CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: FIX THIS
" met you when I knew
I only wanted one lover "
- Russ (Nasty)
I didn't what to do. I didn't how to react pagkatapos ipakita sa'kin ni Keira yung picture sa'kin.
"Kailan pa naging kayo?"
I can't even hear her because the fear inside me is slowly consuming every single part of my body. It may sound dramatic, it is because this is an issue.
"Kita-kits, okay? Galingan mo mamaya! See you~."
I was left standing in the line.
Isa lang ang nasa utak ko.
"Ma'am... kayo po? Ano pong appointment niyo?"
"Uh... campaign... shoot..."
"Pangalan?"
"Thea... A-Alethea... Vargas."
Fuck!
The whole shoot, I wasn't sure if I could even focus. I got worried. Pa'no kung nakuha niya yung litrato na yon sa social media? Edi alam na ng iba na may nangyayari sa'ming dalawa?
What if it's already trending?
A boss dating his employee? A model!?
"Huy, ate Thea." Bulong ni Helena sa tabi ko.
"Ah... Helena... bakit?"
Helena is a model from the same agency as I am. Hindi ko siya masyadong nakakatrabaho, which is surprising. She is really nice but loud, as loud as Keira and Eirene. I guess it's also surprising that they rarely hang out kahit na sinasabi nilang tatlo na miss na miss nila ang isa't-isa.
She also has a lovely boyfriend... that is not her boss, tangina.
"Kinakamusta lang kita, nalulutang ka, anyare? Nervous?" She adds and leaned her head on my shoulder.
Pareho kaming naghihintay sa may gilid habang pinapanood ang shoot.
Both Mrs. Barbara Cardoza and the photographer are working together to get what they really want out of this campaign. Hindi ko nga lang alam kung kinakabahan ba 'ko sa shoot o dahil baka pinagtatawanan na 'ko ng buong bansa kasi inahas ko ang boss ko?
"I'm okay. Nervous lang talaga. I...kaw?" Hinihingal kong sagot.
"Okay lang din, super nervous pero ang ganda talaga ni Mrs. Cardoza? Kung ganyan ako kaganda, 'di magdedecline ang face card ko forever."
She is pretty. I wish I could really appreciate her beauty from afar but I'm too fucking nervous from this and the fear of hate comments against me.
"Maganda... ka naman, Helena."
"Talaga ba mamshie~? Salamat ha."
"Kamusta... pala boyfriend mo? Relasyon niyong dalawa?"
I have to distract myself. I can worry about the hate comments and rumors later, I have to focus on my job right now. I can't half-ass this, tsaka baka e'to na ang huli kong shoot dahil sa litratong yon.
"Okay naman. Ayaw niya pa ring makipaghiwalay." Tawa niya.
"Masokista ka?" Joke ko pero 'di ako nakangiti.
BINABASA MO ANG
MOMMY ✔️
RomansaLove is the last thing in Alethea Lynette Vargas' list ever after giving birth to her son that means the whole world to her or... so she thought. Alethea's world turned up side down the moment she laid her eyes on the most beautiful man she's ever...
