The Veil of Vengeance

Chapter 11

Ekaterina Svetlana Ivanov's point of v iew...

“What are you thinking, Katya?” Tatiana asked me after a couple of minutes rummaging all the papers on my bed. I looked at her boredly.

“Ways on how can I get that Eren Karahan’s attention, I need him as my tool for revenge,” seryosong sagot ko sa kanya. She pursed her lips and nodded.

“I don’t think you need to think that much, just look at this,” naka ngising sagot niya at may hinila galing sa mga papel. Inabot niya iyon sa akin, kunot noo ko namang tinignan iyon.

“What is this?” I looked at her curiously. She shrugged her shoulders and urged me to open the envelope.

I decided to read what’s on the envelope, I raised my right eyebrow when I understood what’s written on the paper.

“Hmm, this is interesting,” I smirked after reading the whole letter.

“You also need a husband, right?” tanong nito sa akin. Tumango ako sa kanya.

My uncle has been pressuring me to get married, he really thought that me marrying someone and having a kid would make me step down on my position?

He’s been obsessing for my position since I was a kid, and he is kinda persistent, lalo na noong nalaman niyang bata pa lang ako ay hindi ko na bibitawan ang posisyon na meron ako. This is my parents’ legacy so why would I let him run it?

“Should we call the Karahan to tell the good news?” naka ngising tanong sa akin ni Tatiana. I nodded at her.

“I want to know if their promise is real, I head that the young Karahan is in a big and important meeting in Brazil right now,” I said. I took one cigarette and instantly lighted it up. I inhaled the smoke from my cigarette.

“Testing him if he will really come at your doorway within this day?” Tatiana asked me. I nodded at her proudly.

“I already saw their scheme, his father’s greed will make him dead after, I am telling you that.”

“Really? Then I am betting on the other side,” she said, smirking.

Agad na kumunot ang noo ko sa sinabi niya sa akin.

“What is the other side of the bet?”

“Curious?” nang aasar niyang tanong sa akin. Sinamaan ko siya nang tingin at inubos ko na ang sigarilyo na nasa kamay ko. Pinudpod ko ito sa ashtray.

“Why don’t you just tell me girl?” nang hahamon na tanong ko sa kanya. Ngumisi naman siya sa akin at nag kibit balikat.

“You both will fall in love with each other,” naka ngising sagot niya sa akin. Halos mag taasan ang mga balahibo ko sa katawan dahil sa sinabi niya sa akin.

“Stop, you’re not funny,”

“Scared of the bet, I guess?” tanong niya sa akin.

I looked at her mockingly.

“No, why would I?”

“Hmm, If you are really not scared, what will be the stakes then?” she asked me excitedly. Parang alam ko na kung ano ang hihilingin niya sa akin.

“Any villa you want from my properties,” pa buntong hiningang sagot ko sa kanya. Ngumisi naman sya sa akin at napa suntok sa ere dahil sa sinabi ko.

“The one in Bahrain.” Ngumuso naman ako sa sinabi niya at bahagyang napa buntong hininga.

We both purchased a good property in Bahrain pero hindi niya na gustuhan iyong sa kanya kaya naman binenta niya, but when it was sold already bigla siyang nag sisi dahil na gustuhan niyang bigla ang Bahrain sa hindi ko malamang dahilan.

I can just give that property to her, pero dahil sa bet niya na ‘to, I like being challenged kaya naman hinayaan ko siya sa gusto niya.

“Sure, bet,” I said, smirking. She smirked at me and nodded.

“Let’s see later, kung pupunta ba talaga si Eren dito,” naka ngising sagot niya sa akin.

“He won’t, he is in a very important meeting right now,” sagot ko sa kanya. Ngumisi siya sa akin at bahagyang umiling.

“Let’s just see,” determinadong sagot niya sa akin. Hindi ko naman siya pinansin sa sinabi niya sa akin.

And when the evening strikes, I was about to go on my room when we heard countless of cars parking in our garage. My steps faltered and I looked at my friend giggling and almost jumping on where she stands.

“I told you,” she said while looking at the man standing on our house’s doorstep.

“Greetings to my future wife,” mahinahong sambit ng lalaking kakarating lang.

I examined his whole body, he got the looks, he looks like a green god standing in our door way waiting for his feet to be kissed by countless maids.

“Greetings, my future husband,” I replied coldly.

“Mhm, I personally wanna thank you for accepting my marriage proposal,”

“I just saw it, and I am also in need of a husband, my uncle has been nagging me about getting married,” I pursed my lips and walked towards him.

“I see,”

“What are these?” nag tatakhang tanong ko sa kanya nang ma kita ko ang mga nilapag ng mga tauhan niya sa harapan ko.

“Gifts, my parents could not thank you personally so they asked me to give these to you instead,” naka ngising sagot niya sa akin.

Tumango ako at bahagyang ngumiti nang ma kita ko na puro alahas ang mga iyon, I love collecting jewels, especially rare ones. And just by looking at these jewels, they look authentic and rare, each piece.

“I see, send my thank you to your parents then,”

Bumuntong hininga ako, we look really awkward, hindi ko talaga inexpect na he will fly all the way from Brazil just to give me all of these.

“Do you have a house to stay? You can stay here if you want,” I kindly offer our mansion to him.

“Sure, my flight made me tired, and I really wanna sleep now,” sagot nito sa akin nang walang pag aalinlangan. Tumango naman ako sa kanya at sinenyasan ko siyang sumunod sa akin.

Wala naman akong ma ramdaman na kung anong iba sa kanya, typical cold and dead eyes, cold voice, he may look warm because of his words but his expression says it other wise.

He look ruthless, like what people describe him to be, as he should. He is handling his parents’ lineage like me, and I think that’s the reason why we don’t bother by each other’s coldness towards everyone.

“I hope you will enjoy your stay here,” sambit ko sa kanya nang makarating na kami sa tutuluyan niyang kwarto.

“Thanks for being so kind and offering me one of your rooms to stay,” he sounded grateful but he doesn’t look grateful because of his stone cold expression.

I don’t mind though, I don’t really feel his presence here, and that’s a good thing for me. I don’t wanna be with the son of my parents’ killer but my revenge need him as my center tool. When he entered his room, I stayed a little bit and glared at the door of his room, silently cursing him and his family for ruining my life.

Because of their selfishness my parents are now peacefully lying on their deathbed, and that's something I cannot accept as their daughter.

I might just say my apologies in the future, in your own graveyard, Eren Demir Karahan.

"What are you thinking, Katya?" Erikson asked me.

I looked at him coldly.

“What?”

“Why did you accept his marriage proposal? If you want a husband, you can marry me,” sagot nito sa akin.

Na tawa naman ako sa sinabi niya sa akin.

“What are you saying? I won’t marry you, Erikson,” na iiling na sagot ko sa kanya. Agad naman siyang napa iling sa sinabi ko.

“You don’t know what you are doing, Katya. That man is dangerous,” sagot niya sa akin. Agad naman akong na tawa sa sinabi niya sa akin.

“I am also a dangerous woman, Erikson.”

He simply shooked his head.

“You need to stop worrying about Katya, Erikson. She can take care of her own self,” ani Tati. Hindi pa rin kumbinsido si Erikson pero kahit anong sabihin niya ay papakasalan ko si Eren.

“I don’t know anymore girls,” na iiling na sambit ni Erikson at lumabas ng bahay.

“Nagalit,” naka ngiwing sambit ni Tati.

“Let him, no matter what he says, I am gonna marry Eren,”

“Yeah, sino bang nanalo sa katigasan niyang ulo mo?” na iiling na sambit ni Tati sa akin. Napa iling nalang ako sa kanya at hinayaan ko siyang sundan si Erikson sa labas.