Fated Stars

TWO

Pagkatapos ng araw na bilhin ko ang condong iyon ay lumipat agad ako kinabukasan doon. Walang masyadong ganap sa mga sumunod na araw pagkatapos kong lumipat doon dahil busy naman si Freya at hindi din ako pwedeng basta-basta lumabas.

Pagkatapos din ng araw na iyon ay hindi ko na ulit nakita pa si Engineer Axel. Mabuti naman. Hindi ko yata siya kayang harapin hangga't ganito padin ang nararamdaman ko.

"Fauzia! You're late"sinabi agad sa akin ng manager ko noong sinalubong niya ako sa parking lot ng station na pag gaganapan ng interview ko

My rough and hectic schedule starts today. Unang araw ay interview agad ang meron ako. Ayaw ko pa naman sa ganon dahil masyadong maintriga ang nag-iinterview.

"I slept late last night. Sorry" hingi ko ng paumanhin at agad ng pumasok sa room na may pangalan ko sa labas

Agad naman akong inayusan ng mga make-up artist and hairstylist. Tahimik lang ako habang inaayusan habang ang manager ko naman ay kung ano-ano na ang pinapaalala.

Alam ko naman ang gagawin sadyang paranoid lang itong manager ko na baka may masabi akong magawan ng issue.

"Fauzia, are you listening?" tanong niya sa akin nang makita niya yata akong nakapikit lang habang inaayusan

"I am, tita Carrie"

Tita Carrie is my manager in states. She's also a Filipino working in the biggest modeling agency. The moment I informed my agency that I'll go back to my country, nauna pa si tita Carrie sa aking pumunta dito. To take care of everything before I land in this country.

"Even though I already chose the questions, I'm pretty sure they'll still ask something that isn't there so you need to be careful with your words, Fauzia"dagdag niya pang paalala

Tumango lang ako at tumayo na para makapagbihis matapos nila akong ayusan. Nang makalabas ako galing sa pagbibihis ay kami nalang dalawa ni tita Carrie ang nasa room.

Umupo ako sa harap ng tablenat inaayos-ayos ang buhok. Tsaka nilabas ang cellphone at nagscroll sa instagram. Nakita kong may bagong post si Freya doon.

It was a group photo with his co -workers. Of course, Engineer Axel is there. In the middle. Together with Architect Charmaine. They must be really close.

Tinignan ko ang mga nakatag doon at akala ko wala siyang instagram pero meron pala. Unconciously I clicked his account only to see one picture from his feed. It was his picture when he graduated Engineering, I think. What caught my attention is his highlight stories which has a caption of different countries he went through, I didn't view it of course

"Engineer Axel Acera?!"

Nagulat ako ng sinabi iyon ng manager. Napatay ko agad ang cellphone ko at nalagay sa table tsaka tinignan ang manager kong nakatingin sa akin, nagtatanong ang mga mata

"Do you know him, Fauzia?"she asked, still shocked that she saw me stalking his account. I'm not stalking though, just checking

"Why are you so shock, tita?"I asked

She looked at me with disblief that made my brows furrowed. What?! I just met him recently, how am I suppose to know him?

"Engineer Axel Acera. The youngest renowned bachelor Engineer here in the Philippines. He's the one who engineered that tower where you are living!"she exclaimed

What?! I didn't know that! Well, I know that their company build it but I didn't know he was the one who engineered it. And why should I know in the first place?

"How did you know him, Fauzia? Don't lie to me. I just saw you stalk his account earlier"she asked seriously

Stalk?! I am not stalking!