C70 seventy

My cellphone has been ringing for a while now, but I just keep staring at it.

Mom has been telling me to go to Akia's birthday for some time now. I haven't completely moved on! I can't let my pride down! She cheated on me but I still love her.

I chuckled, "I am Cyrus Elio Lavilla from room 26029, Is there any bullshit messages for me?" I asked while touching his lips.

I know Mom too well. I know she'll instruct her secretary to leave me a message.

I glanced at the woman handing me a piece of paper. I stared at her, her beautiful eyes scrutinizing my face as if she's never seen a man like me before. My gaze lingered on her crimson lips unnoticed by her.

Then it dawned on me that I could bring her to Akia's birthday. Mom would calm down, Akia would see that I've found someone else, and I could get closer to this woman.

"I thought your shift ends at 5?" I asked her.

I watched her mingle with her colleagues; I had to scold her once because she seemed so absent-minded. I don't know why I meddle in her every move.

All I know is that I noticed myself zoning out, staring at her. It's like she's endlessly captivating.

As I looked at her, it's like I've captured the stars.

"Doesn't this look suit me?" She asked seriously.

My eyes directly looking at the road and because of what she asked my jaw clenched. She didn't know how beautiful and breathless her look!

"It's fine," I simply said.

I restrained myself from praising her too much. I glanced at her briefly, but quickly looked away because every time my gaze met hers, it felt like I was burning.

She took a deep breath "It's okay," she shrugged "If you say this doesn't suit me. Well, I know I'm beautiful, all girls are beautiful! But there's a part of a woman where no matter how much makeup you put on, it won't complement what she's wearing! Just say it if---"

I glared at her reason why she stopped talking.

Why does she even ask those kinds of questions?! Doesn't she know how beautiful she is?! Doesn't she know that every time I look at her, I feel like I'm burning? But I'm ready to melt just to catch a glimpse of her.

"Damn," I muttered irritably while gripping her car's steering wheel. I looked back at her. "You're... Damn, B-beautiful... Very... beautiful... Damn it," I said.

I introduced her to Mom and Dad, I was even surprised by how talkative she was. She even returned the Shanghai I got because she said we didn't bring any gifts.

"So where did you meet my friend, Cyrus? I didn't think he would come here with a nice-looking girl," I heard Ben's question.

My head suddenly heated up because they were still exchanging glances as if they were competing on who would look away first.

Fuck you! Ben.

"Ben... Don't hit on her or do you want me to hit you? Using my hands?" I stopped and looked at her, back to Ben "You want?"

"Are you happy?" I seriously asked and opened the front seat of my car for her.

"The food is delicious and your parents are kind. It's beautiful here so yes, I'm happy. Why?" She innocently replied.

I don't know, why the hell do I care if Ben talked to her!

"No... I mean," I stopped, I buckled my seatbelt as she did. "I mean, You? Flirting with my ex-girlfriend's cousin," I accused her.

Annoyed, I looked away. We argued because she said she wasn't flirting and Ben just talked to her when I left her to escort Akia.

I dropped her off, and for almost two weeks, she consumed my thoughts. I tried not to see her smile, her beautiful eyes, her innocent face. I endured that for almost two weeks! I'm going crazy because wherever I go, I remember her! It's driving me insane.

I'm grateful for her friend, Sadnie, because due to their requirements, I met Yoreh Selene.

A woman who drove me crazy.

"But Ben really can't resist you, and earlier you really didn't want me to use a big knife on him," I said, shaking my head.

"What do you mean by that?" she asked curiously.

"Nothing, Come along later if that's what you want," I said grumpily.

"Are you going crazy?"

Yes, because of you! I'm going crazy because of you! Damn it!

"I'm not,"

"You are,"

"I'm not,"

She pouted " You are,"

Why are you like this, Yoreh Selene?! Why?

"Okay," I gave in.

I looked at her again, sighing and averting my gaze.

Our friends invited us to go to Lacasa, so I told her not to wear revealing clothes. I have many aspirations and I don't want to be stuck.

But it seems like she won't budge from my words because she still wore a sexy dress.

"Hey...Why are you acting like this?" Curious niyang tanong.

I'm still hugging her. I don't want to let her go; I just want her by my side.

"I can't take it," I whispered while resting my head on her shoulder. "I can't bear to see you from afar. Earlier, I tried to endure you not acting like this. Two damn fucking weeks, baby... I tried to avoid you but I can't. I really can't," I said tenderly.

"Two damn weeks without hearing your voice, Two damn weeks without glancing at your smile, Two damn weeks without staring at your sparkling eyes. I can't take it anymore, Baby... I will never be," I explained seriously.

"The first time I saw you, You already hooked my attention. Every moment I don't see you, I go crazy," I confessed. "And baby... The way you smiled at Ben? I want to punch him because I want my baby to smile only at me," I confessed.

"Excuse me? I'm not your baby and you don't own me, Cyrus," she retorted.

"Oh, My baby hurting me with her words," malungkot kong sagot

.

"Truth hurts?" Ngisi niya.

"Nah, I'm allowing you to hurt me because you're my baby,"

"Are you drunk? You don't smell like alcohol, why are you like this?" She asked irritably.

"Maybe?" Balik ko sa kaniya. "All I know is that I got drunk with your sweet face to the point where I can't think straight anymore, Baby. I got drunk with a version of you that I don't know if I can recover from," I said softly.

"Stop it," Utos niya. "If you're planning to play with me then stop it. I'm not new in this field, I know where your words are leading. So better stop," she insisted.

I shook my head, "If you think I'm playing with you... If you think this is just a game for me, then you're wrong ... because if it's just a game for me why am I here? why am I asking to get your attention? why am I crazy to think of you?" I tenderly asked. "If it was just a game I would have stopped it because I knew eventually I would be the chaser, I would fall, I would lose." I said lovingly.

"Just stop," she commanded.

I shook my head and adjusted my seat. "Don't stop me because for you I'll take the risk," I firmly said. "For you, I'll take the risk... even if it breaks me," I said before standing up and walking away.

I want her to think things through.

I watched her closely from a distance, choosing not to show myself to her just to avoid making her uncomfortable in my presence.

I can't be at peace when I don't see her; I text her even though I have no right to. I courted her but she refused because she said I still loved Akia, but I don't know why in the few times I tried to move on from Akia when I met her, it became so easy that she's the only one I think about. I also met her family when they called. We had no label yet enough for me to just be with her.

An unknown number called me, which made Selene annoyed with me again. I repeatedly told her and explained that I don't know or haven't been with that person. It was timely that her friend Angel didn't notice me in her presence. They talked about Selene's ex-boyfriend who was still in contact with Selene. I'm so upset that it was that? So she doesn't want to talk to me or give me a chance because she still loves her ex?