Montenegro Heirs 2: Drowning To Love

Chapter 11

Chapter Eleven : Giving Up

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AENESS

Pagkapasok palang namin sa bagong bukas na bar ay marami nang mga tao. Halata ngang exclusive lang ito sa mga babae dahil puro babae lang ang mga nandito. I look around and cursed.

Shit! All this people are crazy! Dancing and drinking there life to death. Pakiramdam mo pinagkaitan ng kalayaan noon at ngayon lang nakawala sa hawlang pinagkulungan sa kanila.

"Baxter, get your head on the grip. We came here to fetch them and not for you to flirt with someone else," inis na saad ko nang makitang tumigil ito sa isang babaeng nakaupo sa isang table.

Ngumuso naman ito at sumunod nalang ulit sa akin sa paglalakad. Bakit kasi isinama ko pa ang gunggung na 'to?

Kaagad na hinagilap ko ng tingin ang isang malaking table kung saan nagkakatuwaan ang mga pinsan ko. Pakiramdam ko uminit ang ulo ko nang makita si Rewane na nakasalampak sa sofa. Still conscious, while smiling and talking like shits! Obviously she's too drunk.

I already told them not to give Rewane a liquor but they didn't listen to what I've said. Sa susunod hindi ko na talaga hahayaang pumunta siya sa mga ganitong lugar.

"Your cousin is so rude! He's such a beast!" dinig kong saad nito sa mga pinsan ko at parang baliw na sumisinok-sinok dahil sa kalasingan.

Lumapit naman agad ako sa kinaroroonan nila. Halatang nagulat naman ang mga pinsan ko nang makita kami dito. Napalunok naman silang lahat. They should be scared.

"Kuya Aeness, ano'ng ginagawa niyo dito? Bawal kayo dito, uh," sabi ni Claire. Bumakas ang takot sa mukha nito.

Hindi ko naman pinansin ang tanong niya sa akin at tinignan ko silang lahat nang masama. This is the reason why I hate to see her drunk. She's so wasted!

"I told you not to give her liquor and you didn't listen!" galit na saad ko sa kanila. Napalunok naman si Lira nang dahil sa sinabi ko.

"Eh, Kuya, Siya kasi ang nag-insist, eh. And she looked bothered for something kaya hinayaan nalang namin," pangangatwiran nito.

"Still. It's not enough reason to disobey my orders. I will take her home and you also will," mariing sabi ko.

Nilapitan ko naman si Rewane sa kinauupuan nito at inakay ko ang braso niya sa akin. Ngumisi naman ito sa ginawa ko at tinampal-tampal pa niya ang pisngi ko.

"You are that beast! You're that beast! Or not?" wala sa sariling saad nito gamit ang namumungay na mga mata nito.

" You're drunk. I'm taking you home," mariing sabi ko. Ngumisi naman ito at umiling nang umiling.

"I'm not drunk," she paused and laughed like a child. "Just a little......drunk!"

Natatawang binalingan naman nito ang mga pinsan kong nagsitayuan na at kumaway-kaway pa sa kanila. Napapailing nalang ako. She's wasted and all but still she looks so beautiful.

"Hay...lhab yu, oyl, sis, " lasing na saad nito sa mga pinsan ko. Tumawa lang ang mga pinsan ko at nagthumbs up kay Rewane.

I think I have no choice. Binuhat ko nalang siya gaya nang ginawa ko noon nang una ko siyang nakitang naglasing sa bar. Hindi ko nalang pinansin ang mga pinsan ko at nauna na akong naglakad palayo sa kanila. It's their choice if they want to follow. Ang importante ay maiuwi ko si Rewane. Bakit naman kasi nagpakalasing siya nang ganito?

"Hey, yow!" natatawang saad nito habang naglalakad kami palabas ng bar. Hindi nalang ako umimik sa kanya.

"Sino ka ba? Do you want to know a secret?" she giggled after asking me those things.

Kumunot naman ang noo ko. Secret? She's really drunk. Ito na nga ba ang sinasabi ko. Kapag nalalasing siya ay nawawala talaga siya sa sarili niya. Mas malala pa yata ngayon.

"You see I meet a beast. He's so rude and keep on insisting that I'm his. But he's not even my boyfriend. I'm not inlove with him. I won't. But why does he keep on making my heart beat so fast?"

Sandaling natigilan naman ako nang dahil sa sinabi niya. Tinitigan ko ang maamo at inosente niyang mukha. Nagpakawala naman ako nang malalim na buntong hininga. I'm glad I had an effect with you the way you affect me, Wane. We are on the same page. I musn't feel this way to you too but it already happened without me knowing.

Nang tuluyan kaming nakarating sa kwarto namin ay inilapag ko agad siya sa ibabaw nang kama. Hindi na ito umiimik at mukhang nakatulog na. I sit beside her and look at her lovely face while she's sleeping so peacefully. You're such a stubborn girl, Wane, but you never failed to amazed me in every possible ways. I sigh when I heard a knock on the door. I immediately stood up and walk towards it.

I opened it and I saw my cousin holding a small basin with a warm water inside it and a small towel. I immediately get it from him without saying a single word and went to Rewane's place.

"Alam mo ba 'tong ginagawa mo, Aeness? What are you planning to do with her? You are getting married three weeks from now, Aeness. Siya ba ang dahilan kung bakit hindi ka pa umuuwi sa inyo?" he ask with so much confusion.

Hindi naman ako nakaimik. Dahil kahit ako hindi ko din naman alam ang gagawin ko. I don't have any plan for her basta ang alam ko masaya ako kapag kasama ko siya that's the only thing that matters to me. But I know that's not right. I had an obligation to do with my own country. I want to be a King. Iyon na talaga ang gusto ko noon pa man.

And I'm supposed to be in my home right now taking my father's order and waiting for the day of my wedding and coronation but instead I stayed here beside her. I don't really know what's happening to me. Pagkatapos kasi nu'ng araw na aksidenteng nawalan siya nang malay habang nasa bar, looking so wasted and lost I have this guts to take care of her and protect her.

Nagpakawala naman ako nang malalim na buntong hininga at nagsimulang punasan ang mukha niya nang maligamgam na tuwalya. Hindi ko na napigilang ngumiti lalo na't masilayan ng ganito ang mukha niya. She's so plain and simple from the very first time I saw her. Akala ko nga isa siyang crew doon sa party at inutusan ko pa siyang kumuha nang tubig. She's really beautiful on her own way. Not just the outside but also in the inside and that's what I love about her.

Love?

Damn! I'm already whipped!

"s**t! I can't believe you are doing this thing," he said out of frustration.

"Bax, just do what I'm asking you to do. Never uttered some words to her about me. And Nathan is really a pain in my ass. Kapag hindi na talaga ako nakapagtimpi sa kan--------"

"He's just worried for Rewane's welfare. He is his friend afterall. At hindi mo siya masisisi dahil alam namin ditong ikakasal kana. Anong plano mong gawin sa kanya? Gagawin mo siyang Mistress mo? Your Royale Concubine? Did something already happened between the two of you?" sunod sunod na tanong nito. Pinaningkitan ko naman siya ng tingin..

"I respect her the most, Bax. Kaya hindi ko gagawin sa kanya iyon. Not with this kind of situation..." even if I wanted to.

"Then stop doing all this s**t to her, Aeness Gaven! Huwag mo nang hintayin ang araw na masasaktan mo siya, Aeness. Because we both know that you would never give up the throne just for her. That's your most prized possession. To become a King," mariing saad nito.

Sandaling natigilan naman ako nang dahil sa sinabi niya.

"Just leave now, Bax. I will changed her clothes. And lock the door when you leave," mariing utos ko sa kanya.

Impit na napamura naman ito nang dahil sa sinabi ko at walang kaimik-imik na lumabas ng kwarto. I sighed when I heard the door close. Pinagmasdan ko naman si Rewane at hinaplos ko ang kanyang pisngi.

"If staying with you means giving up the throne. I will give it up just for you. You made me madly smitten inlove. Deal with the consequence, Sweetheart. And that is too stay with me until forever."

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