CHAPTER 11

"Pwede ba? I don't have time for your wisecrack! I'll reschedule our meeting on Monday and that's final—"

"Don't play games with me anymore, Blythe. The chase is over." He cut me off.

Naningkit ang mga mata ko nang harapin ko siya.

"What are you talking about?"

Ngayon, hindi ko na nakikita ang pagkapilyo sa kanyang mukha. Hindi siya muling lumapit sa akin ngunit ramdam ko ang nagbabadyang panganib oras na ako’y muling sumalungat na naman sa kanya.

"I know, you know what I am talking about…" His expression changed, became even icier. "Why? You thought I'd be unable to identify the woman behind the mask with whom I had a lovely wild night one month ago?"

Every heartbeat is a suicide feeling for me. Gusto kong umalis sa silid na ito at mawala nang tuluyan sa paningin niya. I want to stay away from him. Sigurado ako na hindi niya ako nakilala noong gabing iyon. He did not take off my mask from that night until I woke up.

"I am a Casteliogne, remember? I have means and ways amore mio." he