The Way To His Heart (The Starving Squad #3)

Chapter 13: Keeping It Lowkey

Nobody knew about the arrangement. Mona made sure that Felix won't tell Bullet and Mickey about it. Ayaw rin kasi niyang malaman ng mga kaibigan. Siguradong mawiwindang ang mga ito. She also told her employees to keep quiet.

After that second time, medyo nag-lie low muna si Felix. He's probably busy. And since she's free, her mother pestered her again to date Baste. Hindi naman nanghihingi ng second date ang lalaki, which she assumed was because he didn't like her. Well, the feeling's mutual. Siguro dala na lang din ng nostalgia kaya niya pinipilit na gustuhin si Baste. He was cute before. Well, he was hot now. Pero ano naman kung physically perfect ito kung hindi naman niya magugustuhan ang personality nito? Felix is hot too and she also likes his personality. May sabit lang kasi ito.

And that's the reason why she can't tell her mom to stop asking her to date Baste. Siguro titigil lang ito kung may boyfriend na siya. E, hindi naman sila seryoso ni Felix, so she shouldn't even consider him a possibility yet.

Idinahilan na lamang niya sa ina na kailangan niyang paghandaan ang birthday ni Fresia kaya wala syang oras para makipag-date kay Baste. Fresia's birthday is coming up and Bullet asked her to bake a cake for her. 'Yong flavor ng special cupcakes niya, red velvet.

She's never used it to bake a cake before, so she needs a bit of time to adjust. But it's her recipe so it won't be that hard.

It was only a one-tier cake, so mabilis niya iyong natapos. The party was that night. 'Yon ang ambag niyang handa. Aika will be making a sushi platter, na sigurado namang si Brandi lang ang mag-i-enjoy. Si Felix daw ang bibili ng regalong pinabibili ni Bullet, a giant teddy bear, the biggest he could find.

Swerteng-swerte ng kaibigan niya sa naging boyfriend nito. Gwapo at mayaman na, sweet pa at masarap... magluto.

At 6PM, she and Brandi arrived at Aika's house. Saka lang nila nalaman na may sprain pala ito. Alam naman niyang lampa si Aika, pero memoryado na nito ang lahat ng sulok ng bahay nito dahil bihirang-bihira itong lumabas. So naturally, they got curious. Naikwento tuloy nito na nag-hiking pala ito kasama si Mickey.

Of course, Aika didn't go willingly. Pinilit lang daw ito ni Mickey. But she knew something else is up, or else, bakit ito magpapapilit sa lalaki?

"Magkatabi talaga kayong natulog?" taas-kilay niyang tanong.

"May bag sa gitna."

"Bag lang 'yon, Beh! Ang daling itabi!"

"Nothing happened, okay? We're just friends," depensa nito.

"I remember Fresia being just friends with Bullet," singit naman ni Brandi. "Nagmamagandang-loob lang sya dati. Now, look at them. They're practically inseparable."

"We're not like Fresia and Bullet."

"Sure." Pumilantik ang mga mata niya. "Kasi every love story is different, di ba?"

Kagaya ng love story niya... walang kasiguraduhan.

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They were the first to arrive, kaya kinulit muna nila sina Bullet at Fresia habang hinihintay sina Mickey. Bullet just got out of the shower, pero ang selfish nilang kaibigan, ayaw man lang magpasilip!

Ito namang sweet na boyfriend, panay ang yakap sa kaibigan nilang halatadong kilig na kilig. It must be nice to be in a relationship with someone. She knew Fresia had a lot of hardships growing up kaya alam niyang deserve ng kaibigan niya si Bullet. But she's just so lucky!

Ang swerte naman niya siguro, nasa pamilya. Masaya kasi ang pamilya niya, hindi kagaya kay Fresia. Brandi found her luck in her career. College student ito nang magsimulang mag-modelo. Ngayon, modelo pa rin ito. Halos lahat ng gamit nito, sponsored. And Aika, well, Aika's lucky enough to not need to work her ass off to earn money. Mayaman kasi ang pamilya nito. In good terms din ang parents nito kahit matagal nang hiwalay at may kanya-kanya ng pamilya.