We Inevitably (Book 1)

The Sweet Life

It's a shame that sometimes we tend to overlook things that are happening around us, sometimes when not all the good or the fitting things happened to us, we are easily engulfed with the negativity of everything. We get blinded. We resort to repulsion. We mistake stubbornness for a defense mechanism. We block all sorts of things that we fear might hurt us further, sometimes even love itself.

And then there's just this one person, who's going to knock on your charcoal colored office door, who'll walk right in clutching a brown paper bag with a cute note, short but well thought off. And then she'll greet you good morning, and you'll suddenly see what's the good in that certain morning. It is her. She is the good in the morning, and she'll give you that look like saying, 'Yeah I know what you're thinking', so you'll just smile at each other like idiots.

Jade.

It's funny how even just her name somehow stirs a whole good lot of emotions inside me. She excites me with her presence, she makes my heart race, and my breath hitch.

Jade is unavoidable. She is a genuine mix of good and bad although I couldn't consider it as bad. She can be confident and assertive and then she could be shy and adorable. She can be super sweet and then she'll be fierce. She can protect the people close to her, especially the people she loves, but then she also yearns for someone who'll protect her as much.

Jade is someone you wouldn't want to get passed you. Someone you wouldn't want other people to have. Someone you wouldn't want to hurt. Someone you would want to spend the rest of your life with. Jade is a keeper. And nowadays, it is really tricky and difficult even to find one.

I'm not saying, I was the one destined, fated, or fitting for her alone, because I know she could've had any other millionaire out there with her wit, humor, intelligence and natural beauty. So I guess I was just lucky enough, to be around when she fell from the sky. I was lucky enough, to catch her when she fell, even though I'm pretty sure, I loved her first.

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It's been two years, two years since the most controversial months of ACG Inc., since dad started the company, and it wasn't a bad thing at least for me, although a lot of it has taken it's toll in my life in those months, still it feels superb to finally be able to face what's left untouched in the past, I know dad feels better now at the least bit.

Atlas-Prime was already revered not only in the Philippines but also abroad, we already established an American and European counterpart, which they call Titan and Primus respectively. We also started manufacturing SUVs, AUVs and Coupes on the latter part of the second year in circulation and will be opening our 3rd and 4th outlets in Japan and South Korea hopefully next year if everything will go accordingly in the partnerships with Honda Tokyo and Kia Seoul.

Good changes happened in the duration of those two years in our lives of course, Batchi and Abby ended up together, so they were with us when Jade and I decided to push for the summer holiday, back in the beach house in Thailand. It was so much relaxing and well deserved after everything so we actually stayed there for a good two weeks. We spent the first week in the summer house then another week in Bangkok.

Tito Albert decided to stay in the Philippines after he sold most of the US properties dad has given him for his retirement fund. But he kept the family house there just in case we decide to visit, besides he's already an American citizen too so he needs to be there every few months.

Gabriel got married with his long time girlfriend Angeline last October and was promoted to being the head of their team. Paul finally toned down the playboy status when he met Gerald at the gym one day back in August last year as well.