Untamed

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

News

Kinagabihan ay agad nabalita ang pagpunta ko sa mansion ng mga Versalius. At ang maraming haka-haka kung bakit ako nandoon.

Our manager, tito Lar keeps calling on me panay ang tunog ng cellphone ko at ang pag-ilaw ng screen nun. Nakatulog ako pag-uwi ko kanina kaya gabi ko na nasagot ang tawag niya.

"Tito Lar,"napahilamos ako sa mukha. I am half awake. Tulog pa ang diwa ko.

I hear tito Lar sighed in relief when I answered the call."I was worried. Kanina pa ko tawag ng tawag ang akala ko ay napano kana. Where are you?"

Napatingin ako sa paligid, specifically sa bintana. It's so dark outside. May bagyo ba? O sobrang tagal kong nakatulog?

Inilayo ko kaunti ang screen sa tenga ko para masipat ko kung anong oras na sa screen ng cellphone ko.

11:40 PM?

"Shit!"napangiwi ako ng maalala ko na nasa kabilang linya pa pala si tito Lar."I mean...uh nakatulog ako pag-uwi ko dito sa condo."

"That's explain why you're not answering everyone's call."I can imagine tito Lar's nodding his head."Anyway, I called because of this news. Is it true? Napanuod mo na ba?"

Nangunot ang noo ko.

"What news, tito?"I asked doumbfoundedly.

"You and Greg are all over the news. You visited the Versalius's mansion. There's a lot of speculations from the people. Lalo na sa mga fans niyo na ngayon ay mas lalong binibigdeal ang pagkikita niyo at sa mismong bahay pa ni Greg."

"Well..."

"If you're not fine with what the big boss wants it's okay I won't force you. We can always find alternative solutions for this. You don't have to pretend."

"We know we can't say no to fans."I shrugged my shoulders."At isa pa nangyare na. The media already seen us. Mas mahihirapan lang kaming itanggi iyon ngayon. At mas lalong magiging issue iyon. We won't get any benefits from it. Only bad feedbacks. Have you call Greg? He's the one who planned this and technically I'm clueless until I got into their mansion."paliwanag ko.

"I'll call him later. After this."he answered.

"Okay. That's good. I'm just...gonna go with the flow."tumatangong sinabi ko."Ayoko ng gawing kumplikado ang lahat ng bagay. If this is gonna be good for everyone...I'll do it."I'm tired of the fans that keep shipping us and pushing us to each other. Matagal na kaming tapos ni Greg pero mukhang kahit ilang taon ng lumipas ay hindi pa din nakakamove on ang mga fans namin.

Actually they become much more wild about us specially after the news spread on tv. Hindi lang sa tv kundi sa mga social media. They are bombarding me lots of dms from my social accounts.

I have to mute all my notifs.

"I have to what!?"mali ata ako ng narinig. We are in the meeting with tito Lar. Wala ngayon ang big boss namin na siyang main sponsor ng team namin and technically the main who's handling our team, tito Lar is the second.

"You heard me, Raze."tila bored na sagot ni Greg. Nakapatong ang paa sa lamesa. I find it very arrogant but everyone knows that's how Greg is.

At hindi ako makapaniwala kung paano nahuhumaling ang lahat ng kababaihan sakanya gayong wala namang maganda sa ugali niya. He don't even treat women right.

But then I remembered I once fell in love with him.

"You have to leave your friend's place. The sooner the better."he smiled coldy.

"Kailangan pa ba yon?"pairap na tanong ko sakanya.

"It's bad for your publicity."si Speed ang sumagot nun."Everyone knows what type of man is Greg. He don't share."umiiling na dagdag niya pa.

Sumulyap ako sakanya at hindi agad nakasagot. He is damn right. Gregory is a selfish arrogant jerk!

"Well the people don't have to know that I live in Aaron's place."I argue.

"I don't think you can't keep that secret to the media. Lalo na sa mga fans niyo."si Aries, umiiling-iling pa. Magkatabi sila ni Speed. Nagkatinginan silang dalawa at ngumisi sa isa't isa. Weird.

"You guys are pretending so you gotta play safe at all times. Unless you want the media to discover your fake relationship that fast?"nilingon ko si Eron na nakangisi saakin, he raised his brow.

Mahina kong hinampas ang palad sa lamesa at napabuga ng hangin.

"I have to buy a place."I said, feeling defeated. Pakiramdam ko ay pinagkakaisahan nila ako. But that's impossible right? Why would they do that?

"No need for that."Greg shooked his head."I have one. And that's where you'll stay."

"What? No way!"I look at him as if another head grown in him."Anong iisipin nila pag nalaman nilang nakatira ako sayo? They will think we're living under one roof and that I am dependent on you. I don't want to look like who's madly foolishly in love with you. Nope."

"Then I'll stay in your place."he shrugged his shoulders.

Nagulat naman ako sa sinabi niya. Hindi ko inakalang ganon niya lang kabilis idadrop ang pinag-uusapan namin. I am expecting him that he will continue to argue until he gets what he wants.

"So, Greg,"Speed called him. Nakangisi ito kay Greg."You want to be called madly foolishly in love with her ?"nanunuksong tanong ni Speed.

Greg just smile at him mockingly, hindi apektado sa pang-aasar ni Speed.

"Oh how sweet of you, lover boy."patuyang komento naman ni Aries.

"Ayos lang kahit reputasyon niya ang madungisan basta wag lang ang pinakamamahal niyang si Raze."and they all glanced at me.

Tinaasan ko naman sila ng kilay."Shut up!"I snapped at them. Binalingan ko si Gregory. "And you don't have to live with me. We're just boyfriend-girlfriend thingy. We're not that you know...married."napalunok ako.

"I also don't like the idea of..."he trailed off. He look back at my direction that made me somehow bothered."staying with you on one roof. But that's what my mother's request."he shrugged his shoulders.

I don't know why it hurts to hear that he also don't want to stay with me in one place. I shrugged that thoughts in my head and gulped audibly.

"Don't get me wrong. I'm a man, Raze. And it will be very hard to resist you if we'll stay in one roof."agad niyang paliwanag saakin at nanatili ang tingin saakin. Hindi niya inaalis ang atensyon saakin.

Napasinghap ako.

"Baka mapikot kita."he chucked.

Marahas akong napasinghap.

"Damn. Stop doing that."umiling siya. There's something in his eyes that's twinkling right now.

Nalilito ko siyang tinignan."Stop doing what?"

He bite the side of his lips before he spoke. I don't know if he do that intentionally or unintentionally. And why am I looking at his lips?

"I don't want to sound..."he paused. Muling kinagat nanaman ang labi. Parang namumungay na ngayon ang mata niya."but you're turning me on and you have to stop that."humalakhak siya.

Pati na ang ibang kasama namin sa silid. Mind you that they are all boys and I am the only girl here!

Pakiramdam ko umakyat ang lahat ng dugo ko sa katawan at pulang-pula na ang mukha ko.

"Fuck you, Gregory!"

He continue chuckling."Darating din tayo diyan, Raze."