CHLOEI breathed out heavily. The tension between me and the woman named Malori cannot be denied. Kanina pa siya pasulyap-sulyap ng masama sa akin. The woman named Denise naman ay mukhang wala naman ibang alam gawin kung hindi ang yumakap at maglambing kay Trace. The three of them are doing PDA and no one from Trace’s friends are telling them to stop kahit nakakainis na sila sa mata. I gave Malori and Denise another look. Nagtataka ako na bakit balewala sa kanila na dalawa silang nilalandi ni Trace and what I heard from Bree earlier ay sabi niya baka may orgy gagawin si Trace mamaya. Oh God! How filthy the man I fell in love with!Wait! Did I say ‘I’? Oh, shit*! I mean Carly! How filthy this Trace Dimagiba that Carly fell in love with! Not me! I am just clarifying! Definitely, it’s not me! I felt disgusted while looking at Trace. Pakiramdam ko ay may ideya na ako sa ginawa ni Trace kay Carly. He just used my sister, impregnated her and left her. Masama ang tingin na ibinigay ko ka

CHLOE"You know you're beautiful, aren't you?" Malori asked me while still giving me her judging stares. I narrowed my eyes and then gave her a smirk. What is this woman doing? Is she going to scare me because of Elliot or because of Trace? Duh! She was the one flirting with Trace while looking at Elliot with a longing gaze of her for the man. I made a cheeky sound. She is very transparent and now she has the guts to approach me, sounding and looking like a jilted wife."Excuse me, are you talking to me?" I asked her nicely. Baka naman makuha pa sa magandang ugali ang babaeng ito. I am always nice. Pinalaki ako ni mommy na masunurin at hindi spoiled. "Sino pa ba? Tayo lang naman dalawa ang nandito. Don't play dumb, Barbie." "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying,” maarte kong sagot. I am a nice person but if someone acts like a bitch* at me then I can handle that someone with the same attitude as well. "Oh! So it's true that you can't speak and understand Tagalog," Malo

CHLOEThe throbbing pain in my head made me wake up, but I closed my eyes again when the sunlight blinded me. I opened my eyes again. I saw the glass window that made me sit on the bed. I was not in the guest room where Harriet and I stayed. No glass window there. Confused. I asked myself, where am I? I felt nauseous that made me lay my body on the bed again. I want to sleep, kung kanino man akong kwarto naroroon ay wala naman siguro masama na makitulog pa ako. I felt bad, this is my second time na nalasing ako dito sa Pilipinas at hindi maganda ang panaginip ko. May tumutok sa akin ng baril. I tried to sleep again nang biglang may braso na yumakap sa akin. I looked at Harriet’s arm pero hindi braso ni Harriet ang nakita ko. It was a man’s arm at napakunot-noo ako sa Rolex na relo na suot niya. I saw that Rolex last night. Kay...Trace! Mabilis akong bumangon. Kinakabahan ako na nilingon kung tama ang hinala ko kung kaninong braso iyon and shIt* si Trace nga! I remember his Rolex n

CHLOEPaige’s party was ten days ago and I am here in front of Forte Tower in BGC Taguig for the call I received yesterday, telling me to report to work. I was kind of hesitant since I didn’t apply for this company. I applied to Black Builders, a triple-A construction company, that I found while looking for work through online job hunting sites.I reviewed the Black Builders’ company profile and I was impressed, and I was even awed by the CEO’s handsome profile that I searched on the net. The CEO is happily married with four children, Benedikt Rurik Petrov-Silva or much known as Brix Petrov-Silva. He is in his mid-thirties but still oozing awesomeness. Masyado ako naaliw sa mga write-ups at articles about the handsome CEO of Black Builders at sa asawa nito na si Ali na isang sikat na influencer dahil sa isang channel nito sa isang video-sharing site. Their family looks so lovely at kinikilig ako isipin ang love story nila na ewan kung totoo na gano’n based sa kwento ni Ali Petrov-Sil

CHLOE “Yes, Mom. Of course… Of course, I am doing my part here… No! Wait! I mean… You don’t need to shout, Mom. I… I just need to look for a job here while waiting for the time that I can talk to the man…” I am trying to explain to mommy. Kakatapos ko lang pumirma sa kontrata na nasa harap ko at saktong tumawag siya. I was so excited pa to tell her na may nakuha akong project nang naunahan na ako ng panenermon niya. As always… I can’t decide for myself. Sad. “As far as I remember, Chloe, we are not starving you,” Mommy angrily said. I have no idea kung sino ang nagkuwento sa mommy ko sa paghahanap ko ng work. Probably ang father or ang mother ni Harriet. Alin na lang sa kanila. And I am not saying either that they are starving me, I just want to practice my profession. Is it wrong? “Are you listening, Chloe Jordan McIntyre?!” galit na sabi ni Mommy and I know she is really mad dahil binuo na niya ang pangalan ko. Kulang na lang ay pati middle name ko ay banggitin niya na rin. I