Under the Stars (Tonjuarez Series I)

UTS 15

He looked at me again then licked his lips.

"Okay, calm down." unlike earlier, mahinahon na pag sabi niya nito.

Lalo akong nasspeechless sa kanya, hindi ko siya mabasa, alam kong matagal na siyang ganito pero mas malala na siyang mang-asar ng tao ngayon.

Kalma? E malapit na kitang ma-run house!

Imbis na sumunod mas lalo akong lumapit sa kanya, our face are few inches away from each other. That it caught him off guard, nawala ang mapaglarong ngiti nito sa labi.

I whispered in his ears.

"Looks like you're having fun? Of me? But let me remind you again Mr. CEO, hindi na tayo highschoolers I don't like you making fun of me whenever you want. If you still want to blackmail me then go, wala na akong pakialam." I furiously stared at his eyes, not even blinking. I turned around and walked away.

I smirked arrogantly as I walked away from him.

"Dad!" sigaw ko at malakas na binuksan ang pinto ng study room nito. Humampas ang hamba noon sa pader dahil sa lakas ng tulak ko.

Kagigising ko lang, that I'm still wearing my oversized white t-shirt and lousy pajama, ni hindi pa ako nagsusuklay. Dala-dala ang ipad ko ay galit ko itong inabot sa kanya.

He looked so shocked, hindi ko alam kung dahil sa pag intrude to bigla sa study room o dahil sa itsura ko. Kinuha naman niya ito at binasa ang nakalagay doon.

"What's wrong?" nagtataka nitong tanong habang nag-iscroll sa ipad, kumunot ang noo nito.

"All of the companies I applied to rejected me! As in lahat! It is okay to me to be honest, kung hindi lang napaka suspicious! Why am I rejected by all the companies I applied to but got accepted in J Prime?!" diretsa kong saad.

Im furious! In many reasons. I know they pulled some strings to get me there, ano binlocked nila ako sa ibang mga company?

Lalong nagsalubong ang mga kilay ni Dad dahil sa sinabi ko, parang hindi niya ako naiintindihan.

Nilapag nito ang ipad sa mesa pagkatapos niyang basahin lahat ng email saakin

Itinukod nito ang mga siko sa armrest ng swivel chair niya at pinagkrus ang mga daliri.

"If you are thinking that I, or your Mom, purposely asked those companies to reject you so you can go to J Prime nagkakamali ka Yara, hindi namin gawa ito." mahinahon niyang sagot, my suspicions are growing but some part of me believes what he said, he looked so sincere.

"Then how did this happened? Imposible naman na coincidence lang ito? Hindi rin naman ito gagawin nila Tita Anica, wala naman silang mapapala sa baguhang katulad ko. At para gumawa sila ng paraan para makapasok ako ng J Prime?!"

Hinilot nito ang sintido niya. "Then maybe it's a coincidence?"

I raised my eyebrow. Does that make sense?

"Out of all the companies I applied to, they are obviously smaller than J Prime, mataas ang standard sa J Prime. I don't even expect na makapasok doon, but these companies can reject me and J Prime does not?"

"But you said hindi naman ito gagawin ng Tita Anica mo? or Tito Wancho mo? I didn't do it, even your Mom, so do you have other options to believe in?" natigilan ako sa sagot ni Daddy.

Mas may point siya, pero nakakapagtaka talaga. Is this really a coincidence? Something feels wrong pero hindi ko mapinpoint.

"Instead of stressing yourself, you should be grateful that you got accepted aren't you? When is your first day?" tanong ni Daddy, bigla akong napasinghap, muntik na mawala sa isip ko!