Giovanni Clark: Gone Crazy (Golden Child Series #1)

Chapter 29

Hindi na 'to prank! Sorry for the confusion yesterday. I accidentally hit the Publish button while writing, so I had to Unpublish it right away. Na-pressure tuloy ako bilisan ang update to compensate. Gomen! Here's the real update! Hehe.
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Chapter 29

Letters

Napakurap-kurap ako. I couldn't help but compare Mr. Giovanni I first knew to the Giovanni in front of me now.

Sinong mag-aakala, na ang tao na kung makatingin noon ay parang hinuhusgahan lagi ang motibo sa bawat galaw ko... at ang lalaking nagpapahiwatig ng kanyang motibo ngayon, ay iisa?

I'm not a dumb fool not to notice his furtive advances. I've seen guys like this before, or at least in the movies I've watched and the books I've read.

You know, I was just acting like a blind fool to evade the embarrassment and electrified sensation I was getting from his flirty gestures.

It felt... dangerous... and addicting at the same time, making it even more dangerous.

And when danger comes, I don't want to commit the same mistake again. Now, I need to pause, analyze, and comprehend. Not that I intended to assume—putting malice like that—but I just wanted to make sure, and be safe than sorry.

Hindi pwedeng bumigay lang ako at maniwalang totoo ang lahat ng nakikita at naririnig ko. Masyado na akong nadala. Nakakapagod masaktan at madismaya.

What if he's just fooling around? Or this is his true nature that he keeps from everyone? His original character when no one is looking?

Bigla kong naalala ang sinabi niya kanina. He let me see parts of himself... even the parts he's afraid to show to anyone else.

Nagawa kong idirekta ang pansin sa partikular na parteng iyon. Pinaalala ko sa sarili ang layunin ng usapang ito. Na dapat iwasan ang mga... walang katuturang bagay.

Somehow, it felt like I could fathom what he pointed out earlier. I witnessed his hidden dark side at times from afar. Para man sa akin o para sa ibang tao.

I saw him smile with his heart, I also caught him curl his lip when no one was looking. You name it.

Hindi ko nga lang tiyak dati kung tama ba ang nakikita ko o namamalik-mata lang ba ako. But hearing him talk about it right now made me learn that I was right all along.

He was a two-faced jerk... a total asshole. All this time, his golden child image was just a facade.

Tumalim ang tingin ko rito. Saka ko lang natantong hindi na ako halos nahinga nang napagdesisyunang magsalita.

"You treated me worse than anyone else, Gio. Paano ako maniniwala?" Napailing ako, gulong-gulo na. "You manipulated me... apologized, earned my trust, and then tricked me again. It was an endless cycle! What's the difference now?"

"I manipulated you..." he repeated in disbelief as if that certain phrase touched a nerve or something. "Tell me more about it then."

"It's too many to mention. Alam kong alam mo-"

"I don't care. Try me." His face grew serious.

I thought going through the most recent one of his manipulative plots was a better option.

Isa pa, balak ko rin naman talagang i-address ang isyung ito, hindi nga lang dapat ngayon...

"I've mentioned it before... but I wasn't my usual self when it happened. S-Sobrang frustrated at... pagod ako noon sa after party ninyo kasama si Yves." Bumuga ako ng malalim na hininga. "You asked me to wear something revealing and malicious, right? For what? To make it look like I was seducing him? And get caught by your friends? Alam kong planado ang lahat ng iyon. Planado mo! Hindi ko nga lang alam kung sino ang biktima mo sa aming dalawa. Kung si Yves ba o ako."