Holding On With Maybe (Holding On Series #2)

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"Why can't he just decide to hurt and hate me continuously?"

I was frowning early in the morning because my alarm didn't ring, only to find out that my phone was turned off. How could I forget that I turned it off after I left the columbarium?

Habang naliligo ako ay rinig na rinig ko ang sunod-sunod na pagtunog non, late na ako sa trabaho kaya naman nang makapagbihis ako ay kinuha ko na lang ang mga dapat kong dalhin at dire-diretsong nagtungo sa parking lot. Hindi ko pa nagagawang tignan yung phone ko.

"Engineer Segvillon, pinapatawag ka po ni Architect Cua sa opisina niya," bungad sa'kin ng sekretarya niya kaya naman doon ako dumiretso.

"Good... Morning?" Bati ni Geof sa'kin, may bahid nang pagkagulat ang mukha niya nang makita niya ako. Halata siguro na hindi maganda ang gising ko.

"Morning," I greeted back. "Pinapatawag mo raw ako?"

"Yes." He nodded. "Have you received the files I sent you?"

"Hindi ko alam, hindi ko pa natitignan yung email ko."

"No." Agad siyang umiling. "Yung pinadala ko kay Mr. San Jose?" Nahalata niya siguro ang mas lalo pang pagkunot ng noo ko dahil nagsalita siya ulit. "Kaya pala wala ka pang sagot tungkol doon, wala pa sa'yo yung files." He nodded.

Geof even sounded disappointed and I don't want him to blame Timothy because I'm aware that it's my fault. All this time, he was actually waiting for me there last night. Yung pride ko talaga minsan, sobrang failing ng pag-work.

"Timo – I mean Mr. San Jose," I immediately addressed Timothy the way he should be at work. "Didn't actually know my whereabouts. Wala kasi ako sa condo ko kahapon."

Geof nodded again. "You should tell me your address next time, so I'll bring it on my own," he advised.

"You do know that I don't share my address with anyone," I informed him.

"But we've been workmates for years. Long enough to be friends," he prodded. "Aren't we friends?"

"We're friends Geof," I assured him, giving him a meaningful look. "But not enough to tell you my address."

I mean, it's not that I don't trust my workmates, especially Geof, who's someone fond of my cousin, who's my first friend here in HBC, and who guided me about the ins and outs here in this company. It's just, I want to keep my life as private as possible, I don't like people being boastful that they know a lot about me like I'm part of their collection of 'friends'.

As per sharing my address? I'm not a big fan of people whom I just met visits me in my place unless I told them to. I'd rather we meet up somewhere else, but not in my safe place.

"Sure," he snickered. "Pero bakit alam ni Mr. San Jose?"

Natigilan ako sa tanong niya at hindi agad ako nakasagot. Alam kong sa utak ni Geof ay nag-eenjoy siya na kinakabahan ako dahil minsan niyang sinabi sa'kin na goal niya raw yun. Never niya raw kasi akong nakitang kabahan sa harap ng bosses namin.

Kung alam niya lang noong una akong nasermonan.

"Is he –,"

Naputol ang sasabihin ni Geof nang biglang may malakas na kumatok sa pinto ng office niya. Napalingon ako roon at nakita ko ang sekretarya ni Geof pati na rin si Timothy.

Bahagyang nakakunot ang noo niya habang nakatingin sa gawi namin ni Geof.

"Mr. San Jose," Geof greeted.

"Good morning Architect Cua, I'm actually here for Engineer Segvillon," Timothy politely said.

"Okay! Tapos na rin naman kaming mag-usap," sabi ko at mabilis na naglakad palabas ng office ni Geof. Kahit hindi ko pa alam yung sasabihin ni Geof ay parang ayoko na agad sagutin yun. Pero bago ko pa man maisara yung pinto may pahabol pa siya sa akin.