Broken Strings
Chapter 23

MELISSA QUIZON

“Can I k**s you, Mel?”

My eyes widened at what Eugene said. “Huh?”

“I’m not tired of waiting. I just want to know how you feel about me.”

“I want to know too, Eugene.” Is kissing effective based on how a person feels? Wright did the same to me and he knew how I felt.

He turned to me and touched both my cheeks. “Can I?”

“You can.” Yes.

He leans down and k****s my lips, and he sucks at my lower l*p.

“Eugene.” Comfort. I felt comfortable.

“So sweet. It makes me want to taste more.” He caressed my lower l*p as we both caught our breath.

“Why do men k**s based on how women feel?”

“Girls are complicated to understand. But when it comes to kissing they reveal their true feelings.”

“What did you feel when I kissed you?” I mumbled.

“What do you feel while I k**s you?”

I raised an eyebrow and slapped him lightly on the arm. “That’s rude. ‘Don’t answer my question with another question. Say it.”

“Go down. Maybe Reid is already waiting for you. Thanks for today, Melissa. ” He reaches up and gently runs his fingers down my cheek to my chin. I stared at him. Even though he was smiling, I knew he was thinking something. I know. I feel. It averted the gaze.

I opened the car door and got out. I stayed outside until the car disappeared I think. When Eugene left I noticed Wright’s pitch black car on the side. I immediately went inside the house.

“I’m glad Reid is in the room. He didn’t see you sharing saliva with someone else.” I looked to the side of the door where the voice came from. “Maybe you came home late because you did something else.”

He saw us, huh?

I cleared my throat. “So what? Who are you to be mad at me?”

I turned my back on him to go to Reid. I knew he has locked in his room again but Wright quickly pulled me over. He introduced me to him.

“Don’t turn your back on me.” He gripped my two arms tightly. I winced at the pain of his fingers sticking out of my arm but I endured it. “Why did you k**s him, huh? Do you love him? ”

I tried to get out of his grip but he pressed me even harder against the wall. Ugh! “What are you talking about ?! Don’t act like a possessive husband because you’re not and will never be. I finished my stupid portion with you then, I became wiser, you won’t be able to fool me again. ”

Our gaze fought, no one wanted to lose. I winced as his hand rubbed harder on my arm. When he noticed that, his expression immediately softened and his grip on me became lighter. I was surprised when he raised my arms and touched them with a k**s. It doesn’t cut our gaze. “Melissa, I love you. Don’t you believe me? How many times do I have to prove it? Is everything I’m doing still lacking just for you to come back to me? “

I held my breath.

“You love me? That’s the preposterous word I’ve ever heard from you, Wright. ” I said coldly.

I saw the pain go through his eyes. Am I too much?

“Melissa ..” he hugged me tightly. I don’t reciprocate his hug. “All right, hurt me more. I can still do it. If that what makes you happy get revenge on me, all right. Even if it hurts, I just want us to be together again. I want us to go back to the way we were, Melissa.”

I’ve lost words. What can I say? I still have to hurt him. But why am I also hurt by what I do and say?

Wright’s hug loosened. He still doesn’t move away from me. His eyes dropped to my lips. I tried to edge away, but he held on tight. He touched both my cheeks. I was hypnotized. Seconds later, he was kissing me.

I was helpless to fight it, though the relentless ache between my legs wouldn’t have let me fight anyway. His hot mouth rubbed over mine in a slow k**s, his lips firm but deliciously soft, his fingers warm against my cheeks. He deepened the k**s, thrusting his tongue between my lips. He sought out my tongue and swirled over it, the taste of him assaulting my senses and making my knees wobble.

He immediately slid one hand to my waist to hold me steady, curling his fingers over my h*p, his touch searing through the cotton material of my teacher’s uniform and scorching my skin.

I couldn’t move. Couldn’t think. All I was capable of doing was sagging into his hard chest and drowning in those intoxicating lips of his.

The k**s grew harder, greedy, almost frantic. He licked my bottom l*p then sucked it hard into his mouth, eliciting a whimper from deep in my chest. And his tongue…it was too demanding, too precise as it flicked over mine, thrust in and out of my mouth.

“I want to bite this l*p.” He murmurs against my mouth, and carefully he tugs at it with his teeth. I m**n, and he smiled. “I want you to be mine again please baby. Please, take me back, Baby.”

No. No. No. This isn’t supposed to happen. Everything’s going so wrong. It’s not supposed to turn out this way!

I pushed him away. “N-No. Wright. It’s E-Eugene, he’s the one that I love.”

Do I need to lie? Is it right to use Eugene just to e take Wright off of me? I was no different from him, I also used a human. Jeez, I’m so stupid!

I feel stunned by it. He was still not moving away so I looked up. His jaw moves. “I don’t care if you already love someone else. I’ll steal you from him. As long as you’re not married, I can still kidnap you.”

Sh-t.

He caressed my lower l*p. “We have a concert next week. So I won’t be able to visit here much. But I will still try. God knows I will, Baby.”

Even though I could not recover, it left my side and left the house.

“Is he gone already?” Reid asked me.

“Yeah.” I sat on his bed. I picked him up and placed him between my thighs. My forehead furrowed because of the b***d on its uniform. “Where did you get this?”

“A lot of people pictured Daddy at school, I was holding his hands, then I get squished.”

Damn you, Wright!

“Did you cry?”

“Of course, no. I’m a big boy, eh.” Weh?

“Why didn’t your father treat you?”

“I refused to.”

I took a tissue placed on the side of its bed and dipped it in some alcohol. I rubbed it on the side of his wound. It blinked. It wouldn’t hurt because he knew I would tempt him.

“Reid, I know your secret.” I distracted him.

“What secret? I don’t have any.”

“I saw a poster of your father. You like him from the start, don’t you? Why are you denying him?”

He looked up at me. “How about you, Mommy? Why don’t you say goodbye to him?”

“You’re too young to understand that. Let’s heal your wound.”

Four days passed quickly. Wright doesn’t come home often. He just takes Reid to school and I’ll pick him up because he’s busy with their upcoming concert. There are still no improvements in their fatherhood.

“Did you hear? Wright is supposed to announce something at the last minute of his concert.” Crissa said as she stabbed the Siomai she bought. It’s our break time because we have now so we got together.

“Maybe I’ll propose. But isn’t it, Claire and I are breaking up? The famous model.” I looked at Nadine.

“They’re breaking up. It’s been confirmed, eh.” Crissa replied.

“How about you, Mel? What do you think Wright will say?” I stopped at Ellyza’s question.

“I don’t know.” I simply said.

“I think Wright has a new love life. He’s just too private a person so he doesn’t say.” Wait. What does Ellyza mean when she looks at me? Does he know anything? “But I knew better.”

“What else do you know, Manang Ellyza?” Nadine’s office. “Does the Philippines still have a future?”

I laughed when Ellyza slapped Nadine.

“K**s N ‘Tell isn’t that popular. They’re just like public figures in America because they were discovered by a famous songwriter.” The fortune teller just continued his speech. “After that, they had a lot of gigs at various big-time bars. Until they met a lot of Hollywood stars. Then they became a YouTube sensation and found out here in the Philippines. Plus, the guys are deliciously hot, panty-melting, knees-bending and eye-catching. Especially, Leon, he has blue eyes to die for! “

“Wow, Ely. Are you a stalker?” Said Crissa.

“Don’t mistake it by stalking. It’s called, smart researching.” Ellyza said artfully. “It’s a lot of tissue. My cramps are coming out because of this cold.”

I almost blew out the Avocado Shake I was drinking. “Awful, Ely! You’re an awful woman. I’m drinking an Avocado shake.”

“It’s good that I just said, eh. Be glad that I didn’t wipe it on you.”

I pulled my phone out of my uniform pocket. My eyebrows rose when I saw Wright’s name on the screen again.

‘Hey, Baby. We need to talk. ’

Talk in your face!

‘I don’t want to see you. Leave me alone. ’I replied.

Even though I haven’t hidden my phone, it immediately vibrates. The speed of this idiot’s finger. I just sent it.

‘I can’t. Will you stop biting your lips while texting me? It makes me want to feel your lips again. ’

How did he…

“It’s Wright!” Ellyza shouted. Thank you so much for the warning, Ellyza. You are still human. “Oh, where are you going, Mel?”

“I’ll c-CR.” I quickly walked into the CR which was exclusively for teachers. I stayed there for a few minutes until I heard the bell that break time was over.

I went out making sure no one was around.

“If you avoid me, make sure I don’t catch you.” I gasped.

“I still have class,” I murmured.

He strolls toward me. Confident, sexy, eyes blazing and my heart begins to pound. He stands in front of me, staring down into my eyes. My breath hitches. “I want to invite you and Reid. Watch our concert. This Friday evening.”

“I don’t want to see you and then you invite me to watch your concert? I don’t want to, I’m still angry because of the shake on your face.”

He looked up and was running out of patience. “I don’t want to blackmail you, Baby. But you’re pushing me to my limit. If you don’t agree, I will make love to you. Right here. Right now. And yes, Baby, I don’t care who sees us. I will continue to pleasure you until you beg me to make you some more. “

“You perverted a*s-hole! Your mouth is rude, Wright.” I keep saying. But it is still challenging. “Fine! On one condition, I’ll take Eugene with me.”

Its expression changed. The tables have turned. “No. You can’t do this to me, Baby.”

“Then, my answer is ‘No’. What, let me go.”

“Okay, fine! Do what makes you happy. Here’s the VIP Ticket, valid for two-person. If you want to be with your precious loving Eugene, persuade him to buy a ticket, I won’t give it for free, Baby. ” He took a red rose with a small stem from behind him and placed it in my ear. “I love you.”

I accepted that. “I hate you, Wright!”

“I’ve received more painful words, Baby, I’m used to it. Yeah, I’m used to it.”