Interdicted Passion: The Nerd's Prodigy (AGS #1)

KABANATA 44:

Venom

Nang magangat ako ng tingin ay halos panawan na nga talaga ako ng ulirat nang makita ang nangungunot na noo ni Lin.

Mukhang naalala niyang hindi niya dala ang laptop niya kaya may sinabi siya sa babae at agad silang nagtungo sa aking direksyon.

I looked at his laptop. Mukhang sa lakas ng sipa ko ay tumilapon ito, tumama sa gutter at diretso sa putikan. Basang-basa na ito at mukhang wala nang pag-asa.

Sa nanginginig na kamay ay pupulutin ko sana ito nang makarinig ako ng pagsinghap.

"Oh my!" The woman gasped.

"What did you do?" His face turned dark and I saw fire in his eyes. His voice was full of furor.

Agad akong bumaba dala lahat ng gamit ko. Hindi ko ininda ang ulan at lalo na ang masikit sa paningin na pagyakap ng babae sa kanang braso ni Lin.

"I kicked it." I answered simply as if it would justify everything.

"You kicked it?" Parang hindi makapaniwala ang tono nito. But his voice remained as it is. "You just fucking kicked it?"

"You know my strength, right?" My fingers fidgeted.

"And you expect me to accept that excuse?" He laughed sarcastically. The woman beside him looked so angry too but I didn't mind her.

"E kasi ano—" I was caught off guard when he shouted.

"Spare me with your fucking excuses!" His veins on his neck showed and his face turned red, a real epitome of anger. "Alam mo ba kung anong sinayang mo? Huh?!"

Napapapikit ako sa bawat pagsigaw niya. Fine. I'm guilty. I was very impulsive earlier. Pero hindi ako sumagot ayoko nang dagdagan ang kasalanan ko.

"The presentation is needed today miss whoever you are. Just to tell you. You just wasted a million dollar contract." Pagtataray ng babae.

If this was just a normal day I would just lift a brow at her and give her a "Tss"

"Did you hear her, engineer?! Ngayon ito kailangan! Bullshit! You just fucking wasted my three fucking days worth of sleep!" Naiinis na pinasadahan niya ng kamay ang buhok niya.

Napapaigtad ako sa lutong ng sunod-sunod niyang mura.

Hindi siya ganito noon.

"Siguro masaya ka kasi nahihirapan ako. Well congrats! you just ruined my presentation and my other files." Marahas niyang itinapon ang laptop niya.

Napasinghap ako. "H-Hindi naman sa gano'n." Iniiling ko pa ang ulo ko. "Maybe I can still fix that. I'll call someone to f-fix that. Yeah." I fished out my phone and with no reason I found my self calling Rei.

"Hello." She answered.

"Khib we're needed at the conference room now." Napasunod ang tingin ko sa kamay ng babaeng humahaplos sa braso ni Lin.

"See what's happening?"

"Oh forget it! You can't do anything about it! Just. Just don't go fucking near my things ever again!" He slammed his car's door shut. "Do you understand, engineer?!"

Kahit na nangingig ay napatango ako. He's not the gentle Lin that I used to know, that's for sure.

Nagpakawala pa siya ng isang malutong na mura bago lumakad na at nilampasan ako. Bago sila makalampas sa akin ay sinadyang banggain muna ng babae ang balikat ko na naging sanhi nang pagtilapon ng mga gamit ko.

I saw how my blue print was rolled open by the wind. And how it slowly got wet because of the puddles and the heavy rain.

Kitang-kita ko ang pagkalat ng tubig sa blueprint ko. At unti-unting pagkalat ng tintang ginamit.