Ms. Writer and the Billionaire Playboy

Chapter 26

CHELSIE – Two days after the island

She was awakened by soft knocks, that then became loud knocks. Her eyes blinked, napa-upo siya mula sa kama niya. There were a few voices, then a knock again, much stronger. Napamulagat siya, she just woke up from a dream and she just completely forgot what it is about.

Napahikab siya. It must be his mom, or even though it didn’t sound it, napaderetso ang paa niya sa pinto. It was just a natural instinct to open it, right?

“Chelsie,” bumulaga sa kaniya ang isang mukha.

Halos mapalundag siya sa nakita, sa surpresa at shock na sumipa sa sistema niya. It was her boss, or should she say, her ex-boss. It was Matt Vallejo right outside her room, staring at her in her pajamas and loose shirt, with her wild hair flowing in all directions.

The furrowed brows became relaxed, but there was full of worry, stress and confusion coming from that expression.

“M-Matt?” sinipat niya ang likod nito, nandoon ang mama niya. Her mom just gave her a non-chalant innocent smile, na para bang kinikilig eto o ewan.

“M-mama, ba’t niyo siya pinapasok!” hiyaw niya at napayakap sa sarili niya. Wala nga pala siyang bra. Her face crimsoned a bit.

“I’ll be waiting in your sala, but please, Chelsie, talk to me. There’s an emergency. And god, why are you not checking your phone? I’ve sent text and calls.”

Emergency? Tsaka totoong hindi niya muna pinansin ang cellphone niya dahil gusto niyang mapag-isa at magmuni-muni sa buhay niya. She was in her way to the recovery of what probably must be the biggest embarrassment in her life. Just remembering that night in that island, gusto niya agad ilibing ang sarili niya sa lupa.

Matapos nga na makarating ulit sa beach house sila ni Matt, ay wala na silang imikan. She immediately went to her room and showered, napadampi ang palad niya sa labi niya. Matt’s lips was…soft and tantalizing. She must be really crazy.

Hindi siya makatulog, isa lang ang gusto niyang gawin kundi umalis sa bahay na iyon. To be away from Matt. Feeling niya, wala na siyang mukhang maihaharap dito.

So she though hard. Her decision was to resign. Wala na siyang karapatan pa para magtrabaho kay Matt dahil sa napaka-weird na nangyari sa kanila. She cant face him anymore.

Kinabukasan ay nakita niya si Heidi, on recovery daw ang anak nito. Bago daw umalis si Matt ay binigyan pa ito ng pambayad para sa hospital ng anak.

Sinabi niya kay Heidi na gusto niyang sumama sa hospital, pero ang totoo, matapos ng hospital ay gusto na lang niyang mag bus pauwi sa kanila at tumakas. Duda kasi siya kung papayagan siya ni Matt na ganun-ganun na lang na lumayas o mag-resign pero hindi na nga niya maatim na harapin ito.

Yun nga, sumama siya kay Heidi sa hospital. Medyo malaki ang bag niya pero hindi ito nagtanong kung bakit. Iniwan na lang niya yung mga ibang damit niya. Matapos ng pagbisita, sabi niya kay Heidi may titingnan lang siya sa palengke. So nagpa-drop siya, pero daig pa nga siguro niya ang criminal, minsan natatawa na lang siya sa ginawa niya, kung paanong matapos ibaba siya ni Heidi at ng asawa nito sa palengke ay napaharurot na siya sabay tanong-tanong paano umuwi papunta sa kanila.

Ayun naman, sa kabutihang palad ay matiwasay naman siyang nakauwi. Medyo gulat pa mga magulang niya pero sabi lang niya na nag-decide siyang mas maagang mag weekend off. Medyo sa puntong yun pa nagsi-sink in sa kaniya yung katangahang ginawa niya. Naisip niya rin ang kuya niya, si Limuel, at kung paano ito maaapektuhan sa ginawa niya.

Mas lalo siyang na-praning at mas nahiya sa ginawa niya. Inoff niya ang cellphone niya para mas makapag-isip, ilan araw na siyang nagkukulong sa kuwarto.

Napalakad-lakad siya sa kuwarto niya. Matapos magbihis ng mas maayos ay napagtanto niyang isa lang talaga ang choice niya ngayon kundi ang harapin si Matt at aminin ang mga mali niya. Siguro ay ifa-finalize na lang niya ang resignation niya. Masiyado rin siyang nabigla sa nagawa niya.

Maiintindihan niya kung galit ito, deserve din naman niya yung pagalitan siya. Sige go, tatangapin niya lahat ng masasakit na salita na ibabato nito.

Napalabas na siya ng kuwarto. Who would have thought that one day, her boss, owning all these luxurious stuff, cars and properties, would be seen sitting in their humble sofa?

Napa-angat ang mukha nito ng mapa-upo na siya sa harap nito. Sinignal naman niya ang mama niya na lumayo muna dahil mukhang may balak pa itong making sa usapan nila.

Naghanda na siya ng speech sa utak niya. Here we go.

“Matt, pasensiya na talaga. Alam kong marami akong kasalanan, pero, sana maintindihan mo, na simula ngayon ay mag-re-resign na ako,” medyo napapiyok at napakibot ang labi niya ng konti.

“Over what?” a stressed out voice came from him. “Anong nangayayari sayo, Chelsie? Sa inyo?”

Sa inyo? Medyo napakunot siya.

She gave a quizzical look. Napa-angat rin ang mukha niya.

“Your brother, he is not reporting to the office,” anunsiyo ni Matt.

“A-ano?” singhap niya. Hinagilap niya ang mukha ng mama niya ngunit pinalabas nga pala niya ito. “San ba siya?”

“I don’t know, why are you asking me. You and your family should know-“ he almost hissed, scraping his hair with his fingers. “Now, the last message I got from him is that there’s an emergency, and he needed to have an emergency leave for a week or two, and the very same day, that’s the time you ran away.”

“W-wala namang nasabi sa’kin,” shocked pa rin siya.

“Well, your parent didn’t know too until I told them about Limuel’s message. Kala nila may outing lang.”

“Baka andon sa girlfriend niya?” kunot ni Chelsie. “Sorry talaga, Matt-“

“No, no, you cant resign-“ iling nito, “if you do, someone still needs to fill out your brother’s hours, and you need to do that. While I still trace what’s going on.”

“A-ayaw ko na nga,” mahinang iling niya.

“Over what, Chelsie?” it was evident he was getting irritated.

“D-dahil sa nangyari,” apuhap niya. “I can’t work with you matapos non, I can’t write about your life after what happened. Ewan ko sayo, pero parang ang weird nun diba?” she aired. “I cant face you anymore, sobrang nakakahiya,” she lowered down her face.

“Can you hear what you’re saying, Chelsie?”

Napa-angat ang mukha niya. “For you, yes it’s nothing Matt,” medyo nairita na rin siya, “siguro dahil ginagawa mo na yun sa lahat, b-but for me, that’s my first kiss!” she aired, almost feeling her face crimsoned again. “And I don’t know if I have the license to write about your life after that. If I am still qualified.”

Matt looked her in the face, still trying to digest what she said. “Listen Chelsie, life is not entirely about that okay? I really apologize, but I still want you with me. I still want you to write for me, and while we just solve what’s happening with your brother, at least if you’re not comfortable to return to the beach house, you can stay in the office. It’s just easy, and I’ll guide you for awhile until your brother returns. I can feel that I trust you, and I still want to keep trusting you. I hope you too.”

“I trust you, Matt,” napapiyok ang boses niya. “But I’m a woman too, and I just don’t want to be so close to you, maybe have some time apart-“

“Please, Chelsie,” hindi niya namalayan na napalapit na ito. He almost kneeled somewhere between her, and gently groped her palms and it made her warm all over. She wanted to be enclosed in him, it’s driving her crazy.

Her eyes misted. In truth, she didn’t want to be away with Matt. She wanted to stay close with him. “Okay,” she whispered.