CHAPTER 53: CLAUDIA

"PLAYING FIRE WITHOUT GETTING BURNT"

CLAUDIA GRIPPED her chair as tight as her biting in her own tongue. She can feel their eyes starting to be magnetized by her face again, and damn their intensifying stares! Faking her cold and empty facade is getting harder, especially that the werewolves around her were searing her with their judgments. She has to take the bull by horns!

"Claudia," ulit ng kaniyang lola. Ipinilig nito ang kaniyang ulo habang hindi pinuputol ang kanilang titigan. "We all need the confirmation, my dear. Drop it."

"I didn't know about Attorney Vizmanos' wife, abuela," aniya sa matatas na paraan. "Hindi ko alam na ikinasal na siya, wala siyang na-banggit sa akin. Basta po ang alam ko lang ay si Victorina ang nasa parking space ng hospital."

And that's not a lie because she's not really aware of Blythe's sudden wedding. Maski siya ay gulat at namamangha rin.

"Oh! Too bad then... Anyway, do you have any pictures of your daughter-in-law on your phone instead?" baling ni