Chapter 13- Look like Luke

"That’s a lie, and I don’t do liars." She rolled a cocktail stirrer between her teeth in her periphery, shooting him a wolfish smirk. "B-but for you, I’ll make an e-exception. Hehe! Gwapo mo kaya!"

"Cocky and full of yourself, Miss Garcia?"

"Ah g-grabe sya oh, hehe! kanina ka pa nag iislang islangan dyan eh," tawang sagot ni Claire at ininom ang tubig na bigay ng bartender. "Bakit ibang lasa nito? Parang tubig?"

"Because that is water," sabi naman ng baritong boses.

"Ano ba yan— I w-want m-more of the wine or whiskeeyyy ba yun!"

Napabuntong hininga naman si Luke, "I take it you’ve been hit on by extremely unsophisticated men. How rough was this day of yours, exactly?" He erased the rest of the distance between them, and Claire could now feel the heat of his body radiating from beneath his tailored suit.

"B-bakit ang bango mo? Ipinang ligo m-mo ba cologne ng amo k-ko? heheh! Uy! Char ha! Manghuhula ka ba!? Inindyannn ako ng ka d-date k-ko eh!"

Claire had a feeling if