LOGIN“I did it for the betterment of our friendship, Shion,” giit niya, “I know I was wrong. I know that it could hurt you the moment I disappeared without a single word, but I was hurting too…”Shion stared at her with surging emotions.“Ayoko nang mas lumalim pa ang pagsasamahan natin, dahil sigurado akong hahantong tayo sa higit pa sa pagiging magkaibigan. And if we really did crossed the line before, sacrificing our friendship for love, what if something went wrong? At nagkahiwalay tayo? Paano yung pagkakaibigan natin? Matitiis mo bang hiwalay tayo, hindi lang bilang magkasintahan, kundi pati bilang magkaibigan?”Aiesha spoke some sense into him, but what she thought was making sense, was something nonsense to Shion. “You’re trying to make it make sense to me, but have you even thought that you’ve become selfish for thinking that?” masakit na saad sa kanya ni Shion. Natigilan si Aiesha, for the first one, someone had counter her argue and as a lawyer, she does everything to make peopl
“Let me go!!! Ano baaaa! Shion!” She screamed in horror when he reached her neck, and began to kiss it. Aiesha felt different by what the bestfriend she’d known growing up. But as he was doing it to her, her body says otherwise. It thumped her heart, and her body heated at the sensation of his kisses. She knows that it was her mind telling her not to accept it because it clearly was assault and not intimacy, yet her body was beginning to like every kisses he leaves on her. “S-shion! Noooo! Stop! Y-you’re hurting me!” she yelled with a slight hint of defeat. But Shion didn’t hear her and had kissed her on her cheeks, up to her temples and forehead. He was so shameless that he even licked her earlobe and bit it, making her shiver at the tingling sensation. She was hurt, yes, but alongside that pain was the pleasure surging through her. Pleasure was imminent… and so is her long kept feelings. “I’m not hurting you, my Aiesha. I’m only punishing you for what you did to me ten years
She already was getting close to the truth of this man’s identity. But the truth creeping in was terrifying her. It was making her lose all the sanity she’d left for herself. If what she assumes about him ends up as correct, she fears that she’d no longer be the same person after this. “Take a guess… after all, it’s not the first time you’ve forgotten who I am.” Nang dahil sa isinaad nito, ay mas lalo lang dinagdagan ang kanyang hinala. No… it can’t be him… it can’t be him, right?! Aiesha shook her head as her eyes watered in both fear and realization. That the past she ignored and long forgotten, has now reached her again. “No… n-no! Y-you’re… you’re not him…” Aiesha’s voice almost sounded like a whisper as she shakes her head, scared enough admit the truth that’s already in front of her. The man only smiled faintly. “Take a guess…” “N-no… y-you’re not h-him! You can’t be him!”“Who are you referring to Aiesha?” Aiesha shook her head, in denial, “No! H-hindi ka siya!” “Who
No… no… I’m not going to be a witness, am I?! She thought, panic rising in her chest.She had just become a lawyer and hadn’t practiced much yet, and now, the very first thing she might be forced into was becoming a witness?!“N-no please… spare me Chairman…” the accountant cried and begged for her life. Muling sumulyap si Aiesha sa nagaganap. Her eyes widened at every move the Chairman made, each one sending a shiver of fear through her—she worried that at any moment, he might actually end the accountant’s life.She couldn’t believe she was witnessing all of this. And the fact that it had started because of her scrutiny of the accountant’s financial statements made her feel suddenly and terrifyingly involved.“Spare you? Bold of you to beg…” and that was the last line he said to her… before she shot her on the jaw. Aiesha’s eyes and mouth widened in shock.N-no… no!Fear crept through her body, her face went pale, and her heart thumped relentlessly. Nang dahil sa kanyang nasaksihan,
“Here’s your caramel macchiato, ma’am. Would you like to add anything else?” the waitress said as she set the drink on the table. But Aiesha remained staring into nothingness. Kumaway na ang waitress sa harap niya, and only then did she snap out of her daze.“Oh, r-right… thank you.”“Sure, Ma’am.” Nang makaalis yung waitress ay muling napaisip ng malalim si Aiesha. There was no way that the Chairman of SRC Corp… is Shion. Pagkukumbinsi niya sa kanyang sarili, ngunit tuwing pumapasok sa kanyang isipan ang mga matang iyon, ay tila may kakaiba siyang nararamdaman. It was… haunting her… but differently. Nonetheless Aiesha took her coffee out of the cafe and looked for a restaurant nearby to buy her lunch. May nakita siya na kainan na nasa tabi lang mismo nung cafe kaya ‘di siya nagdalawang isip na tumungo roon saka tumingin ng pwedeng kainin. But it felt like as if she lost all her appetite because of what happened. No… it can’t be Shion… he’s long gone from my life.She had tried
“Please. Leave me alone. I politely ask of you.” he almost sounded like he was begging. Takang-taka sa kanya si Aiesha. Parang kanina lang ay maganda yung interaction nilang dalawa, ngunit ngayon ay parang tinataboy na siya na parang may tinatakutan siya. “A-alright… I apologise to disturb.” nevertheless, Aiesha smiled at him sincerely and just turned her back. Nang marating niya yung elevator ay saka naman siya ulit na may nakasabay. She looked up to the person who’d entered with her and just as soon as the doors closed, her eyes widened.It’s the Chairman?“Bold for you to ask my secretary for coffee and lunch, but not me?” tila naiinis niyang tanong na ikinasara ng kanyang bibig. The hell?! Was he eavesdropping just a second ago?!Deeply panicking inside, she tried to remain calm and composed. But she didn’t dare to look at him this time. “I-its you pala, Chairman… I apologise for this morning’s interaction, that I have overstepped my boundaries—I didn’t knew that it was you.” h







