That afternoon, when her pretend-father showed up, acting like he got busy checking up on the market for the potential client where they could deliver their fruits for the harvest, he went home with an obviously tired face.“Dad,” Celine called, immediately getting into her little drama that he is her father.“Oh, Celine, you’re here." Roel went to Celine and acted like a real father who was so excited to see his daughter that he even smiled.“You’re with him?” He looked at Callahan, who stood formally. “Boyfriend?” he joked, but his strict voice was so believable—how fathers would make a joke about their daughter but glare in a judging way at the boys their daughter has brought home, like how Roel looked at Callahan from head to foot.“Ah, no. He’s only my schoolmate,” Celine explained.“Hmm. Schoolmate. I’m kind of curious why your other schoolmate didn’t come with you, and only he did.” Roel arched his brow as he pulled the chair roughly and occupied it, while Janna put the drink i
Celine couldn’t sleep that night, thinking that Callahan was just in the next room. She was thinking about it, as she couldn’t forget what he told her pretend parents.One thing about Callahan is that he appears too predictable at times and is easy to read, but there are times that he’s suddenly vague. You cannot tell whether he was serious or if he was just saying things to put up a front.But what she knew, right at that moment, was that he had told her about serious matters. She had butterflies. She felt her stomach churn, and it was now carved deeply in her that no matter how many years might come, she wouldn’t forget about it.He would not distract me from studying, and if he wanted something serious with me, he’d ask it right after I graduated. He’s in his second year. Three years later, he’d finally graduate, while I would be stuck with one more year before I would graduate.Is he really serious about what he just said? Well, he mentioned that if he develops feelings for me, he
Celine didn’t know what to feel about Callahan.She doesn’t know whether she wanted Callahan to have those kinds of attraction to her or whether she wanted the deeper one. As of that moment, she just found out that it was just a fleeting attraction he felt for her because he found her hot and sexy on that vacation.It bugged her mind that even when she went back to her room after their talk, it was still occupying her mind.She could sense how much she puts time into thinking about Callahan and the things he felt for her that she wanted deeper between them.Though she might be acting like she doesn’t care about those things and Callahan doesn’t affect her on deeper levels, she knew to herself that she was developing feelings for him.“Good morning. How’s your sleep?” Callahan asked as soon as she woke up and she found him on the table while having a coffee.The breakfast was already served when her mother woke her up, as Janna and Roel were now on the land for the harvest to watch the
“Be safe on your way home. Drive carefully." Roel conversed with Callahan as soon as the afternoon hit and they needed to go back to the city because school was starting again tomorrow.“Yes, sir. And thank you for the fruits,” Callahan said, talking about the fruits that were in the backseat of the car given to him by Celine’s parents.Roel nodded strictly. Janna hugged Celine while caressing her back.“Always remember that we are just one call away, okay?”Celine nodded and saw Callahan, whose hands were at the sides of his waist while waiting for Celine to be done bidding goodbye to her mother.“Okay, mom,” she said, pulling away.Janna kissed the side of her head and smiled as she pulled away as well and looked at Callahan, who nodded at Janna and smiled at her.“Be careful on your way back home,” she said.Callahan nodded as he opened the front seat of his car for Celine. He then jogged to the driver’s seat and slipped himself in while Roel and Janna watched the two as Celine wav
When the girls finally bid goodbye to Callahan as they occupied the other table and kept on glancing at them while giggling, Callahan didn’t really mind it as he was used to how girls mostly behave when he’s around, especially since he knows them. But Celine finds it somehow like she was being mocked.She knew what genuine mockery looked like. Though she hasn’t been mocked in her entire life because she always dresses so sophisticated and elegant when she’s at restaurants and parties, she couldn’t decline when Callahan invited her for dinner. She didn’t think her clothes didn’t fit in the five-star restaurant, which she didn’t really mind because she didn’t think that someone would make fun of her.Callahan shook his head with a smile on his lips as he found them funny while the food was already being served.“I can’t believe she dressed like that in this kind of restaurant. If I were her, I would be uncomfortable the whole time,” she said, hearing the whispers of Callahan’s friend wh
Celine wasn’t really bothered about the girls teasing and mocking her about how she looked, but to be complimented by Callahan, it was on a different level, that if he mocked her, she would get offended for sure.It didn’t leave her mind that even after they left, as the girls approached Callahan again, reminding him of the party tonight and that they would be coming over, Celine didn’t mind it since it was not her business anymore.“So... this is where your place is?” Callahan asked as he walked her to the door because he was insisting on it to make sure that she was safe.“Yes. Why? Planning to come over later and ditch your party for tonight?” Celine lifted her brow in a taunting way, and that made Callahan laugh a little.He shook his head and caressed his nape. “No, of course not. You needed a rest too.”Celine nodded slowly as if it seemed like Callahan was just excited about the party that was mentioned because the woman named Coleen seemed to have some intimate relationship wi
Celine cannot believe what just Callahan said. He was making time for her. When he went with her a month ago to the countryside where her parents are, she started thinking about why he was doing things for her. Though she tried to brush it off as Callahan is really close to the women around him and has seen it with her two eyes, especially since he’s quite popular in the university because of his physique and the way he socializes, she tried to stay on her line without overthinking things despite the attention Callahan would sometimes give her.But now that he was making another time for her, she couldn’t come up with another explanation for his actions now that Callahan materialized in front of the door of her unit when tomorrow came.Dressed in a dress with puffed sleeves, as she let her hair cascade down and half ponytail it, she saw how Callahan looked at her from head to foot as if she were an art he was examining.“Hmm. You dressed up for... a cafe... a study session,” he poin
She did her best during her examination because it marked in her mind what Callahan said on the note.She was so inspired throughout the exam that she was looking forward to knowing the result until she saw that she aced it with high grades.When she was in the corridor of the university and saw Callahan, who was looking at his phone while biting his lips, she was confident enough to walk toward him and approach him, which she hadn’t done since day one because Callahan was surrounded by his popular friends—with him as the spotlight—and she was hesitant sometimes.But that moment, as she remembered their continuous interaction, gave her the confidence to might as well consider him now as close to her because she felt like she had that part with Callahan as well.She was willing to smile as she wanted to appear behind him and surprise him, but before she could do it, her steps stopped as soon as she saw the familiar woman named Coleen, who ran towards him with an excited face.“Callahan