Kabanata 24
Drunk
“I’ll pick you up later. Wala naman akong gagawin,” kaswal na sambit sa akin ni Jaxon nang makababa ako mula sa kotse niya.
Maagap akong umiling at tiningnan siya nang mataman. He looks so casual to me. Bigla ko tuloy naalala ang mga sinabi ng pinsan niya no’ng nakaraang gabi. Everyone knows we have a relationship. Why did they think that? Dahil ba magkasama kami sa New York at sabay rin kaming umuwi? I doubt it.
“Huwag na, Jax. Sasabay ako kina Yerim. Alam kong busy ka rin,” I told him as I was entering the building of Royale Publishing Company.
Kumunot ang noo nito at ibinaba ang aviator niya. He was looking at me intently which made me look away from him.
“Iniiwasan mo ba ako, Rae?” malalim na tanong niya sa’kin kaya napangiwi ako.
“Hindi, a.”
“Really? Kahapon
