“Funny how you said you don’t like me when you stare at me like you desire me.”

“You really want me to name my price? I told you, you couldn’t afford me,” pagpatol ni Inday sa pang-iinsulto ni Mac.
“Just try me.”
“A wedding ring.”
Natigilan ito; nang makabawi ay tumawa ito nang malakas. “You’re right, I cannot afford you. Honey, you’re way over yourself. Let’s start with a hundred grand. How about that?”
“Get out.”
“Two hundred?”
Naglakad na si Inday patungo sa pinto at binuksan iyon. “Out.”
He didn’t look bothered at all, he was even grinning. Lumapit ito sa kanya. Pumaikot ang braso ni Mac sa kanyang baywang at hinila siya palapit dito.
Nanuot sa ilong ni Inday ang mabangong amoy ng lalaki. She tried to push him away but he wouldn’t budge. And just like that, he kissed her. And she guessed it would be very hard, if not impossible, for her to figure out why she found herself responding to him like the passionate woman she never thought she was.