Aurelia Ivory Valencia MATHIAS ARRANGED his kitchen and started cooking. Tahimik siyang napapasulyap sa akin habang nakaupo ako sa stool bar chair at tahimik din siyang pinapanuod. He was done with the sink, so he faces me where the marble countertop is in between us. Napaayos ako ng upo at tumikhim. “I cannot call Glenn, your men took my phone,” pahayag ko sa kanya. His lips pursed, and he nodded his head. He wiped his hands of a towel before he went to a room, I sighed heavily and massaged my forehead. What am I even doing here? Tama bang makampante ako na kasama siya? Yes! Their organization or whatsoever is under the Philippine organization. But is this even safe? To be with him? And what? What should I do now that I already know that he is Cyrus’s son? This crazy! Cyrus Estinodo?

