An Affair With My Ex-Boyfriend's Brother

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Ariel's point of view

Kinakabahan ako. It is not as if this is my first time doing on-the-job training. Nag OJT na rin naman ako before nung senior high school, but this one is kind of different. It feels like I'm in the real world of the industry that I want to pursue. Totoong trabaho, may sahod ako rito at talagang empleyado ng Rolierstone Legacy ang mga makakasama ko.

"Ms. Mendoza, di kasama sa job description mo ang pag daydream. Are you still with me?" masungit na sabi nung lalaki sa akin. He's like my brother. A beautiful creature of God, a gay.

"Y-yes po, I'm sorry. Di lang ho ako makapaniwala na nandito na talaga ako sa company at intern niyo pa."

He smiled. "Let's see kung ganyan ka pa rin kapag na meet mo ang boss natin."

"Yung head ng accounting department?"

"Yes. Lalo na ang CEO ng kumpanya. Silang dalawa ang kinakatakutan dito. Mag jowa daw kasi. Maraming nagsasabi. Pero di ako naniniwala, you wanna know why?"

"Why?"

"Atin lang to ah? Delusional ang boss natin. Feeling namin siya lang ang nagpapakalat na mag fiance sila ng CEO natin. But the truth is, they were not."

"Sa kaniya ho ba mismo nanggaling na mag fiance sila ng CEO?"

Umiling siya sa tanong ko. "Hindi. Pero feeling nga namin siya ang nagpakalat ng balitang yun para matakot kaming lahat sa kaniya. Alam mo naman kung gaano namin kamahal ang trabaho dito sa kumpanya. Dugo't pawis ang puhunan namin makapagtrabaho lang dito, hindi biro ang pinagdaanan namin kaya naman takot lang namin makagawa ng mali at matanggal sa trabaho."

"I don't think she's the one behind that gossip."

"Well, we never know. It's just a little thing of ours to her. Di sana to makarating sa kaniya kung ayaw mo nang gulo." Biglang sumungit ang hitsura niya at nakuha pa akong taasan ng kilay.

Naintindihan ko naman. Dahil siguro nakuha ko pang ipagtanggol ang supervisor namin dito sa accounting department, and not being on their side. I'm just being fair with them. Di ko pa alam ang totoo. I'm just stating my opinion to him. Mukhang napasama pa ata sa kaniya ang opinion ko.

"Sir..."

"It's Jayda. Just call me Jayda." He directed me.

"But your name..." Tumingin ako sa ID niya, nakita ko agad ang full name niya, Jayson Wells. "Okay, I get that. Jayda. Beautiful name."

Mabilis niyang tinago ang pangalan sa kaniyang ID as if di ko pa nababasa yun.

"I know right? So, is there anything else that I could do for you?" he asked.

"No." Umiling ako sa tanong niya. "Thank you."

"Nandito sa table mo ang lahat ng kailangan mo. Jared will be here after he submits his report for today to train you. And oh, by the way. Please do well, ayaw namin ng palpak sa department na 'to. Since mabilis kang nakapasok dito sa kumpanya we expect so much from you, don't put shame in our department. Good luck with your work."

I don't know if he's kind or rude to me. What's more important is he was polite and escorted me here to my office table. Thank him for that. He was still the one who approached me first in this facility.

I started fixing things on my table. I checked the papers, double-checked my assignments, and which one I'll handle.

Sa sobrang daming papel sa table ko halos malunod na ako. Imagine, this is just my first day. Hindi yata talaga biro ang mag intern at magtrabaho dito sa kumpanyang to. Mukhang maaga akong tatanda dito sa Rolierstone Legacy, well looking to different workers mukha naman silang hindi stress sa trabaho. Mukhang ako lang yata ang nasstress sa mga papel na nakatambak sa table ko.

"Hi."

"Jared?"

"The one and only, welcome to the team, fresh accountant." He smirked.

There's something in his smirk that makes me annoyed. He's such a cool man. What a good greeting to start a conversation.

"Hello. Nice to meet you. I... uh, don't know where to start in these papers so I.. um, started to this one." I get the report of yesterday's income of The Rolierstone Construction. "What? Did I do something wrong?"

"No. I, uh, was amazed. You're not a beginner, don't you?"

"I study a lot in this field. Of course, I want to be on the top of this endeavor so I must learn a lot, which could be everything in this business. Right?"

"Right. Well, Jayda will investigate that incident. So you shouldn't be working on this one. I'm confused about why you got these papers though."

"It's already in here since Jayda escorted me here to my table."

"She must forget about these reports. I'll ask her to get this later."

"I see, akala ko sa akin nakatoka yung report na yun kaya trinabaho ko."

"It took you only 10 minutes to study that case and almost finish the incident report? Impressive."

Hindi ako nag reply sa sinabi niya. I don't know what to reply though. I chose to be silent instead and gave him a bit smile.

"By the way, it was nice meeting you freshi,"

"Freshi?"

"Oo. Freshi. As in fresh. Bakit?"

"I have a name. It's Ariel." kumunot ang noo ko sa tinawag niya sa akin.

"Bago ka dito sa department namin di ba? So ano ka? Di ba fresh?" tumawa pa siya.

"Ayos ang humor natin ah. Di ko ma reach."

Mas lalo siyang natawa sa sinabi ko. Umalis na siya sa harap ko. Pupuntahan niya yata si Jayson- or let's say Jayda para kunin ang mga paperwork sa table ko.

Inalis ang lahat ng paper na nasa table ko. Finds out di na kami gumagamit halos ng papel. It was all about technology now. Paperless na rin pagdating sa reports and income statement. Jared was there to teach me how to do it on a computer. Though I do have a little knowledge when it comes to it kaya di na ganun kahirap sa akin matutunan mga tinuturo niya sa akin.

"I'm impressed. Really. Just being honest, you're good at your work." Jared couldn't hold his breath. Paulit-ulit niya akong pinupuri. Mabilis ko raw nakukuha ang lahat ng tinuturo niya sa akin. Hindi katulad nung iba niyang trinain before me. "Now I know why they hired you that fast. You were special." There was something to the last word he says.

Hindi ko na lamang pinagtuunan ng pansin. I don't want to be as delusional as our boss like what Jayda says. Mabuti nang mag pokus na lang ako sa trabaho ko at wala ng iba. I just need the certificate, and after I get that, I'm done with this company. Hindi ito ang dream company ko and it will never be. I do have other plans after I graduate. I'm not going to be stuck here like what others did. I am more than that.