Lay Me By Your Side

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" Sir, Ms. Ang and her team are on their way, emergency meeting daw po, di po kasi sila pwede bukas" carol just called up and inform me about the changes

" tssss. . who gave them the idea na pwede ko silang imeet today?? "

" do you want me to cancel it, sir?"

" wag na . .just send them to the boardroom and inform Ivan about the changes. . and Carol, any moment from now baka dumating na din sina Sarah at and mga bata, ikaw na muna ang mag estima sa kanila"

"yes sir, ako na pong bahala"

Ms. Zen Ang ,she's the daughter of my former business partner, since her father retired already, sya na ang pumalit sa pwesto nito bilang CEO ng AGC , . . unlike her dad, Zen is more strict at pag sinabi nitong gusto ka nyang imeet, you simply don't have a choice but to accept it , dahil kung hindi, ikaw din ang mahihirapan na kunin ang oras nya . .

" sir, they are already inside the boardroom . ., sir Ivan is on his way na din po" carol just informed me

" ok '' yun lang at pumasok na ako sa boardroom

Ms. Ang was accompanied by her secretary and two others.

" hi Matt" at bigla ako nitong hinalikan sa pisngi . .

"hi. . hi everyone, have a seat."

" oh by the way , with me are my two trusted managers, they will be coming with me to Singapore tomorrow, i hope you could join us"

Nagpakilala ang dalawa bilang sina Mr. Andrew Go at Mr. Benj Chua, both are Chinese pero Filipino na din dahil dito sila lumaki . .

" we will just wait for Ivan, then we could start our meeting " i said

" why in a hurry, Matt?"

" my Wife and my kids are coming, i don't want them to wait longer, may importante kaming lakad"

" ganon ba. . eh di simulan na natin ngayon ang meeting" Zen knows how to speak tagalog, dahil dito na din ito lumaki. Sa totoo lang mas gusto kong kameeting ang tatay nito kesa sa kanya, i don't know, pero i feel so awkward talking to her because i know she's flirting with me at alam ito ni Sarah. Sarah once got jealous dahil sa kanya, sobra daw ito kung kumapit sa akin, parang tuko daw, . At first, di ko naman binibigyang malisya ang paglapit nito sa akin, but when Sarah told me that she's not comfortable seeing it, i distance myself para na din di ito maging rason ng pagseselos ni Sarah

" Good day everyone" si Ivan na kakarating lang

" Hello Ivan"

" Hi Zen, mas lalo ka atang gumanda ngayon ah"

" Thank you, buti ka pa, napapansin na gumanda ako, pero itong kaibigan mo " sabi nito sabay tingin sa akin ,

" Ni hindi man lang napapansin ang pagpapaganda ko"patuloy na sabi nito

" kasi si Sarah lang ang nakikita nyang maganda" sabi ni Ivan na

Ikinairap nito

" tama na nga yan, let's start our meeting" sabi ko . agad naman tumalima si Ivan at agad nitong inihanda ang laptop para sa presentation and proposal .