Downfall Misery Part I | Downfall Trilogy I

Chapter 49

Chapter Forty-Nine
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Kung kailan pakiramdam ko unti-unti na niyang binubuksan ang mundo niya sa akin, na tuluyan ko na siyang makikilala ay doon naman ako sinasampal ng katotohanang napakalayo talaga ng agwat namin sa isa't-isa.

Nakakatakot at napakagulo ng mundo niya.

He's the most powerful man Oz Valdigierro, the infamous leader of the heinous Masked Organization, the formidable President of Zalman Group and the ruthless CEO of Solaiman Enterprises.

While I'm just me, Dolores Elaisha Yuson. My mother died and I don't know who my father was. I only have a pretty face who was blessed with an alluring body and charming personality. I'm just his secretary who has 2,867 pesos and 5 cents in my bank account.

It just happens that Oz was there that night to save me and that he hates men who forced women. It just happens that we met again and I fooled him. It just happens that I was only there, and he loved games that he treated me like a toy. I'm just for fun.

This is just to be a game.

This is supposed to be a game.

Pero sa mga ipinaramdam at mga sinabi niya nitong nakaraang araw ay mukhang mas malalim pa doon ang gusto na niyang mangyari sa aming dalawa.

Hindi ko matingnan si Sir Crusoe sa mga sumunod na araw, hindi pa rin kasi nawawala sa isipan ko ang itsura niya sa conference room. Nakakatawa nga na sinabi kong huwag nila akong iwasan kung ano man ang problema pero heto ako't iniiwasan siya.

I know it's their own way to bring an end and stop the state of disturbance in their company. But it's too brutal.

I hate how they take someone's life for granted.

Nagpatuloy ako sa pagpasok sa pantry kahit nakita ko doon si Heidi, ilang araw ko na rin siyang napapansin na tulala. I know what happened at the conference room traumatized her.

I mean, it frightened me too. I just taught myself to accept it. Maybe it won't disappear nor vanish easily but I learned to isolate every time something like that happened in front of my face.

"How are you?" Tumikhim ako, pormal habang nagsimulang magtimpla ng kape. "How are you coping up?"

I shouldn't care because based on the history between the two of us, we didn't get along. She hates me, and I hate her too, but because I know what it feels like to be really scared and witness death with my own eyes, I think she needs someone who truly understands what she's going through.

Medyo napapiksi pa siya, naguguluhan na bumaling sa'kin pero ng makilala ako at mapagtanto na niya ang nangyayari sa paligid niya ay biglang naging mabagsik ang kanyang mukha.

"Base sa itsura mo ngayon, mukhang sanay na sanay ka na sa mga bagay na gano'n. I didn't even saw any shock in your face. You don't even looked frightened at all. Sa totoo nga ay parang mas mukha ka pang galit." Mapait niyang pasaring. "Mas gumanda nga ang pagpapatakbo ng kompanya simula ng siya ang humawak pero madami pala siyang inililihim. May alam ka ba kung sino talaga siya, Aisha? Totoo ba ang mga narinig natin sa conference room?"

I intently stared at her, showing her through my eyes that she should stop being curious because it was for the better. It's for her own safety too.

"Sometimes, it's better for us to know nothing and just continue with our lives."

Bahaw siyang natawa. "Ito ba ang naging kapalit ng paglapit mo sa CEO? Did he threatened you? Scare you? O baka naman pinangakuan ka niya na siya na ang bahala sa lahat ng kailangan ng kapatid mo kaya kahit nakakatakot siya ay pumayag ka pa rin. Ganoon ka na ba kababa, Aisha? You're even worst than a whore."