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CHAPTER TWELVE: MINE

CIRCE'S POV

I don't know what happened. I don't know who moved first. One moment we were both breathing fire, and the next we were engulfed by it.

It was like any thoughts, any reasoning, flew far away from me. I don't remember what we were talking about or where we were. It's like everything that is me is now focused on one thing only, and that is to feel.

It was different from the kiss that we shared in Siargao. I wasn't just surrendering to the kiss, because this time I'm fighting just like he is. I wasn't letting the current take me, and instead I was making great waves of my own.

Coal pinned me to the glass wall as if our bodies weren't near enough. I echoed the same sentiment because I found myself wrapping my arms around his neck, clinging to him, and pressing my body to get closer than we already are.

Without breaking the kiss, he hoisted me up. I wrapped my legs around him, and a mewl escaped my lips when I felt his throbbing hardness in my center.

I want this. I need this.

It's been too long. Ang huling beses na nakaramdam ako ng ganito ay noong unang gabi pa na nagtagpo ang landas naming dalawa. Everything that I felt that night was something I never experience again.

Not with anyone. Not even with a battery-operated toy that rarely made its appearance. The only time that I get some relief is when I think of him. Ang bawat halik niya at bawat haplos, ang init ng hininga niya na tumatama sa balat ko... lahat ng pinaramdam niya sa akin ng gabing iyon.

He ground his trouser-clad hips on me, and our kiss momentarily halted when I threw my head back, my eyelids fluttering close.

Coal's gruff voice commanded me, "Eyes on me." I looked at him, heavy-lidded. I feel like I'm feverish—burning hot. "This is mine. The look you have when I kiss you, your heart beating loudly inside your chest, and your eyes glazed with want... all of these are mine."

Lalong lumalim ang paghinga ko nang maramdaman ko ang kamay niya na nakahawak sa binti ko na umakyat hanggang sa marating no'n ang pagitan ng hita ko.

My lips parted, and a sound fell from it when his hand went under my dress and he pulled aside my undies in one swift motion. His fingers immediately found the pooling heat between my legs, and without delay, he dipped one in the wetness.

Nagtama ang mga mata namin at kita ko roon ang mga salita na binitawan niya kanina. He didn't need to say it for me to understand. Soak. For him.

"It's... it's always been for you," I whispered, echoing the answer not just for his silent question but also the one he asked me the first time I gave myself to him. "I've always been yours."

A guttural sound tore from his throat, and at the next second, I felt my back hit the softness of the bed. Coal didn't stop pleasuring my damp, sensitive flesh. He moved his fingers with certainty, rolling my clit against his thumb while the one he has inside me was rubbing the roof of my sex, triggering what felt like millions of nerve endings.

His kiss wandered to the side of my neck, and he gently nipped it, sucking the skin... leaving a mark like he did that first night.

Coal's lips traveled lower until he reached the valley of my breasts. He looked at me at the same time that his head dipped down, covering my hardened peak through the thin material still separating me from him.

It was too much at the same time that it wasn't. I needed more.

I took Coal by surprise when I suddenly pushed him. Sinamantala ko ang pagkabigla niya at kaagad na kinubabawan ko siya.

His wide eyes became heated. He could easily roll me to my back again, but instead he laid there on the bed without a fight, and his hands caressed a pathway up my thighs, pushing the fabric of my dress up, revealing the tiny triangle damp from his teasing.

"No more slow," I rasped out.

The corner of Coal's lips tipped up. I know he remember. I keep hearing his words, even in my dreams.

"Slow, baby."

"N-No. I don't want slow. I don't like slow."

"You'll like it."

I did. I liked it. Loved it even. I know I still would. But right now, it's not what I need. Right now, I need it to be fast... I need it to be rough. I need to feel him, I need to touch him like I will never be able to again. Like there would be no tomorrow or the next.

I pulled my dress over my head, taking my bra with it. Coal's gaze followed every movement, the way he looks at me is burning fire through me.

Umangat ang isa niyang kamay at huminto iyon sa leeg ko. Pinagapang niya iyon pababa at dinaanan ng palad niya ang tuktok ng dibdib ko. It was a faint touch, so fast that it ended so quickly, but it sent a shiver right down my spine.

"No more slow?" he asked, his voice sounding rough.

"No more."

Before the last words fell from my mouth, Coal moved at lightning speed and tore the only clothing I had on. Hinila niya ako pababa dahilan para dumaiti ang sensitibong parte ko sa magaspang niya na pantalon.

"You're soaking my pants."

"Please..."

"You want me?"

When I nodded, he reached for my hand and guided it toward him. My breathing became more labored when he kissed the inside of my wrist, followed by a sharp graze of his teeth. Muli niyang iginalaw iyon at dinala niya pababa. He placed my hand on top of his pants where his hard bulge could be seen.

"Free me then," he said hoarsely.

Sa nanginginig na mga kamay ay sinunod ko ang gusto niya. I pulled his zipper down with one hand while the other glided inside the waistband of his boxers. I cupped him with my palm, and I felt his cock become more rigid under my touch.

He knifed us up, and I was about to try and fight him, but he didn't roll us over. Hinubad niya ang pang-itaas niya at pagkatapos ay muli niyang sinakop ang mga labi ko.

I felt his hand on mine, guiding me to grip him tight and glide it up and down to pump his raging length. Nang putulin niya ang halik ay isinandal niya ang noo niya sa akin sandali. Malalim ang paghinga niya katulad ko.

Binilisan ko ang paggalaw ng kamay ko dahilan para lalong mag-apoy ang mga mata niya. He threw his head back a bit, and I couldn't help but admire the way pleasure was rippling all over him.

When our eyes met again, he touched my lips with his thumb. "One day, I want to feel this wrap around me while I taste you.

Holy fuck.

It must have been destiny that his name is Coal. It fits him perfectly. One moment you think that his fire has quietly extinguished... iyon pala ay nagsisimula pa lang siya na magbaga hanggang sa muling umalpas ang nakakatupok niya na pagliyab.

"For now, I need to give my enchantress what she wants," he whispered against my lips.

My head fell back, and I arched my back when in the blink of an eye, he impaled me with his iron-hard cock.

There was a hint of pain. He was almost too big. It's been so long that it felt like it was the first time again. Only this time, the pleasure was quicker to follow. A human literally came out of me. So why does his... his thing still feel like a monster trying to destroy me?

A rumble echoed from his chest when I instintively clenched around his length. Umalpas mula sa mga labi ko ang malakas na pag-ungol nang hawakan niya ang beywang ko para tulungan ako na magtaas-baba sa ibabaw niya.

He watched my heavy breasts move as I gyrated on top of him, and as if he couldn't help himself, he captured one peak and suckled it hard.

"Coal!"

He matched my hurried motion with upward thrusts, making me whimper loudly. I was breathless, but I didn't care. I didn't stop, and he didn't either.

"Fucking perfect," he groans as he looks at where our bodies meet. "Fucking made for me."

My nails dug into his back when endless pleasure ran through my body like electricity when he pulled me up until only the head of his length was inside me, then he'd let me drop back until I was full of him. He repeated it again and again, bouncing me on his cock, until I was brimming with so much delicious sensation.

His strokes became more urgent at the same time that my legs tightened around him. I cried out his name once more when an intense orgasm tore out of me, and he answered through his thundering groan as a rush of heat filled me inside until I was almost overflowing.

Dumampi ang mga labi niya sa leeg ko at marahang hinalikan niya iyon kasabay nang pagyakap niya sa hubad kong katawan. Hinihingal na sumubsob ako sa kaniya at sinalo niya naman ang lahat ng bigat ko.

Ilang sandali na nanatili lang kami sa kinaroroonan namin. We're both trying to catch our breaths, our bodies still connected.

"I'm sorry for being a jealous ogre," he whispered.

A soft laugh fell from my mouth. "I'm sorry for being a raging bitc—" He cut me off with his lips. Even though I angered him, he didn't want me to talk about myself in that way. "Witch," I amended.

"You're not a witch," he said.

"Then what am I?"

"An enchantress." Inipit niya sa likod ng tenga ko ang buhok ko na dumidikit na sa balat ko dahil sa pawis. "If you casted a spell on me, never unbind me. Let me be your prisoner as long as I am breathing."

What Tala and I talked about before echoed in my mind.

"I'm not in love with Coal!"

"Yet."

"You know what happened before. I'm a lot of things, but being a fool that will put herself in that situation again is not one of them."

I was right. I am not with him. But... Tala was right, too.

Yet. I wasn't in love with him yet.

Coal has a way to sneak into me and take me by surprise. One moment, I'm living my life the way I'm used to. And in the next, I find the course of the current taking me to where he is. Na para bang kahit pigilan ko ay dadalin at dadalin pa rin ako sa kaniya ng agos ng tadhana.

There's a lot at stake if this goes wrong. I could fight it. I know I should.

But right now... I don't know if I really want to.

I'VE DONE THE walk of shame before when I left Coal sleeping in my hotel room. Now even though I'm not trying to escape before he wakes up, and we're both in this together, it wasn't any less embarrassing. In fact, it is even more mortifying.

We were both out of our minds. We both acknowledge it. Not because we're regretting what happened, but because we finally remember that we are not alone in this house.

Pinagpapasalamat ko na lang na maxi dress ang suot ko at kahit na manipis iyon ay hindi halata na wala akong suot sa loob. Hindi ko pa naman kasi naipapasok sa kuwarto ang maleta ko. And because Coal destroyed my underwear, I needed to go commando.

Hindi lang ako kundi maging si Coal ang namumula ang mukha nang makarating kami sa sala kung saan naroon ang buong pamilya niya. Buo dahil ang mga wala kanina na miyembro ng pamilya nila ay ngayon ay mga nandito na.

Ilan sa mga bata ang natutulog sa bisig ng mga ama nila habang ang iba ay abala sa panonood ng TV kasama si Kaise na gising na. Even the grownups are singing what seems like a nonstop version of Baby Shark. Sa pagkakatanda ko ay dalawang oras ang durasyon no'n.

Unang nakapansin sa amin si Lucienne na siniko ang katabi niya na si Trace. Parehas ang ekspresyon sa mga mukha nila. They're both trying to fight their smiles.

Inabot ni Lucienne ang remote ng TV at bahagya niyang hininaan 'yon. Wala namang reklamo ang mga bata dahil talaga naman na ang lakas no'n.

"Sorry," Lucienne said, her eyes shining with clear amusement. "We wanted to drown out the... uhh... noises so that the kids wouldn't hear."

Trace cleared her throat. "Saka para wala rin kaming marinig." Napakamot siya sa ulo. "Not that we heard anything."

"We just heard you fighting," Domino said with an innocent look on his face. "Pagkatapos no'n na-realize namin na bingi pala kami."

Pakiramdam ko ay nagliliyab na ang mukha ko pero pilit na inignora ko 'yon at binalingan ko sina Lia. "Kararating niyo lang?"

Lia smiled. It would have calmed me down, except her smile is too sweet. Too forced. "Umm..."

I could see that she was trying her best to lie. Na sabihin sa akin na kararating lang nila at wala silang alam sa mga nangyayari. But her hesitancy showed her real answer as clearly as the day.

"Tita, Cee?"

Tumingin ako sa panganay na anak ni Pierce na si Arctic na siyang nagsalita. "Yes?"

"Are we going to cook barbecue?"

Napakurap ako sa tanong niya at sa naging reaksyon ng ama niya na parang gusto siyang pigilan sa pagsasalita. "Do you want barbecue?"

Nagkibit-balikat siya. "Pwede naman po. I can go with Daddy to buy coal because Tita Lucienne told me that you were just looking for one that's why you're shouting." Inosenteng sinalubong niya ang tingin ko. "I thought you were looking for Tito Coal pero sabi ni Tito Trace magkasama naman po kayo."

Pierce face-palmed his face while his wife Belaya covered her mouth to muffle her laughter. This is worse than a walk of shame.

"We'll just order barbecue," I told Arctic.

Nakangiting tumango ang bata at bumalik na sa nilalaro niya sa cellphone na hawak.

I sighed loudly, and I gave Coal, who was grinning at my side, a sharp look. Mukhang balewala sa kaniya ang matalim na tingin ko na inakbayan niya lang ako.

Naiiling na hinarap ko ang pamilya niya. I mustered all the courage I had. It already happened. I enjoyed myself. Immensely if I'm being honest. I don't feel like regretting it, so there's nothing to do except move on from the embarrassment.

"I'm really sorry."

The women just grinned, Luna grimaced and shivered, the older Dawsons avoided my eyes, while Trace and Domino just gave me a thumbs up.

Si Mireia na asawa ni Axel ang siyang nagsalita, "Don't be. This is your home. We're just guests."

Kumunot ang noo ko. "This is Coal's home, and I'm just a guest too."

Kumislap ang mga mata niya at tinapunan niya ng tingin si Coal sandali bago muli niyang ibinalik ang atensyon sa akin. "Still. You don't need to be sorry."

"I agree," Belaya said, grinning. "It's not like we don't know what it's like to be with a Dawson. They can be too... consuming."

Ember nodded. "Intense."

"Addicting," Lia added.

Nang tumingin sila lahat kay Lucienne ay pinalamlam ng babae ang mga mata niya. "Ewan ko. Wholesome kami ni Bossing Thorn." Her husband gave her a look that tells me that she's going to take back her "wholesome" comment soon. "Charot." Binalingan ako ng babae at kinindatan ako. "I can add more to what they said pero gore writer ako na minsan ay nagsusulat ng romance. Hindi pa ako ready for mature roles, aka erotica. Bottom line is that we understand and no harm has been done."

I gave them a thankful smile. Coal guided me towards them. Pinaupo niya ako sa sofa at inangat niya si Cookie na nandoon at kinalong niya ang bata.

"Toto bakit magulo hair mo po?" tanong ni Cookie.

"Nag-swimming kasi ang Tito mo," sagot ni Lucienne sa anak.

Nagsalubong ang kilay ng bata. "Saan po? Wala naman pong nag-swim sa beach and sa pool."

"Sa bathtub," natatawang sagot ni Mireia.

Nahihiwagahan na tinignan ni Cookie ang Tito niya na nanggigigil na ginulo ang buhok niya. "Tinuruan ako ng Tita Cee mo na lumangoy. Sa bathtub lang kasi takot pa ako sa pool."

"Marunong po ako mag-swim. Turuan po kita," seryosong sabi ni Cookie.

The women were dying of hilarity while the men were trying to hide their amusement. And again, except for Domino and Trace, who both didn't mind hiding their laughter.

Napabuntong-hininga ako. Hindi naman namin maiiwasan ang tadhanang resulta naman ng kasalanan namin. It's our fault for losing our sanity for awhile. Isa pa, they might be teasing us, but it didn't feel hurtful. They're just being playful like normal family does. And though I didn't grow up with a family like theirs, it's not hard for me to recognize that.

"Don't worry, Cookie," I patted the child's head gently. "Naturuan ko na ang Tito mo kaya perfect niya na ang swimming. Ten out of ten. A perfect score."

I turned to Coal, and he mirrored the smile that I had on my lips. I don't need to be a mind reader to read the thoughts behind his eyes. "Next time, diving naman ang i-pe-perfect score ko."

__________________________End of Chapter 12.