The Billion-Dollar Proposal (COMPLETED)

I: Her Return

A/N: Aaaaand we're back! This story will rotate between the times when Leni is still VP, year 2021. I'll give you another set of friends para ma-differentiate pa rin ninyo yung dalawa wahaha. We're all gonna miss VP Malens as her term ends on June 30 *insert crying noises* aaaaa. Pardon me for the grammatical errors and misspelled words.

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"Ma'am Leni, mag-Tinder kaya kayo?"

Halos mabuga ng bise presidente ang iniinom na tsaa sa harap ng kanyang Macbook sa narinig galing sa assistant na si Apple.

Natatawa man ang lahat ngunit hinampas pa rin ni Yna si Apple at umusal, "Shuta ka bes, di ka na nahiya. Wag mo ngang idamay si VP sa katigangan mo."

"E kasi e, malapit ng matapos yung termino ni Ma'am pero di ko pa rin siya nakikitang may kasamang boylet o nakangiti man lang sa cellphone," Apple retorted and shifted her gaze to the VP to seek support. "Diba Ma'am agree kayo sa'kin?"

"Sa dami ng trabaho natin dito sa OVP, maiisip ko pa bang magka-boyfriend?" she jokingly uttered.

"So may plano po talaga kayong mag-jowa?" Apple giggled hysterically.

"No comment," she playfully jested and hushed the people to lower their voices.

Hay nako. If only you guys knew.

Leni merely gave a casual shrug and carried on with the meeting, all the while attentively listening to her employees as they carried on with their small talk. Everyone was just waiting for the vice president to finish her last meeting as the clock ticked past six o'clock. Natutunan na nilang sabay-sabay lumabas ng building lalo na tuwing huling araw ng trabaho which strengthened the solidarity of the assistants.

"Sa wakas, natapos din..." the VP muttered as she yawned and stretched her arms up. She successfully turned off her gadgets and stood up from her seat as Cai passed her top to her. "Bihis lang ako saglit ha."

She resurfaced from the one area she had been hunkering down in a minute after she had finished changing her top garment. Leni quickly brushed her hair and wiped all the sweat that came out from her forehead as nervousness wrecked her nerves talking and listening to some ambassadors earlier. As soon as she had the impression that she was prepared to leave, she grabbed her bag, turned off the lights, and unplugged the last few appliances that she had been utilizing before exiting her office and closing the door behind her.

"Saan ba kayo sasabay?" Leni queued her team.

"Ako po may date," Yna giggled softly. "Sila Apple, Cai, Ate Yolly ata sasabay kay Jasper sa kotse."

"Yabang, magbreak sana kayo!" singhal ni Apple sa kanya dahilan upang tumawa si Cai at si Yolly sa dalawa.

"Kayo ma'am? May lakad pa po ba kayo? Baka gusto niyo ho magpasama, on the way lang naman yung amin," Cai asked the VP.

"Ay wala, wala. Didiretso na ako sa condo," she bit her lower lip. She's been doing this for six years ever since she was elected VP and that is: lying.

Nang dumating ang sundo ni VP sa harap ng OVP facade ay kaagad itong sumakay at nagpaalam na sa mga kasama. The other employees rode in a smaller car that came from the parking lot right behind them, but they traveled in the opposite direction than them. She used the time that was taken up by the traffic to browse through her phone, checking for updates, emails, and posts from her contacts. Because she knows that when she returns home there will be more havoc, this is one of the ways that she reinvigorates herself.

Hindi niya namalayang hinay-hinay na pala siyang sumandal sa katabing bintana ng sasakyan at tuluyang pumikit ang mga mata nito. Her hands were still on her phone, clenching it tightly between her palms. The moment her thoughts drifted about the whispers of her difficult past, the flashbacks of those dreadful things that had taken place in the past, she promptly awakened and went back to her senses with her horrified eyes. This occurred before her phone could even fall from her hands.