Chapter 27

Tempest should be happy to hear such words because, somehow, she got his attention but with the current situation, it only confused her. Tinitigan niya si Cohen habang nakakunot ang kaniyang noo bago niya ito tinulak palayo sa kaniya.

“Alam mo, ang hirap mo rin intindihin eh,” sabi niya. “You want me out of your life, right?”

“That’s not fucking true, Tempest.”

“No! I heard you the other day! Isa lang akong pabigat sa ‘yo, hindi ba? So here I am doing you a great favor and voluntarily quit pestering you around.” She scoffed. “Pero ano ‘to? Why, in all of a sudden, did you suddenly change your mind?”

Napatigil ang dalaga nang maalala niya kung paano tumutol si Cohen noong sinabi ng photographer na halikan niya si Damon. For a few seconds, she remained quiet as she tried to organize her thoughts. It, then, dawned on her and she was more than pissed off.

She narrowed her sight on him. “Don’t tell me… are you doing this because of Damon?”

“No. You are wrong,” agad namang sumbat ng binata