“LOLA TINAY is very organized and strict while Lola Kora is a riot. Mahal na mahal ko sila, Pepper,” sabi nito sa mas seryosong tinig kapagdaka. “I can see that. It’s very obvious,” marahan niyang sabi.“Pero mayaman kayo. We’re okay financially, pero nakikita ko sa ‘yo… na talagang mayaman kayo kahit ang humble nang pagkakakwento mo sa mga ventures mo o sa mga magulang mo. What if they don’t like me?”“Itatanan kita,” sagot niya agad. “We’ll run away in my horse until we’re in a different kingdom where they cannot reach us.” Saka siya tumawa sa pagtawa nito na parang nakiliti sa nakakahiyang attempt niya ng pag-iimbento ng kuwento. “What?”“Just be a CEO, please?” Tatawa-tawa siya. “Okay, if that’s what gets you to strip naked—”“Whoa!”“—for me. Or I can strip for you, kung anong gusto mo. I mean, I have female cousins. These books about CEOs and sex—they can’t get enough of that. Beatrice, my sixteen-year-old cousin to my Uncle Herbert whose never had a boyfriend and didn’t even
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