THE ONE by Khamya Rafiq (Series 4)

Chapter 1.2

KHAMYA's POV

  Friday, 1:35 PM

When I arrived at the meeting place, Dr.Karina Santos wasn't around. So I tried to call her, but for the nth time, she's not answering her phone, yet I didn't give up.

"Where the heck is that doctor anyway?Tsk! I'm gonna make that doc plead for her life for making me wait for hours!" Suddenly blurted by a man who's sitting behind me. I glanced at him and his annoyed face awkwardly smiled at me which I returned with a blank face.

I dialed Dr.Santos' number again.

"Thank God you finally answered Karina! Where are you?" I said the moment she answered the call.

"Oh Khamya, I was gonna ask you the same thing."

"I'm already here. Where are you?"

"Something suddenly came up so I can't meet you there-"

"What?" I exclaimed as I cut her in her words.

"I can't leave the lab right now but I sent someone to fetch you since you aren't familiar with the PBRC extension. He must be there for a while now. You haven't met him yet?"

"It's obvious I haven't or else I won't be freaking out right now. And who's this person you're talking about Karina?"

But before she answered, a man cleared his throat behind me and I looked at him.

"I think that someone is me. You must be Dra. Khamya Licerio?"

"Rafiq." I added.

"You saw him?" Karina asked.

"Yeah. I think I found him." I looked at him from head to toe and back to head. "Let's just talk later Karina, someone said to make me pay and plead for my life a while ago." I sarcastically said, putting weight in every word of it then cut the call.

I crossed my arms, arc my brows and looked at him. "So how are you suppose to make that heck doctor plead for her life?" I sarcastically asked and he contritely smiled at me.

"Hey, you can't blame. You're late with the time agreement and I got pissed when Dra.Santos called me when I'm off duty today, plus, I don't like it when someone made me wait for them and waste my precious time."

"Then why did you become a scientist if patience is an issue for you. Tsk!" I smirked. Then started to walk.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"To the lab extension." I immediately answered.

"Your agreement with Dra. Santos was a lunch meeting. I arrived here 11:30 and now its almost 2 PM. I haven't eaten a single bread for the day and now we'll just leave without grabbing anything eat?" He said as if my idea was a total hilarious thing on earth.

"Is that suppose to be a problem? Then let's just grab a bite on the way to the lab. You hate to waste your precious time, right?" I said and rolled my eyes and the end of it.

"You're unbelievable!" He took his bonnet out of his head and run his fingers to his hair. "You're the total opposite of what I expected."

"Excuse me?"

"I thought you're another geek who wears a rugged pants and long sleeves with a messy hair. But at least you're kind in my thoughts. But seeing you now, you're the most annoying girl in town but kinda....hot."

I look daggers on him then exasperatedly sighed as I decided to never mind his remarks."

"Lead the way to the extension and I'll follow you with my car." I blandly said.