Corporate Affair (Completed)

WAKAS

WAKAS

"Go babe! You can do it."

"Fuck, it's really painful this time!" Sigaw niya.

"I told you na mag painless!!"

"Are you fucking mad now?"

Nag tatalo kami ni Zen sa Delivery room. She's giving birth to our Baby Girl, our second baby. Ang bilis ng panahon, it's as if we were just in college. I can still remember everything vividly.

"That's Briella Zen Lopez, the granddaughter of the owner of this school." Bulong ni Paolo, classmate ko.

"She's pretty." Sabi ko at bumalik sa binabasa kong libro.

I always date girls with brains, hindi yung ganda lang.

"I like her." Tumango ako sa sinabi ni Paolo. Napaka chickboy naman kasi talaga nito lahat na lang yata ng babaeng maputi like niya.

Yes, she is really pretty but what if ganda lang meron siya? I'm not going to waste my time on her.

"She's joining the student council daw, and I heard her GWA is 1.5." Dagdag naman ni VJ. Agad kong sinulyapan ang babae sa isle 45 na nag hahanap ng libro. Tumayo ako at lumapit sakanya.

Sanay akong makipag laro sa mga babae simula ng highschool, ano pa bang magagawa ko kung sila ang lumalapit sakin? I never been in love, I had girlfriends pero mabilis ding nawawala, at ngayon single ako dahil gusto ko mag focus sa pag aaral.

"What are you looking for?" Tanong ko, she looked at me for a second at binalik ang tingin sa mga libro. Hindi na yata ako sanay makipag landian?

"I can help you." I said.

"I know. I need a book regarding taxes." She said, I smiled. I know what to recommend.

"Here." Inabot ko at tinaggap niya. "Finance ka ba?"

"Nope. Accountancy." She answered. Mailap siya, di makatingin sa mga mata ko.

"I heard you'll join student council?" Nag lakad siya at lumipat ng ibang shelve, sinundan ko naman.

"Yeah, lolo wants me to." Sagot niya na para bang sanay na siya na kilala siya ng mga tao sa paligid. Hindi ma lang siya nag pakilala sakin.

"Hmmm, I see. I'll be joining too."

"Good luck." She said, as if she wants to end the conversation. Hindi man lang niya ako tinanong kung anong pangalan ko?

"I'm Wyatt by the way." Nag lahad ako ng kamay.

"I know. I'm Briella but you probably know that." Hindi niya tinanggap ang kamay ko at binawi ko na lang ito.

"Yeah, you're popular." Sabi ko.

"Ikaw din." Ngumiti siya, ngayon lang siya ngumiti simula ng nag usap kami. Tinamaan na nga yata ako sakanya.

We became lovers after months of courting. I didn't know that I could ever feel this kind of feeling. Palaging sinasabi ng mga kaibigan ko na fling lang, pero I really feel different, palaging pinaparamdam ni Zen sakin that I can do better, and I want to be better for her.

"We can't be seen together, you know that right?" She said, nang kinukulit ko siya sa canteen.

"I'm just a friend, yun yung sabihin natin." Umirap siya. "Okay, I'm sorry Babe. I just missed you."

Tumingin siya sakin. "Okay fine. Maxine will be joining us, okay lang?"

"Yes! That's fine. Basta makasama kita."

We were the happiest! Palagi kaming nag sstay sa condo ko because we can't be seen outside, bawal pa nga siyang mag boyfriend.

"Wyatt!"

"Sorry."

"Palagi na lang ehh."

Nag lalaro kami at nag tatampo siya dahil natalo ko na naman siya.

"Eh sabi mo kasi pag nanalo ako ikikiss mo ko matagal." Nag pout ako.

"Tsss, sige sige na. Halika na dito." Mabilis akong lumapit sakanya. I'm addicted to her kisses, para bang napakatamis niya palagi.

But I had to make a tough choice, well actually I had no choice at all.

"You need to stay here!" Angkong shouted.

"I don't want to!"

"We already talked about this, Wyatt. After your graduation you will learn how to run the business! Why is it so hard for you to just obey?"

"Dad, he probably needs more time." Sabi ni Dad.

"Well, time is not on our side! You know that someone is checking on us right now and I can't ask Katrina for help! We only have Wyatt."

May nag babanta sa negosyo namin at wala akong magawa kundi tumulong, ang hiningi kong kapalit ay kalayaan, I just want to become a lawyer with my own terms. Di ko naman inaasahan na aabutin ng 2 taon ang pag takbo ng kaso, and we won. Kaya binigay nila ang kalayaang hinihingi ko. After 2 years, I decided to work with Katrina, she owned a firm in Hong Kong. I've got nothing, wala akong tinaggap na kahit ano sa parents ko at kay Angkong cause I don't want them to drag me anytime they want because of utang na loob. So I left there with nothing!

Katrina is so generous that she helped me, maybe because she understands what I'm going through. I have to build my name bago ako umuwi ng pilipinas, kailangan may mapatuyan muna ako bago ako bumalik sakanya.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Well, I thought it was. When her father William Lopez called Katrina, it was my chance to finally see her again.

Katrina stayed in the Philippines before siya nakapag tayo ng company in HongKong, kaya kilala niya ang mga lawyers sa Pilipinas.

I planned everything, I really want to see her.

"I'm sorry, but my client will not settle." The first thing that I said to her after a few years. Fuck, ang bobo ko. Umupo ako sa harapan niya. It has been 6 years? Hindi ko na alam. Basta ang alam ko lang siya pa din.

"If your client doesn't want to settle then why am I here?" She seems different. Ibang iba na siya. Parang hindi si Zen ang kaharap ko ngayon.

I smiled. I really miss her, did she miss me too? "or we can discuss the settlement upstairs."

Surprisingly, she agreed. Fuck, I can't ruin this. Sinarado ko ang pinto at hinawakan siya sa bewang and I kissed her.

I was an asshole for doing it. I know may boyfriend siya and yet I put her in a position where she cheated on him.

I tried my best to keep my distance, I respect her relationship with Richard but it's excruciating seeing them together. I have to put on a poker face just to finish the day.

But things changed when they broke up, I was in Korea when that happened. Hindi ko inaasahan na he cheated on her pala? I waited for 2 weeks, I had to process something bago umuwi, but before I do that I already invested in her new company. She's the new owner of Prime Real Estate.

"Am I late?" Nag mamadali ako galing airport pa puntang Prime dahil ngayon ang shareholders meeting ni Zen.

"Wyatt." I heard her. She was so surprised.

"I'm Mr. Zhang, sorry I'm late." Bati ko sa mga nakaupo at nag lakad papalapit sa bakanteng upuan.

"Mr. Zhang! It's nice to see you in person!" Si Mr. Alberin.

Then, I was given a chance to spend more time with her. Mas lalo ko nga yata siyang minamahal araw araw kahit wala naman siyang ginagawa.

Until now, I believe that my love for her grows. That day from the Library, I didn't know that she would be the most precious thing that could ever happen to me.

"Wynona Blaire Zhang." I said habang hawak hawal niya ang baby girl namin.

"I love you, Wyn." Bulong ni Briella.

"Kuya Zach and I love you both." She looked at me and smiled. Wala na kong mahihiling pa.