Lahat ng Kabanata ng DECEIVING LOOKS: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

"Mag bihis ka na Sebiala, at ikaw Graciela 'wag ka nang lalabas dahil pinapapunta ko na ang mang hihilot."Utos ni Nanay limang minuto nang makarating kami sa bahay. "Galit ka sakin Nay?" Parang tanga kong tanong habang naka silip sa may kurtina.Tinigil niya ang pag aayos ng mga pinamili bago ako hinarap."Dapat ba akong magalit?" Pabalik niyang tanong.Bumuntong hininga ako at tuluyan ng lumabas para harapin siya."Hindi po. Iniisip ko lang baka.. uh-"Nag dududa ako? Grace umamin ka nga sa akin, ano ba talaga ang trabaho mo?""Personal Assistant po."Mabait akong sumagot kinakabahan at pinag papawisan."Alam mong ayaw ko ng sinungaling Graciela, may tiwala ako sa'yo at alam kong hindi mo naman ako sasaktan hindi ba?"Nakagat ko ang loob ng pisnge ko at tumungo. Sa pag sagot pa lang sa tanong niya ay magiging sinungaling na naman ako, paano pa ang sabihing hindi ko siya sasaktan? 

The love conflict between poor and rich is clinche and worn issue. I've read it on novels, watched on the televisions and now I can't believe that I'm facing the same conflict.Gideon Xrus Mañejas the famous, rich and close to perfection man versus me, Graciela Hope Villanovo who have nothing but a hidden dreams and lies. Ano'ng laban ko? I build a wall and promise that no man can break it. And it's unbreakable indeed, not until I decided to destroy it by myself.And I don't know what really happened because as far as I can remember I'm not interested.I don't want his presence, I'm pissed because he's womanizer, I'm annoyed because of his cheesy moves and I'm sure there's nothing special to him.But as the days pass by, I just caught myself waiting to feel his presence, My mind is making a new description of him minus all the filthy thing that he did, I started to dream about him being with me for the rest of the day. I don't

Katulad ng lagi kong ginagawa, hindi ko sinagot ang mga messages ni Gideon at pinabayaan lang na mag ingay ang cellphone ko sa may gilid."Kung hindi mo sasagutin could you please put it on a silent mode? Wag mo namang ipamukha sa akin na may naghahabol sa'yo at sa akin wala."Eksaherada akong napalingon kay Abbigail at naabutan ko ang tamad na reaksyon niya. Maging si Ethan ay napalingon din sa kaniya."Bakit parang kasalanan ko?" Nakahawak sa dibdib na sabi ko."There's someone chasing for you, you're just blinded by your doubts and fears." Hirit naman ni Ethan.Ay teka? Mukhang may mamumuo pa yatang love team dito ah."What are you guys talking about? I just want that noisy phone to be on silence because it's distracting me. Geez, the hugot thing is not fun huh?"She murmured."Okay sorry na boss." Kinuha ko ang cellphone ko at ihahagis na sana sa loob ng kwarto pero na agaw ng pangalan na nakasulat

Lumabas kami ng building at hindi na ako nagulat ng makita ang sports car niyang nagsusumigaw sa yaman at porma.Umikot kami papunta sa shotgun seat at pinag buksan niya ako ng pintuan."Thanks.""Seatbelt." He ordered before closing the door."Mas bet ko kung ikaw ang mag lalagay." Sagot ko na siguradong hindi naman niya narinig.Sayang, akala ko ma e-experience ko na ang "feeling his hot breath" moment. "Whoah Lord! Gabayan niyo po ang kaharutan ko." Daing ko bago umayos ng upo dahil pumasok na si Gideon."Sorry may sinabi ka? I can't hear it outside."Umiling ako."Hindi ah""But I saw you're murming lately.""Huh? Ano hindi lips exercise ang tawag do'n."Umangat ang kilay niya."Hindi ko alam na merong gano'n.""Wala naman kasi talaga.""What?""Uh paandarin mo na yung makina that's what I meant." "All right."

The real value of a moment can only be felt when you decided to close your eyes and let your emotions flow together with the incense of purity and the sound of calmness.I can't help but to let myself produce a nonstop laughters when I saw how Gideon dive into the water and rise up with a coconut shell on his head."What the fuck is this?" He wrinkled his forehead before throwing away the shell.It's almost five in the afternoon and I could see the orange skies indication that the sun will set anytime soon.And yet we're still here in the water, laughing and teasing each other.Lumangoy siya palapit sa akin at hinapit ako."Malamig na Hope baka sipunin ka.""Ano'ng palagay mo sa'kin six years old na madaling sipunin kapag nalamigan?""Don't ask me that. I would probably answer that you're a baby, My baby.""Tama ka nga, malamig na."Sinabuyan ko siya ng tubig at lumangoy palayo sa kaniya. Psh.