AQR1: A Peerless Genius from Two Cities [COMPLETED]

40: Fight and Make up

"And do you really think I will let that happen?" Naniningkit ang mga mata niya habang nakatingin kay Emy.

She tried to remove his hand but his grip was firm. Bukod pa doon ay inilapit pa ng binata ang mukha nito sa kanya.

"I won't let anyone have you, Emy." Pabulong nitong sabi sa kanya. His hot breath touched her skin and it brought strange feelings to her.

Bigla namang kinuha nito ang comforter niya saka ibinalot sa kanya. He was quick kaya hindi agad nakareact si Emy.

Nabalutan na siya nito ng matauhan siya.

"Hey, let me go!"

"Shhh... You'll wake the whole city. Be quite."

He bridal carried her saka siya nito inihiga sa kama. Hindi siya makaalis sa pagkakabalot nito sa kanya dahil pati ang mga kamay niya ay trapped sa loob nung comforter.

"Get me out of here. Now." Sinamaan pa niya ito ng tingin pero hindi siya nito pinansin. He even removed the hair on her face.

"Ano ba? I said let me go."

"Quiet." Then he caressed her cheeks.

"You are not being honest, Emy."

Emy snorted. "About what?"

"About your feelings. About that matchmaking."

She looked at him coldly. "You don't know me, your highness. I will do everything to protect my family. The Emperor wants me to marry your brother. Do you really think I can say no to that?"

"There's always a way out."

"Really? Funny that my family wasn't able to think one."

Natahimik silang pareho for a long time.

Then Sebastian leaned his head on her chest. She was wrapped by the comforter kaya wala itong mararamdaman doon. But still she wriggled out.

"There's always a way out." He said again. Then he looked at her. "Marry someone else habang hindi pa namamanhikan sila dito."

Emy looked at him disbelievingly. Then she laughed coldly. "There you are again sprouting things as if it was just that easy to do."

"Well, it is really easy, you know. In fact, I have the intention to do it. If I take you now and everyone finds out in the morning, surely, you will be married to me instead of Vio."

Nanlaki ang mga mata ni Emy.

Then Sebastian's slowly got near her.

"H-hey, don't even think about it."

Pero hindi siya pinansin nito. Naramdaman na lang niya ang paglapat ng labi nito sa noo niya. Then on her temples... on her cheeks... on her nose...

Then he lifted her face and started kissing her left jaw up until her chin. Then she felt his lips on her right jaw, following the pattern he used on her left.

When he stopped on her chin again ay tinignan siya nito. Then his eyes landed on her lips. He was about to lean down ng magpanic si Emy.

"F-fine! There's always a way out. Oo na. Tama ka na." She said frantically. Napangiti naman si Sebastian.

Saka siya umayos ng upo.

"Speak."

"I am not really going to marry Vio. I have no plan to do so. But I can't just make a drastic move because the Emperor might take it differently.

"I can't also just simply say no because surely, I will be punished along with my family.

"However, if I can make Vio back out on the marriage voluntarily, then it will be great. But it seems impossible to happen.

"So ang choice ko na lang ay ang pagbackoutin siya involuntarily."

Sebastian raised his eyebrow at her. "And how do you plan to do it?"

"I have already contacted the important people for this plan. You just have to wait for the result one of these days."

"Tell me."

Nang hindi nagsalita si Emy ay inilapit niya ang mukha niya rito. Agad namang napilitan ang dalaga.

"I... I am planning to use the same method as yours."

Nangunot ang noo ni Sebastian habang nag-iwas namang ng tingin niya si Emy.

"What is it?"

"I am planning to drug him and Diana, and make sure that people will know by the morning na magkasama sila. That way, the shame and trouble won't be pointed at me but to them."

Sebastian smirked. Muli ay inilapit niya ang mukha niya sa dalaga.

"Then why did you lie to me earlier?"

Mag-iiwas sana ng paningin niya si Emy kaso nahawakan niya na agad ang mukha nito.

"Tell me, Emy."

"Well, I am pissed at you. You're gone suddenly and when you showed up, galit ka pa?"

"How can I not be angry? Ilang araw lang akong nawala tapos pagbalik ko, nakikipagdate ka na sa kapatid ko."

"Ilang araw lang?" Emy repeated saka natawa ng pagak.

"You sound like a nagging wife."

Sinamaan siya nito ng tingin.

"Fine! Kasalanan ko na. I was supposed to say goodbye to you that night na umuwi ka dito. But you were already resting well. I thought you might not be able to go back to sleep kapag sinabi ko sayo kaya naman hindi ko na tinuloy."

"As if!"

Napangiti si Sebastian saka hinawakan sa pisngi ang dalaga. Tapos ay tinitigan niya ng matagal ang mukha ng dalaga to the point na nailang na ito sa kanya.

"Stop it." Emy said annoyingly.

Sebastian just chuckled saka tumayo na.

"I am going now."

"Kanina ka pa nga dapat umalis eh."

He smirked at her bago humakbang na papunta sa may bintana.

But he found himself going back to where she was.

"A-anong..."

Hindi na natuloy ni Emy ang sasabihin niya because Sebastian's lips touched hers.

Nanlaki ang mga mata niya but she couldn't make herself to protest at all.

Hanggang sa hindi na lamang iyon simpleng paglalapat ng labi nila. He started to move his lips and her ears are suddenly occupied by a deafening beat.

And then he stopped and their eyes had met.

He was catching his breath while she was holding hers.

Sebastian touched her lips gently and then smiled. "Goodnight."

This time, totoo ng umalis ang binata. Naiwan siya doon na nabibingi pa rin sa tibok ng puso niya. But a smile slowly formed on her lips.

Si Sebastian naman ay hindi makapaniwala sa ginawa niya. But he can't deny the effect of that lady to him. In fact, his heart is still feeling sharp pains habang naiisip niya siya.

He massaged his heart. All the more reason na hindi dapat mapunta sa iba si Emy. And that's what he is going to make sure.

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