Connected Cords

Chapter Four

My mind was still processing while I was staring at her. Elizabeth. Realization hit me like a wild boar. I was clenching my teeth as I felt my blood rushing up to my head. So she could be Greg's girl.

Wala ako sa aking sarili habang tinatanong siya nila Kenneth at Monica tungkol sa mga shoots at shows na naattendan niya. Pinarampa na din siya. All I could was stare at her because she could be my husband's mistress. I stared at her dirty blond hair that was cascading on her shoulders. Her aquamarine eyes, and her white skin. Foreign blood was really evident on her. And I hate this growing insecurity inside me.

My attention was diverted when I felt someone squeezed my thigh. I looked at my side and found Kenneth looking at me questioningly.

"What's wrong?" Mahinang tanong niya at nakatitig ng nag-aalala sa akin.

I clearead my throat and straightened my back. "I'm fine,"

I know that he wasn't that convinced but I was thankful that he quietly let it go. Kenneth knows me more than anyone else and I knew that he was feeling that something was off.

"Do you have a boyfriend, Ms. Elsa?" I suddenly asked and I can already feel the confused look of Kenneth and Monica beside me. I don't usually talk about our model's personal life. But my instinct was realy urging me to do so.

She was still smiling at us, hindi na talaga naalis ang ngiti sa mga labi niya. "Uhm, sadly no." nalulungkot na saad niya.

"Oh, why's that?" I still asked, I wasn't that convinced at first.

"My priority right now is my career, ma'am. And I badly want to be part of this agency." She explained.

Napakagat ako sa ibabang labi ko at huminga ng malalim. "Okay, we'll just contact you if you're in. Go there, and the photographer will take a picture of you. Thank you." I blatantly said while closing her portfolio.

"Thank you, ma'am, sir." Was the last thing I heard from her before I heard the flashing of the camera at the back before the door opened and closed.

Napakadaming Elizabeth sa mundo. Hindi naman siya siguro ang babae ni Greg. Kung siya man iyon ay ang kapal naman ng mukha niyang mag-apply pa dito sa agency ko. Maybe I was just over thinking. Yeah, maybe.

My mind was like floating while the screening went on and on. I just can't erase the images of Greg and his whore in my head. But I know that I shouldn't let them into my system. They will just ruin my day.

"And that's wrap everyone!" Kenneth clapped his hands and the employees inside the studio cheered, and some expelled a heavy sigh because of tiredness. Pagkatapos ay nag-unahan na silang lumabas.

"But, the three of us will be choosing the models that we will send to the designers on Fashion Week." Kenneth announced to Monica and I.

Sabay naman kaming napabuga ng hangin ni Monica. It was already 2 in the afternoon and we're still not having our lunch. Napagdesisyunan kasi namin na tapusin na muna ang screening.

"Let's just take an hour break, yeah?" I proposed which earned an eager nod from the both of them.

"Girl, take out nalang kita ha? May i-memeet kasi ako na boylet. Sandali lang yun. And then we'll talk, okay?" Kenneth said and I just nodded my head and buried my head on my arms that was on the desk.

"Kain lang din ako, Margaux." I heard Monica said and I just waved my hand, dismissing her.

Now I was left alone in the studio. I was enjoying the silence inside the four-cornered room, there wasn't any sound and it was surprisingly peaceful.