(Overview: In this chapter, your most-awaited antagonist will be introduce. more drama, speculations and less sweetness right here.
Animated GIF on the right is her.. i made that (lol proud?)
Quote for this chap :
“Some jokes are half-meant" - Alyloony :)
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as I went outside of the venture, I right away saw Iñigo leaning so casually on his 2011 Lamborghini Murcielago looking hot as ever in his casual navy blue button down polo
which he folded the sleeves of it so people with eyes, particularly women, could peak at his huge strong muscular biceps
“You! You didn’t even give me ample time to prepare!” I said as I smack his arm but he just chuckled at me as he enveloped me around his broad warm arms
hinalikan niya muna ako sa ulo until he rested his hands unto my waist
I could smell that faint aroma he just sprayed all over his shirt
“no need to do that, you’re still beautiful” he said with a sly smile painted all across his perfectly cult face
“AWWWW!! That is just so sweet of you guys!”
We both turned our direction to the one who said that in an ever fancy high-pitched girly girl voice—it was Jesse as she was clasping her hands together while her eyes were twinkling in delight
then, Iñigo turned his direction to me to give me a “who-the-heck-is-this”look
ngiwi akong napangiti sa kaniya and said
“Babe, this is-----“
I was immediately cut off by my words when Jesse rushed like a road runner to where Iñigo stood up and took his hand for her to shake endlessly
“I’m Jessica Sustiguer… 22 and a half, vital statistics 32-25-34.. yiie! And I’ve been dying to meet you since the first time I saw you on a GQ and Metro magazine!”
ang sabi niya with all the excitement she didn’t even dare to conceal
“Uhhh—yeah” is the only thing Iñigo could say as his lips turned into an awkward smile
“Let’s go?” ang sabi bigla ni Iñigo as he tried to escape the ,what it seems to be, never ending hand shake of Jesse
He wrapped his right arm around my shoulder, drawing me closer to his heart
“Its was nice meeting you, Jessica” he said as he opened his door for me to slid inside
Jesse wave at us but Iñigo never bothered himself to look back and to smile at her
“Man! That woman is weird and annoying! Who would be human enough to blurt out their vital stats to a complete stranger?!” he said as he frown
“Hey! Be nice, she’s still one of your fans.. you know” I said while trying to hold my laughter just looking at how annoyed Iñigo was
“from the moment there, I thought she’s going to rape me” he added
I just rolled my eyes and said “If I know, you just love the attention”
“The only thing I crave for, want for and die for is …” he leaned casually at me as our faces were almost inseparable
“….the attention I get from you.. “ he added with all the sweetness in his tone as he kissed my forehead
My heart began to rise as it throbs crazily inside my ribcage
this reaction I thought as I closed my eyes
“Where do you plan on taking me?” I asked trying to divert the conversation while Iñigo’s eyes were now focusing on the road
“You’ll know it soon”
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We arrived at this restaurant, which is far from the crowd and was tucked away in Yakal street in Makati.
The sign of the restaurant was not hard to see for it was planted right in front of the entrance.
“Carpaccio Ristorante Italiano” it read
The exterior design of it is modern yet classic and it actually felt like you’re in Italy.
The maroon bricks on the wall and humongous fountain right in front of the restaurant which highlighted the whole area as it gives a perfect ambiance of a modern-day date for couples
“Beautiful!” I said while I was still lingering my eyes to the frontal view of the restaurant
“Ofcourse ” He said while his eyes were still glued in front
I was awed the whole time I didn’t notice that we were now inside looking for a parking space.
“Finally!” Iñigo uttered in relief as he spotted a free space just between the black Volvo and the Maroon Toyota avanza
“You’re going to love their food especially Risotto Stile Liguria”
He said with all enthusiast visible to his eyes
He was about to turn the wheel and take that space when some Silver Porshe Carrera overtook and stole the supposed-parking space for us
“Whatta--” He said as he slammed his hands on the wheels. Sa sobrang inis, he impatiently went off the car and slammed the door of it
I followed him closely behind just in case, he’ll throw a trouble
Oh no, his temper sure is off this time I thought while I hurriedly stood beside him ready to stop in case it gets dirty
But instead of a man like what I’ve expect to come out from this Silver Porshe Carrera, it was a woman.. in her early 20’s wearing a leopard print v-neck blouse exposing a part of her cleavage..
she stood 5’8-almost-5’9 feet tall. A little petite but definitely has every curves that every man would surely work wonders in their manly desire. I looked at her intently and was intidmated by her very smooth-looking porcelain skin and her long slender shape-y legs
She turned around and laid her hands on her hips only to remove her Rayban aviator out of her eyes
She was gazing at us as her brows were pulled together in unison. Then she suddenly, smiled and to my surprise…..
“Iñigo?!” she said with all the amusement in her tone as she ran to Iñigo, give him a kiss on a cheek and hug him as tight as I could see
“Ken?” He replied back, pulling his self away from the embrace this woman was giving him
“Wow! of all places I could run into you” she smiled once more flashing her perfectly straight white teeth
and then her lips turned from a smile to “O” as she laid her eyes on me
“New girl?” she said as she turned her attention to Iñigo
“Ah.. Ken, this is my girlfriend Nina” he said as he wrapped his right arm around my tiny frame
“Nina.. this is Ken, a college batchmate, we attended Princeton together in New Jersey. She’s a friend”
“......with benefits!” and then she slightly giggled but she stopped when she noticed nobody was laughing at her sick joke but her
“Hey! That was funny!.. “ she winked at Iñigo then darted her almost-gray orbs on me as she smirked wider
“….and true”
“Ken..” Iñigo uttered as if warning this woman right in front of us not to spill something that shouldn’t be said
“Alright, Alright. Zipped” she said while she gestured herself in a imaginary zipper
then she turned her attention to me and smiled
a kind of smile that didn’t reach her eyes at all
I awkwardly smiled back as she took my hands and shook it
“Nice meeting you,Nina.. I’m Ken, Kendra Gainsborough”
and then a familiar phrase came back to me
Jesse drew her self closer to me and before she whispered into my ear, tumingin muna siya sa paligid. Checking out if may nakikinig sa near by vicinity
“and there’s this known international ramp model who was rumored to be his girlfriend”
napatigil ako, at bigla kong naramdaman ang unti unting paglumo ng pakiramdam ko. But I was curious, kaya kahit na pa ayaw ko nang malaman para hindi na ako masaktan, I still insisted
“who is she?” I whispered almost sounding like hoarse which is the sign that my lips refuses to utter
“She’s—uhh-- She’s Kendra Gainsborough, British-Filipina ramp model of Burberry”
“Kendra Gainsborough.. British-Filipina.. ramp model”
“Kendra Gainsborough..British-filipina”
“Kendra Gainsborough…”
“Kendra Gainsbo.…”
“Kendra….”
“Ken…”
Her name just kept on echoing inside my head while my heart began to palpitate inside. Then, a worried-troubled look was flashed from my face to Iñigo as I tighten my grip to his arm
“What’s wrong,Love?” he asked as he looked at me
“Let’s just dine elsewhere please”
I thought …but instead, of telling him that, I just shook my head and said nothing
“Good! Now.. mind if I join you, guys?” she asked. Iñigo stiffened his muscle and was about to utter… “Well actually----“
“Come on now, I’m starving!”
Then she turned on her wheels as walked like she was in runway on her nude pumps.
I slowly watched her from behind as she made her way to the front door, all heads and eyes turned to her direction.
Even those men who had a date right in front of them turned 360 degree, almost breaking their neck just so they could get a glimpse of the gorgeous lady coming to the door
“She would never take No for an answer, Honey. Im sorry” Iñigo whispered to my ear as he kissed my forehead and held unto my hands.
He squeezed it lightly and I looked up to see him smiling at me
my heart melted in the sight of his eyes darting into my soul
but that daydreaming, or rather night dreaming, had stopped when that woman turned around while she smiled at us, or maybe to Iñigo, and then she sweetly said
“aren’t you coming?”
UGH! I think im going to lose my appetite
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“don’t you think Sow-pa-de-Fun-hee looks delicious? shall we try it, Iñigo?”
“It’s Zo-pa-di-fung-gi (Zoppa di Funghi) and Oh no no no!”
Kendra uttered while she laid the menu out of her face. She was sitting across us on the table
“Iñigo is allergic to mushrooms” She said while looking at me directly
and then turn her direction to my boyfriend and said “Right, Iñigo?”
To my disappointment, I felt like I was a useless clueless girlfriend at that very moment when I saw Iñigo slightly nodded while scanning down the menu
“How about Risotto Stile Liguria? Isn’t prawns and salmons your favorite, Igo?”
I felt my jaw tighten when I heard her uttering Iñigo’s nickname
Only his mom calls him that I thought trying to brush of the sudden jealousy I felt
“How about you, Nina?” She asked while smiling at me
“I think… I’ll have the same” I uttered as I sighed
“Cool!”
then she turn her direction to the waiter who was standing beside her, obviously at awed with her beauty
“tre Risotto Stile Liguria, uno Lasagna al Forno e un Chardonnay La Fuga, Donnafugata..” she spoke in a fluent Italian accent to the waiter
“volontà che sia tutto?” (will that be all?) asked by the waiter
She darted her eyes on our direction before glancing at the waiter
“sì” (Yes) she said while the waiter nodded
“Wow! Your Italian has improved” Iñigo enthusiastically said while he slightly clapped his hands
“Why.. ofcourse!” she said proudly and slightly tilting her head gesturing herself to a sly curtsy
“I’ve been working under Giorgio Armani for almost a year now” she added
then she glanced at my direction only to notice me staring at the both of them for quite some time now
“Oh, don’t be surprise with our closeness, Angel” He said while casually giving me a peck on my forehead
“We went long way back to Princeton .. and she was almost in every class I had” Iñigo said while tightly holding my right hand below the table trying to lighten me up
“Yeah.. we also got the same bachelor’s course --- Operations Research and Financial Engineering.. oh! not forget the same dorm block back then” Kendra uttered while smiling at me
Slightly relieved, I timidly replied “I see” and smiled back at her..
Turning to Iñigo, “So, what have you been upto these days, Igo?” Kendra said as she played with her hair, twisting it with her fingers
Kendra crossed her right leg to the other revealing her killer long legs and porcelain thighs that men nearby will sure die-for
“Same thing, still focused and determined in every race track competition” Iñigo said while his huge right hand laid on my thigh
“I’ve heard you bagged the trophy in the recent Senior Rotax Max World Finals held in Argentina” She said as she sipped her Chardonnay La Fuga, Donnafugata
A wine, that I’ve heard from Iñigo, was a notable depth on nose and palate with lush scents of fruit pineapple, apple and banana soledid from the island of Sicily
“Well, you just heard it right” He said proudly as he took a sipped on his own Chardonnay La Fuga, Donnafugata
“Let’s drink to that” she said while she held her drink up as she glanced at my direction
“Right, Nina?”
I was startled from that moment and didn’t react right away, Iñigo just wrapped his right arm around me as he kissed my hair
“She isn’t really much of a drinker, Ken”
Disappointed of a sudden protective act Iñigo pulled, Kendra just retorted her eyes and drank the wine herself
“I see” she spoke with a very calm timid tone this time as she laid the Bordeaux glass, tall with a broad bowl designed for full bodied red wines, on the table
“I never knew you were into goody-two-shoes woman, Igo” and then she chuckled lightly
“Well, I don’t mind.. Besides, she usually transforms herself into a really wild cat when we’re in bed”
what?! I thought when the words sank into my mind
I looked up to see Iñigo smiling down at me
“Say, what made you drop down to Philippines?” He asked as he turned his direction to Kendra who was obviously amused by Iñigo’s answer to her non-commical question
“I’ll have a photoshoot for Blush magazine a week from now and I thought I should drop by earlier than usual” she said with a sly smile painted across her pretty face
“Earlier for what?”
“Earlier so I could meet you” chuckling lightly, she said as she covered her lips with her wide-palm
then she shifted her position only to glance at me who was obviously not happy about her answer
she waved her both hands up and smiled at me “I was just kidding, Nina ..”
“My mom insisted me to go here and learn Tea-gah-log (tagalog)”
“Wow, really?” Iñigo said with all the amusement in his tone
“Yeah really.. she even ranted about.. what’s the use of me being a half Filipina if I barely knew how to speak tea-gah-log. Ugh!” she said as she rolled her hands while crossing her arms on top of her chest
“Your mom has a point, you know.. Ken”
“Well, im trying.. its not my fault if I grew up in Europe all my life you know..” she said as she sipped unto her wine
“Oh, like this table.. its Mae-suh (mesa) right?”
Iñigo chuckled huskily at Kendra’s accent of trying to say Mesa instead of Mae-suh
“Hey, what’s so funny?” she glared at Iñigo as her brows were pulled together in confusion
“Nothing really.. its just your accent” and then he broke down to more laughter
“Har-har” she said in a sarcastic pretentious laugh
“Wait, ‘til you see I master Tea-gah-log in no time, you wouldn’t dare to laugh at me anymore”
I just chuckled lightly seeing how Kendra was so worked up with her Tagalog lesson
maybe she isn’t as bad as I’ve heard I thought while I took a bite of this Risotto Stile Liguria,
but there’s still something I could feel that isn’t right at all..
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We were now walking straight to the parking lot, Iñigo’s hand laid rest on my waist while Kendra was walking beside us
when suddenly…
kinapa ni Iñigo yung bulsa niya and started panicking ..
“Shoot! I left the key inside.. I’ll be back” he said an gave me a quick kiss on the head and run his way inside back to the restaurant
“So…. How long have you been guys going out?” Kendra said while casually flipping her long ebony-brown hair
I can’t just tell her kahapon lang kami naging official I thought while I stared at Kendra who was obviously impatient to her the answer
“For awhile now” I said with slight nervousness lingering in my tone
“I see.. I must say, Iñigo’s hotter than the last time I saw him” She said taking few steps closer to me
“I’m sure you’ve seen him without his torso huh? Hot isn’t he? Especially when he’s all drench in his own sweat while sucking your---“
“Stop!” I said while held out my hand to gesture her to stop
She chuckled loudly this time not caring if it echoed in the whole lot.
It abruptly stopped when I looked up and saw her leaning to my ear
“Do you want to know a secret?” she said as she whispered in my ear
I just looked at her confused
what is she planning to do? I thought
“I was the first one…..
.................to fuck
…………..him
…….senseless”
Then she chuckled devilishly as she moved her face away from mine
just when I was about to utter a word….
“I got it!” Iñigo shouted as he walked straight at our direction while his keys were twirling around his finger
“Did I miss anything?” he asked
“Oh! nothing really .. we were just discussing few interesting things, right Nina?” She said as she smiled fake-ly on my behalf
Instead, of looking up to smile back,I bit my lower lip and looked anywhere else but her slightly freckled-face
“I better get going. See you around,Igo” she said as she approached Iñigo to kiss him.. on the cheeks--- no scratch that---she kissed him in the side of his lips .. almost touching his lips
while in the corner of her eyes, I could see her grayish pools glued to me as if waiting for a violent reaction coming from me
But Iñigo yanked her away as he held both of Kendra’s shoulder and said
“Right. See you when I see you”
She just smiled at him and turned her direction to me
“It was nice meeting you, Nina” she said as she beso-ed on my cheeks while she leaned, touching both of my shoulders..
And then whispered “Careful, I might steal him away from you”
then immediately,she walked straight to her car and slid inside her Silver Porshe Carrera
Her car passed by at us and she rolled her window down only to smirked at us, or rather at meme, and waved
“Ciao!!” She cued while curling her hands to say good bye
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The whole ride back to Meg’s apartment was horrible. I just kept staring at the car’s window while Iñigo would stay still looking in front of the road
no one was speaking and the silence was slowly chopping my heart out.
Just before I step inside the apartment, Iñigo slowly and softly grabbed me by the hand and then laid his expressive brown eyes into me
“Is there something bothering you?” he asked with so much tenderness in his tone.. that tone that almost made my leg wobble with his sweetness
“I’m fine. I’m just…” jealous “……tired”
He leaned casually to give a kiss, not the kind of kiss that we usually do when we’re alone in his unit..
it was a soft warm kiss as he cupped my face
“Sleep well, alright?” he said as he locked me into his arms
I just nodded at him before he finally slid inside his 2011 Lamborghini Murcielago
He rolled his car’s window just so he could see me and smile at me.I waved at him and force my self to smile before he was completely gone
I sighed thinking how these day went. One moment it was almost perfect and then the next it was as if shattered into pieces
I passed by the lady land lord who owned the aparment. She was about 50 something years old wearing orange rollers on her hair and a glasses.
She smiled at me and so did I before I completely made my way up to Meg’s apartment and I’ve seen that the lights were off.
Meg’s probably out I thought as I switched on the light
then Images from the previous conversation I had flashed through my mind… like a slideshow of videos coming one by one…
“No offense, Nina but I always thought Iñigo likes Half-bred mestizas” - Jesse
“Nina.. this is Ken, a college batchmate, we attended Princeton together in New Jersey. She’s a friend” -Iñigo
“with benefits!” - Kendra
“Hey! That was funny! ……………and true!” -Kendra
“I never knew you were into goody-two-shoes woman, Iñigo” - Kendra
“do you want to know a secret?” -Kendra
“I was the first one to fuck him senseless” – Kendra
“I was the first one to fuck him”
“I was the first one to fuck…”
“I was the first one..”
“First ONE..”
"Careful, I might steal him away from you"
Slowly, tears were dripping down my face.. slowly rolling down by drop as I felt the anguishes taking over my already naïve and weak body.
I was trembling as I breathe unevenly crying out loud in the dark empty living room of Meg’s pad
I rested my head on the door as I slid down my whole body to the ground..
you know what sucks? Its when you felt like your not good enough for someone you love
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(A/N: “Carpaccio Ristorante Italiano”(pronounced as Carpacho) is a real-life italian restaurant in Makati corner Yakal street in San Antonio Village
Giorgio Armani is a real-life italian designer who established Armani (magkalevel sila ng Gucci, Balenciaga, D&G and a lot more) and those foods that were mentioned are real-life specialties of the said restaurant. wanna know how those food tastes like? puntahan niyo mismo nang malaman niyo
Blush Magazine is also a real-life philippine magazine and Princeton University is a real-life univesity in New Jersey (magkalevel sila ng Harvard, Brown, Yale and a lot more) and Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Financial Engineering is also a real-life course offered in Princeton. kung curious kayo, mag enroll kayo don! lol!
btw. the flash back was from chap 13
'nuff with all these facts 101.. all i could say, sa chapter na ito.. is that almost true-to-life din yung nararamdaman ni Nina. sa lahat ng relationship i've been through, isa lang msasabi ko.. masakit pag naramdaman mong you're not good enough para sa love mo
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