Mugman X Cala Maria Novels & Stories

"Are your paws brave enough to drink from my hand?" "I am brave enough for anything you want, Kaelen," Maria whispers, completely drunk just from looking at my face. She grabs the glass and drinks the fiery liquor down in one giant swallow. "Ouch! It tastes like liquid fire!" "Have another one," I say, filling the glass to the brim again. "Kaelen, I love your fur so much," Maria groans, her brain turning to pure mush from the heavy alcohol as she slumps her heavy body straight against my chest jacket. "Please don't push my arms away tonight."

“I asked him to fetch me some fresh gata for my maja blanca, but he’s been taking his sweet time.” Isagani laughed. “That sounds delicious, Manang.” He turned to me. “Reya, these are Manang Adoracion and Manong Nilo. They take care of that beach house over there.” He pointed toward an elegant structure nestled a bit further from the main resort—white wood, wide glass panels, modern with touches of western charm. “Manang Adoracion makes the best maja blanca on the island,” he added with a grin. “You don’t need to flatter me, Sir,” she said, laughing. “But if you’re free later, come by for merienda.”

She jumped over the strange entrance pavement below a red and white sunshade; whatever gravel had been laid beneath. “Here.” Maria placed the 70 centavos on the ledge of the counter and left speedily before Celeste could blurt and quip her philosophy. “Mahr-!” blurted Adrian’s wife when she turned around by the drawer, she had accepted her youngest sister’s apology but Maria took off before Celeste had a glimpse at her for a moment and had gone already before she had opened her mouth and her voice just trailed off to say, "I forgive you but beauty does not lose sense and a man obtains her." Nicola, her shop attendant, had been at the back door arranging and stacking wines and cheeses.

My head is still one. “What's with the look, Maria?” I asked bewildered. I put the can and burp. “Owww sorry, I'm too full. Thanks for the food.” I awkwardly smile at them. Embarrassed by what happened earlier. “Pfft haha haha you really are surprising, Callixta. Who would know that you could drink a can of beer with just one drink? And did you eat Grey's adobo?” He asked, eyeing the food in my plate.

César was standing right there, his face calm like nothing was happening, almost bored like he was waiting for a train or something, a brief admiration flashed through me at his stupid Calmness in all situations. Maria was holding a gun but I could feel her hands shaking so badly, her knuckles were white and she was breathing heavy. I winced when the knife cut me a little deeper and I bit my lip to stop a cry from escaping. "Stay back!" Maria shouted, her voice breaking, but César didn't stop. He just walked slowly like he had all the time in the world.

Ella grabbed the menus and looked over the cuisines the restaurant had to offer. “Madame, Sir may I take your order please?” The waitress assigned to the table said, humbly in a professional tone drawing the attention of Ella and Keenan. Keenan’s eyes roamed the waitress from top to bottom liking what he was seeing, He cleared his throat and looked at the menu again. “I’ll have the Manti : Mini Ravioli and Red wine” He said flipping the menu down. The waitress quietly wrote the meal down and she turned to Ella. “You miss? Anything you’d like to order?” She asked holding her pen on the page not yet to write down the order.

The last time we met was the night we enjoyed Domaine de La Romanee Conti Grand Cru wine at his penthouse. I don't remember anything after that and when I woke up the next morning, I didn't find Leo there. He only sent me a text message that he was going to order one of his female henchmen to be my personal maid which I later learned was Maria — she was the woman who had knocked on the door. The following days I never saw Leo at all. Whenever I contacted him, he would only read my messages and reply a few hours later. So, I decided not to contact him again and our communication was cut off for weeks.

I explained, my voice filled with happiness. We both stayed busy for a while. Manang Sela was in the living room with MJ, while Donovan was at school. Before noon, I finished cooking two dishes, Caldereta and Menudo, with freshly picked mangoes for dessert. We had just set the table when we heard the doorbell ring. Marius and I went to the gate together to greet our guests. To our surprise, we saw who Calum's girlfriend was. At the gate stood Calum, tall, dark-skinned, and athletic. Beside him was a familiar, beautiful face that immediately surprised both Marius and me.

Sweet Pea Guun does not talk, resigned. Maria Linda was completely dumbfounded, after regaining her senses, she drank two glasses of calm, could not believe it: "No, Sweet Pea Guun ca, what are you doing?!" Sweet Pea Guun clutching the wine cup: "Do not bend." Maria Linda gently exhaled, puzzled: "So what are you confused about?" Sweet Pea Guun enjoys a glass of wine with one hand, nodding in agreement.

Nobody needed to tell me who that was for. I grimaced and remembered how hard her body jerked when Damon was close. I knew I had to do something. It might not work, but it was worth the risk. I turned to Maria, "How would you like to go back to Calabria?" "Yessss! I can't wait. I'll pack today, and tomorrow I'll be leaving. I miss Calabria. It's just a bunch of boredom here." I walked out of her room into the guest room. My bag was already there. It seemed I was going to stay here much longer than I thought.