MY UNEXPECTED WIFE (BossSeries#3)

CHAPTER 44

I STILL couldn't believe it that I saw him again! I really did try my best to forget him because I thought I won't be able to meet him again. If ever I followed my laziness and begged Greg to cancel the photoshoot, I wouldn't have the chance to see him. I was so thankful and happy that I spent my work with ease and cooperatively, even glowing until the end.

We just finished eating dinner and currently sitting on the couch while watching Victoria's Secret fashion show. I'm still feeling wonderful that I couldn't just stop myself from smiling and grinning. Greg was glaring at me like I'm an unknown specie so I decided to tell him my other secret.

"So... he was the reason why you looked genuinely marvelous for the first time?"

"Yes," I nodded enthusiastically.

"Y-You..." Greg shifted his position from facing me to looking at the television screen. "You just met him once and then... hindi mo na siya makalimutan? You fell for him even though you didn't know him?"

"Hindi nga rin ako makapaniwala e. You know me... You witnessed how many men I've rejected. They were handsome and rich, there were even smart and too good to be true but still... I ignored them. Because I didn't like them. I tried... but I just couldn't. Kaya hindi ko maintindihan at maipaliwanag kung bakit gusto ko ang lalaking ngayon ko lang nalaman ang pangalan."

"What now?" Greg looked at me seriously. "What's your plan? You'll just see him from a far? Are you even sure kung magkikita pa ba kayo ulit?"

"I-I don't know. Pero... kung gusto kong makilala siya, maraming paraan ang pwede kong gawin."

"Tsk. You didn't even know if he's a good man, Cassy."

"I think... he's not just a nobody. Nalaman kong kaibigan siya ng may-ari ng ZR Corp. at siguro... kahit hindi ako gumawa ng paraan, baka mag-abot rin ang landas namin ulit. I just feel it."

I was so sure that I would meet him again but weeks already passed by and I still didn't saw even his shadow. Kahit hindi naman kailangan ay sumasama ako kay Greg kapag may meeting siya sa company ni Zac Ken Rain, na kaibigan ni Casper Smith. Akala ko masasalubong ko siya sa lobby, sa hallway, sa elevator o kahit sa parking lot pero hindi talaga ito nangyari.

I got so desperate and very curious that I ended up hiring a private investigator to know him. Greg was glad to know that I didn't meet Casper again that he even teased me that was why I didn't told him about my investigation.

Every night or even on my spare time, I usually stalked him in his social media accounts. He was dashing and always smiling that I fall for him hard. I had the chance to talk to him during ZR Corp. anniversary party but I became a coward watching so many ladies approaching him and his friends. I had no right to get jealous but I got annoyed seeing him smiling handsomely to those girls that I went home immediately and cried in my room.

I spent my whole day crying while looking at his photos taken at last night event, adding salt to my wounded heart. I regretted that I wasted my chance to finally introduce myself to him.

One thing that even destroyed my day was when my parents got home from business trip abroad and told me an awful news.

"Dad, no! I already told you that I don't want the company. I will not manage it!" I strongly disagreed.

"You have no choice, Cassy! You're our only child."

"But I don't like to work there! Doing business is not my passion. It will bore me to death and the pressure will kill me!"

"We will still help you, Cassy. We just want to pass it to you this early so that you'll learn it and can handle it while I and your mother are still strong. If you will have it after we die, we can't be at ease. It will be too late to teach you and pass our learnings to you."

"Stop mentioning death, Dad! Are you seriously threatening me with that?" I cried. Imagining them leaving me alone just hurts so much.

"We are not threatening you, Cassy," my mother said. "Totoo ang rason na sinabi ng ama mo. Iyon ang paniniwala namin. Because in your part, as a woman, you will struggle to have the chair of the president. Some may try to take it from you. But your father won't allow anyone other than you to inherit the company we build with blood, sweat and tears."

I want to understand them. I even want to just accept it, but I just can't. I feel so heavy in my heart that if ever I will really follow them, I'll become a soulless body. I will surely live like someone who have no purpose, no life. And it is just equivalent of being dead.

"B-But how about my modelling career? Should I just give up my dream? I don't care about money, being a rich heiress! I can earn wealth by myself while doing what I love."

I saw my parents cried. I know it's hard for them too. They just have no choice. I am the only answer of their problem.

"So... ano ang gusto mo? Ipamigay nalang natin ang kompanya? You will just neglect the hardwork, effort and sacrifices your parents made when in the first place, we made it this far for you and your future?"

"But Mom... anong silbi ng yaman kung hindi ako masaya?"

My mother wept harder that she could not answer back anymore. My father hugged her tightly as tears scrolled down on his cheeks too.

The sight breaks my heart into tiny dinky pieces. My knees wobbled and I dropped down to the floor. I had no one to blame but myself. I already knew that I would inherit the company since I was young. But I still followed my inner self and did my desires. I just made it harder to accept my parents supposed to be gift.

"We have another solution to keep the company," my father suddenly spoke. I looked up to him, expecting the hope that will end our problem...

"Marry someone who can lead the company instead of you."

...but I didn't know that it was an another problem again.