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Chapter 50: Overdrive

"Did you see the way Jiwoo blocked that shot with his chest? It went BHAM!" Derrick said from the driver's seat.

I was too busy unwrapping some cookies for Elle and Eiji, who were sitting on either side of me, to look at his expression, but from his tone alone, I knew he was insinuating something.

"Yeah, so manly," said Faye. "I wonder what a shirtless Jiwoo on top of me would feel like." I looked up just in time to catch her all-knowing stare in the rearview mirror.

"Elle, Eiji, your mom's being mean to me again." The twins laughed at my remark but continued to gnaw at their cookies.

"So did you do it?" Derrick asked.

I coughed dramatically and hastily pointed at the twins with my lips. Eiji offered up his water tumbler for me to drink. Such a sweet boy.

I saw Derrick rolling his eyes in the rearview mirror. "Fine. So BJ, did you and Uncle Jiwoo express your love for each other last night?"

Faye burst out laughing and practically snorted into her coffee on the dashboard.

"Mommy said you can express your love even in the morning," Elle remarked, eyes still on her cookie.

"Yeah, or even after lunch time," chimed in Eiji. "There's really no proper time to express your love. My classmates find it embarrassing to do that in school and I don't really get it."

It was Derrick's and my turn to laugh. But before Derrick could say something else, I figured I'd just answer him and move on to a more kid-friendly topic. "Yes, we did. It's nothing serious, though, and it's never going to happen again."

"Why?" asked the twins in unison while Derrick and Faye sniggered. I was starting to get annoyed. It was obvious that I had chosen the wrong car to ride home. I should have joined Robert's, consequences be damned!

"For the record, it did happen again," Faye said, "but please do humor us BJ: why shouldn't it happen a third time?"

I had no words for the bitch. We were supposed to be best friends and there she was, using her children to coax my secrets out.

"Because..." Fuck. That was the first time since morning that I was asking myself the same question.

"You can't answer because there's really no reason, right? You're just being your stubborn self again like how you were back in high school. You got hurt, and now you're scared that everything else you do will hurt, too."

Faye was really getting on my nerves now.

"Look, what JM did was bad. How your father and the rest of your family treated you was horrible. There's no one else in this world who knows exactly how that feels except for yours truly. And Derrick, of course," Faye continued with her soliloquy.

"She's right BJ," Derrick added. "We've been with you since day one. You should give us more credit."

"Fine," I said. "I don't know what to do. I don't know if I can trust him or anyone ever again. Happy now?"

I felt Elle and Eiji grabbing my left and right hand each, with Eiji whispering that he wanted to give me a kiss. I'd leaned sideward to let him kiss me on the cheek when he whispered, "Don't worry, fairy godmother. Elle and I will be here for you." That was enough to calm me down. Children are way smarter than we give them credit for.

If you're not sure about trusting Jiwoo, then don't. All I'm saying is don't limit yourself just because

to find both Derrick and Faye smiling at me. Despite their smiles, they looked sad. I could

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metro was uneventful, with me driving instead of Derrick in an effort to stop myself

going to happen to me and

in to this, what's my guarantee that Jiwoo's not going to be

And what about Robert?

about it, Robert seems

my mind focused on getting us back safely, I could not really finish thinking about all

drive to Faye's house, and the sky was already dark when Derrick and I got off at Faye's. Derrick got a call from the hospital soon after and had to

something, though I wasn't quite sure what the

Uber ride, my phone vibrates. It was a text from

Wanna grab

I really just wanted to rest after all the driving and the activities we had in the

I guess

Where to? I texted

from Faye's... how about

filter whatsoever. It didn't make sense to me because

good. I'm in an Uber now. Will probably arrive in

booked an Angkas. I think I can

was farther, after all, hence the bigger bill. We sped through the thankfully empty streets of Quezon City on our way to Eastwood. Majority of Manila's traffic on weekends would be centered around where I live—Makati and the richer southern part of the Metro. Still, Eastwood is the north's BGC, and

BGC, Eastwood felt like a city in a different country. I stood in front of McDonald's and was about to call Jiwoo when I heard him calling me

like a child. My mind kept pulling me back to the bathroom in Benguet, where Jiwoo's face was not adorned by a stupid smile but a flash of greed and lust in his eyes that made me want to surrender

couldn't be possible. Jiwoo couldn't possibly feel that way

are you shaking

only a foot away. "Sorry. I must have done it

going to say no to me getting you naked in bed?" Jiwoo asked,

Jiwoo is, after all, a

do you

longer in the mood to eat. I didn't know why, but somehow my appetite

"It's my treat."

"I'm not really hun—"

"It's annoying having too many options, isn't it? I also get stressed when deciding which restaurant to go to. So let's just eat somewhere tested

had me traveling all the way to Eastwood City just to eat

You're saying that now, but I'm sure you'll change your

And why was I getting annoyed? Everything

Jiwoo to pull me inside, and soon enough we were both standing in line. When Jiwoo began ordering food for the two of us, I saw the ladies at the counter—not just the one taking Jiwoo's order but all

me; it was something he gave to everyone. Maybe that's why I was upset about it. I

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