Love Operation: Don't Become The Villainess

CHAPTER 24: ...

A/N: I planned for this story to just be an easy read with a light plot. Things might actually go heavier and deeper than I initially thought... Didn't really see this coming. You'll understand what I mean in the later chapters. Sorry 'bout that > <

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

AUGUST 14, 20**

8:01 PM (UTC/GMT -8)

San Francisco, California. A state of the United States famous for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, Palace of Fine Arts and many more.

We left the Manila, Philippines at 11:00 AM of August 15 but arrived at California on 7:00 PM of August 14 because California's time zone is 16 hours behind Manila but the flight was more than 12 hours long.

We have arrived at our mansion here in San Francisco. Kung ikukumpara, mas malaki ang mansyon namin sa Pilipinas but the mansion we have here is still big enough. We have a mansion here too because my Mother was originally from California. She only moved to the Philippines when she married Father.

Kasalukuyan akong nasa kwarto ko na, nakaupo sa kama. One thing I didn't expect, my room here compared to my room back in the Philippines is much more... livelier? Ang kulay ng kwarto ko sa Pinas ay white accentuated with wood and a few beiged-colored furnitures. It was also too neat and clean.

Pero rito... the theme of the room is the same: white accentuated with wood but instead of just beige, the furnitures are also in different shades of pink, most of which are in the colors of cherry blossoms. Pagpasok sa kwarto, merong isang maliit na hallway (the right side is trimmed white concrete with framed certificates of her achievements hanging, including her taekwondo belts and school medals while the left is a wall of patterned frosted glass). The whole flooring is beige wooden tiles. Up ahead of the hallway is a dead end, a lone ninety-five centimeter fiddle leaf potted plant stood. But on the left, there is a doorway to the bedroom.

Pagpasok roon ay sasalubong ang isang queen-sized bed with a beige-colored upholstered frame sa pinakalikod ng malawak at malaking kwarto. The upholstered headboard is built-in the back wall with patterned mirrors on each side reaching the ceilings. There are also side tables with table lamps on both sides. The pillows are in white and different shades of pink. On the right side, a floor-to-ceiling window covered with cherry blossom pink layered curtains.

On the left side, a fancy console table with a chair below another patterned mirror reflecting another potted plant by the windows on the right side. Beside it, a door leading to her huge walk-in closet with its own dressing table. Naroroon na rin at nakaayos sa mga wooden cabinet ang lahat ng mga kagamitan niya.

I don't know if it's a good sign that I'm already getting used to such luxury.

Ako lang mag-isa ang bumiyahe patungo rito dahil ako lang naman daw ang kailangang pumunta rito sabi ng aking Ina pero gusto ko sana siya tanungin kung pwede niya ba ako samahan kasi natatakot ako dahil eto ang pinakaunang beses na nag-abroad ako (as Yara) but of course she doesn't know that so right now I'm suffering, huhu.

Buti na lang ang mga tauhan namin rito ang lumapit na sa akin paglabas na paglabas ko ng airport para sunduin ako. Tila sobrang bantay talaga ang ginawa nila sa aking paghihintay kaya medyo nabawasan ang pag-aalala ko.

I feel like Catherine's body is used to these long flights across the world so I'm not really feeling physically ill right now like fatigue or exhaustion maliban psychologically--I am getting anxious, nervous and confused by the second. Eto na ba yung jetlag? I've heard about jetlag before but this is my first time experiencing it.