds her like he never wants to let go.
Sunday placed her both arms and pushed him hard which made David shocked.
With sharp eyes, she looks him in the eyes. "I'm not playing around, David. You ruined our relationship and now you still want me? Hah? Am I kind of a thing to you ?!" She felt mad all of a sudden and couldn't help but raise her voice. "Leave."
"I-I'm s-sorry. Can you at least forgive me? I love you, okay? It's j-just--" Sunday cut him off.
"It's just what? Is it because I didn't surrender my body to you? So you looked for another woman to fuck? You just proved you don't love me and now you're going to say you love me? Are you making fun of me?!" Sunday immediately drag the door closed and lean against it. Her body is trembling as tears kiss down her cheeks.
"Sunday, babe?" calls David outside.
She knew David is crying but that won't fix them anymore. "Leave! And please don't ever come back here!" Sunday dropped herself to her bed and then covered herself with her blanket. Why does she feel this way, she's mad at him but still feeling guilty. Was it because she gave herself to that stranger and not to her boyfriend? She knew that was not right, and so as David. They're both wrong. They both did wrong!
"Ahh," She cried feeling so upset, to him and herself.
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The next day Sunday woke up early. She went to the flower shop which she saw on ‘grab the job’ online the last night.
"Good morning." A beautiful smile from a beautiful lady welcomed her.
"Good morning. I'm the one--"
"Oh, you must be Sunday Morales."
Sunday smiled at the friendliness of the lady.
"Ako nga pala si Elizabeth." (By the way, I'm Elizabeth.)
Suddenly, amazement in Sunday's eyes become visible as she heard the lady talk in Filipino.
"Well, I happened to be in the Philippines back then. Oh, I'm sorry. Did I make you uncomfortable?" The lady even smiled as she arranged the flower on her table.
"Ah, no." Sunday approached the Lady to give her, her resume.
"Oh, sit down." The lady handed her a magazine about flowers after looking at her resume in just a few seconds. "You can start tomorrow."
"R-Really?" Sunday can't hide her genuine smile.
The Lady nodded. "Ahuh."
"Oh, thank you. Thank you very much."
Sunday was overjoyed when she leave the flower shop. She didn't know why she feel this way, there were a lot of part-time jobs that she took and was accepted but never did she feel this kind of happiness. So strange.
..After Sunday turned to the left, it was when Matteo entered the flower shop."Ma!" Matteo called his mother.
"Oh, you're here?"
"Well, I went to your place but you're not there so ..." he shrugged. "I came here." He quickly turned to his mother. "By the way, I heard, you hired a new chix?"
The Lady laughed and shook her head. "You naughty boy, she's not the kind of chix you think."
Matteo looked around as if looking for the chix he is saying. "By the way, where is she?"
"Stop what's on your mind Matteo," the lady slightly scolded Matteo, but Matteo just laugh.
"Oh, she left it here."
..Sunday quickly hid when she saw Matteo coming out of the flower shop. She forgot the magazine that Mrs. Harrison gave her.But when she turned around again, her head hit the wall-- ah no.
She slowly looked up and saw Matteo's playful smile... again.
"Are you stalking me? Huh?"
Sunday raises an eyebrow after seconds of silence. "In your dreams," and then she moves to turn away.
"Then what are you doing here?"
Here he is again.
Sunday looked at the man again. "All I know is I don't have to tell you what I'm doing."
"Well, but for me, you have to tell me."
With disbelief, she look at him in the eyes but suddenly look away when she saw his hazel brown eyes. And just a second, memory from that night played like a movie in her mind, and it's very clear.
"Really? Then you're c-crazy," she said and quickly turned away.
Matteo chuckle while eyeing the woman walking at her speed. "She's really is something." Matteo thought all girls are the same but this woman... is too way hard to get.
..When Sunday arrived at the apartment, she saw a bouquet placed on the floor in front of their apartment's door. She picked it up and read the little piece of note.- 'I'm sorry, can we meet?' - David
She heaved a sigh as she walk inside, she dropped the flower on Shaina's mini table.
David's asking to meet her? What for?
"Oh, flowers for me?" laughing, Shaina asked as soon as she saw the flower placed on her table after coming out of the bathroom.
Sunday didn't urge to answer the question. "I got a new job."
"Oh? So you're going to quit at the bar?"
"No. Dad called earlier. Mom still needs to stay in the hospital and the bills are increasing."
Shaina nodded. "How is your mother?"
"She still has to stay in the hospital until she can go home."
..Shaina and Sunday go together to the bar that evening."Are you okay, Sun?" Shaina asked while buttoning her blouse.
Feeling her neck, Sunday turned to Shaina. "I'm good, just tired."
"I know you, it will get worse later. You should go back, I'll just tell madame Frost that you are sick."
Sunday disapprovingly shooked her head. "I can't. I can't lose the money I could earn tonight."
"I understand but you need to take care of yourself, Sun."
"I'm fine."
Shaina just can't do anything with Sunday stubbornness. And literally, no one can stop her, even her.
Sunday felt weak all night. And as time goes by, she can feel her headache worsen. She also felt her body heat burning up.
Later Shaina approached her. "Rest first. I'll take care of this one." Shaina took the tray she was holding and made her sit on one of the counter chairs. Sunday didn't complain for the first time.
By the time they got home, Sunday immediately placed her body in her bed.
"That is what you get for being hardheaded." Shaina barked like a mother while handing her the medicine. "Drink this."
"Tomorrow, don't go to the shop. I'll take care of it, I can go and tell your new boss, just tell me the address."
Sunday complained. "I can't. I can't be absent on my first day."
"I don't know what to do to you Sunday. If your family knows what you're doing, they will scold you to death," Shaina said. Sunday is so stubborn. Yes, and she understands that Sunday needs money but she also needs to take care of herself.
"Just don't. You're not going, you understand?"
Sunday moans as an answer as she dozes off to sleep.
Still sick, Sunday went to the flower shop the next day. She needs to work, she needs money. "Oh, you're the new hired?"Feeling dizzy, she looks up to the owner of that voice. Seems that her fever get even worse when she saw Matteo's face and his always teasing smile. She was avoiding Matteo but now he was here and smiling at her.Sunday choose to be silent, she didn't answer. She wasn't in the mood to argue with him. She instead put her shoulder bag on the table and sit on the chair feeling annoyed by Matteo's presence. "Who cares?" she barks out of annoyance. "Of course, I care. Mama Elizabeth owned this. In other words, we own this shop.Sunday was stunned, but she shouldn't be affected just because of that. "What now, are you the one who hired me?""Oh chill. We own this shop and you have to respect me. Call me boss." Matteo's brows move up and down which made her more annoyed.She arched her right eyebrow. "Boss yourself." And then approached the incoming customer feeling unc
All eyes are on him in every step he makes, but Matteo is enjoying it.Who wouldn't stare? Matteo's looking even hotter in his sweat all over his body. His thin wet white t-shirt is now hugging his body giving shows to his perfect abs. "So fuckin' hot," said the long blonde-haired woman.Matteo stopped running and drank water from his bottled mineral water."Hi." The blonde-haired woman approached him but keep jogging in place beside him."Hi babe," he winked which made the woman bite her lower lip and give him a flirty look."Wanna join me?" the woman gives him a tiny piece of paper and runs her fingertips over his wet arms while biting her lower lips sending him her signal.Fuckboy as he always is, he smiled as he look at the woman's round butt cheeks while running, seems to be purposely shaking her body to give more shows to it.But he is Matteo, he is not the one who will grab, girls do. He threw away the paper, comb his wet hair to the back and start running again.*-*-*-*The N
Sunday was sitting on the couch waiting for the time to close the shop. She's reading the magazine but everything she reads doesn't get into her mind, she couldn't focus.- 'Are you one of his flings? Fuck buddy ?! 'Her grip on the page tightened as she remembers what Alessandra said earlier. Later, she sighed and then closed the magazine. It may be true what Alessandra said-- but no. She's not a fling ... she's not a fuck buddy of anyone. Maybe she made a mistake but she would not accept such an accusation against her. It was just a coincidence that something like that happened. It was only Matteo who took her body and that was a mistake. She was just taken away by what David had done. Sunday composes herself. She looked in the mirror and arranged her long hair and tied them around the side of her head.She looked at her wristwatch and saw that it was already seven o'clock in the evening. It's time to close the shop.She left when she secure that she had locked the door properly.
She must be crazy-- NO. She is crazy! She even thought Matteo was like a drug, and she would go crazy if she couldn't taste it. Just what the heck? She couldn't believe herself thinking that craziness! "Ahhhhh ..." Sunday pulled her hair while kicking on her bed."What's going on with you?" Shaina asked as she came out of the bathroom. They just arrived from the bar. Sunday sat on the bed and faced Shaina who was drying her hair with a towel."You look like a witch," Shaina laughed."What now? I assume you're gonna tell me something-- Woah, I knew it! I'm right, right?" Shaina teasingly moves her brows up and down."Slap me," Sunday said and like a fool, she move her face closer to Shaina's.l"Slap you?"She tapped her right cheek. "Here, slap me."Shaina raised her hand and tapped her lightly on the cheek. And when she felt it, she again dropped her body on her bed, straight. She's crazy! She's doomed."Don't tell me, you and Matteo did it again?"Sunday immediately sat down when S
"Are you okay?" Shaina asked Sunday who was sitting at the counter while waiting to get the customer's order. Earlier, she noticed that her friend was quiet and seemed to be avoiding something... or maybe someone? "Who are you avoiding, I haven't seen him here," she pointed out to Matteo. Shaina had in mind that something had happened again in the shop so her friend's aura was different. Sunday silence is different now. Something must be bothering her now."Nothing. Is there someone I should avoid?"Shiana shrugged and just keep her mouth shut from questioning. If it wasn't Matteo, maybe family."Alright, just tell me if you wanna share it with me. I'm just here, okay?" Shaina smiled."I'll just take this." Sunday took the order while Shaina is watching her. Even though Sunday tried to look normal, her sad eyes can't hide the pain that she must be feeling.Shaina sighed. Sunday is a very secretive person and only tells her a few problems especially when Sunday can't keep it to herse
"Hmmm ..." Sunday muttered when she felt cold. She reached for the blanket and then covered herself.She sniffed when she smelled the fragrant and masculine smell of the blanket. 'Why does her blanket smell different--' She felt someone move beside her. She immediately turned to look--"W-What the?" she quickly moves to sit in disbelief. And suddenly, her sleepy head faded.Next to her was Matteo, still sleeping, shirtless.Sunday panicked so she immediately peeked herself under the blanket. She hit his forehead with her palm when she saw the clothes that she was still wearing last night. And that's when she remembered what had happened. How did she gets stuck here, she fell asleep in Matteo's car! "Aishhh ..." She quickly stood up and looked for her shoulder bag. And when she saw it, she picked it up and immediately went to the door. "Why did I fall asleep ...""It's still 5 a.m. Where are you going?"Sunday froze and stopped from opening the door. She looked back to Matteo who seem
When Sunday came out of the restaurant, she saw Matteo and Alessandra. The two exited from a fancy restaurant just a few meters away from her.Her chest throbbed watching the scenario. She doesn't understand why she felt that way. There's a little pain inside coming from what she sees.Sunday can't stand to watch them so she immediately turned around, especially when she saw Matteo move to look in her direction. She doesn't care if he saw her or not. What important is the need to leave the place.She sighed when she got inside the taxi and even bit her lower lip. She could still see how Matteo holds Alessandra's waist as they exit.Do those two have a relationship? Matteo was acting like a boyfriend to Alessandra. Sunday shook her head and for the second time, she sighed again. In a relationship or not, she shouldn't have cared. 'That man is a playboy'. Even Matteo treat her the other way, that alone answered her question. When she arrived, she immediately paid and went down. She we
Matteo dialed Shaina's number. He will ask for their address but he will not be able to contact them. It's out of coverage.He glanced at Sunday who was sleeping on the passenger seat. Her cheeks are red as well as her small and pointed nose. He cursed silently. This woman is making him crazy. Her, ignoring him drives him insane.He saw Sunday earlier when they came out of the restaurant with Alessandra. He didn't know if Sunday had seen them. And now he was thinking why Sunday acted that way. Did something happen? Did Alessandra told something to her?Earlier, he and Alessandra argued. Alessandra even slapped him and told him to stay away from Sunday. He thought Lorenzo was going to take Alessandra back to Italy after treating her to dinner, because she had something that wanted to eat. Alessandra told him that she will stay at his pad.But he's not even sure if it's his child or not. He remembers nothing but drinking when one of their co-models had a birthday party. He was drunk, t