MORE THAN A MOUTHFUL

Chapter 16- New Perspective

3 weeks later.

HENRY'S POV

"Fûck this shît! It looks like a drawing of a 9 year old kid and you call your self an Archit.ect? A senior Architect?! Do you want me to kick your bälls?!"
Umaalingawngaw sa buong office ko ang malakas kong sigaw.

I dugged my fingers into the paper causing my veins on the back of my hands to pop-up red.

I threw Castro's work onto the floor and creased and crinkled.

"Do that again! And get out of my fûcking office before I throw you out, idiot!"

Agad nitong dinampot ang papel at dali-daling lumabas.

Damn! It was another bad day for me.
Fûck it!
It was not Castro's fault but there was another reason.

Fûck her!
Fûck this whole thing!
At 'yang Reberros na yan, ilang linggo nang walang paramdam. Kung kailan ko kailangan ang hayop saka naman naglahong parang bula!

I decided to call Danilo's personal secretary.
Lalo akong nagngitngit sa galit.
His secretary was on hold after 6 rings.
I slammed the receiver furiously.
I so fûcking hated to be left on hold for no longer than 3 rings!
I hate waiting!

Inis akong tumayo mula sa swivel chair ko. I swung my office door.
Mabibigat ang mga paa ko na tinungo ang table ng secretary ko. Fûck, where is she?!

"Architect Acosta, do you need something?"
I glared at the woman who was smiling sweetly at me. Hindi ko namalayan ang paglapit nito. If I'm not mistaken, she's a junior Architect.
She avoided my glare.

"Where the fûck is my secretary?!"

"S-si M-Maribel po ba, Sir, I, I mean, A-Architect?"

"Damn, fûcking fûcker! You woman, can you use your fûcking brain at least 600 times in every single working day?! My secretary! Where the hell is my secretary?!"

"I, I... t-think she's in the c-comfort room, Sir."

I huffed and spoke in a dangerous tone

"If Maribel doesn't show up at her desk in 45 seconds, I will fire her. Do you, understand, woman?"
She nodded like a scared kitten.

"Let this be a lesson. I want discipline in my firm. Discipline!"
Hindi man lang ako naapektuhan sa pag-iyak nito. Mas lalo ko lang itong ikinairita. Women used to do the waterworks technique to soften someone's heart.
Fûck, I don't have the heart to be fooled by their drama.

I may sound like the boss from hell pero wala akong pakialam.

Bumalik ako sa loob ng office ko.
This pretty much summed up the typical working day in my life right after that fûcking airport incident.

"You're alive!"
Oh great! Just fûcking great for another annoyance.

"Im not pleased to see you, here. I'm fûcking wrap up!"
Maagap na sabi ko kay Danreb na ngayon ay prente nang nakaupo sa chair na nasa harap ng working table ko.

"Really? Saan? Mending your broken heart?"

"Fûck you! I'm all busy getting the new shopping mall designed for next year!"

"Is that so? I thought you're still crawling into a dark hole and shut off your self from the rest of the world after what has happened. Mali pala ako."

"Is that the reason why you're here? To know how did I respond? Well, first I was shocked. Then I was depressed, busted, totally worn out. Then I went out, got drunk and hooked up with the first girl I found."