Inverted Bliss (The other side of love) HIATUS

5th Chapter : The Proposal

5th Chapter : The Proposal

Zia just entered their office when Jessie, her secretary, approached her.

" Ms. Zia .. " anito as she sat behind her desk.

Nagtatanong ang mga matang napatingin sya dito.

" There's a client who wants to speak with you about organizing an event. "

" Sino? " tanong nya.

" A certain Paul Mercado. "

Napakunot noo sya. She doesn't know him. Oh well .. marami pa naman syang hindi kilala sa corporate world dahil bago pa lang ang business nya. 

" He wants to arrange a meeting outside. Actually, from time to time tumatawag sya to confirm about the meeting. "

" That persistent, huh? " di napigilang tanong nya that made her secretary smiled. " Well, go ahead and tell him that I'll meet him this lunch time. "

" Kaya lang he insisted to have a meeting with you over dinner. "

Again, her brow creased sa sinabi ng kaharap. Nakapag set na pala ng time ang client kahit hindi pa sya nito nakakausap.

" Okay. Then dinner time it is. " she told her secretary na mabilis namang tumango before leaving her.

Wala sa sariling sumandal sya sa upuan habang nakatitig sa cellphone nya sa ibabaw ng desk nya. 

' Am I expecting him to call me? '

She immediately removed that thought in her mind. Why would he do that? To apologize for what happened to them last night?

Pakiramdam nya ay namula na naman ang pisngi nya ng maalala iyon. That made her sleepless last night. 

Hanggang ngayon ay nagtataka pa din sya how he got her number. But with his power and resources hindi na din nakapagtataka iyon.

She took a deep breath at nagsimulang mag concentrate sa ginagawa. By lunch time ay tinawagan sya ni Daryl para ayain kumain sa labas. Malapit lang din kasi ang office nito sa kanya.

" Sino yung lalaking naghatid sayo kagabi? " tanong nito habang kumakain sila sa isang japanese restaurant near her office.

Agad syang nag iwas ng tingin dito. Ayaw nyang magsinungaling sa pinsan but she have to dahil overprotective ito pagdating sa kanya.

" A friend. " kiming sagot nya.

" At kailan ka pa nagkaro'n ng kaibigang lalaki? " he interrogated that made her swallow an imaginary lump.

' Haixt! Bakit kasi nasabi pa ni Hans dito na lalaki ang naghatid saken kagabi?! ' 

Obviously naikuento ni Hans kay Daryl dahil ito lang naman ang nakakita kay Arjel kagabi. And as per her cousin's question .. totoo ngang ilag sya sa mga lalaki since then kaya hindi nito maitago ang pagtataka.

" Bagong kakilala lang. " sagot nya. Totoo naman iyon pero wala syang balak magkuento dito. Knowing Daryl na kahit dalawang taon lang naman ang tanda sa kanya kung ituring sya nito as if he's her father.

" With your 23 years of existence ngayon ka lang napalapit sa ibang lalaki to the point that you allow him na ihatid ka. " tila di makapaniwalang wika nito.

Kung alam lang ng pinsan nya kung ano'ng nangyari kagabi at kung sino ang kasama nya malamang ay hindi lang isang linggong sermon ang abutin nya dito.

She was just too glad when he diverted the topic but before they parted their ways ay nag iwan muna ito ng paalala sa kanya.

" You should know him better before you decide to have a relationship with him. "