Billionaire's Obsession (Black Omega Psi Series)

Chapter 20: Game of Hearts

Luciano POV

"Congratulations, Luciano!" tuwang-tuwa na niyakap ako ng President ng Milano Brothers Construction company. Kapatid ni Joseph Milano si Jacob Milano. Dalawa lang silang magkapatid at ang namumuno sa kompanyang itinayo ng mga lolo nila.

"Joseph was right. You'll win this bidding with your genuis design. It's a shame you'll be done working with us. Your graduation is nearing," may panghihinayang na saad ni Jacob saka pinakawalan ako.

Nakaramdam ako ng pagkailang sa mahigpit na yakap ng matanda sa akin.

"Well, his family owns one of the biggest Engineering and constructions firm here in the country, perhaps one day, we can be partners," natatawang nilapitan ako ni Joseph and gave me a brief hug.

I thought there's a meaning behind his lines, ngunit agad kong pinalis iyon sa aking isipan.

"Salamat sa tiwala," sagot ko sabay tingin sa miniature design na nakapatong sa conference table, at pinaghirapan kong tapusin ng isang linggo.

And now, it paid off all the lack of sleep.

Duon ko ibinuhos din ang aking frustrations dahil sa paghihigwalay namin ni Cheska.

My pride was stopping me to reach out to her and talk about what happened. Ask for forgiveness, but I still thought I didn't do anything para humingi ako ng tawad.

I missed her, so enough reason para halikan ko siya.

Para sa akin, she over reacted. Binigyan niya ng hindi magandang meaning matagal kong paghalik dito. Girlffriend ko siya, so para sa alin walang masama duon. Hindi ko naman siya hinubaran.

At habang iniisip ko kung anong nagawa ko, ang tanging rason lang na aking naisip ay baka nabaling na sa lalakeng iyon ang kanyang atensyon.

Nadatnan ko ang dalawang super cozy sa sulok, at hindi masyadong maliwanag sa pwesto nila. Who knows what are they doing.

And I concluded, she was finding a way to diss me. And that was the perfect moment. She made it a big deal ang paghalik ko rito ng matagal.

At sa isiping iyon, naghihimagsik ang kalooban ko.

"So what do you want to do after graduation, Luciano?" tanong ni Joseph. Bumalik ito sa kinauupuan niya. Jacob was watching me with fascination, at nailang ako.

Nakapamulsa ang matanda na hindi nalalayo ang edad kay Joseph, at malapit lang ito sa kanya.

Sa katapat nila nakaupo si Joseph at nanonood lang sa bawat galaw ko.

Sinalansan ko ang aking gamit, leaving the miniature design. That was my final requirement, at dahil nanalo sa bid, which meant mataas ang markang makukuha ko.

"I promise my father to work with him for a few years, then transfer his position to me," matapat kong sagot.

Nakita ko ang panghihinayang na dumaan sa mukha ni Joseph. Kahit papano, the old man was very helpful at motivating sa loob ng ilang buwang pagtatrabaho ko under him.

He was kind and never gave me a hard time. Nuon una palang, he right away seen my potential. Hindi ko alam kung dahil nalaman nitong anak ako ng may-ari ng isang billion-dollar construction firm or dahil nakita talaga niya ang passion ko sa aking kinuhang propesyon.

"Well, we would have you a one of our main engineers kung magbago ang isip mo at gusto mo munang magtrabaho sa iba. At hindi rin ako nawawalan ng pag-asang maging partners tayo one day," nakangiting saad ni Joe.

Ngumiti lang ako. Didn't commented on it, at saka binitbit na ang aking itim na laptop case na naglalaman ng mga papers at laptop ko.

"Oh, by the way," tumayo si Joe ng makita nitong naghahanda na ako paalis.