Untamed Butterfly (Completed)

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Untamed Butterfly

Giovanni

After our "small fight", ay hindi na bumalik pa sa kanyang opisina si Sapphire. The nerve of her na umalis ng walang paalam? That girl. Hindi ko na alam kung paano i control ang ugali niya. And why do you like to control her? I thought you like her being carefree. Ipinilig ko ang aking ulo. Ilang araw na lang naman at babalik na siya kay Christopher. Makalipas ang ilang minuto ay agad ko namang natapos ang minutes na para sa meeting. Like the other years, we will now have our Team Building, this is just a short notice, but I think, we all need this now. Besides, nakaraos naman na kami sa unang Fashion Event ng kumpanya para sa taong ito. I know, karamihan sa mga staff ay drained at exhausted, so I decided to do it within this week.

I'm sure there will be no problem with the venue, since the owner is a good friend of mine, anytime I could rent it, and I'm sure he can't say no to me. Transportation of almost a hundred eighty employees will not be a problem too. So I guess, all will be good.

After the meeting, ay muli na akong bumalik sa opisina para naman mag follow up sa Eagles Eye, ang private investigation company ni Xavier. Unfortunately, they didn't find suspicious activities around my house for the past 24 hours. Bumuntong hininga ako. What can I do para matapos na ang misteryong ito ng aking pamilya? I want to move on with my life. I feel tired of waking up in the middle of the night, being hunted by those nightmares. I'm not afraid of them. If they want to kill me too, then they have to do it, bago ko pa sila maunahan. Ilang taon ko na rin namang hinihintay kung babalikan pa nila ako, since I manage to survive that night. But me, being the heir of DeAntonio's, I know I have to take care of myself, to the point that I have to have a bodyguard, though having a personal bodyguard like Marco, wasn't my idea. It was Mommy. Kahit ilang ulit kong sabihin sa kanya na hindi ko iyon kailangan, ay ito pa ang nag hire kay Marco, three years ago. Marco was Geanna's personal bodyguard for a year, but my cousin doesn't want to be treated as a little girl according to her, she was a spoiled bratt. Mabuti na lang kahit paano mula ng magkaroon siya ng trabaho sa kumpanya, ay nagtino ito. Though, I could feel something happened between the two of them. I'm just not sure, even I and Geanna were close as true siblings, I'm not the kind of person who snoop around other's business. I prefer Marco to be with Mommy all the time, siya lang kasi ang pinagkakatiwalaan ko sa lahat. I just call him kung kailangan ko siya, o kung may ipagagawa ako sa kanya, pero kung wala, mas gusto kong siya ang kasama ni Mommy. Ngayon ay halos hindi ko na siya isinasama sa mga lakad ko, specially that Mommy has alzheimer's. But now, I'm thinking that maybe I could also give him a break.

I let out a sigh. Ilang buwan na lang rin at sasapit na ang 30th birthday ko. Which means, madaragdagan na ang mga responsibilidad ko, dahil pagsapit ng araw na iyon, ay malilipat na rin sa akin ang mana ng aming pamilya. Properties such as Farms, villas, business like garment factories, my Papa's wine business.  At marami pang iba, na wala naman akong interes. Dahil aanhin ko ba ang mga iyon? What will I do with a lot of money? It will never make my life complete again. It doesn't matter. Sapat na sakin ang nagiisang kumpanyang hinahawakan ko ngayon. At kontento na ako kung anong meron ako ngayon.

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I knew it. She will not come to work. Bahagya ko pang sinilip ang kanyang desk, kung naroon ang kanyang mga gamit, pero wala. Bumuntong hininga ako tumuloy sa aking opisina. Sa ganitong oras, pagdating ko palang ay sumusunod na ito para ipagtimpla ako ng kape. What I like the most with the coffee she makes is that, it has the same taste with Mama. Dahil kung meron man akong pagmamanahan ng pagkahilig ko sa kape, yun ay kay Mama, siya ang dahilan kung bakit bata pa lang ako ay nahilig na ako sa kape, whenever we are in the study room, or in their bedroom while she's busy sketching designs, I would ask her to make coffe for us. Yes. She is a designer. A good artist. A good mother for me and Angelina. Muli ay nagbuntong hininga ako. Nagiging habit ko na ang pagbubuntong hininga, I don't know why. I tried to open the folders on my table to see the designer's sketches. But I don't have any interest for it today. So I open my email to see if there is an important mail for me, nothing. Then I checked the status of pending projects, and proposals. Pakiramdam ko ay lumalaki ang ulo ko sa dami ng mga iyon.