daggers

daggers #39

STELL'S P.O.V

as i parked my car near the building where the fashion show that i will be attending to is taking place, i muttered a curse under my breath as i noticed that it's still raining very hard and i forgot to bring my umbrella.

shit naman. i guess i'll just have to run for it, then.

i was about to go out the car but before i could even open the door, i saw paulo exiting the building with an umbrella in his hand, carefully striding along his way towards my car. he opened my door for me and greeted me with a smile.

"good morning, sunshine." he said and i pinched his nose lightly.

"morning. nice timing, ah."

"syempre, ako pa ba?" he winked and pulled me close to him by my shoulder so we could share his small umbrella.

"bakit naman kasi ang liit nitong payong mo- aray!" i winced in pain when he pinched my waist, causing me to move sideways, closer to him.

"ikaw na nga 'tong pinapayungan, nagrereklamo ka pa."

"hehe, joke laaaangg." i pinched his cheeks as soon as we entered the lobby and he swatted my hands away.

we went to the elevators and paulo pressed on the 24th floor, where our room probably is.

"kumpleto na ba yung mga models?" i asked.

"hindi pa. dalawa pa yung kulang. pagkadating nila, magsstart na daw ng practice. buti nalang hindi ka late kundi mauubusan ka ng time mag-ayos."

"may mga iba bang guests na aattend?"

"yup. they invited people from different companies. preferably, professionals in different fields, pero i'm not sure kung anong work nila."

i gulped at that. paulo and i have been working as part-time models for 2 years now and i still feel nervous everytime we would attend fashion shows and professionals would be watching us.

when the elevator stopped at our floor, we stepped out of it and proceeded to the reception area.

"good morning, sir sky and sir paulo!" the lady greeted us enthusiastically and we greeted her back. she handed us our room keys, schedule for the show, and other important paper works. then, we thanked her and proceeded to our room.

"ay, isa lang yung bed." paulo complained as we got in the room and immediately laid on the bed with his arms sprawled to the sides.

"ang arte mo. as if we've never slept together."

"ew!" paulo threw a pillow at my face but luckily, i was able to catch it. i laughed at his reaction and threw the pillow back at him.

"the hell are you thinking, pau? totoo naman diba? lagi naman tayo tabi matulog whenever we have shows like this."

"i know but you made it sound so wrong!"

"whatever! maliligo na nga ako. ayusin mo na yung mga gamit mo."

he groaned at got up from the bed.

"fine. i'll fix your clothes for later as well."

"awww, sweet mo talagaaa.." i leaned in to plant a soft kiss on his temple.

"love you, pau."

"love you! go, ligo ka naaa!" paulo pushed me away and i chuckled before walking towards the bathroom.

but on my way, i took a glance at the papers on the desk and the one on top caught my attention.

Guest List.

i carefully scanned the list to see who will be attending later. i recognized some names from our previous fashion shows but most of the names were foreign to me.

but at the latter part, something caught my attention.

Architect Felip Jhon Suson

oh, si ken? that's nice. his name is quite big in the industry of architecture so i already expected that we will be meeting him soon.

oh wait. there were two more names at the bottom of the list.

Mr. Josh Cullen Santos

and...

Mr. Justin De Dios
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oh, shit.