“Let me help you.” Agad na iniwas ni Althea ang kamay mula sa lalaki nang subukan nitong kunin sa kanya ang maleta niya. “That seems heavy.”
“Kaya ko, Mr. Miller,” matigas niyang sabi. “I don’t bring luggage I can’t carry,” malaman niyang dagdag at hilaw na ngumiti rito saka pasimpleng umirap. Maldita na kung maldita, but that’s the best thing to do to drive him away.
“I know you can, but as a gentleman, I just can’t let a woman carry something heavy,” masuyo at marahang sambit nito sa kanya. And he sounded like a real gentleman. Kung hindi niya lang ito kilala, she’ll surely fall in his trap. Too bad she knows him too dàmn well.
“Gentleman mo mukha mo,” inis niyang sabi at nauna nang naglakad habang hila-hila ang maleta niya. There’s no gentleness in him. He’s not even a man. Dahil kun
