Taming The Billionaire's Children

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 13

Gavin sighed, stood up from his seat and looked at the piled sheets of papers on his office table. Alas diyes na ng gabi pero tinatapos niya pa rin ang mga gawaing hindi niya matapos tapos kanina dahil hindi siya makapag-focus.

Lumabas siya sa sariling opisina sa mansyon at naglakad papuntang kusina upang magtimpla ng kape. Gavin stopped from entering the kitchen when he saw someone there. It was Lana. The one who keeps him distracted all day.

Lana was writing something on a piece of paper. Gavin stood behind Lana and took a glance at what she's writing.

Weekly Meal Plan.

"What's that?"

"Fudge!" Napaigtad at nabitawan ni Lana ang hawak na ballpen. "Sir Gavin!" nanlalaki ang mga mata at hawak-hawak ni Lana ang dibdib dahil sa gulat.

"Why are you still awake? And what are you writing there?" muling tanong ni Gavin sa dalaga.

"Ah, hindi pa po kasi ako inaantok. At saka," kinuha ni Lana ang papel at ipinakita sa kanya. "Meal plan po ito ng mga bata for this week," paliwanag pa nito.

Tumango lang si Gavin at umupo sa tabi ni Lana.

"Eh, kayo po, Sir? Bakit gising pa po kayo?"

"I have a lot of unfinished work. So, I plan on finishing them tonight," Gavin sighed again.

And it's because you keep bugging my mind the whole day.

"Ah, ganon po ba? Kaya po siguro kayo nandito kasi balak niyo po magtimpla ng kape? Ipagtitimpla ko po kayo!" tumayo ang dalaga at kumuha ng mainit na tubig.

"No—uhm, black coffee please. Thanks," pipigilan sana ni Gavin si Lana pero nakalapit na ito sa kitchen pantry at tinitignan siya na parang nagtatanong kung anong klase ng kape ang nais niya.

Ilang saglit lang ay nilapag ni Lana ang mainit na kape sa harap ni Gavin at umupo sa harapan nito.

Gavin took a sip of his coffee and smiled. Mm. Perfect. Just like the way I want it.

"Okay lang po ba ang lasa?" tinignan ni Gavin si Lana na nasa harapan niya at nakatitig sa kanya.

"Yeah, I like it. Thank you," tinanguan niya ang dalaga. Pagkatapos non ay namayani ang katahimikan sa pagitan nilang dalawa.

Patuloy lang na sumisimsim sa kanyang kape si Gavin habang si Lana naman ay nakatitig lang sa mesa at hindi malaman ang gagawin. Gavin glanced at Lana and he saw her opening her mouth as if she want to say something but then closes it immediately.

"Ask away," Gavin said and Lana lifted her head to look at him.

"Uhm, I'm just curious."

"About what?"

"About, uh, why did you tell your children not to make friends?" tanong ng dalaga. Natigilan si Gavin sa pagsimsim sa kape at inilapag ito sa mesa.

"Alam ko naman na sinabi mo lang yon para maprotektahan sila, pero hindi ko pa rin maintindihan. You can tell them to be careful about making friends but I don't think you need to forbid them making friends," pagpapatuloy pa ni Lana.

"Well," Gavin looked at Lana once again and sighed. "I'm only telling this to you, okay? It's like a secret of mine," pagpapatuloy ni Gavin at sumimsim ulit ng kape.

"When I was still young, my grandma always tell me to be careful at making friends. It's because some friends are fake and they would just use me for their own gain, that is what my grandma said," Gavin continued.

"And in highschool, grandma got sick and she needs to get her treatment in the US. So, I went with her and transferred school. In my new school, I met a group of boys. We became friends and they were fun to be with. Until we decided to make a band. After two years of attending small gigs, we got discovered and then we were suddenly famous all over the world—"

"Music Brigade?"

Gavin's mouth formed an 'o'. With wide-eyes, Gavin looked at Lana who was grinning at him.

"How did you know?" Gavin asked, very much surprised.

Lana just shrugged her shoulders. "You just said that your band was famous over the world. And I was your fan in highschool. I still have your merchandises in my room," Lana said nonchalantly.

"Woah," walang masabi si Gavin. Sa hindi malamang dahilan ay bigla siyang nakaramdam ng hiya at pinamulahan. Napakamot na lamang siya ng batok.

"But you quit the band after four years, a lot were disappointed. Why did you quit though? Wala kang iniwan na dahilan kung bakit ka umalis sa banda noon. Then after two years, you got married, that's why we thought that you quit because you are getting married," muli namang tanong ni Lana.

"Uh, that year my grandma died. I was grieving and I didn't attended some practice for a month. And when I decided to attend a practice session, I was late then I heard them talking about me as I was about to enter the rehearsal room," Gavin still remembered of what he heard that time.

"Is Gavin still not attending?"

"I don't know. It's been a month and he still not attending a single rehearsal."

"Hey, Rust. Any news about him?"

"Nope. Not a single text."

"Tsk, he knows that we have a concert coming this weekend, right? And he's still not rehearsing? He's so arrogant!"

"Well, that's because he's the one who is the most famous among us. He thinks that he's so good enough."

"Yeah! He should be thankful that we still let him joined our band!"

"But if it weren't for him, we will not be this famous, you know."

"And that's why I'm still keeping him for the band. That's his only purpose. To make us famous and earn lots of moneys. Hahaha!"

"And that is why I left the band. They were only using me for fame and money. I felt so hurt and betrayed that time. And I don't want my kids to feel and experience the same way I did so I forbid them from making any friends and isolated them from other kids at school."

"But they ended up being lonely. Especially, Beaumont. He is always eating alone during lunchtime. But everything's fine now, he has Kalix," sabi naman ni Lana.

"Kalix? Who's that?" nagtatakang tanong ni Gavin kay Lana.

"Ay, hindi pa ba naki-kwento sa'yo ni Beaumont? Bagong kaibigan niya si Kalix!"

"Beaumont?" Gavin asked once again.

"Ah, kasi noong nakaraang araw, binigyan ko ng nickname sina Charlotte at Daenerys. Eh, eto naman si Beau, nainggit at gusto rin ng nickname. Kaya ayon, galing sa pangalan niyang Beau Montgomery, Beaumont ang nickname niya," Lana explained.

Gavin smiled, even him never thought of giving his kids nicknames.

"And what about my twins and my little girls? How do you call them?"

"Yung kambal, Liu at Lia ang tawag ko sa kanila. Si Charlotte naman, Lottie. At Dein naman kay Daenerys. Ang cutie, diba?" tinaas-baba pa ni Lana ang kanyang mga kilay kay Gavin.

"Pfft! Hahaha! Yeah, they're cute," Gavin laughed at her. The nanny pouted at his reaction.

"Why are you laughing?"

Now, Gavin understands why his children are fond of Lana. She is full of warmth and is happy to be with.

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