Victoria

CHAPTER 17

Holy patatas ni Princess Sarah—Adrian just fucking spilled the beans in one fell swoop!

Tinakpan ko ang aking bibig upang maitago ang ngiti na namumuo mula dito. I seriously didn't expect this guy to quickly spit his plan just like that.

Akala ko ay kakailanganin ko pa ulit na makipagbardagulan para lang magsalita ito.

The muscles near the side of my mouth continued to twitch like hell. Wala na akong ibang magawa kundi kagatin na lamang ang pang-ibabang labi ko habang patuloy na nakikinig sa lalaki.

He even had the audacity to say he can make me fall head over heels. Bastard.

"You were an easy woman to please. I need not work hard to make you fall for my charms," confident na pahayag nito habang nakangising-aso.

How annoyingly conceited. But I must admit that there' some truth to his words—I did fall for his charms. At kung nabigyan pa kami ng pagkakataon na mas kilalanin at makasama pa ang isa't isa ay baka nga tuluyan akong mahulog sa kanya.

His plan to make me a lifeless doll was just plain bullshit though.

Sa tingin ko ay magwo-work lang 'ang plano na yun kung tanga ang tao na paglalaanan nito.

And I, for one, wasn't in the slightest. Atleast, as far as I know.

But goodness gracious, I can still feel the goosebumps spread to the tips of my toes like wildfire. His grand plan felt like it was taken from a novel intended for people who likes toothache-inducing stories where stupidity thrived the best.

Did he honestly think that that plan would work on me? As in, talaga ba?

Pinag-aralan man lang kaya ako ng gago na 'to?

Because if he did, I want him to rethink his life choices.

"...and you were so accommodating to my whims, Victoria. You were so whipped with me," pagpapatuloy sa kagaguhan na sinasabi nito.

Oh banal na patatas. Ako? Whipped?

Hindi 'to baking, Adrian. Walang whip-whip na nagaganap.

Gusto ko sanang tumawa nang malakas ngunit baka maudlot ang thought process ni Adrian at maantala ang pagbubunyag nito sa akin.

So intead of laughing, I controlled myself and took advantage of his high.

"...but then again, you still fucked up, didn't you, Adrian?" nang-uuyam na pahayag ko dito.

I let out a satisfied smile when Adrian reacted the way I expected him to—he  grew more agitated, even screaming bloody murder.

"SHUT UP!!" he hissed, eyes burning with so much fury I thought he's gonna stab me again on the spot, as he shook my shoulders like he would to a rag doll.

"I should've killed you the first time I laid my eyes on you! I should've slit your neck and let you bathe on your cursed blood! Then shit like this wouldn't have happened!"

I almost threw up from all the shaking he did to me—emphasis on almost.

I only managed to stop myself from hurling tonight's dinner directly to his face by kicking his ankle.

Adrian instantly let me go and crouched to the floor like a broken animal, groaning from pain. I looked at him from above and beamed.

"Look—you're the one who messed up, Adrian. Why blame me for your mistakes? Just admit it—you're a failure."

His eyes bulged like saucers, face showing disbelief, as he clenched his knuckles tightly 'til they turned white.

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