"Hmm," Lucien hummed as if thinking deeply.The whole time, nakatingin lang si Misha sa mukha nito at wala naman siyang nakitang kahina-hinala.Fortunately for him, he seemed to be clean."Aha! I know a secret that you told me once."Nilapag niya ang bowl sa center table. "Really? What is it?" She asked curiously."You told me you don't like watching horror movies especially if it has ghosts in it," natatawa nitong saad. "You even told me that I was the only one who knew"Napakurap-kurap siya sa narinig. Truth be told, she was already expecting him to be clean. She just wanted to be sure. But she felt horrible. Kani-kanina lang nalulungkot siya dahil sa nakaraan nito, but look at her questioning him things with another plan in her head. What a nasty thing to do. She sighed and looked at him. "Thanks, Lucien" she uttered seriously.He was taken aback. "What... About what?""Just for everything. For protecting me, for being there, for staying""I can stay with you forever," he said wi
Pagsapit ng gabi, may kumatok sa suite nila ni Lucien. Pagbukas ni Misha ng pinto, nakita niya sina Cedric, Francis at Gio."Z! You busy?" nakangiting bungad ni Gio.Umiling siya at pinapasok ang tatlo sa loob. "Not really. You three got here together?" Mukhang kakarating lang ng mga ito sa Malibu. "Yeah. We are staying next door. I share a suite with Francis. Cedric is all by himself," tugon ni Gio na napatingin sa paligid na parang may hinahanap."Lucien's sleeping," sabi niya. Mukhang si Lucien kasi ang hinahanap nito. "Huh?" nagtatakang saad ni Cedric. "Isn't it a little early for a sleep?""We drove around and did some sightseeing here and there. Guess he got tired driving all day," sagot niya na may mahinang tawa. "What? You two played around without us?" Nakasimangot na sambit ni Cedric."Bro got jealous?" Nakangising singit ni Francis na nakatingin kay Cedric."What the fxck are you talking about?" sabat ni Cedric.Gio sighed. "Children, stop it. We are here to invite them
Nang makabalik si Misha sa tamang huwisyo, tinulak niya si Lucien kaya pabagsak na napaupo ito sa mabatong daan. She glared at him. "You did it again, you asshxle." Tumayo siya saka pinagpag ang sarili. "Bahala kang bumalik mag-isa, gxgo," dagdag niyang sigaw saka nagmarcha paalis.Naiinis na bumalik siya sa suite nila. Dumeretso sa kwarto niya at naligo. She went straight to bed right after. Nakasarado na ang mga mata niya pero ang tenga niya naghihintay ng kahit na anong tunog na magpapatunay na nakabalik na si Lucien sa tinutuluyan nila. She waited and waited as she tossed and turned until hours passed. She became worried when the night deepened and Lucien has yet to come back.Naiinis na bumangon siya sa pagkakahiga at bumaba sa kama."Napakagago naman, bakit 'di pa rin bumabalik?"Nag-echo sa pandinig niya ang mga salita ni Cedric tungkol kay Lucien. *I remember the first time we drink outside together. I was shocked because this fxcker turned into a complete idiot when he was
They all looked tan after the activities but nobody cares even if they have a wedding to attend the following day. They had a lot of fun and that's all that matters.Tinawagan siya ni Eveline nang gabing iyon at kinamusta ang bakasyon nila. "It was all good. We're enjoying our stay here. I get to know the guys as well." Kwinento niya ang mga activities na ginawa nila."That's good. I'm glad you are having a great time."She heard Eveline's low sigh kaya nagtaka siya. Mukhang may problema. "Something's wrong?""Pagbalik mo, kailangan nating mag-usap. May nakita kaming mga tao na umaaligid sa building na tinitirhan niyo ni Lucien. Looks like they are starting to move again.""Natiktikan ba nila kung san kami nakatira?" Nakakunot ang noong tanong niya."The place is not really private. A lot of people come and go to that building so knowing is a piece of cake plus with an insider, it's so easy for them to know. If not for Lucien always staying by your side, baka nadukot ka nila ulit."
"Pinili ko ang bahay dito dahil may sariling training space dito na nasa basement.""And there is also something you need to know," dagdag ni Eveline. Tumango siya kay Eveline para hayaan itong ipagpatuloy ang sasabihin."Actually, the information she left me about you included a key to this house. I think that there might be some clue here kaya dinala na rin kita dito. Maybe you can find something here that can tell any valuable information."Napamaang siya. "Have you looked around? I'm guessing you did."Tumango si Eveline. "I did, pero wala akong makita. So, I'm leaving the job to you."She nodded. "I'll try to look at it. Any more information I have to know?"Umiling si Eveline. "Nothing. Just continue your training. In a few weeks, we'll practice your shooting."Tinapos nila ang pag-uusap at tinawag na ni Eveline pabalik si Lucien at nag-usap silang tatlo. May mga binilin ito kay Lucien at sa kanya bago sila nito tuluyang iwan sa bahay."Hon, we're cohabiting—"Hindi niya hinaya
Four weeks later. "Ready ka na, hon?" Lucien knocked on Zephyra's door. After several weeks of learning tagalog, he can now speak it with a little difficulty of course."Nanjan na," she answered from inside her room. He can understand her when she speak in tagalog and sometimes they even hold conversation with the language. But his pronunciation is still not accurate compared to her. He still has a long way to go. He was trying to improve his speaking because he noticed that Zephyra was more comfortable speaking in that language which he did not take a hint before at all. When she got out of the room, he saw her in simple t-shirt and jeans and a denim jacket. She was also wearing a black cap letting her curly hair fell over her shoulders freely. This look was very different from the her before. Ever since they temporarily live in SF, Eveline told her not to wear her usual track suits for her safety."Tara na? Naghihintay na si Eveline sa shooting range," he said.She smiled at hi
Dapat mainis siya o 'di kaya magalit kagaya ng mga nauna niyang reaksyon tuwing hinahalikan siya ni Lucien. Pero hindi, sa pagkakataon na 'yon hindi niya naramdaman ang mga 'yon. Bagkos ay gusto niyang maramdaman ang binata. Gusto niyang tumugon.Kaya ginawa niya. Niyakap niya ang mga kamay sa leeg ng binata at hinila ang katawan nito papalapit. Looks like he took her actions as a consent to deepen the kiss. He coaxed her lips apart to let his tongue enter her mouth. She gave him an access. He squeezed her waist making her whole body shivers in excitement. She moaned.Hinigpitan niya ang kapit sa leeg ng binata dahil feeling niya mapapaluhod siya sa sahig dahil sa nanghihina niyang mga tuhod.Hinigpitan din ng binata ang kapit sa beywang niya habang eksperto siya nitong hinahalikan. He kissed her with so much passion and mastery making her breathless. He seems to notice she was out of breath so he let her lips go for a moment. They briefly stared at each other, then his gaze fell ov
"It just appeared by itself." Lucien said. Misha sighed in relief. Salamat naman at hindi tarantado ang sagot nito.Nagpatuloy ang binata. "I think there is some kind of safe or vault behind this security. Looks like this wall is no ordinary wall.""What should we do about this?" tanong niya sa dalawa.Nakatitig sa screen na sumagot si Eveline. "Obviously, we can't open this since you don't remember. Knowing you, this security was done meticulously. We can't just enter some random password or this will be forced to lock.""Why don't we try first? Usually, 'di ba 'pag ganyan may ilang try pa bago mag-locked ng tuluyan."Sandaling natahimik ang dalawa bago tumango si Eveline. "Okay, let's try it.""You know Z— me the most so you can try it first," sabi niya na muntik pang madulas. Siya pa ata papahamak sa sarili niya. She peeked at Lucien and fortunately, he didn't notice anything.Nagkatinginan sila ni Eveline. Napabuntong-hininga ito at lumapit sa screen. "Alright, here goes nothing."