Secretly in Love

By Elena Parks

It's the day before Christmas Eve when Jenna spied her boyfriend cheating on her, and she got drunk before the day was over. Luckily, her co-worker Topher has been watching out for her. He carried her home and took care of her. Kindred souls both nursing a broken heart, his bed became their oyster that night.

But Jenna has a secret – she really doesn’t see Topher as a rebound relationship. He's everything she wishes for a lover! But it was Topher's secret, too! He's been secretly admiring her at work. Come Valentine's month and they're still fooling each other. When are they going to confess so we can all sigh in relief?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Camiel Rollins
• Release date: Jan 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005084974

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Elena Parks

Secretly in Love

First published by eParks Creates 2021

Copyright © 2021 by Elena Parks

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Contents

1: JENNA

2: TOPHER

3: JENNA

4: TOPHER

5: JENNA

6: TOPHER

7: JENNA

8: TOPHER

9: JENNA

10: TOPHER

11: JENNA

12: TOPHER

13: JENNA

14: TOPHER

15: JENNA

16: JENNA

17: TOPHER

18: JENNA

19: JENNA

20: JENNA

1st date: JENNA

1: JENNA

IHEARD the noise before I saw them.

The unmistakable sound of sex.

I knew at once whose male grunts I was hearing. Kasi hindi maaaring hindi ko makilala ang tinig ng sarili kong boyfriend, o ang mga ungol niya at timbre ng boses kapag aroused siya. Kasi, sa kabila nang hindi pa kami kahit kailan nakakapag-sex, nakakalabas pa rin kami at nakakapag-make out sa mga dates namin. Kondisyon ko iyon, na only when I was ready for serious commitment – like engagement commitment – would I sleep with him.

So, Keith was fucking somebody inside his office, on the day I have decided I was ready to have sex with him.

And it wasn’t me.

Akala ko napaka-understanding niya. Akala ko napakabait niya at napakahinahon kapag umuurong na ako kapag umiinit na ang aming mga halikan na kung hindi ako tutulak ay may mangyayari na sa amin.

I’m a moron lagi pagdating sa pagbo-boyfriend… naiiyak kong naisip.

At hindi ko alam kung bakit tinangka ko pa ring pumasok sa pinto despite I would hate what I’d see. Gusto ko ba talagang makita pa ang ebidensya ng panloloko nila? Pero hindi ko mapigilan ang aking mga paa. Kumikilos na parang robot, nakapasok ako sa loob.

I was here to surprise him with a pre-Christmas lunchbreak. Food… wine… sexy lingerie inside my clothes – the works. Gusto kong i-set ang mood para sa kahit anong pwedeng mangyari. He proposed to me last night at engagement announcement namin sa Post-Xmas Party sa bahay ng uncle ko the day after Christmas. I was so excited. Ito pa naman ang hindi ko pa nagagawa sa four months naming relasyon – ang supresahin siya. I worked in a different building, a different capsule of The Windham Towers. Nasa Legal Department kasi si Keith. Nasa Marketing and PR ako. The whole morning, we’ve been sending each other sweet, nonsensical messages. He was very attentive, and he had said all the right words. Nai-imagine ko pa nga sa isip ko ang mga maaari niyang gawin kapag nagse-sex na kami. Hinahanda ko na ang sarili kong hindi mahiya sa kanya o ma-shock sa mess, trying not to worry if it wouldn’t be great for our first time as I could very well be a nervous wreck.

Halata bang may first sex ever was a disaster?

But it’s alright, sabi ko sa sarili ko. Kasi he’s so kind. He’d take care of me. I loved him. It’s going to work out eventually.

Screw that.

Habang lumiliko ako sa eleganteng glass panel na nakaharang sa desk area ng office, naiisip ko pa ang umagang iyon. Sabi pa niya, hindi na siya makahintay malaman nang buong mundo na ikakasal na kami. Not that I wanted the whole world to know, but it felt good to know he wanted that. Kaya ni hindi ko naisip na maaaring magalit siya kung kumuha ako ng copy ng susi ng office niya sa maintenance people noong dumating ako about ten minutes ago and found his office locked. At since surpresa nga, ayokong kumatok.

I knew he was inside kasi iyon ang sabi ng secretary nitong nag-half day sa taga-maintenance na nakausap ko. It was his lunch break and he may be napping was what I was thinking. Ang dami daw kasi niyang ginagawang trabaho kaya kailangan niyang pumasok ngayon. Lax ang office sa araw na ito, pwedeng mag-absent kahit sino, dahil nga Pasko na bukas. Naisip ko pa, ang sipag naman niya.

Fuck you.

May tinatrabaho nga ang hayop, screwing somebody right there on his desk! Iyon ang nakikita ko ngayong nasa gilid na ako ng panel.

The image would forever stay etched inside my head.

There was Keith, between the opened thighs of his colleague Laurel, another lawyer.

His shirt was in disarray, his pants and underwear a pool down his feet on the carpeted floor. Laurel’s hands were over her head, holding on tightly to the edge of the desk as his lower torso banged her roughly and repeatedly, his bunched butt showing just under the edges of his shirt.

And the noise…

Oohh – ahhh… shit. Ang saraaaap… fuck, Laurel! malakas na ungol ni Keith.

Fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck! ang halos isigaw naman ni Laurel in between Keith’s thrusts.

So busy were they that they never even noticed me.

Fuck you. Fuck you to hell and back…

So pathetic I couldn’t even say those words out loud.

Hindi ko alam kung paano ako nakaalis sa office. Did I close the door? I couldn’t think. I was just going through the motions. I didn’t even remember if I ever saw anyone on the way.

Lumabas ako sa elevator na tulala. Hindi ko alam kung saan ko naiwan ang bag ng lunch food. Hawak ko lang ay susi ko at ang purse ko ay nakasukbit pa rin sa balikat ko.

I almost gave that bastard my entire life. Dapat nagpapasalamat ako na nabisto ko siya agad bago mahuli ang lahat.

Pero masakit pa rin. Kasi hindi ito ang unang panloloko sa akin. Hindi na ako natuto.

Ilang beses bang mangyayari sa akin ito?!

MY NAME was Jenna. My parents were decently wealthy before my daddy died in a tragic car accident when I was twelve, so me and my Mom were left to the guardianship of my Uncle Markus, who’s filthy rich.

I worked – believe me, I do. I finished Interior Design, and I consulted with my uncle’s marketing people regarding set designs sa mga commercial ads na ginagawa ng mga ito para sa mga products at businesses nito. I also designed sets for movies and TV shows in indie films here and abroad. Nakikipag-collaborate ako sa mga kaibigan kong nagtatrabaho sa foreign movie outfits, and these I really enjoyed doing with them. I loved I could go anytime. Kasi nga, rich kid, indulged, so I could afford working on what I loved doing.

I’m a nerd. A lot. I was introverted and don’t normally go anywhere if I didn’t have to. The only reason I attended my uncle’s extravagant parties was because I loved him to pieces. I didn’t care for clique kaya hindi rin masasabing pressured ako sa peers.

I supposed, sa ibang tao, I gave the impression of being uncaring or supladita. Wala raw kasi akong kailangang kahit sino o

Reviews for Secretly in Love

[Isay Bugaoan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What a sweet romance story.

Ang dami ko nang nabasa na story about heroin na "hindi na virgin", but this story means a lot to me. Hindi man lang nabawasan yung respeto ko kay heroin. Yung pagiging honest niya throughout the story, grabe. Nakakakilig! Ang ganda niya, at kamahal-mahal talaga siya. Tindi ng respeto ko kay girl! ❤️

Hey Topher!
Thank you for loving Jenna.
You did a great job, really ?

Thank you so much po, Ms Elena ❤️
Looking forward to reading more of your stories here in Everand ❤️