Play The Game (COMPLETED)

Chapter 06

I was quiet the whole time I was eating. Patingin-tingin ako sa kanya na humihigop ng kape niya. I could feel his phone vibrating but it's either he's numb and couldn't feel it, or he's just deliberately ignoring it. Either way, I felt special. He didn't touch his phone while we're eating—technically.

Ugh. Ang hirap magka-crush! You tend to overthink even the littlest things!

"You done?" he asked.

I nodded. "Sorry again. I must've slept through my alarm."

"Water," he said. Biglang napaawang ang labi ko. Since when pa siya nagkaroon ng pakielam sa akin at sa water intake ko?! Dati naman kahit mabulunan ako sa harapan niya wala siyang pakielam!

Jax and his weird mixed signals!

My hand was shaking a bit while I reached for the water. I just took a little sip because I was aware of his eyes on me. As if he was watching my every move. It was throwing me off! Sanay ako na ako ang palaging nanonood sa bawat galaw niya! This was making me crazy anxious!

"Uhm, okay na... Let's go na?" I asked kasi mamaya sabihin niya magdessert muna ako. But after that, tumayo na siya. Akala ko aalis na siya, but I was surprised when he said goodbye to Yaya pa. I bit my lower lip so hard because damn, I was impressed! 'Di lang gwapo, well-mannered pa! He's making it so hard to be uncrush-able!

Paglabas namin, sumakay na kami sa Range Rover ni Jax. I was surprised nung sumakay siya sa driver's seat kasi akala ko kasama niya 'yung driver niya.

"I thought kasama sila Tita?" I asked while putting the seatbelt on.

"Work," he simply said before beginning to drive. Sobrang tahimik sa car habang nagda-drive si Jax. Sobrang tahimik niya talaga. If you won't talk to him, hindi rin siya magsasalita. But if you talk to him with sense naman, he'll reply.

I yawned in the middle of the drive.

"Sleep first," he said.

Umiling ako. "No. I'll keep you company," I replied. It's rude na tulugan ko siya e siya na nga iyong nagda-drive for us. "But can I play a song lang?" I asked. He nodded. I opened the radio, but I didn't like any of the songs playing. "Can I plug my phone?"

He shrugged. Tss. Balik na naman siya sa non-verbal responses niya. Nilagay ko na lang iyong phone ko tapos pinatugtog ko iyong chill playlist ko from Spotify. And when the songs of LANY began to serenade us, I relaxed a little.

"Ugh," I groaned when I reached for my phone kasi may nagtext.

"What?" Jax asked.

"New list of cases," I said then whispered to myself, "May list kaya si Iñigo." I was about to shoot a text when Jax interrupted. Bigla akong napa-tingin sa kanya.

"For?"

"Crim."

"Who's your prof?"

"Mercado."

He nodded. His eyes were steadily on the road. I stole a quick glimpse. Leche, ang gwapo talaga ng loko! Buti na lang din masungit 'to. Imagine kung gaano kahaba ang pila kung mabait pa 'to?!

"Just read digests," he said.

I frowned. "Grabe. Never thought na sa 'yo pa manggagaling 'yan."

Kumunot ang noo niya. "What? There's no shame in reading digests kung 'di talaga kayang tapusin."

"Tss. Kahit na. And I tried searching online, but walang detailed enough na digest."

"I'll send you mine."