She just doesn’t realize her effect on men. While observing her interactions, yun at yun ang conclusion ni Lucas.
Her innocent smile, yung mga pag irap nya. It was such a huge turn-on for him.
Lexie always had her guards down. She didn’t even recognize when guys probably have other intentions while approaching her. He can bet all his fingers, gustong pumorma ni John kay Lexie. He can't imagine how many more guys from her school ang pumuporma sa kanya at hindi nya lang napapansin. Parang nag iinit tuloy ang ulo nya.
"Alam mo maglulunch pa tayo. Eating too much now, Hindi ka na kakain mamaya." Sabi naman ni Lexie kay Lucas.
"Ubusin ko lang to." Uminom sya ng buko. Nagtira pa din sya ng konti, he wanted to see Lexie use his straw again. "Here!" Sabay lapit nya sa straw dito.
"Ayoko na. Busog na ako." Tanggi nito.
Pero pinilit nya pa din. And Lexie brought her lips to the straw na ginamit nya.
God! That looked really hot for him. He didn’t know if Lexie is aware of how intimate sharing that straw looked like.
Hindi pa din nito naubos ang natirang juice, so he took back the straw and drank the buko clean.
Ibinigay nya pabalik sa matandang lalaki ang wala ng lamang buko shell para maayos na maitapon. Bumunot na rin sya ng 1000 bill at binigay sa matanda.
"Salamat sa assist, Tatay."
Napangiti na din ang matanda sa sinabi nya. Hindi nya na rin kinuha ang sukli.
Hinawakan nya sa siko si Lexie at giniya na pabalik sa sasakyan. He can't help notice how smooth her skin was. And looking at his tanned skin against the pearly white na kutis ng dalaga. He felt all blood drain between his legs. He has a perpetual hard-on pag kasama niya si Lexie.
He assisted her to her seat at sinara ang pinto.
Again, he noticed how her rosy white legs showed when she sat.
Makinis at bilog na bilog. He can imagine those legs wrapped around his waist or squeezing his head.
Damn! Hindi nya maiwasang mapamura. His boner was painfully squeezed in his pants.
He tried to adjust it before he got in the driver's seat.
Hindi nya alam if matatawa ba sya o ano when the cause of his pain now was innocently typing on her phone.
Kinalma nya ang sarili. "May gusto ka pang bilhin?"
"Wala na. Let's go home. Baka hinahanap na din tayo nila Kuya"
Mga 30 minutes din ang binyahe nila before they got to the farm.
Pag karating, sinabihan nya na itong mauna ng pumasok at sya na lang ang magbaba ng mga pinamili nila.
He parked the Rover and brought everything to the kitchen. Hindi nya naman nakita si Lexie. But found Niam sa sala na may ginagawa sa laptop nito.
"San sina Mark?" Tanong nya dito.
"Naglibot sa farm with Matt, and the 2 girls. Saan kayo galing ni Lexie?" at nakakaloko pa itong ngumiti.
"Loko! Sinamahan ko sa bayan. Akyat muna ako. Dyan ka lang may gagawin tayo. "
Mabilis syang umakyat at dumiretso sa banyo. He released his boner. And started to pull his hand up and down the hard length.
"f**k! " he can't help imagine that it's Lexie's hand on his cxck instead. "s**t" Hindi nya mapigilang mausal while playing with his shaft. Mabilis nyang tinaas baba ang kamay and squeezed until ropes of c*m shoot out of its head.
He took off all his clothes next and opened the shower. Tumapat sya doon. And looked down on his now flaccid c**k. He gave a sigh of relief. Naiiling. We can't even recall the last time he wanked himself. He has never had his libido this out of control since he was a teenager.
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“Lexie, nandito si Justine.” boses ng mommy ni Lexie na kasalukuyang nasa may sala at nanonood ng TV. She saw her daughter’s best friend sa nakabukas nilang pinto pagkadating nito.
“Hi, Tita. Good morning po. Si Lexie po?” bati ng bagiong dating.
“Diretso ka na sa kusina, hijo” sagot naman ng mommy ni Lexie.
“Hello po.” Bati ni Justine kay Niam and Lucas who were also in the sala at may ginagawa sa computer ng mapadaan ito. Hindi na ito huminto at dali-dali na sa kusina.
Sinundan ni Lucas at Niam ng tinging and bagong dating. Hindi nakaligtas sa paningin ni Lucas ang dalang sunflowers ni Justine na nakalabas sa paper bag na dala nito.
Maya-maya pa ay maririnig na ang pagkwekwentuhan ng dalawa sa kusina. May panaka-nakang pang pagtawa.
“Let’s work on this sa dining table.” yaya naman ni Lucas kay Niam.
Nangiti naman si Niam. Though medyo nahihirapan din syang masyado mababa ang center table para makapagtrabaho sila ng maayos. Pero alam nitong gusto lang siguro malaman ni Lucas kung anong ginagawa ng dalawa. “Tara. Susuportahan kita.” Natatawang buska naman nito kay Lucas.
Hindi na ito pinansin ng binata.
Naabutan niyang ginugupit ni Lexie ang mga bulaklak na dala ni Justine. At inaarrange ito sa isang mataas na vase.
Si Justine naman was washing strawberries in running water. So yun pala ang dala nito. Tiningnan ito ni Lucas. Matangkad din ito and he can tell that girls probably also think that Justine was good looking.
“Anong gusto mong dip?” tanong nito kay Lexie.
“Usual.” sagot lang ng dalaga.
He saw Justine open cabinets, take out spice bottles and small plates. Alam na alam nito kung saan ang mga bagay bagay. Nairita naman sya with the thought na palaging bumibisita si Justine kay Lexie.
Justine prepared a combination of salt, some sugar, and chili flakes sa platito.
Nang nakita ni Lexie ang ginagawa ni Justine, “isa pa! Mag dodouble dip ako.” Justin playfully rolled his eyes. Kumuha naman ang binata ng isa pang platito and made the same combination.
Kinuha naman nito ang na prepare ng strawberries at dinala sa kung nasaan si Niam and Lucas.
Justine went back and brought another bowl of fresh strawberries naman kay sa mommy ni Lexie.
Lexie was already dipping and eating strawberries pagbalik si Justine. “Mmmmm. Ang tamis! At ang juicy! Thank you mo ako kay Tita ha.” ngumunguyang sabi nito kay Justine.
“Huwag na. Hindi ka pa makaulit eh.”
Narinig ni Lucas na tumawa si Lexie. “Ako pa. Ang lakas ko kaya kay Tita.”
“Oo na. Di nga makaimik yun eh. Naubos mo na ang mga flowers nya.”
“Ako ba? Ako talaga?” Natatawang sagot ni Lexie dito.
Natigil ang dalawa ng malakas na tumikhim naman si Niam. Pero naka tingin ito sa seryosong mukha ni Lucas. “Pare, masarap nga yung strawberry.” nangingiti-ngiting sabi nito habang ngumunguya ng strawberry. Kanina pa nito napansin na naaburido ata si Lucas sa pagdating ni Justine. Napaka-seloso.
“Lex, anong ibibake mo ngayon?”Tanong naman ni Niam kay Lexie.
“Chocolate cake lang ito kuya.” sagot naman sa kanya ng dalaga.
Lumapit din si Niam sa dalawa at nakisali sa kwentuhan nila. He needed to para hindi masolo ni Justine ang attention ni Lexie. Mahirap na pag si Lucas naman ang uminit ang ulo.
“Dito ka na mag lunch, Hijo. May pinahanda ako kina Magda.” Sabi naman ng mommy ni Lexie na pumasok sa kusina.
“Wag na, Tita. Actually, I was thinking to invite Lexie kanina na mag mall sana.”
“Eh sabi ko naman sa iyo kahapon eh na hindi ako sure.” Si Lexie na ang sumagot.
“Hindi nga. Sabi mo mag tetext ka” nagtatampong sabi ng binata.
“Sorry na.” Pag lalambing ni Lexie dito. “Nakalimutan ko lang po.”
BIgla naman tumayo si Lucas. The chair’s legs loudly scraped the floor and left the room.
Napalingon naman sila dito. Nangingiti lang si Niam, sinundan nya na rin ito.
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Nagpaalam na din si Justine hindi nagtagal. Inihatid ito ni Lexie sa pinto at nakita nyang naghihintay si Mang Romy dito. Kumaway naman sya sa driver nila Justine. Hinintay nyang maka-alis ito bago bumalik sa loob ng bahay.
Nabigla naman sya ng biglang may humatak sa kanya when she was passing the powder room. Mabilis sya nahila nito sa loob and narinig nyang ni-lock nito ang pinto.
She was enveloped in Lucas’ arms. Nakayakap lang ito sa kanya, and he did not say a word. Hindi din sya makakibo.
Just like yesterday, she can smell him. His cologne mixed with his scent. Ang bango. Hindi nya rin maintindihan why she was allowing Lucas’ so many liberties. Hinahayaan nya ito to call her babe, baby girl. Ngayon na man yakap-yakap sya nito. She can feel butterflies in her stomach.HIndi nya maintidihan yung saya that she was in his arms. And she liked it.
Naramdaman nyang napa buntung-hininga ito. And he squeezed his arms tightening the hug. Hindi nya napansin that her arms were at his waist already.
She felt him kiss the top of her head and take a deep breath like he wanted to suck all of her scent. Next, she felt him move his head and bury his face in her neck. She felt him take deep breaths and she felt his lips on her skin.
He was lightly placing kisses on her neck. Once, twice, then he took another deep breath and hugged her tightly.
“Hindi mo naman boyfriend yun no?” his voice was husky, and she could feel his breath in her neck.
Napa-iling sya. But she felt him squeeze her tight in her arms again as if asking her to voice out her reply. “No.”
She felt him exhale as if he just made a big sigh of relief.
“Stay away from him.” He said and kiss her neck one more time.
Kanina pa nakalabas ng powder room si Lucas pero naiwan pa rin sya sa loob. She was still waiting for her heart to slow down. The feeling is so unfamiliar but it felt so good to be in his arms. Hindi nya maintindihan ang kiliting naramdaman nya while in his tight embrace, receiving his kisses on her neck.
She lightly tapped both cheeks with her palm na parang ginigising and sarili nya. She decided na maghilamos muna to cool down her face before leaving the powder room.
Nakahinga sya ng maluwag when she did not find Lucas or Niam outside. Hindi sya makakapagtrabaho ng maayos with Lucas around.
Minadali nya na ang mga kailangan nyan gawin while she had some momentary peace.
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“Anak, sa gazebo tayo maglu-lunch.” Tawag naman ng mom nya. Kakapasok nya lang ng cake pan sa oven. Tamang tama she will have at least 40 minutes for lunch. She entered 40 minutes on her phone’s timer too baka makalimutan nya mamaya.
She picked up the rest of the strawberries na dala ni Justine. Punong-puno ang collander na hawak nya.
Pagkadating nya sa gazebo ay nandoon na ang lahat.
“Hi, Lex” bati naman ni Matt sa kanya.
“Hi , Kuya” ngumiti din sya kay Jessica and Brenna. Jessica smiled back. Si Brenna naman ay parang walang siglang binalik ang ngiti nya.
“Nakapag-ikot kayo?” Tanong nya sa tatlo.
Jessica eagerly answered her at nagkwento na sa mga nakita nya sa farm. Siya naman was looking for an empty space to sit while listening to Jessica at napansin nyang umusog na para bigyan sya ng pwesto si Lucas. The space was between Lucas and Mark.
Naupo na lang sya sa pagitan ng dalawa. Dalawa tuloy ang naging taga abot nya ng kung ano ano.
“Ayoko na.” kinurot nya ang kuya nya sa bewang nang naglagay ito ulit ng ulam sa plato nya.
“Aww. Aww. Ang konti pa lang nang nakain mo.”
Next she knows, dinagdagan naman ni Lucas ng kanin ang plato nya.
“Last na talaga to. As in last na ha.” Pinandilatan nya pa ang dalawa.
Para namang walang narinig ang mga ito.
Agad na nyang itinabi ang dinner plate pagka ubos para di na madagdagan ng dalawa ang pagkain nya. Kumuha naman sya ng katamtamang laking bowl at naglagay doon ng strawberries, bitbit ang paborito nyang sawsawan bumalik sya sa pwesto nya at nagsimulang lantakan ulit ang strawberries.
Nakamasid lang sa kanya ang kuya nya. “That’s too much salt intake, lady”
“Oy, hindi ah. Kaunti lang.” depensa nya naman. Totoo namang medyo heavy sa salt talaga yung sawsawan nya. But it made the strawberries taste sweeter.
Na-curious naman ang kuya nya sa nilalantakan nya at naki sawsaw na rin ito. “No! Mamaya magagalit ka na naman kasi magdodouble dip ako.” nilapag nya muna ang kinagatang strawberry at saka tumayo na lang sya at kumuha ng isa pang platito. Nag salin sya doon ng sawsawan at itinulak kay kuya nya.
Dadamputin nya na ang strawberry nya when she found nothing. Nilingon nya ang katabi nya at enjoy na enjoy ito sa strawberry na kinakain.
Nagmamasid lang naman ang papa nya. He was observing Lucas and he knew he is a decent boy and nagmula sa mabuting pamilya. He was not against Lucas for her daughter. But looking at Lexie na naka simangot, He feels like at 17, she feels far too young para paligawan ang anak. Napabuntung-hininga na lang sya.
He is not conservative at napag daanan nya na din naman ang pag liligawan, pag bibiruan. Nakikita nya namang his daughter looks happy. Hindi nya maatim na sawayin si Lucas.
Tuloy na biniro ng binata si Lexie. Every time she picked and bit a strawberry, he takes the other half.
“Naman eh. Kumuha ng iyo.” Pagsasaway nito kay Lucas.
She picked up another strawberry. She even rubbed it in her shirt. Sinawsaw yun at pinasok sa bunganga nya ng buo. Halos hindi nya naman iyon manguya na ikinatawa ni Lucas. Napaubo tuloy si Lexie.
“Ayan. Ayan, ayaw kasi mag share eh.” Inabutan pa sya ng tubig. Hagud hagud sya sa likod ni Lucas hangang mahimasmasan.
Biruan, kwentuhan. They passed lunch like that.
Isang namang malakas na alarm ang nagpatigil sa lahat. “Hala, sorry. Sorry.” sabay patay ni Lexie sa alarm.
“Grabe naman yung alarm mo Lexie, kahit patay kayang gisingin.”
Natawa si Lexie sa sinabi ni Matt.
“I’ll just check the cake.” Tumayo na sya at bumalik sa kusina.
Sumunod naman sa kanya si Lucas. Pinapanood lang sya sa ginagawa. Pagkatapos na mailabas ang cake, inipon nya na ang mga maruruming gamit na kailangang mahugasan. She was piling it sa lababo when she felt him hug her from behind. He had his head buried in her neck again.
Hindi ni Lexie maintindihan but she can’t say no. Lucas made her feel good. He made her confused pero hinahanap nya. She was not a loose girl but she was letting him go with his liberties and advances.
“You smell like strawberries and chocolate.” at naramdaman nya ang labi nito kissing her neck.
“Lucas, someone will come in.” sabi nya naman dito.
Bigla sya hinila ni Lucas at dinala sa walk-in pantry. Pagkapasok ay agad syang niyakap nito ulit. Just like in the powder room. She was in his arms. He held her head and pressed her into his chest. He kissed the top of her head.
“I think I am crazy for you.” Narinig nyang sabi nito. And parang nangigigil that he tightened his hug. “Your smell is so addicting. I want to see you always. Gusto ko katabi kita” then he moved his head and buried it in her neck again. She felt him kiss her there. He pressed his lips malapit sa pumipintog na pulso nya sa leeg.. She even felt his tongue dart out to taste her skin. And he squeezed his arms around her again, “God, papayag kaya si Dad mong ligawan kita?” Narinig nyang sabi nito.
Hindi naman sya naka imik. Lucas removed his head from her neck and looked at her intently. “Pag hindi man, I will wait for you,” he said.
Nakatingin lang sya dito, unable to forms any words. She had her mouth open sa pagkabigla.
“Don’t tempt me more.” bulong nito ang pressed her jaw closed with one of his fingers.
He hugged her again and buried his head in her neck to breathe her in.
After a while, she felt his arms loosen around her. “Go before tayo mahuli ni dad mo. Sige ka baka ipapauwi ka na nya sa kin pagbalik ko ng Manila.” Biro nito sa kanya.
Parang naman syang natauhan sa sinabi nito. Dali-dali syang lumabas at ito naman ang iniwan.
She proceeded to her parent’s room to give herself some space. Tama ba lahat ng narinig nya?
Her heart was beating fast. Feeling nya may nagcacartwheel sa loob ng puso nya. Gusto nyang tumili na ewan. She flopped down on the bed. Hugged a pillow and di nya napigilang isubsob and mukha sa unan to muffle a gleeful scream.