Matters of the Heart

Nine

FLORENCE never ignored her rumbling hungry stomach but with one glance from Donn, who's driving the car intently, her tongue suddenly backed out.

When he came into their company a while ago, he just had a little chat with her father. Then he asked him to barrow her and to go somewhere outside Manila to visit her grandma.

Her father gladly gave her away. She can't even react because it happens too fast, hence his declaration that they were in a relationship too. But the moment they entered his car, he suddenly changed and became cold. He didn't even talk or glance at her.

Her stomach growled again and that wakes her up.

"Hey, where are you taking me?" They are already on the expressway. "What? Can you just drop me here?" Still no response from him. "I'll report you to my dad if you're still not gonna drop me off."

"Will you shut up!" He yelled.

Realization struck her. Oh my God! He's abducting me!

"I won't shut up!" She faces the tinted window of the car and scrolls it down. "Help! Help me, please! T-this guy---." This handsome guy. "…is kidnapping me! Help!"

"I said shut up! If you'll not gonna shut up I'll push you out of this moving car."

She immediately sat straight. "Where are we going, really? And are you abducting me? You know, you can't take anything from my family. We're just poor."

"I don't need your money," he said firmly. "Just shut your mouth."

"Then, what do you want from me? You don't have to make me your hostage. If Kent will---."

He hit the steering wheel so she shut her mouth.

"That bastard! He's the reason why I'm having a headache right now. He gave me a problem."

Oh, no! It seems like he already knew the secret meeting of her brother and Anette.

"Then why did you take me instead of my brother?"

"Brother? And what the hell do I care about your brother? It is your boyfriend who ran away with my girlfriend."

"What?!" You idiot, Kent! What have you done now?

Even if she wanted to slap him, her pity came in first. So she was contented on her verbal assaults.

"Idiot! Kent is my brother, my twin brother."

"No, he's not!"

"How did you even know if you're not the one who's with him since we were still in our mother's tummy?"

He paused.

"Now, can you send me back to our office? I need to eat."

"No." He firmly answered again.

"What do you mean 'no'?"

"You'll be the one to explain to my lola Bettina why Anette won't come in our formal engagement party."