Their Toy

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*** Five years later ***

"Chef magsisimula na po ang show nyo within five minutes mag-ready na po kayo." Yana reminded me. She is my personal assistant. I smiled at her.

"Okay. Thank you, I'll be there in a minute." I answered. I look again in the vanity mirror to see my reflection sabay kuha sa pulang lipstick na nasa Chanel flap bag ko. I put another layer of lipstick and when I'm already satisfied with it I walk outside my dressing room.

I'm wearing a red retro court puff sleeves mini dress, a red five inch-heels and I have my hair curled in a wavy style. I'm really not fond of wearing accessories because I know, my dress, my body and my face is enough for me to look elegant.

Naglakad ako sa hallway at nang makarating na ako sa backstage halos lahat ng staff ng show ay nakatingin sa akin.

"Grabe sobrang ganda nya talaga no." I heard them murmured behind my back.

"Oo nga. Mapapatulala ka nalang talaga." Dagdag pa ng isa.

My attention went to the host of the show when I heard him speak. Inayos ko ang buhok ko dahil mukhang tatawagin nya na ako para lumabas. Ito ang unang pagkakataon na lalabas ako sa telebisyon, I'm quite nervous dahil hindi ako yung klase ng tao na gusto ng atensyon ng madla but I have to this because I have a reason.

"Now, I want to introduce a very special guest who will be cooking a delicious dish for us. She is a successful business woman, a professional chef and she is the youngest billionaire in the Philippines, Miss Avah Vezconde!" Pakilala nya sa akin. Agad akong naglakad papunta sa stage habang nakangiti. I wave my hands and flip my hair.

"Good morning everyone!" Pagbati ko sa mga manunuod. "And good morning to you Chef Justine." Pagbaling ko sa host ng show. He's also a chef but he only cooks on television to share his recipes to his viewers.

Napangiti ako nang mapansin kong nakatulala sya sa akin habang nakatingin sya sa mukha ko.

"Hindi pa ba tayo magsisimula?" Nakangiti kong tanong sa kanya.

"O-oh yeah! I-I'm sorry, I was just blown away by your beauty. You-you're so beautiful!" He stammered. I smiled again at him.

"Shall we start." Tanong kong muli.

"Of course." Sagot nya.

I started cooking my simple and quick recipe which is chicken avocado burritos. Chef Justine help me cook it and it's pretty obvious that he's nervous because his hands are shaking.

"Are you okay Chef?" Natatawang tanong ko sa kanya.

"Me? Y-yeah. I'm good. I-I'm just quite feeling jumpy cooking with a beautiful woman like you Chef Avah." Natatawang sabi nya at pansin pa rin ang kaba nya. Everyone on the set laugh because of his reaction and what he said. I just smiled on the camera and continue cooking my recipe.

Sa totoo lang, hindi ko gusto ang ginagawa ko ngayon. Cooking in front of the camera and seen by million of viewers is not me. I want a private life, at ayokong makilala ng marami dahil hindi ako yung klase ng tao na gusto ng atensyon ng madla. Pero kailangan ko itong gawin. I need to do this to start my revenge, this is my first step of doing it. I want Daniel, Miguel, Samuel and Belinda to see me and I want them to freak out.