Touch Of Solicitude

VEINTINUEVE

The following day, I woke up with the smell of burnt eggs and bacon from the kitchen; as I expected, it was Luigi; he looked adorable as he tried to avoid the splash of the cooking oil coming from the frying pan.

Seeing him groan in pain made me shake, "Move, I'll do the cooking," He made way for me, "You should've just woken me up or called for someone," I retorted, eyeing him and the poor eggs and bacon who suffered under his hands.

I turned the heat off and grabbed a new pan, slowly frying another set of eggs and bacon; after cooking, we soon ate together, but as I looked at the time, I jolted out of the chair, "I'm gonna be late for work," I ran to the bathroom, "Don't run, you'll hurt yourself, Sunny!" He shouted back.

Looking at the mirror, I noticed the bags under my eyes slowly building up; after this latest issue is released, I will reward myself with rest and lots of sleep; I have been working overtime and non-stop; moreover, the reunion yesterday drained me because of how active the people were.

After fixing myself, I went down, seeing Luigi, who was on the couch, reading. "Should I take you to work?" I shook my head, "No, you should go your way, don't you have work?" He nodded.

"I work from home, I can council and do meeting here by call, I don't feel like leaving the House without you," I shook my head, "I understand, I have Lina picking me up, thank you for the offer,"

"Your phone kept on ringing last night, it was an unregistered number, you left it at the breakfast bar, you must have forgot about it. I blocked the number, you won't be receiving any spam calls from now on," I nodded, "Thank you,"

Before leaving, I just remembered something, "I forgot to remind you that the pre shooting for the magazine would be this afternoon," I announced, "Also, I said it before and I will say it again, don't act all close to me, let's separate our personal life from our private life,"

He chuckled, "I know, I know, you don't have to repeat it over and over again, I got it already," I rolled my eyes, "I am just reminding you because if your system once again fails, you will drag me out of the company making me skip work,"

I then turned around, "I'll take my leave now," I said, "All right, take care,"

"How is this?" I asked them, we had our meeting, "It's neat and pretty overall, this would be great," The design team agreed.

"Also, I want you to pass your reports, have them at my desk tomorrow morning," They nodded, "Understood,"

"Lina, how is our advertisement plan?" She flipped over pages and stopped, "We already got the deal, Miss Kim," I smiled victoriously; I could smell our victory miles away.

"I thank everyone for participating up until now, I am sure that this issue would be a hit to the mass," I narrated, "We have to try harder for a better result-"

Just as I was talking, someone barged into the door without knocking or announcing their presence; the rude person that showed itself to us was none other than Elias Salazar. "W- What-" I stuttered, "What are you doing here?"

The room became loud with his appearance; everyone looked dazed seeing Elias Salazar in person; he is not someone you can see every day. "Oh," My forehead creased, he barged rudely, and all he could say is, oh? "Can I talk to the editor in chief?

I glanced at everyone who nodded repeatedly. "Why?" I questioned; before he could answer, Lina interrupted, "Before you talk to her, if it isn't important, can you do it later, we are currently in meeting and were not done yet," As always, she is the lifesaver.

"We have things to handle, you may be our model and we are grateful to having you, but you should be wary of what is happening," She preached, "I can have a private conversation with you, right?" His eyes darted towards me, which immediately made me feel uncomfortable.

"Very well," Lina sighed and stood up, soon they followed, leaving us, "Feel free to seat wherever you like," I gestured, pointing at the chairs.

He just sat and looked at me. What should I do with him? I never thought that he would immediately contact me. He has a shoot with Luigi later, but I never expected that he would come so early. He is rather stoic today.

The silence continued; if we continue like this, I can feel that I may drop dead at any moment. I do not know what to say to him because, in the first place, he was the one who wanted to talk to me privately; that is why the other employees left.

"Did you sleep well?" His question made me jolt, "I did, how about you?" I returned.

"I stayed up all night contemplating, thinking about my life decisions, in the end, I only made me mad at myself. I spent the entire night thinking about you," He uttered, "Why do you look that surpised? I hate this feeling, I don't have any friends that why you appeared, and now someone came, another man is making you smile," He snickered.

I took a deep breath, "For now, calm yourself," I stated, "All right," He sighed, looking down.

Another side of Elias that I do not know, he even can look like that when he is over the edge, "Forgive me," He apologized, "I was just worried after hearing that you live together, besides you didn't answer your phone last night. I wondered what you were doing," I did not notice it at all since I left my phone in the kitchen.

"I slept early and forgot my phone at the kitchen," He sighed, "It's fine, at least you told me the truth," He stood up and fixed his tie.

"I'll come back for you later after the shoot," He stated, "What-" Before I could finish what I was saying, he walked out the room, making me wonder what could he be thinking.