Allie & Xander #Wattys2015

The Condo

  Happy birthday to Queen S!

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"Alex, you can do this.  Professional ka.  Kayang kaya mo to.  This is strictly business."

Alexandra stood in front of Alexander's unit door giving herself a much needed pep talk.  Hindi nya alam kung paano nya na-survive ang meeting nya with Alexander and her estranged husband.  Kahit hindi naman na sila nagsasama ni David sa isang bubong, hindi pa rin naman sila totally annulled kaya nahirapan pa rin sya na pumagitna sa kanyang asawa at sa kanyang naging fling sa Boracay.  It didn't help na ang gwapo gwapo pa rin ni Alexander at nagawa pa nyang maging attracted sa binata sa harap ng asawa nya.  She felt so...immoral!  Paano nya nagawang isipin yun?  She avoided looking at Alexander na lang dahil nahihiya na sya sa nararamdaman nya.  And what's worse?  Client si Alexander ni David!  She took a few more calming breaths before knocking on the door.  Wala pang ilang segundo ay bumukas na ang pinto.

"Hello, Allie, welcome to my humble abode," Alexander grinned at her at tuluyan ng binuksan ang pinto ng makapasok ang dalaga.

"Good morning, Mr. Genson," she politely greeted him back.

"Mr. Genson?  Ang pormal mo naman," he teased her.

"Well, I am here on official business, Mr. Genson."

"Allie, wala dito si David.  You can drop the formalities."

"Mr. Genson, let's start with the wall color, anong gusto mong paint color?" she got down to business right away.  She put down her bag on the granite island in the kitchen and pulled her huge binder of paint colors out of it. 
Nakuha naman agad ni Alexander kung ano ang ginagawa ng dalaga.  She was ignoring him on purpose.  He smirked and walked over to where Alexandra stood, flipping through the binder's pages. 

"I don't know, what do you suggest?"

"Well, we should keep it neutral to retain the condo's modern feel.  I was thinking something that is neutral, yet warm and inviting," she continued to talk as she flipped to the page she was looking for.

"Hmmm, patingin nga," he walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, his chin resting on her shoulder.  He felt her stiffen at mas lalo pa syang napangiti.

"Mr. Genson," she calmly took his arms off of her waist.  "Malaki ang condo na nabili mo, so I suggest na we keep with a light color to make the room seem even bigger," she turned to look at him and nagulat sya kung gaano kalapit nga ang binata sa kanya.  "What do you think of this color?" she pointed to a paint swatch in her binder.  "We paint your walls this grey taupe color, do a focal wall in this cardamom spice color, and then the trim a clean white."

"The colors are nice..."

"Let me help you visualize," she got her sketch pad and began sketching her vision for his living room.  "I'll do a computer generated image the next time I come here complete with the paint colors.  I'll also have the furniture I visualized in the image, but for now, let's get the paint color out of the way," she smiled at him.

"Okay, I see where you're going with this," he looked at her sketch. 

"Rustic.  Is that okay with you?  I just imagine you as this epitome of masculinity, so something rustic just came to mind."

"I like it," he looked over at her. 

"Now the kitchen," she walked over to the wall that served as a partition between the living room and kitchen, "I want the same lightness, but we can change the color up para hindi naman boring.  We can paint the walls this nice champagne," she pointed to her binder again, "white trim, and dark grey cabinets."