Kabanata 49

KABANATA 49 :: WORRIED

We both fell into deep silence and that's when I realized how dangerous it is for me to look into his chocolate brown eyes. I felt like drowning by just looking into it.

Nag-iwas ako ng tingin at tumikhim.

"Since the six months is almost over, I want us to settle things," I said in a plain voice after a long stretch of silence.

"I still have a month…" pabulong niyang saad.

I sigh inwardly and tried my best not to speak in a shaky voice.

"I want to settle the payment like what is written on the agreement. Isa pa, yun naman ang usapan diba? Kapag nakuha mo na ang kompanya, we are done."

"Ganon na lang ba yun?"

I almost scoff bitterly because the last time I checked, he is the one caught cheating.

I faked a cough, pretending to remain formal.

"This is business right?" I stood up. "I'll leave this house immediately after the sixth month, as promised."

Iniwan ko siyang tigalgal sa kinauupuan.

We had a silent dinner at gaya ng dati, nagising ako kinabukasan na mag-isa