To Fall Inlove

Kiss

One week later...

I approached Leslie, and my stomach dropped when I caught the look on her face. She looked haggard and pissed off.

"What happened?" I asked, concerned.

Tumigil siya sa pagtatype sa keyboard bago siya huminga ng malalim. "Please know that I'm happy you're back, but I'm so stressed kasi darating na si Sir today. Nang tinawagan niya ako kahapon, he's fifteen and I don't know how he is when he shows up later," mahabang litanya niya.

Nagsalubong ang dalawang kilay ko. "Hindi pa rin siya nakakabalik ng Pilipinas?" balik kong tanong. The day after I saw him and Amelie in the conference room, Liam informed me they had to put the architectural plans on hold since Daxton had to leave the country to deal with some technical issues in DS Technologies, which was in China.

Well, thank God he's not here today.

"Hindi mo ba alam?" takang tanong nito. "He went to Hong Kong a week ago. Actually, wala akong idea bat siya nagpunta dun. All along, I knew he was at the airport getting back here, then the next thing I knew, he was in Hong Kong. It wasn't scheduled, so I didn't know what he did there."

Umiling ako. "No. Though I saw him in SOHA last week." My heart sank when thoughts of Amelie kissing Daxton flooded my mind.

Kumunot ang noo niya. "Talaga? I don't know about that. Ang alam ko tinawagan niya ako habang nasa airport siya pauwi at nagtatanong tungkol sa iyo. Then after a few hours, nagulat na lang ako kasi tumawag siya para utusan ako na magbook ng hotel sa Hongkong."

"He called you asking about me?" Weird. He was with Amelie and he was looking for me? Why and what did he want?

"Yes, and while he's in China, he requested, well, not really requested, but demanded the minute you arrive back here that I have to inform him."

So many questions kept flooding into my head.

Kung talagang gusto ka niyang makausap, dapat nakipagkita muna siya sayo bago siya nakipaglandian kay Amelie, Bad Savanna, deadpanned.

Paano aber? Eh hindi nga niya sinasagot lahat ng tawag at text nung isa, Good Savanna fired back, glaring at Bad Savanna.

Duh! She saw them both having a moment in the conference room, then after that, she had witnessed them kissing at SOHA. She's hurt and needs a break from that jerk, Bad Savanna screeched.

She should still give him the benefit of the doubt, Good Savanna snapped.

Wow, martir lang, be? Bad Savanna asked sarcastically.

Jeez, Good and Bad Savanna's thoughts felt like Daxton was actually my boyfriend. Since I was having a headache listening to them, I focused on Leslie. "Bakit pala siya fifteen?"

Bumusangot siya. "Ilang beses niya akong nasigawan kahapon at saka noong isang araw. Halos araw-araw na nga ata simula ng umalis siya. Wala siyang ginawa kundi tanungin ako tungkol sayo. Tuwing sinasabi ko naman na naka indefinite leave ka, binababaan lang niya ako ng telepono. Hindi ko nga maintindihan kung bakit siya sa akin tumatawag eh pwede naman siya dumiretso sayo," sumbong niya. "Hindi ka ba niya tinatawagan?" Bakas ang inis sa boses nito.

"No, I don't take calls pag naka leave ako," sagot ko ng hindi tumitingin sa kanya ng diretso. I had received several calls and messages from Daxton, but I didn't return any of them.

I knew it was lame, but how would I answer her? Hindi ko naman masabi sa kanya na kaya hindi ko sinasagot ang mga tawag ng boss niya kasi I'm still hurting. I also knew it's unprofessional not to take his calls since we were working together, but it scared me. It scared me to find out what was truly between him and Amelie. It scared me na sa kanya ko pa mismo malalaman. And I knew myself. Kailangan maging okay muna ako bago mangyari iyon kung hindi baka hindi ko mapigilan na maiyak sa harap niya.