"Good evening, Mom, Dad." Bumeso ako sa kanilang pisngi. Umupo ako sa tapat ni Mom habang si Accius ay sa tabi ko. Si Dad ay nasa kabisera na lagi niyang inuupuan. "Mabuti naman at nakasama ka, Niccolo. Is Sadie being a good wife?" Accius nodded, then I felt his hand on my lap, caressing it. "She's always been a good wife."Mom smiled proudly. Matamis itong ngumiti sa akin kaya pilit akong ngumiti pabalik. Now that I'm back here, I feel uncomfortable and stiffened. "Hija, how's your stay in your husband's mansion?" Dad suddenly asked. Napakurap ako at nag-angat ng tingin sa kaniya. "Maayos naman po, Dad," tipid na sagot ko. "We're glad that you two are getting close to each other. Not that close, but soon you two will work it out, right?" I bit my lower lip and nodded. Dad and Accius took over the conversation. They talk about business and I just nod and nod at their whole conversation. Imbis na mainip ako ay naiilang ako dahil sa malikot na kamay ni Accius na humahaplos sa hita

"Kilala mo ba kung sino ang may gawa nito sa'yo?" He blinked. He looked away and shook his head. "Madilim. Hindi ko masyadong nakita." I nodded and waited for him to talk more but he didn't. Iyon lang ang sinagot niya. His answer didn't satisfy me. I feel like I wanted to know more. There's something bothering me that I wanted to solve. "What happened that night? Hindi naman siguro magiging ganiyan ang lagay mo kung hindi sinadya," I said. "Malala ang lagay niya. Sinadya ang ginawa sa kaniya," sabi ni Levi na lumapit sa amin. "Wala naman akong kaaway. Naglalakad lang ako no'n pauwi. Sobrang bilis ng pangyayari. Bigla na lang akong hinampas sa binti hanggang sa sunod-sunod na akong pinaghahampas ng baseball bat. Hindi ko rin naman nakita dahil madilim, dagdag pa ang pagkahilo ko dahil pagod din ako noong araw na 'yon," sabi ni Daven. Nagbaba ang tingin niya mula sa kaniyang paa na injured. I bit my lower lip and took a deep breath. "Is it a man? What is he… or they wearing?" I as

Wearing my white silk robe, I hurriedly walked out from the room and headed to Accius. Nagtataka pa rin ako kung sino ang dumating para bigla na lang magalit nang ganoon si Accius. "Sino po ang dumating?" nagtatakang tanong ko kay Manang Rosa nakasalubong ko. She looked at me expressionless. "Huwag mo nang alamin, hija. Bumalik ka na inyong kuwarto at manatili sa kuwarto ninyo. Hindi magugustuhan ng iyong asawa kapag nakita ka na narito," tugon niya. Imbis na sagutin ang tanong ko ay iyon ang sinabi niya. Kunot pa rin ang noo at nagtataka sa nangyayari. Tinalikuran na niya ako na parang may mas importante pa siyang kailangan gawin kaysa pabalikin ako sa kuwarto. I was about to turned my back to go back on our room when I heard a familiar voice. Napaawang ang aking bibig, at imbis na bumalik sa kuwarto ay nagpatuloy ako sa paglalakad patungo sa labas kung nasaan si Accius. "F*ck you. What a f*cking piece of sh*t. Lubayan mo ang asawa ko, kung hindi ay ako mismo ang tatapos sa'yo,"

WARNING:SPG"How's Daven, Levi?" "He's fine now. Ngayon na ang uwi niya," he paused. I heard him sighed. "Sadie. I feel like there's something wrong." "Wrong? What is it?" "Daven. It's like someone is really after him. He was tense whenever I asked him what really happened that night. But he keeps saying he doesn't know or maybe he is just being played. It's just weird" he explained. "M-Maybe… he's correct. Sa panahon ngayon, marami na ang mga taong gano'n, Levi. We're not sure. Sasabihin naman siguro ni Daven kung may problema siya. Or kung may humahabol sa kaniya." Mariin akong napapikit at nagpakawala ng malalim na hininga. The call ended. Agad kong tinago ang phone ko. Lumabas ako ng kuwarto at nagtungo kay Hunter. Nilaro ko siya at pinakain. Sinusundan ko lang siya hanggang sa nakarating kami sa hallway ng mansyon kung saan ang mga bawat kuwarto. Dala-dala ko ang tennis ball na nilalaro niya nang bigla niyang agawin sa akin iyon gamit ang kaniyang bibig. Tumakbo siya nang tu

The employees were bowing and greeting us to show some respect to the CEO and to me. I was just smiling at them the whole time as we made our way to his office. Accius didn’t even show a small smile to the people. He just walked like he didn't care about his surroundings, all of his attention was just on me the whole time. Namangha ako sa kaniyang kumpanya. Inaasahan ko na malaki at maganda, pero hindi ko inakala na mas sobra pa roon. Agad na may sumalubong sa amin na sa tingin ko ay sekretaya niya. At may isa pang employee na nakasunod din sa amin. Hindi ko na pinakinggan pa ang mga sinasabi nila kay Accius tungkol sa kumpanya. My eyes were busy roaming around. Hanggang sa nakarating kami sa top floor na walang masyadong tao. “We’re near my office, Doll. Just tell me if you want something.” My eyes immediately roam around his office. His office is huge. The design of his office was just like him. Dark. I walked towards the glass wall and turned at him. I smiled. “The design of you