Cece calmly sat on the couch as she sipped her tea. Pasimple niyang tinitigan ang tumatakbong orasan sunod ay ang asawang nakasandal sa mahogany desk habang magkasalikop ang mga braso sa dibdib. Salubong ang mga kilay at seryosong nakatingin sa nakasarang pinto.
Muli siyang sumimsim ng tsaa bago muling tinitigan ang wall clock. It's already four in the morning. Kung tatantiyahin ay makakarating dito ang tinawagan niya sampung minuto mula ngayon. She sighed.
"How long do we have to wait for—"
"You're grace, you have a visitor."
Pareho silang napalingon sa pinto. One look at their visitor's pajama clad self and dishevelled appearance and a huge smile was already plastered on Cece's face.
"Good morning, Sora. I'm glad you could come." Cece said as she stood to greet her at the door.
"I came here as soon as you called. What happened? Is he alright?"
Cece smiled. "He's in pain and in need of... you."
Sora froze at the door.
"M-me? Shouldn't we supposed to bring him to the hospital to get treated?" Ang naguguluhang tanong ni Sora kay Cece.
"You're the only one who can help him, Sora. Trust me."
"I don't understand."
"James is not sick. He will be fine as long as you help him."
"I still don't understand..."
"You see James is—"
"He accidentaly consumed the aphrodisiac that my wife invented. Now you have to help him get it out of his system by bedding him. That is why we called you here."
Katahimikan. Awang ang mga labing nakatingin lang si Sora kay Derrick. Her face was a mirror of utter shock! Samantala, isang matalim na irap naman ang iginawad ni Cece sa asawa.
"What?" Derrick mouthed at Cece.
Iiling iling na lang na muling binalingan ni Cece si Sora.
"That's just about it, hun. There is no other way..." Cece tried to make the situation lighter. "Well... you both have been married so no big deal, right?"
Sora's face was red as a tomato!
"B-but..."
Derrick released an impatient sigh. "If you're not here to help him, I suggest you leave. I don't mind finding someone who can help him especially now that the situation calls for it." He looked at Cece. "James' had many exes, I'm sure we wouldn't have a hard time finding one." He shrugged.
Kung nakakamatay lang ang irap na iginawad ni Sora kay Derrick ay malamang kanina pa bumulagta ang huli.
"Derrick..." Cece interjected.
"What? They are divorced anyway. She have relinquished any right to be angry with this."
"Kahit na..."
"I'll help." Sora said in a firm tone. "No need for you to call another woman, Derrick."
"Very well. Second floor, right wing, first door to the right." Mabilis na turan ni Derrick bago nilapitan ang asawa. "Let's go to bed. I'm dead tired."
"But—"
"Don't argue with me on this one, Miss Klein. I really am tired."
Cece sighed before glancing at Sora.
"Pano, Sora. Ikaw na ang bahala ha? Enjoy him while he's powerless."
Sora's mouth opened and closed like a fish out in the tank! "Cece!" She gasped.
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Comrades in Action: Thomas James De Vere Book 7
Romance"You make me feel things that I have never felt before to any woman I've been with. Things that seems to me I cannot live without..." ------------ Lord Thomas James De Vere never cared less about rules and propriety. He is the type who enjoys freedo...
