A Glimpse Of Us

Chapter 28: Something So Real

Callum

I found myself questioning, was Claudio close to his family? Kasi sa pagkakaalam ko, he didn't have any relatives closer other than his late father. Iyan lang, and... I kind of feel bad for him. Pero hey, he's meeting a relative of his, I hope everything goes okay.

Callum walked to Claudio's office, and seemed to be reading out and reciting on a paper.

"Ahh, Mr. Hernandez uhmm, you came to work" he fixes his tie as Callum nods.

"Uhh, alam mo ba na..." He trailed.

"Yes, my tita is here. Pero mabuti lang na nadiyan si Yves for the presentation mamaya so hindi naman ako kinakabahan" clearly, he's lying.

Callum notices Claudio's hands shaking, the paper he was holding was also shaking.

Callum wasn't in the mood to talk kay Claudio, so he decided to not comfort him.

At least, now he guess.

They entered the meeting room and the atmosphere was already heavy.

Nandiyan naman si Calisto, Seb, at Yves as they stared at Claudio.

Clearing his throat as he sat down, Callum was already concerned.

"We can begin now" Claudio said.

"You're 3 seconds late Claudio" She said.

"Tita-"

"Clearly the company is at stake na nga tas ito ikaw, late. As a CEO, you should be responsible kahit kailan" she glared, then flicking her pen and wrote something.

Callum was pissed on how she treated him. Regretting the idea of na lagyan sana ng thumbtacks yung inuupuan niya.

"Sorry" he lowered his voice as tumayo na si Yves.

"Good afternoon sa lahat, ako po si Yves and-"

"You didn't even address the important people sa loob ng meeting mo tas sisimula ka?" She clicked her tongue and began writing again.

"Now... Before I was... Interrupted lang, I would like to address, CEO of the UK branch Mrs. Cecilia Vergera-Van Shweltz for taking her time para makapgpunta dito" he sarcastically said as the others clapped.

"Now Yves, ano po yung mga bagong ideas niyo sa meeting na ito?" Lucas asks as Yves nods.

"We have been receiving reports na some are not as expected sa sizes as they are supposed to. Well the good thing is, Claudio managed to keep up with the materials thanks to the cloth we are using" Yves pointed sa board as the others nod.

"And what fabric you used sa inyong undergarments?" Cecilia asks.

"There are cyclings, cotton, many more madam. We here sa Aluminox ensures the consumers are at their best comforts when wearing these" Yves says.

"So that's why may problem dito sa Aluminox" Cecilia lowers her glasses.

"The way you guys handle these is you all being too humble sa mga costumers niyo" she stood up.

"I have to agree with you madam, but they are just kids handling adult business" Olivia giggles as Callum eyes Claudio.

Clearly, he was extremely uncomfortable sa sitwasyon nila as Claudio kept lowering his head.

"The consumers don't have right to complain, it's not our fault they don't have their taste here" Cecilia clicks.

"Now, I say, yung baguhin niyo dito is the designs, the fabric, everything" she said.