Kabanata 16

Chapter 16

THAT STARE actually made me nervous. Its as if I committed a major sin dahil sa uri ng tinging ibinato sa akin ni Markus. I do not know why he looked at me like that---no, there's actually an idea pero alam 'kong malabong iyon 'yon.

Malabong-malabo na magse-selos si Markus dahil sa nakita nya.

I tried shaking my head a bit to forcefully make that thought out of my head. I focused my attention to Chad, whose also looking at me. With a worried expression.

Umayos ako ng tayo dahil duon.

"Is there something wrong?" I tried asking.

Chad just let off a small smile. "I'm just trying to read your reaction. Kanina ka pa parang may malalim na iniisip," anito.

What? Gano'n na ba ka-halata ang pagka-balisa ko? Geez.

With that, I forced to release a smile. "Ano ka ba, ayos lang ako. We can now start talking about your plan to invest with us. Oo nga pala, bakit sa amin? I mean, talaga 'bang pumayag ang Daddy m