Satin Sheets Romance
Series: The Castillione Empire & The ENIGMA Saga Book 8.3
BY NIMFA BECK
Someone Like You:
NEO AND WINONA
(Neo)
I entered the house at around three in the afternoon. Nagmamadali ako dahil alam kong kailangan ni Winona ng damit at gusto ko siyang bilhan ng mga mamahaling damit, things that she deserved. I wanted to spoil her and treat her to shopping. But when I opened her door no one was there.
She wasn’t downstairs either dahil kung naroon siya ay malalaman ko. I could sense her even a few meters away. Spooky but true. Nagmamadali akong bumaba para magtanong kay mommy. Or maybe they were in the greenhouse.
Series: The Castillione Empire & The ENIGMA Saga Book 8.3
BY NIMFA BECK
Someone Like You:
NEO AND WINONA
(Neo)
I entered the house at around three in the afternoon. Nagmamadali ako dahil alam kong kailangan ni Winona ng damit at gusto ko siyang bilhan ng mga mamahaling damit, things that she deserved. I wanted to spoil her and treat her to shopping. But when I opened her door no one was there.
She wasn’t downstairs either dahil kung naroon siya ay malalaman ko. I could sense her even a few meters away. Spooky but true. Nagmamadali akong bumaba para magtanong kay mommy. Or maybe they were in the greenhouse.
Nasalubong ko si mommy sa foyer. “Si Winona?” kinakabahang tanong ko. Did she leave me again for being an ass? Hindi puwedeng sa kaunting kibo’t ay tatakasan niya ako!
“Umalis na kasama si Terence sabi niya ay tatawagan ka raw niya.”
“She didn’t call me dahil kung tumawag siya ay hindi ko siya papayagan. She knew that!”
Nakita kong parang natakot si mommy.
Napapikit ako. I sighed. This was something I didn’t want. We couldn’t act the way we wanted to kapag nasa paligid si Mommy. I couldn’t, Winona couldn’t. “I’m sorry, ma. Inaasahan kong hindi mo paaalisin si Winona dahil nagbilin ako.”
“Hindi ko alam na ganoon kaimportante, Neo. Kung ipagsa-shopping mo siya ay kaya niya naman gawin. Sabi niya ay para daw hindi mo kailangang magmadali. She made sense you know?”
I stared at my mother. “Ma, si Winona ay ordinaryong mamamayan lang sa Pilipinas. She just acquired her first property recently. Nagtitipid pa siya. And as much as she wanted to be independent sa pananaw ko. Ayoko naman na gumastos siya dito dahil ako ang nagpilit sa kanya na pumunta dito. I invited her, ma. And if I was able to give so many things to Rose before, I wanted to give Winona the world for all I care.”
Napangiti siya, at last understanding me. “I got you, anak. I’m sorry. Hindi na mauulit.
“Thanks, ma. Pupunta lang ako sandali sa study.”
She nodded.
Bumalik ako sa itaas at nagkulong sa study room pero dahil panay din naman ang tingin ko sa oras ay bumaba na lang ako. I was calling Winona’s number but her phone was off.
I waited and waited in the living room. Maya’t maya ay tumatayo ay at hinahawi ko ang kurtina. Pero madilim na ay wala pa sila. Noon ko naisip na si Terence nga pala ang kasama ni Winona, he wasn’t an ugly guy. Maybe he was flirting with her now and she was flirting back and the two were having such a good time, damn it!
I counted every minute and every second. This was the longest wait I had in my life. The lights and lamp outside the house were already lit up when I heard the car stopped in front of the house.
Agad akong tumayo para sumilip sa bintana. It was them at hindi agad sila bumaba. Ano pa ang gagawin nila sa loob? Fuck this two!
Sa malalaking hakbang ay lumabas ako ng bahay. I thought I heard my mom yelled my name but I wasn’t stopping until I reached the passenger side of the car that they were using.
Hinila ko ang door handle at agad iyon bumukas. Saka ko hinila si Terence sa kuwelyo palabas ng sasakyan at isinandal sa gilid. I was getting ready to punch him.
I heard the yelling of people around calling my name, mostly women, but I couldn’t pay attention to them now!
“Saan kayo galing, ha?” I hissed at Terence. The man was almost of my age and he knew that it was suicidal to fight me kahit pa kaya niya naman kung gugustuhin niya.
“We bought my clothes!” I heard Winona yelled from the other side of the hood of the car.
I stared at her. “Saan?”
“Sa Target!”
“You were gone for five fucking hours!” I said accusing. Ganoon ba katagal mamili ng damit? My eyes were watery and my emotions were blinding me.
“Kumain kami ng Wing-Stop,” malumanay na paliwanag ni Terence. I didn’t want to hear that. I want to be with her, take her shopping at treat her to the finest restaurant in the city. Not fucking Wing-Stop! But it was already done, ano pa ang magagawa ko? Sila na ang nag-date. Itinulak ko si Terence sa gilid at hinarap si Winona. I was jealous and I’d never felt this was before. This was killing me. “Why you didn’t wait for me?”
“Ayokong abalahin ka. You are busy.”
“Ayaw mong gastusan kita dahil ayaw mong magkaroon ng utang na loob sa akin para iwan mo na lang ako kahit kailan mo gusto.” That was a statement and that was the truth. I knew it!
“Ayaw kong gastusan mo ako, period!” she yelled.
“The fuck!”
“I know that you can buy everything, Neo. But that is not the reason why I am here. I just want to spend some quality time with you for a week dahil kulang ang tatlong araw natin sa Las Vegas. I didn’t want anything more. I am not asking more than what you can give me. Tama na sa akin iyong konting panahon lang na kaya mo.”
I stopped at that and thought that when I was pushing myself to give her everything. She was only craving for one thing, my time. I was a little calmer when I spoke again. “I just need to check something at work.”
She shook her head, obviously not happy. “I don’t know what your plan is, Neo. But it doesn’t look as if you wanted to spend time with me.”
That was it! How could she say that? Ako ang pumunta sa Pilipinas para kausapin siya! I invited her here! I was the one who was pushing on everything because she wouldn’t fucking move!
So what did she want, my time? Bakit niya nasabi na hindi ko siya binibigyan ng oras? Dahil ba sa ibang kuwarto ko inilagay ang mga damit niya? Puwes reremedyuhan ko iyon ngayon!
Inabot ko ang bukasan ng compartment sa may driver’s seat and walked at the back of the car. Sinuyod ko ang lahat ng plastic bags ng target at walang kibong ipinasok ko iyon sa loob bahay.
I knew she was following me even though I didn’t stop to look.
Dinala ko ang lahat sa kuwarto ko at inihagis sa closet ko. Then I looked at what I did! The bags were all over the floor. I even saw some grocery items in there. What was that for?
I knew she was behind me so I turned to look at her. “There! Is that the proof that you want? That I should invite you to my room so you can spend your fucking quality time with me?”
She didn’t answer but I saw her tears fell when she walked inside the closet! She sat in there checking the bags sniffing. Quietly crying. My heart melted and I forgot how upset I was.
Naupo ako sa likod niya. God! What I was feeling for this woman was scary! Nobody should love this way. She was bringing out the worst in me! I tried to look around and break the very sad spell that we had. But I couldn’t do it. I hugged her from behind while sitting at the carpet. “I can’t love this much, Win. I can’t love anyone this much or I’ll die.” Naiintindihan niya ba? “I didn’t want to be this attached to you when you can’t love me back the way that I love you.”
Hindi ko na kaya, hindi ko na kaya na malayo sa kanya. And I didn’t plan on stopping myself. I had to have her to prove that she was only mine. Inikot ko siya para mapaharap sa akin. I didn’t care if I had to yank her waist but I had to kiss her, to taste her.
I made love to her in the carpet of my closet. It wasn’t merely sex. I didn’t know what happen but at this time, the rightest thing was to have her under me while I rock in and out of her.
She writhed and cried shamelessly, touching me wherever her hands could reach, and loving me more than I deserved to be love.
WINONA
I woke up in a bed. His bed. And he was lying beside me playing with my hair and my head was in his shoulder and I was lying sideways facing him. He was half naked with only his unbuttoned jeans. “Hi,” he said.
“Hi,” I answered trying to look anywhere but his face.
“Binaba ko na ang mga grocery items. Iyon ang hinahanap mo sa loob kanina hindi ba?”
Tumango ako.
He took my hand and clasped it with his. “I had to leave for work dahil tumawag si Russ. May problema sa opisina na kailangan kong ayusin. I was there for about an hour. I planned to take you shopping and buy you things when I come back. But you were gone. Natakot ako, akala ko iniwan mo na naman ako. So I asked my mother. Sinabi niyang lumabas ka kasama si Terence. It didn’t make me feel good. I was jealous all the times that you were gone. Iniisip ko kung nasaan na kayo at kung ano na ang ginagawa ninyo.
“Neo…”
“I’ve been an ass before I leave for the office. Inisip ko na nagalit ka sa akin at ipinagpalit mo agad ako kay Terence.”
“Hindi ako ganoon, Neo.”
“I know, I just can’t stop thinking about it. All the things that you can do to hurt me. Everything.”
God! Where do we go from here?
“Alam kong ayaw mo sa akin, Winona. And you can always have someone else. Someone who is deserving.”
What was he talking about?
“I can’t have a baby, Win. I can’t have a family. My family life had been fucked up since I was born. You should imagine a son beating his father even if he didn’t want to. How can I have a baby?”
Napailing ako. “That leaves you and me on the same spot, Neo. I can’t have a husband but I can have this baby. I am keeping this baby.”
Napapikit siya. He pressed his forehead in mine. “I will support you.”
“Hindi kailangan.”
He pulled his head away from mine to look at me. “Hindi ko puwedeng pabayaan ang anak ko. I just couldn’t live with it in one house but I can support it.”
Umiling ako. Then I sighed. “Tell you what. Huwag natin itong pag-usapan. I really want to spend good times with you here. Build memories and have lots and lots of pictures. I get what you mean Neo and I feel better now. Naiintindihan ko na tulad ko ay ayaw mong magpamilya. But let me have this baby. I want to have it.”
Tumango lang siya at niyakap ako. That was good enough for now. And then while still embracing me he set me on my back and hovered on top of me wedging my knees apart.
I spread my legs for him, I knew what he wanted. Ito ang isa sa mga bagay na mami-miss ko. Of course he would have other partners and I wouldn’t, so I really need to bank on my memories of this one week.
When he slid inside of me, I felt his thick and throbbing maleness caressing my inner wall and it was the best feeling in the whole world.
“Umalis na kasama si Terence sabi niya ay tatawagan ka raw niya.”
“She didn’t call me dahil kung tumawag siya ay hindi ko siya papayagan. She knew that!”
Nakita kong parang natakot si mommy.
Napapikit ako. I sighed. This was something I didn’t want. We couldn’t act the way we wanted to kapag nasa paligid si Mommy. I couldn’t, Winona couldn’t. “I’m sorry, ma. Inaasahan kong hindi mo paaalisin si Winona dahil nagbilin ako.”
“Hindi ko alam na ganoon kaimportante, Neo. Kung ipagsa-shopping mo siya ay kaya niya naman gawin. Sabi niya ay para daw hindi mo kailangang magmadali. She made sense you know?”
I stared at my mother. “Ma, si Winona ay ordinaryong mamamayan lang sa Pilipinas. She just acquired her first property recently. Nagtitipid pa siya. And as much as she wanted to be independent sa pananaw ko. Ayoko naman na gumastos siya dito dahil ako ang nagpilit sa kanya na pumunta dito. I invited her, ma. And if I was able to give so many things to Rose before, I wanted to give Winona the world for all I care.”
Napangiti siya, at last understanding me. “I got you, anak. I’m sorry. Hindi na mauulit.
“Thanks, ma. Pupunta lang ako sandali sa study.”
She nodded.
Bumalik ako sa itaas at nagkulong sa study room pero dahil panay din naman ang tingin ko sa oras ay bumaba na lang ako. I was calling Winona’s number but her phone was off.
I waited and waited in the living room. Maya’t maya ay tumatayo ay at hinahawi ko ang kurtina. Pero madilim na ay wala pa sila. Noon ko naisip na si Terence nga pala ang kasama ni Winona, he wasn’t an ugly guy. Maybe he was flirting with her now and she was flirting back and the two were having such a good time, damn it!
I counted every minute and every second. This was the longest wait I had in my life. The lights and lamp outside the house were already lit up when I heard the car stopped in front of the house.
Agad akong tumayo para sumilip sa bintana. It was them at hindi agad sila bumaba. Ano pa ang gagawin nila sa loob? Fuck this two!
Sa malalaking hakbang ay lumabas ako ng bahay. I thought I heard my mom yelled my name but I wasn’t stopping until I reached the passenger side of the car that they were using.
Hinila ko ang door handle at agad iyon bumukas. Saka ko hinila si Terence sa kuwelyo palabas ng sasakyan at isinandal sa gilid. I was getting ready to punch him.
I heard the yelling of people around calling my name, mostly women, but I couldn’t pay attention to them now!
“Saan kayo galing, ha?” I hissed at Terence. The man was almost of my age and he knew that it was suicidal to fight me kahit pa kaya niya naman kung gugustuhin niya.
“We bought my clothes!” I heard Winona yelled from the other side of the hood of the car.
I stared at her. “Saan?”
“Sa Target!”
“You were gone for five fucking hours!” I said accusing. Ganoon ba katagal mamili ng damit? My eyes were watery and my emotions were blinding me.
“Kumain kami ng Wing-Stop,” malumanay na paliwanag ni Terence. I didn’t want to hear that. I want to be with her, take her shopping at treat her to the finest restaurant in the city. Not fucking Wing-Stop! But it was already done, ano pa ang magagawa ko? Sila na ang nag-date. Itinulak ko si Terence sa gilid at hinarap si Winona. I was jealous and I’d never felt this was before. This was killing me. “Why you didn’t wait for me?”
“Ayokong abalahin ka. You are busy.”
“Ayaw mong gastusan kita dahil ayaw mong magkaroon ng utang na loob sa akin para iwan mo na lang ako kahit kailan mo gusto.” That was a statement and that was the truth. I knew it!
“Ayaw kong gastusan mo ako, period!” she yelled.
“The fuck!”
“I know that you can buy everything, Neo. But that is not the reason why I am here. I just want to spend some quality time with you for a week dahil kulang ang tatlong araw natin sa Las Vegas. I didn’t want anything more. I am not asking more than what you can give me. Tama na sa akin iyong konting panahon lang na kaya mo.”
I stopped at that and thought that when I was pushing myself to give her everything. She was only craving for one thing, my time. I was a little calmer when I spoke again. “I just need to check something at work.”
She shook her head, obviously not happy. “I don’t know what your plan is, Neo. But it doesn’t look as if you wanted to spend time with me.”
That was it! How could she say that? Ako ang pumunta sa Pilipinas para kausapin siya! I invited her here! I was the one who was pushing on everything because she wouldn’t fucking move!
So what did she want, my time? Bakit niya nasabi na hindi ko siya binibigyan ng oras? Dahil ba sa ibang kuwarto ko inilagay ang mga damit niya? Puwes reremedyuhan ko iyon ngayon!
Inabot ko ang bukasan ng compartment sa may driver’s seat and walked at the back of the car. Sinuyod ko ang lahat ng plastic bags ng target at walang kibong ipinasok ko iyon sa loob bahay.
I knew she was following me even though I didn’t stop to look.
Dinala ko ang lahat sa kuwarto ko at inihagis sa closet ko. Then I looked at what I did! The bags were all over the floor. I even saw some grocery items in there. What was that for?
I knew she was behind me so I turned to look at her. “There! Is that the proof that you want? That I should invite you to my room so you can spend your fucking quality time with me?”
She didn’t answer but I saw her tears fell when she walked inside the closet! She sat in there checking the bags sniffing. Quietly crying. My heart melted and I forgot how upset I was.
Naupo ako sa likod niya. God! What I was feeling for this woman was scary! Nobody should love this way. She was bringing out the worst in me! I tried to look around and break the very sad spell that we had. But I couldn’t do it. I hugged her from behind while sitting at the carpet. “I can’t love this much, Win. I can’t love anyone this much or I’ll die.” Naiintindihan niya ba? “I didn’t want to be this attached to you when you can’t love me back the way that I love you.”
Hindi ko na kaya, hindi ko na kaya na malayo sa kanya. And I didn’t plan on stopping myself. I had to have her to prove that she was only mine. Inikot ko siya para mapaharap sa akin. I didn’t care if I had to yank her waist but I had to kiss her, to taste her.
I made love to her in the carpet of my closet. It wasn’t merely sex. I didn’t know what happen but at this time, the rightest thing was to have her under me while I rock in and out of her.
She writhed and cried shamelessly, touching me wherever her hands could reach, and loving me more than I deserved to be love.
WINONA
I woke up in a bed. His bed. And he was lying beside me playing with my hair and my head was in his shoulder and I was lying sideways facing him. He was half naked with only his unbuttoned jeans. “Hi,” he said.
“Hi,” I answered trying to look anywhere but his face.
“Binaba ko na ang mga grocery items. Iyon ang hinahanap mo sa loob kanina hindi ba?”
Tumango ako.
He took my hand and clasped it with his. “I had to leave for work dahil tumawag si Russ. May problema sa opisina na kailangan kong ayusin. I was there for about an hour. I planned to take you shopping and buy you things when I come back. But you were gone. Natakot ako, akala ko iniwan mo na naman ako. So I asked my mother. Sinabi niyang lumabas ka kasama si Terence. It didn’t make me feel good. I was jealous all the times that you were gone. Iniisip ko kung nasaan na kayo at kung ano na ang ginagawa ninyo.
“Neo…”
“I’ve been an ass before I leave for the office. Inisip ko na nagalit ka sa akin at ipinagpalit mo agad ako kay Terence.”
“Hindi ako ganoon, Neo.”
“I know, I just can’t stop thinking about it. All the things that you can do to hurt me. Everything.”
God! Where do we go from here?
“Alam kong ayaw mo sa akin, Winona. And you can always have someone else. Someone who is deserving.”
What was he talking about?
“I can’t have a baby, Win. I can’t have a family. My family life had been fucked up since I was born. You should imagine a son beating his father even if he didn’t want to. How can I have a baby?”
Napailing ako. “That leaves you and me on the same spot, Neo. I can’t have a husband but I can have this baby. I am keeping this baby.”
Napapikit siya. He pressed his forehead in mine. “I will support you.”
“Hindi kailangan.”
He pulled his head away from mine to look at me. “Hindi ko puwedeng pabayaan ang anak ko. I just couldn’t live with it in one house but I can support it.”
Umiling ako. Then I sighed. “Tell you what. Huwag natin itong pag-usapan. I really want to spend good times with you here. Build memories and have lots and lots of pictures. I get what you mean Neo and I feel better now. Naiintindihan ko na tulad ko ay ayaw mong magpamilya. But let me have this baby. I want to have it.”
Tumango lang siya at niyakap ako. That was good enough for now. And then while still embracing me he set me on my back and hovered on top of me wedging my knees apart.
I spread my legs for him, I knew what he wanted. Ito ang isa sa mga bagay na mami-miss ko. Of course he would have other partners and I wouldn’t, so I really need to bank on my memories of this one week.
When he slid inside of me, I felt his thick and throbbing maleness caressing my inner wall and it was the best feeling in the whole world.