Love me, Miss Gerona.

1: meeting you

Ferdinand and Imelda walked inside their ancestral home after 10 years of being abroad, interacting to each and everyone of their staff as some were new for their sight. They were greeting and talking to some of the old helpers, until they finally came to the last one.

"Hello Hija, bago ka ba dito?" Asked Imelda who wanted to know the identity of the woman. "Hi po Ma'am, Opo. Bago lang po ako dito." The woman responded with a smile, knowing that the person she was talking to was their Boss' wife.

"Oh. I must say Hija, Ang ganda mo."  Imelda complimented the woman, looking at her from her head to her toes. "Nga pala, What's your name Dear?" Ferdinand questioned the woman who his wife was talking to.

"Maria Leonor Gerona po, Sir" She responded at the couple, nodding shyly as she isn't really the type of person who talks a lot when being asked. "Gerona?" Imelda wondered upon remembering someone who had the familiar surname.

"Opo Madam, Gerona po" she answered. "Is there any chance that you're related to Salvacion Gerona?" Imelda added. "Opo Madam, kamag anak ko po siya" Leni replied, wondering how the woman knew her mother's name.

"Really? Please tell her to come here ha." Imelda told her, now bidding her goodbye at everyone. Waving her arms at them as she walked along her husband up the stairs to rest at their room.

And just as the helpers were about to go back to their usual chores, a man entered inside the home holding a single piece of rose. He then shouted. "Irene!"

That made a young girl rapidly go down the flight of stairs, running closely to the man.

"Kuya!" Irene called out as she ran to her older brother. "I missed you kuya! How are you?" Irene asked looking at his surroundings.

"I'm okay and H-" The man was about to reply when his sister stopped him. "Where's ate Louise? Or wait; Don't tell me hindi naging kayo?" She said, furrowing her brows while crossing her arms together.

It took a few minutes before he answered since he didn't know what to tell his young sister. "Yeah. She decided to date someone else eh" He replied giving her the flower to make her sister stop with the questioning.

"Hala! Thank you Kuya! You're always the sweetest" Irene squealed after receiving the flower from her brother. "Let's go to Mommy, Irene" The man spoke, leading the way upstairs to go to her parents room.

"Yun ba yung anak nila Madam?" Leni asked the old care taker who was looking at his employers walk up the stairs. "Oo Leni, Pogi diba? Crush ko nga yan eh!" Another young maid replied showing her intentions about the man.

The house care taker announced to everyone that they go back to their tasked chores since he knew that It was gonna be a busy day ahead of them.

While in the kitchen, Leni was chopping some carrots when she accidentally cut a bit of her skin from her finger. She gasped as it started to sting and blood was dripping on the chopping board. She hurriedly excused herself and went to the backyard to wash because she thought that the people she was working for was too dramatic on seeing such scenes like that.

"Aray! Di ka kasi tumitingin Leni!" She blamed herself while washing the painful wound. "Grabe ka na talaga Leni, need mo na ayusin pag trabaho mo" She said, rinsing her wound that won't stop from bleeding.

What she didn't know is that someone was watching her. Someone tapped her shoulder which made her jump, knowing that she was all alone in the backyard. "Miss, Are you okay?" Asked the man who was wearing a white top and blue shorts. Her eyes was enlarged when she recognized the man.