Heart in Disguise (Heart Series #2)

N I N E

Sobrang bilis ng pangyayari at natagpuan ko na lang ang sarili na nakabalik na sa La Seriah. I am back for work again and I kind of missed the sea breeze in El de Hera Island. I kind of missed my house too which is very odd for me kasi I never missed that house but now. Maybe, because of the memories.

“Ma’am, the board of directors were already waiting at the conference room,” Cecel said.

I nodded and went to pick up the folders needed for the conference meeting. Today will be the presentation of the sales and services of our company. Every month, we always do this meeting to be rest assured and be aware about the outcome of our services. As of the moment, I am the one who’s holding the outcomes for the month.

“Cecel, have you already checked my schedule for this day?” I asked Cecel while we were on the hallway towards the elevator.

She nodded. “Yes, Ma’am. Only the conference meeting and your meeting with Mr. Saavedra at the JMNZ Restaurant.”

“What time?”

“At exactly 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, Ma’am.”

I nodded. “Is my meeting with Zandro talks about his cabins in his resort?”

She nodded. “Yes, Ma’am. He needed your company for better furnitures. Maybe, you could also suggest your new tactic in your company’s services to him, Ma’am. Through it, he might do a campaign for your company.”

I nodded. “Great idea. I’ll tell him that.”

When we finally arrived at the conference room, all of the board of directors were already there on their respective chairs. I changed my expression into a stoic one. I liked it to be more serious when in terms of work.

They all stood up when they saw me entered the room. I was greeted by everyone as I greeted them back. Wala na kaming hinintay pa and we immediately started the meeting.

We talked about the sales for the month. Fortunately, the sales were growing continuously. We’ve talked about the customer’s insights about our services and so far the customers find us very responsive than any other companies. We’ve talked about how to improve more the company’s services. I still haven’t told them about the services that I am currently planning for I wanted to talk about it with Zandro first. So, as of the moment, they planned on how to improve our products instead.

Soon as the conference meeting was done, I and Cecel went back to my office to get ready for our next meeting.

“Cecel, what time is it?” I asked her when we reached my office.

She glanced at her wristwatch. “It’s 11:53 A.M., Ma’am.”

I nodded. “It’s still early pa pala. I do not have too much to do pa naman. Why don’t we go out first and eat? I am hungry na, e. I forgot to eat kaninang umaga.”

“Ay, sure iyan, Ma’am? Libre mo ba? Wala akong pera, e, pinambili ko ng canvas at painting materials sa anak ko.” Wika ni Cecel.

“Oh, really? Hope can paint na pala? The last time na nagkita kami was he was just drawing stickman pa. And now, he can paint na! I’m so proud of him!” I giggled.

“Talented, no?” She said and smiled at me.

I nodded. “Yes, he is.”

“Aba, syempre. Saan pa ba magmamana, edi sa akin.” Pagmamalaki niya.

I shook my head. “I do not have a say on it na. It’s true naman. You can draw and paint, right?”

She nodded. “Yep. Kung nakapagtapos lang ako, edi, sana architecture ang kinuha ko.”