Chapter 13 (ii)

Nanatili ang yakap nito hanggang sa unti-unting nakontrol niya ang sumalakay na pangangatal.

Then, of course, they had to change into dry clothes. Nag-iisip siya. Kailangan niyang maging rational.

Because she was losing her mind thinking about what would happen next.

“Lalabas ako. Can you finish here? Will you be okay alone?”

Nag-angat siya ng mukha at tiningnan ito. “I actually feel much better,” sagot niya habang hinahawakan ang dignidad. He was trying to be rational. She must, too. “Thank you.”

Ngumiti ito. “I’ll have to check the window in the master’s bedroom. Do we have the keys?”

Tumango siya. “Nakasabit sa loob ng cabinet ng c-coats sa salas,” sabi niya.

Unti-unti nang nababawasan ang init sa tubig pero nagtititigan pa rin sila.

“I’ll be fine,” aniya rito.

“The kiss. Was that… Did you think that maybe sinamantala ko ang—”

Pinatigil niya ito sa pagsasalita sa paghalik dito.

And then they were both smiling when he raised his head from hers.

“Hold it. I have to check the ho