FALLING FOR MR. MAN WHORE (Published)

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1

 

“PLEASE! Don’t leave me! I’ll do anything you want. I’ll give you anything you want!” A woman said hysterically.

Iyon ang narinig ni Shay ng bumukas ang elevator.

Nasa Leisure Hotel siya na pagmamay-ari ng matalik niyang kaibigan. Tinawagan siya ng kaibigan para papuntahin sa lungga nito. Nakita palang niya na si Ramm ang tumatawag, alam ka agad niya ang pakay nito. Bored na naman ang kaibigan and he need her to entertain him. Argh!

Mag-iisang buwan na ng huli silang magkita ni Ramm. Naging busy kasi siya sa pagbubukas nang pang-apat na branch ng Shay Cafe.

Naging mag-kaibigan sila ni Ramm Nicolas San Diego nuong nasa High School palang sila. She was picking up her books that was scattered on the floor, because Rann—Ramm’s twin brother— purposely knocked her to the ground. Tinulungan siya ni Ramm na pulutin ang mga libro at notes niya. Doon nag-umpisa ang pagkakaibigan nila.

Since then, palagi na silang magkasama. Minsan nga sa sobrang close nila, palagi silang pinagkakamalan na magkasintahan. When Ramm introduced her to his family, they asked if they were couple. Tinawanan lang nila ang mga ito. Believe it or not, her relationship with Ramm is plain platonic. Paano ko nasabi? Because they tried it once, and it didn’t work out as expected.

Her life is almost perfect.

Shay has a family that loves her so much and a friend, na palaging kasama niya sa hirap at ginhawa. Sort of. Or is it the other way around? She didn’t mind. Of course, hindi naman maiiwasan na walang kontrabida sa buhay. At nasa katauhan iyon ng kakambal ng matalik niyang kaibigan. Ang demonyitong kakambal ni Ramm. Si Rann.

He annoys and irritates her like no other. Hindi niya alam kung bakit naiirita siya rito. Ayaw na ayaw niyang nakikita ang binata. Kahit anino lang nito ang makita niya, naiinis na siya. That’s how much she hated his guts.

And speaking of that guy.

She narrowed her eyes on the couple in front of her, inside the elevator. The woman was kneeling and hugging the man’s legs as if her life was depending on it. She was begging at the same time crying. The guy on the other hand was talking to someone on the phone as if the woman didn’t bother him at all.

“I can’t live without you!” Mas lumakas pa ang iyak ng babae ng subukang baklasin ng lalaki ang braso nito na nakapulupot sa paa nito. The guy was muttering something under his breath. She thinks he was cursing the woman for being a nuisance. That thought made her smile.

Serves him right!

Nanatiling nakabukas ang elevator dahil ihinarang ni Shay ang kamay sa pintuan. Nagtagumpay na ang lalaki na baklasin ang pagkakayakap ng babae sa paa nito pero ang nangyari tumayo iyong babae at niyakap si lalaki ng mahigpit. She bit back a laugh when the man cursed again. Sa sobra yatang inis ng lalaki, he shove the woman away.

What a jerk! Shay thought.                                                        

The man slowly looked at her and smirked. “I’m not a jerk. Actually I’m a very good person.”

Geez. Did she just say it out loud?

Ngumiti ito ng pagkatamis-tamis sa kanya. “Kaya nga diba patay na patay ka sa akin?” Dagdag pa nito na ikinalaki ng mata niya.

What the hell?

“Excuse me?” Aniya na nakapamaywang. “I don’t even know you.” Okay, that was a lie. She knew this man, pero mamatay muna siya bago niya aminin iyon.