"What are you doing here?" I asked him in shock. He wore his mask again. "Chilling like an ice cream, chilling." I rolled my eyes as he answered. I looked again at my wet clothes. "Everytime we meet I'm always getting lucky," I said sarcastically. I could feel he was smirking under his mask. "Of course, God sent me. Long time no see, yes?" He then stared at my dress. "If you didn't get because of your clumsiness, you look good tonight. You look very different than before. Woah?" he said as if we were close. "You too," I turned to him and I suddenly remembered the magazine that had ruined me. "Thank you last time for lending me your porn." He laughed even the music was loud I could still hear him. "I told you, don't do that. You're the only one who insists." "You should have told me!" I argued. "Who would bring those things in public!?"&n

   "You seem too excited today," Zach commented. "It's because I'm going to see my family after a long time," I said. I was arranging the clothes I would take to my family's province. I was so glad he would go with me. I know he was a very busy man but spending time with me, away from his office and his home was a huge stepped in our relationship. I bought a huge amount of clothes even we were staying there for a few days only. It was better to be ready than nothing to have when needed, right? "You miss them that much?" he asked and hugged me from behind. I got distracted instantly. Was this normal? Or a progress too? I could no longer concentrate on what I was doing. I could smell him. I just want to bury myself in his neck and not move. This Zachary Levi Esqueza smell was so addictive. I closed my eyes, putting my best

   The moon was in full moon mode tonight. It was a few minutes left before Christmas. My family slept early because they were not into celebrating it in mindight. Dad wasn't allowed to stay late. We usually gift giving the next morning. Zach was roaming around my room, he was expecting everything he could see about me. "Didn't you have a picture when you were a kid?" He asked while holding my photo album from high school. "No, Dad said it got burned in our first house." Zach frowned at night "Burned?" "Yes, I was still a baby then so I don't remember either. But he said that someone intentionally burned it to get rid of us since they wanted tu build a company where our house was." Zach's face got worried "Who did it, Iris? Where do they live? Do you know their name? And what job they have now?" "Don

   We were just circling around the park. It was getting a bit crowded as the sun was about to go down. We were roaming from stall to stall. Zach was amazed how cheap the food and clothes here. He said he wanted to go back here every year since it's always like this every Christmas season.  "Wear this," I handed Zach the black mask I had chosen, it was only half up to the nose. We were in front of a stall now. I smiled when Zach took what I gave him. He didn't ask me why and trusted my plan. "Like this, Mrs. Esqueza?" Zach asked when he wore it. "You look perfectly gorgeous, Zach. Even though half of your face is still covered," I said disapprovingly. Zach took the silver mask and put it on my face. "And you look perfect, Mrs. Esqueza. It's indistinguishable that a beautifu

  The vacation was over. We really had a great time. My family loved Zach already and as soon as we left, Dad kept texting me when would be visiting again. I told him once our schedule frees up.  "Hey! Irisian!" When I arrived in the office, Romeo was so eager to talk to me. "Don't shout," I whispered to him. "How can I not shout?! I didn't even know you were married! What's even more shocking is... You are married to our boss! And it's not just our boss but the owner of the company we are working for! And it's not just the owner! It's the one and only Zachary Levi Esqueza!" My friend whispered excitedly. I was shocked at the moment. I didn't know what to respond. But this was my friend, my bestfriend. Maybe he was the only one whi knew about it? "H-how did you know?"