Romancing A Banking Magnate (Full English Version)

Chapter 10

Katrina looked at him in the eyes. She softened the formal look on her face, and donned a flirty smile. She had to, at least, arouse this man's interest. That was what she needed to do. "I'm here because of this..." she mumbled softly as she fluttered her eyelashes. She walked towards his desk, put the canary yellow tote bag that she was holding in her hand on top of the table. She was clutching at the bag the entire time that he was making her knees shudder under his penetrating gaze.

She rummaged through the contents of her bag, then, she pulled a newspaper. She flipped to the pages, and stopped at somewhere where she made a dog-ear as a mark. "This..." She showed the part of the newspaper that she was referring to him, carefully spread the folded page on the table so that he could take a good look.

She was hunting for a job when she got a hold of that newspaper. She was waiting for her turn to be interviewed, and was waiting for the time to pass through reading. That was when something caught her attention. It consumed the whole page, and it was difficult for her not to notice it when the big words were literally screaming in her eyes.

BANKING MAGNATE, LOOKING FOR A WIFE TO BEAR HIM AN HEIR. ONLY LOVELY, HOT WOMEN WITH MATERNAL INSTINCTS NEED APPLY.

The ad took her attention. She couldn't help but read the entire advertisement, which looked ridiculous at first glance. She found out that a very rich man was looking for a wife, and the lucky, chosen one would be paid one million pesos in cold cash, would receive a generous monthly allowance, and would get a big chunk of shares from the family's established banking business.

For someone who was in a dire need to look for money, the ad looked tempting, like an answered prayer to her predicament. So she folded the newspaper and sneakily put it in her bag, keeping it.

When she got home, she texted right away the contact cell phone number that was provided in the ad. Someone answered her text, asking her to email her resume and recent picture to a yahoo email account. Which she did.

She got a call the next day from a woman who introduced herself as Xavier Yuchengco's personal assistant. She was given little information about the filthy, rich banker who was looking for a wife who would bear him an heir. She was informed that she was qualified to apply to the ad, and was given his name and the address where she had to go for a personal interview.

She wrote all the information she needed. She was serious in considering to apply to the ad. But she was from the far South, and she couldn't leave in an instant. There was her sick father who needed to be taken care of. Though Brenda could look after him, she still had to make sure his needs were properly addressed.

It took her two weeks to fix what she needed to do so she could fly to Manila and stay for a few days there, or maybe longer, depending on the outcome of her almost desperate mission. She was hoping for the better, so she took care of the long term plan.

She just arrived in the city yesterday, late at night, and she didn't waste her time. She prepared the next morning to meet the billionaire who had the money to save their farm from foreclosure. Her only hope when they only had one month more to pay off their debt with the bank.

"Please have a seat..." he said, as he took a look at the newspaper that she spread on his desk.

His voice stopped the trail of thoughts in her mind. Her knees were really turning into a jelly, so she sat on the chair that was at the side of his desk. Thank God, she now had a chair to support her weight!

She grabbed her tote bag, and deposited it on her lap. Her hands clutched around the handle, firm and hard, as if her life depended on it.

He scanned the newspaper with his eyes, and when he looked at her again, she saw how his eyes sparked mysteriously. "Oh, so you're applying to this ad?" His voice sounded calm and relaxed.