All This Time [ON HIATUS]

Chapter 14 - Making decisions in a Sunday morning

Chapter 14 - Making decisions in a Sunday morning

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"If two people are meant to be together, eventually they'll find their way back."

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It's a sunny Sunday morning. Julie and Maqui were at her balcony
having breakfast and enjoying the morning sun. She decided to
meet Maqui during breakfast at her condo instead of going out
to meet at dinner somewhere else.

To be honest, she didn't want to attend mass with her father
because she didn't want to risk seeing the Magalonas at church,
especially Elmo after how the Merger party ended with the two of
them.

So she made an excuse, even though she knew how wrong it is,
she told her Dad that she was going to meet with Maqui, to
inform her about what was discussed at the meeting of Elmo and
her team the previous day that she purposefully did not attend
because she knew that Elmo was going to be there, and she still
hadn't figured out why she kissed him. She fully intended to kiss
him on the cheek but after seeing the look on his face when they
both heard Aiden calling for her, she wanted to ease any
discomfort he felt at that moment, and so she kissed him, a full
blown kiss, which made her thought how much she was enjoying
it and how much she didn't want to stop...ever.

But that train of thought is what made her stop, so she did.

"Julie.... Jules.. hey.."

"Huh?"

"Kanina pa kita tinatawag, naka tulala ka diyan. Okay ka lang ba?" Maqui asked.

"Yeah I'm okay. Sorry I have a lot on my mind."

"I can tell...are you going to share?"

"Maybe... next time. Fill me in on what happened sa meeting with the FMCC team. Anong itinerary, time line ng project, designs,
etc."

"Well, you already know that both teams are going to work side
by side with this project. Since maigsi nalang time natin until the
deadline that both the CEOs of SJC and FMCC gave you and
Elmo, we've all decided to split into two groups. The first group
will go out of town to look for materials that would make this
project a unique one, and inspiration for our artists/designers
narin, so they are going to be in the first group. The second
group will stay here in Manila and head to FMCC and SJC to
foresee things from here." Maqui finished.

"I see. So that means Yassi, Diva, Sef, Steven and Derrick will be
on the first group. Who else?"

"me, Elmo and you will also be on the first group."

"Teka, bakit pati ako?"

"Well, since sainyong dalawa ni Elmo in-assign 'tong project na
'to, dapat lang na kasama kayo, and I quote: to foresee things,
and to be hands on in this project."

Julie had to roll her eyes on that, she had a hunch who said that.

"Why didn't you tell me about this yesterday? I would rather stay
here."

"Kasi nga po sabi mo you were going to spend some quality time
with your fiancé and to not disturb you with anything."

Julie pursed her lips with that. She did say that, and did had
went out with Aiden yesterday to ease her guilty conscience of
what she did, but she wouldn't call what she and Aiden did
"quality time" when all he did was, either, watch his game or
focus his attention on his phone. For short, she almost died of
boredom.