Seeking Gaston Lynx Esquivel

Chapter 52

The food is great and it's all authentic Filipino food. We have lechon manok and bulalo for the cold weather and some seafood cuisines too.

Hindi na ako mapakali sa pagkain ko habang patuloy na iniisip ang mga pwedeng mangyari mamaya.

And because of Gaston's actions too.

Gaston kept on filling up my plate with food. Kanina pa iyon napapansin ni Auntie at alam kong magtatanong na siya mamaya kapag napag isa kami sa kwarto. While Calyx remained concentrated on eating his chicken.

"This is enough, Gaston." I almost whispered to him.

Muli kong naramdaman ang tingin ni Auntie sa amin. She then cleared her throat.

"Maraming salamat ulit dito, Iho. Lalo na at gusto ulit ni Calyx na pumasyal dito." She warmly smiled at him.

"No worries, Auntie." Gaston smiled at her back.

"Boss libre niyo po ba lahat ng to?" Calyx motioned his hand to all of our food in the table.

Gatson chuckled at him. "Yes. If you want more, we can order more."

Namilog ang mga mata ni Calyx sa sinabi niya. I tapped his leg under the table, but he just smirked at me.

"You are the Boss, so it means your rich?" May pagkamangha ulit sa boses ni Calyx.

"Uh huh." He simply responded.

"Then do you have lots of toys? Maybe transformers or probably the complete collection of Toy Stories?" He asked more amazingly.

Gaston continued looking at him amusingly. "I don't, but I can buy all of those." May pagyayabang sa tono nito.

He is trying to impress Calyx, that's for sure. Dahil pagkatapos nitong sabihin iyon ay napatulala si Calyx sa kanya.

"Then you are really really rich, Boss." He amazingly concluded.

Napapikit ako ng mariin sa klase ng usapan nila. Mukhang alam na ni Gaston kung paano niya aamohin si Calyx.

They continued their conversation like that hanggang sa natapos na nga kami. I am quite impress the he managed to answer all of Calyx questions, parang ako pa ang napagod para sa kanya. Auntie and I let them talked at pawang tagapakinig lang kami.

Nawala kanina ang kaba ko pero ngayon na tapos na kami ay halos marinig ko na ang kabog ng dibdib ko sa kaba.

I looked at Gaston nervously but he just gave me a warm smile.

We are now just eating our warm dessert, ginataang bilo-bilo. I looked at Calyx as he ate his food carefully. He is blowing every spoon of it before eating.

I heard Gaston cleared his throat at napatingin kami pareho ni Auntie sa kanya. Muli niya akong nginitian habang halos hindi na ako mapakali sa kinauupuan ko.

"I just want to say something important...I would like to ask permission." Mahinahon niyang panimula. He doesn't look nervous at all.

Calyx stopped eating and looked at him too.

Auntie gave her full attention to him kaya mas lalong akong nakaramdam ng kaba.

"I am courting Carmella po. And even though she agreed to do so, I just want to ask both of your permission too."

He looked at Auntie as she dropped her spoon on the table, shocked with what she heard.

Her eyes went back and forth to me and Gaston, her lips were quivering too as if she didn't know what to react.

Calyx tapped my arms and I looked at him. "What's courting Mama?" He whispered to me.

"Uhmmm…" How should I explain it? Bago pa ako makapagsalita ay nagsalita ulit si Gaston.