Someone to love

8. Ground Breaking

I woke up the next morning feeling a little bit disoriented. I know that I have to open my eyes for I have an eight o'clock appointment that day with the other board members because today is the ground breaking of the Consunji Hotel that will be built in the highlands of Tagaytay. This is the first ever project after the merge. Naiisip ko pa lang na makikita ko na naman si Yto at si Demitri. Masisira na naman ang araw ko. I know that the whole lot will be there. I raised my hand to look for my phone so I could call my secretary but my phone isn't in my bedside table. I opened my eyes and I was greeted by white walls and monochormatic paintings. My mouth parted a bit. Where are my lavander walls and my amber curtains? I sat up and climbed down the bed to look around. Where am I? I sighed when I remember Hades Vejar's visit last night. Dinala niya nga pala ako dito sa bahay niya. I don't know where I am. I looked at the wall clock that was hanging on my right. Six forty-five na pala. I need to get out of here and go home. Lumakad ako palabas ng silid. Hahanapin ko pa siya. Nasaan na kaya ang lalaking iyon.

"Hades?" I yelled. "Hades?" Nag-echo ang boses ko. Ang laki ng bahay na iyon. Sa sobrang laki mukhang palasyo na. Mas malaki pa yata ito sa bahay namin. And the room that we slept in - yes we slept together - arm by arm - pero walang nangyari. Hindi ko rin naman hahayaan na may mangyari. I may be in love with him but I'm not stupid enough to give in lalo na at may involve na babaeng ang pangalan ay Pluto. I turned to the stairs. The house is breath-taking. Iyong railings ng hagdan had stones - not just stoned but beautiful stones like rubies, sapphires and the green ones - I think were emeralds - my birth stone. I touched each of the pieces with awe. Hades Vejar is really one of the richest man in this country. I bet he can stand alone - kahit na wala ang buong pamilya niya he will be known as one of the richest.

"Good morning, my queen." I heard him greeted me. Napatingin ako sa ibaba ng hagdanan. He was shirtless. He was only wearing his white boxers shorts. His body is nakalantad like that. He looked like a demigod. I just rolled my eyes at him. Nakita kong ni-flex niya pa iyong biceps niya.

"I bet Zeus had a nicer biceps than yours." Hindi ko mapigilang sabi. Napanganga siya. Bigla siyang sumimangot.

"I'm a better lover."

"I don't know that yet. I haven't gone to bed with your ---"

Hindi ko alam kung paano niya nagawang makalapit sa akin. Bigla na lang niyang kinain ang labi ko - yes - kinain. Hindi hinalikan. He bit my lower lip and pushed his tongue inside my mouth. Just like that - I trembled. Automatically, I wrapped my arms around his neck and answered his kisses with the same intensity. Oh! How much I missed him. Hindi ko na nga alam kung paano ako nakaka-survive ng matagal nang wala siya. I'm not like other girls - hindi ako indenial. I know from the bottom of my hypothalamus that I am so much in love with him. Hindi na ngalang pwede dahil hindi kami bagay -that I know off. I couldn't stand him. I don't miss him that much. Noong iniwan niya ako, walang gabing hindi ako umiyak but as the days passed by, nababawasan ang mga luha, nakakalimutan kong may masakit until I'm able to stand up with my own two feet and live.

I never moved on.

I pushed him away. "God! Why do you keep on kissing me. Sabi ko sa'yo 'wag mo akong landiin. I'm busy you know."

He took my hand and kissed my palm. Lagi niyang ginagawa iyon noon. Tinaasan ko lang siya ng kilay.

"Hades, I need to leave." Sabi ko. "We have an eight o'clock ground breaking cermony - I don't even know where I am. I need to be in Tagaytay at exactly eight,"

"You're already in Tagayta, my queen." Malumanay na wika niya. Tumitig ako sa kanya. He took my hand and we went out of the house. My mouth parted when I saw the fountain - Hera's fountain in the middle of his garden. Huminto kaming dalawa sa tapat niyon. He made me face Hera.