She Is Zarcaen's (Queen Quadrilogy #1)

CHAPTER 3

AUDRESYNE

I met Sandrou when I was given my first mission by grandpa.

Lolo's close friend, who is a governor, asked him for a small favor— to retrieve their heirloom, a gold ring with a diamond design, which is currently in the possession of the Rowis Mafia Organization. That was my first solo task to prove that I am capable of being his heiress. I was still sixteen that time and not yet a Mafia Queen.

Napakalaki ng mansyon at maraming tauhan ang nakapalibot ngunit nagawa kong makapasok sa kanilang seguridad. Unang pasok ko sa kuwarto ng mansyon ay hindi ko aakalain na makakasaksi ako ng hindi kaaya-ayang senario. Isang lalaki at babae ang nakahubad at may ginagawang milagro. The guy caught me watching them, ngunit hindi ito tumigil sa ginagawa at nagpatuloy lang na gumagalaw sa itaas ng babae. I even remember how the way he smirked at me.

That was the first time I met him. Sandrou Luzman, nineteen years old and the famous playboy in town. He was also a heir of the Luzman Mafia Organization, soon to be the Mafia King.

Everytime our path's crossed. Palagi ko siyang nakikitang may kaakbay na iba't-ibang babae. Hindi ko na lang siya pinapansin dahil wala naman akong pakialam sa kaniya. It's just that, hindi ko lang talaga magawang kalimutan ang kaniyang mukha dahil iyun ang unang beses kong makasaksi ng dalawang taong gumagawa ng bagay na hindi pa naaayon sa aking edad.

At my young age, hindi halatang sixteen pa lang ako dahil maraming nakapagsabi sa akin na mukha akong hindi minor dahil sa katawan ko. My perfect curves, face, and height is enough for men to be drool over me. Ngunit dahil sa malamig kong mga mata ay maraming magdadalawang isip na lumapit sa akin.

But not on Sandrou's point of view. Everytime na may lakad o misyon ako ay palagi siyang sumusulpot. Minsan ay kinakausap niya ako at inaasar bakit ang cold ko. He keeps on pestering me, but I just keep on ignoring him, avoiding him, and pushing him away, pero hindi ko alam kung saan siya ipinaglihi dahil ang tigas ng ulo at hindi ako magawang tigilan.

Unti-unti ay gumagaan ang loob ko sa kaniya, hindi ko na siya sinusuway kapag lumalapit sa akin. We become friends at naging rason upang magselos ang tatlong Vice Queens sa kaniya, sinabi nila sa akin na kaunting oras na lang daw ang nailalaan ko sa kanila.

My parents and grandparents on both my mother's and father's side already know Sandrou as my suitor. Yes, he courted me, and it took almost two years for me to say 'yes' to him. Hindi ko pa kasi handang pumasok sa relasyon lalo na't hanggang crush lang ang nararamdaman ko sa kaniya. However, I learned to like him.

I told myself that I should try entering a relationship with him and give him a chance since he made me feel that he was ready to let go of his habit of being a womanizer... for me. Hindi na rin niya pinapansin ang mga babaeng lumalandi sa kaniya kaya napanatag akong nagbago na siya.

Before my lolo passed away, he declared that I would be the new Mafia Queen of the Corwell Mafia Organization. The former Mafia King couldn't continue, and 40 years of service being a King were enough for him. He also wanted to rest. Gusto niyang pamunuan ko ang organisasyon na ito bago siya pumanaw. I promised him to make this organization more successful. That's why every time we receive a death threat, I didn't hesitate to take down the enemy's organization. Masyadong mahalaga ang organisasyon na ito para sa akin at hindi ako papayag na mabura ito sa mafia world, masasayang lang ang pinagpaguran ng aking Lolo.

Sandrou has always been there for me whenever I needed someone. He never left my side. He was my friend, but at the same time, my boyfriend. He guided me on my first journey as the Mafia Queen, and in exchange, I also guided him when he was declared as the Mafia King of the Luzman Mafia Organization.

We became partners in crime especially when I had missions. Tinutulungan niya 'ko, tinutulungan ko rin siya kapag nagkaproblema.

Our relationship is legal to my family even to his side. Lahat ng party na dinadaluhan ko ay siya ang aking kasama.

But these past few months, I've seen that he's been flirting with random girls. I don't know what's his real motive, whether he just wants to make me jealous because he thinks it's cool, then I will make his face cooler than ice.

I once caught him kissing a girl in a bar, and I almost killed her. He just told me that the girl kissed him and was about to push her away but I arrived.

The second time I caught him, he was in his car with a girl sitting on his lap, and they were almost naked. I didn't hesitate to kill the girl and shoot his tires in anger. He told me that he was just drunk and that he wouldn't do it again.

And now, I caught him again. He even dared to bring his girl to his house, and they were already pleasuring each other. If he cheats on me one more time, baka siya na ang mapatay ko. Because honestly, what he did to me is like he is making me feel that I deserve to be cheated on.

Am I not enough? Ginawa ko naman ang gusto niya. Kung sawa na siya sa ugali ko, he should have told me! He should have informed me what was wrong with this fucking relationship so I can break him up! Hindi 'yung niloloko niya pa ako.

Sa totoo lang, matagal ko na siyang gustong bitawan simula noong unang beses na nagloko siya, pero naalala ko ang sinabi ni lolo, he likes Sandrou to be my husband. Pero sa ipinakita ni Sandrou sa 'kin, bumaba na 'yung pagkagusto ko sa kanya.

Yes, I may not love him like how much he loves me. But I like him a lot! Nasa punto na ako na mamahalin siya pero dahil sa pinanggagawa niya, I immediately got turned off. Walang babae ang gugustuhing mambabae ang kanilang nagugustuhang lalaki.

If they think womanizing is cool because they also think that an experienced man is great. Then, they're wrong! There's no cool in being a womanizer!

Sa ugali pa lang na ipinapakita, it is already obvious that he is impossible to enter a serious relationship. But I took the risk. Akala ko kasi nagbago na, sa una lang pala. Sa ginagawa niya, parang hindi lang relasyon namin ang binastos niya, he didn't just respect me as a friend, as a girl, but also... as a Mafia Queen.

Kung saan hulog na sana ako, doon pa siya nagloko. I couldn't help myself to be disappointed. Marami mga Mafia King ang may gusto sa akin, 'yung iba pinadadalhan pa ako ng love letters, mga bulaklak, mga masasarap na pagkain na galing sa iba't-ibang bansa, may nagbigay pa ng sasakyan, yate, resort, isla, at private plane. Pero hindi ko lang mga ito pinapansin dahil bakit ko pa sila papansinin, I have him already.

But as what the oldies say, hindi lahat ng kasiyahan ay walang kasakitan at kalungkutan. Kahit gaano pa kaganda ng panahon, may unos at bagyo pa ring dadating upang sirain ito. And I'm stupid to think that Sandrou is suitable to be my husband, kahit hindi ko pa siya mahal ay siya na agad ang naging ideal husband ko.

Unfortunately, I don't want a cheater husband. Kahit gaano man nila ipakita ang pagiging ideal husband, everything will be changed if we personally witnessed how they managed to break our trust into pieces.

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