บททั้งหมดของ Bewitched Attorney (Entice Series 2): บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

A/N: Sorry po now lang nakapag-update and naka-recover sa Typhoon Uwan. Hope everyone's safety po. Enjoy reading...CHAPTER 12Hindi ko pinakita ang pag-init ng aking pisngi nang maramdaman ko ang puwetan ko sa sofa. His voice was always as dark, tasteless, but intoxicating... Kumuha na lang ako ng beer at sinunod na lamang ang kaniyang kagustuhan at hindi mawala-wala ang tinig niya sa aking utak."okay?" malamig kong turan. "Cheers na lang tayo!"I really didn't want to talk about what was happening between us. There were a thousand questions I wanted to ask, but most of them felt too personal, too intimate, given how casual our relationship actually was. We barely knew each other, not really. So I sat in silence, drinking and pretending that everything was normal, when in reality, nothing felt normal anymore.I kept drinking, cup after cup, until the world around me started to blur at the edges. The alcohol was flowing freely, loosening my tongue and my inhibitions as it always did

CHAPTER 14I've been seeing Limuel for the past few days in the office. Basta ang alam ko ay may pinapaimbestigahan daw sa kaniya si Immanuel. Tungkol sa pamilya ni Ayannah. Ayannah on the other hand was still suspended."Diyan siya nakatira," aniya ko at pinakita ang address ni Ayannah."Do you know his parents' name?" he asked. I shook my head.Tumayo na siya at nagsuot na ng kaniyang boxer. We've done it again, in his place. Nagbihis na ako gaya ng ginagawa niya. Tapos na rin naman akong maligo, actually nga ay sabay kami. Maaga raw siya kaya sasabay na ako, papahinto na lang ako sa apartment ng bestfriend ko kasi mamaya pa naman ang aking pasok.Ano naman kaya ang iimbestigahan ni Limuel kay Ayannah? Nakaka-curious lang ah. Una, sinuspend ng lintek na boss namin tapos ngayon inuutusan na naman ni Boss Buenaventura na imbestigahan ang pamilya niya?"Don't tell Ayannah what you knew about it..." aniya nang nasa apartment na ako nina Ayannah.Ngumuso ako at tiningnan siya. "Wala man

CHAPTER 16Limuel just pulled me inside his condo. Halos hindi ko alam kung dahil sa bilis ng lakad niya o sadyang masyadong naninikip lang ang dibdib ko ngayon.He leaned closer, and this time... I realized I didn't want his lips. I didn't want whatever was stirring behind those dark eyes of his. I just felt tired, emotionally drained, entirely void of the heat that usually ignited between us. My chest felt hollow.Kahit na kita ko sa kaniyang mata ang pananabik ay ilang beses lang akong napapasinghap dahil gusto kong i-recover ang puso ko sa pagtibok nang pagkabilis-bilis na para bang nagmarathon ako kanina!"You don't want me this time?" he asked, a smirk playing at the corners of his mouth. There was no sadness in his voice, no disappointment, only a thick, knowing tone, as though he expected this exact reaction from me. As though he prepared for it."Hindi naman sa ganoon! Masyado ka naman kasing seryoso sa mga nagdaang araw... Ang akala ko..." I can't utter my words.No, Cherry!

CHAPTER 18I busied myself with cooking. I didn't fantasize about having a perfect, complete family because I knew that was impossible. But having a decent family, even if it wasn't perfect, was enough for me. Iyon lang naman ang hiling ko. Pero bakit kahit na ganoon ay pinagkait pa rin ng tadhana sa amin?Bakit hindi naging matatag si Mama? Bakit siya nagpalamon sa sarili niyang emosyon? Bakit hindi niya kami inisip no'ng mga panahon na kailangan namin ng magulang?I want to ask her that. But every time I tried, she just shouted and had some seizures. Hindi madali para sa akin iyon. I loved her, but that wasn't enough for me to be mad at her sometimes.Dahil lang namatay si Papa... Nawalan na ng bait si Mama. Kailangan kong magtrabaho at tumigil sa pag-aaral dahil walang sumusuporta sa amin. Kahit na 'yong mga kamag-anak namin ay inayawan na rin kami, inayawan na rin si Mama.That's when I truly understood something real... real people show up for you not only during the good times b

CHAPTER 20The following weeks were a blur of endless work and stress. Limuel was stretched impossibly thin, and I watched as the toll of it all began to show on his face. Minsan ay umuwi si Sir Immanuel sa kompanya ngunit umalis lang ulit. Ayannah also updated me that her mother suffered heart attacks lately.Dahil sa kaibigan ko siya ay pinahiram ko siya ng pera para pandagdag sa operasyon ni Tita. I don't know what's happening! Our boss seems problematic too at wala sa kaniyang sarili. Kaya pati si Limuel ay nas-stress na rin."Immanuel's got this huge project in the US," Limuel explained one afternoon during our lunch break, and I could hear the exhaustion through his voice. "But he can't seem to focus on anything else. It's affecting everything here."Napakagat ako ng labi. Inaya ko siyang kumain at nandito kami ngayon sa office niya. Kahit nga ang pagkain ay nakakaligtaan na niyang gawin eh."Do you want me to call Ayannah?" I suggested carefully. "Maybe we could convince him to