My Bodyguard

Seventeen

17

MAIAH

"If I'll offer you 100 million, will you quit your job?" tanong ni Kyle.

At doon ako napatingin sa kanya. Why will he offer me 100 million just for me to quit my job? That's ridiculous! That's insane. I know he's a billionaire but, no billionaire will ever gonna do that.

"What a random joke, Kyle. Ano bang iniisip mo? Sobrang weirdo mo ngayong araw, alam mo ba?"

"It's not a joke. It's a question, so you should answer it. Besides, 100 million is nothing." seryosong sabi niya.

Nanlaki ang mga mata ko. What the hell is wrong with you? 100 million? Bakit ba bigla siyang nagsasayang ng pera sakin? Bakit bigla-bigla? Ano'ng problema ng mayabang na to?

"Hindi matutumbasan ng kahit ano ang trabaho ko. Kahit siguro 1 trillion pa ang offer mo, I'll never quit my job. This is the only thing my parents left for me."

And that's true. This is the only memory of my parents. And that's a living memory of them. At least, because of my job, I still feel that they are just around. Watching and protecting me in my every mission. Hindi ko yun kayang ipagpalit sa kahit na ano.

"Really? Then I'll offer something else. But not right now."

I frown. "I really don't understand why you wanted me to quit my  job. As if you're serious."

"Of course, I am! And the answer is simple. Because it's too dangerous. And I don't like it. What if I'll just hire another bodyguard? What if I'll fire you?"

Hindi ko alam kung saan papunta ang usapan na to. Kung ano'ng gusto niyang sabihin. At kung paano ko bibigyan ng kahulugan ang lahat ng sinabi niya. He wanted me to quit my job because it's too dangerous. Yes, I know it from the start. But why all of a sudden he's telling me this whole thing? It's not usual for a client like him. Lahat naman ng kliyente ko, hindi ako inofferan ng ganito. Nagoffer sila ng mas malaking pera para mas mapaganda ko ang trabaho ko, and not to quit my job.

And now, he's planning to fire me?

Napataas ako ng kilay. "It's not you who hired me, Kyle. Remember that it's your Dad. So you don't have the right to fire me." katwiran ko.

And he does this smirk again that makes him sexier.

"Then I'll talk to him and convince him to replace you. To hire somebody else."

Napatiim bagang ako. I thought we're already okay. But then again, he still wanted me out of his life. I thought he care, but the reslity is, he's not. I thought there's something already, but I was wrong. There is nothing. And why do I keep on hoping that we can be together? Why?

Bakit ba lagi na lang niya akong sinasaktan at pinapaasa? Dito lang ba talaga siya magaling? Ang saktan ang damdamin ng mga babae?

Pero dapat ko nga ba siyang sisihin? In the first place, hindi naman kami. Ako lang talaga ang mahilig umasa. Ang nagbigay ng kahulugan sa lahat ng mga pinapakita niya.

Gusto ko na sanang tumayo at umalis. Pero paano? Hindi ko naman pwedeng iwanan mag-isa dito ang mayabang na to.

Sana matapos na talaga ang kaso nila. Ng masimulan ko na ang pag move-on. Hinding-hindi ko kasi yun magagawa kung magkasama kami bawat minuto ng buhay naming dalawa.

O kaya naman, mas mabuti kung papalitan na nga lang niya ako. Ng makaalis na ako agad sa buhay niya. Ito naman talaga ang gusto ni Kyle noong una pa lang. Because he hate me. And it didn't change, Maiah. It didn't change.