LUSCIOUS POISON

Chapter 29

Nakatingin at nakatingala sa ceiling si Calla habang nakalubog ang katawan sa bath tub.

She still can feel her body in pain. She just felt so sore and she would groan everytime she move her legs for the pain in between her legs is something she can barely handle for now.

Pinilit n'yang huwag pansinin ang sakit na nagmumula sa gitnang bahagi ng kaniyang mga hita dahil sa pagmamadaling makaalis sa lugar na iyon.

She would like to scold herself for running away. She didn't know why the hell she acted like that. She went in there with her mind in sane but she ran away like she was forced to be there. Napapikit s'ya at gano'n na lang ang kaniyang pagkagulat nang malinaw n'yang nakita ang mukha ng binata sa kaniyang pagpikit.

"Arthus Russo." Banggit n'ya sa pangalan nito.

Her being part of the royal family is set to learn the powerful names and family from other country. She remembered

Russo is one of the names she has to learn about. She then took her phone and search the name.

"Russo Family. I wasn't wrong from the very beginning. The moment I heard his name, I know he is someone connected in this family." Pero naningkit ang mga mata ni Calla nang mabasa kung ano ang nakadikit na term sa pangalan ng binata. "The so-called prodigal son of the Russo Empire?"

Napa-smirk s'ya nang mabasa ang kung ano pa ang idinikit ng media sa pangalan ng binata. Natawa s'ya ng mahina dahil pakiramdam n'ya ay nagbabasa s'ya ng kwento n'ya. Ang pinagkaiba lang naman nila, s'ya ay may headline na *"the cunning, the b*tch, the hearless and the devil royal member."*

Wala naman s'yang pakialam dahil alam naman n'ya kung sino ang may pakana ng lahat ng 'yon. She's always been the antagonist in the royal family according to the media posts and the reason of that was the people of the House of Vasquez itself.

No wonder why they found each other interesting because they somehow could relate each other without knowing. It just happened that she was really nervous the moment she opened her eyes and found herself in the situation.

People in Spain may call her party goer but never had a time that she had a night with any man in there. Arthus Russo, he was her first and that is why was f ucking nervous with the fact that she had a one night stand with the man she just met......at the bar.

"Calla?"

Tinanggal ni Calla ang kaniyang mga mata na nakatuon sa kaniyang cellphone nang marinig ang katok sa cr at ang pagtawag sa kaniyang pangalan.

"I am not done yet." Sigaw n'ya mula sa loob. Napangiwi naman ulit s'ya nang igalaw n'ya ang ibabang party ng kaniyang katawan.

Masakit pa rin ang pagitan ng kaniyang mga hita. *"eso fue increíble"*

"estás bien" *(are you okay)*? Dinig pa n'yang tanong mula sa labas. It was Irene asking.

She then looked at her wristwatch, her eyes widened with the realization that she's been soaking her body for 5 hours now.

"Estoy bien" *(I am just fine)* sagot n'ya rito.

"Get out from there already. We are waiting for you, let's have breakfast." Saad pa ng nasa labas.

Hindi na sumagot si Calla lalo nang marinig n'ya ang paglayo ng takong ng kaibgan mula sa pinto ng kaniyang banyo. At dahil nasa kamay n'ya pa ang kaniyang cellphone ay ibinalik n'ya ang tingin dito.

Binasa n'yang muli ang mga balita patungkol sa mga Russo. She frowned when she spot nothing about Arthus living in the Philippines. It says here that he always left Italy and neither of the family member knew where he goes.

"Ibig sabihin nobody from their family knew where he always go and what he usually do? Is he some kind of hiding in this country because he doesn't want to be part of the business industry? It was stated in the article and Arthus' been saying over the interview that there is no way he will be part of the Russo Empire." Kinakausap n'ya ang sarili habang patuloy sa pagbabasa.

Nang umabot s'ya dulo ng isang page na 'yon ay inilapag n'ya muna ang kaniyang cellphone at saka tumuloy sa pagligo. Hindi alintana ang sakit na kaniyang nararamdaman makatapos lang sa pagligo.

Pinilit ni Calla na huwag masyadong maging halata ng kaniyang mga kaibigan ang kaniyang lakad at na nasasaktan s'ya. Ayaw n'yang batuhin s'ya ng mga ito ng mga tanong at wala rin s'yang balak na magkwento sa mga ito.

Ni hindi n'ya alam kung paano ipaintindi sa sarili ang ginawa n'ya.

*"You just f ucking messed my own mind up, Arthus Russo."*

"So.... " Tumingin si Calla sa kaibigan na si Natasha nang magsimula itong magsalita. Nakataas ang kilay nitong tumingin sa kaniya. "You are still not making kwento about earlier."

"Can we eat first?" aniya rito.

"Sure. But don't you ever forget that you owe us an explanation," sabat naman ni Irene.

She nodded just to make these two keep their selves in silent for a while. Calla started eating but her mind just couldn't take off the memory that she has last night. She was never nervous when Arthus invited her to got out from that bar and she suddenly get nervous and ashamed the moment she saw the of them naked and was lying beside each other.

Malinaw na malinaw sa isip n'ya ang ginawa nilang dalawa. She can remember how she went wild with him and that is something she was embarras about. Ano na lang ang iniisip sa kaniya ng binata? That she is some kind of an easy to get woman? Naiinis at naguguluhan s'ya because never in her life that she does mind what men say about her.

She always has negative headlines all over the internet. Those words that could make men feel so disappointed about him and she never mind about that.

"And you are just becoming a different person just now." Komento ni Natasha pero hindi n'ya masyadong naintindihan ang sinabi nito.

Binigyan n'ya ng nagtatanong na tingin ang kaibigan pero tinaasan lamang s'ya nito ng kilay. Pero hindi n'ya na nagawang tanungin pa ito dahil sa biglang pagsasalita ni Irene na nakaagaw din ng kaniyang atensyon.

"Natasha told me that Arthus Russo was the only man she knew that would never get attracted to woman just like that."