Coveting My Bodyguard's Affection (Completed)

Kabanata 6: Amazement

•CELESTE'S POV•

WALANG emosyon kong dinadampian ng cold compress ang gilid ng labi ni Congressman. He hissed everytime I pushed the compress hard. Sinasadya ang pagdiin. Gusto ko siyang masaktan.

Tahimik na ang buong bahay kaya kami na lang dalawa sa kanilang magarbong kusina.

My face remained emotionless and stoic. I can feel his deep stares at me and I don't know what I should be feeling. Ang alam ko lang ay kumakarera ang takbo ng puso ko.

"I accidentally kissed her," iyon ang una niyang mga salita mula sa bar hanggang dito. Dahil sa loob ng sasakyan ay hindi ako nagsalita.

Yeah, I saw that it was an accident. Nasa malapit kasi ang mukha ng babae at paglingon niya ay nagdampi ang labi nila. How could I rewind time and forbid that thing to happen?!

Naalala ko bigla iyong halikan namin---nakakadiri.

"I am not courting your sister and you're her brother?," parang hindi ko narinig ang tanong niya. My attention is on his soft lips and the wound beside it.

Pero wow! Hindi pala halata na magkatapid kami?! Carbon copy lang kaming dalawa ni Celestina.

I smirked at him and open the ointment to apply it on the wound.

"Hindi pala halata?," sarkastiko kong balik sa kanya. "We have the same faces, Mr. Mariente. Nagpapatunay lang ito na hindi mo saulo ang kapatid ko. Don't deny that you're not courting her just to justify what I saw earlier. I saw what I saw."

He tsked and I accidentally stared at him. Namangha ako saglit sa magandang kulay ng kanyang mga mata. They deeply brown like you can be drowned if you stared at them for a long time.

"I am not making any justifications. I sent her flowers and yeah, I like your sister but I am not asking her officially for any courting."

"Mabuti. Dibdibin mo na lang iyang pagkakagusto mo sa kanya dahil hindi ako papayag na ligawan mo siya. Babaerong nilalang," banta ko sa kanya.

Nang maayos na ay tumayo ako mula sa stool at pormal na tumayo sa harapan niya.

"Mr. Salavier, right?" napatingin ako sa mga mata niya. Tumango ako nang mahina. His eyes cannot even hold coldness and anger. Kung mayroon man ay nawawala lang iyon agad. His eyes are smiling. It does not match with his strong aura.

If his eyes are joyful and understanding, his face should be baby face. Pero hindi, his face is so intimidating that it can suck up the air you're inhaling.

"Your sister is too beautiful. I like her too much. She can make any man be impressed by her without her noticing. She makes any man fall in love with her effortlessly. But, look, I respect her career and her dreams. We exchange attraction toward each other, but it is really difficult to enter in her world. What should I do then? I want to have what I want."

Gulat akong napaatras dahil sa inis. He smiled teasingly at me.

"Congressman, kung sanay kang nakukuha ang gusto mo. Pwes, hindi ang kapatid ko. Not in my watch. I don't care if you are the fiercest congressman in the house or you're my employer. I don't fucking care. It doesn't change the fact that you're a flirt and you cannot keep a one woman at one time."

May tampo siyang tumingin sa akin. Kapang-kapa ang dibdib na animo ay nasaktan ng labis sa sinabi ko.

"So judgemental, ha."