THE DEAL

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She shouted, "Bakit? Hindi ba you told me that extensive tests were conducted and everything signals you 'go'? You were so confident, Carl. What happened? You assured me, 101% that this project will give us a sure win!"

Her employees outside her office remained silent and afraid. They seldom hear Lea shout and be this mad.

"Ma'am, I didn't know this would happen. Kasi during the first batch of tests, sobrang okay po and then I didn't notice the glinch at the end of the--"

"Kahit na. Dapat hindi ka nagbigay ng assurance sa akin. Kasi akala ko, okay lahat. Tapos at the end of the day, ako ang mapeperwisyo. It's not you."

Dawn but her lip and can't help but giggle. She looked at the employees, "Hugot ng boss niyo."

"Go and fix this problem. Now!" she shouted again. Carl, her Marketing Department Head went out of her office with his reddened face.

"Nakakatakot." he mouthed and shook his head before entering his ofice to fix everything.

"Celine!" she called her secretary.

Celine entered her office and saw her massaging her temple, "May white flower ka ba diyan? Damn, my head is aching."

"Migraine, ma'am?" she asked and searched for her whiteflower in one of the cabinets.

"Yeah." she shortly answered.

"Ito po." she handed her the white flower and Lea immediately sniffed it. "Ma'am, emergency meeting daw po sa company ni Mr. Ecleo. His secretary messaged me a minute ago."

She closed her eyes and sighed, "Okay. Get my car ready. We're leaving na. I'll just fix myself." she tells.

Celine left her office and went to the parking lot.

She fixed her white haltered top tucked in her cream culotte. She had a retouch.

She brought her iPad and her phone with her and went straight to the entrance of her company. She saw her car parked in front.

"Drive for me, Celine. I can't drive. My head aches talaga." she tells and entered the car.

Celine nodded and drove off.

They reached the company and saw other CEOs and COOs making their way to the conference hall.

She was massaging her temple when they got inside the elevator. Her migraine got worse.

Biting her lips to lessen pain, she made her way to her chair and sat down, simply greeting all the other people around.

She was busy sniffing the white flower and massaging her temple that she didn't notice that Aga was already sitting next to her. Without looking, she knows it was Aga.

She knows his scent.

After the one-week get away, they didn't talk anymore.

Aga on the other hand was worried sick of how Lea massages her head. He stood up and talked to Celine to ask her if Lea's fine or not.

"Sir, inaatake po ng migraine si ma'am. Kanina pang umaga." she answered.

"Eh, bakit pa siya nagpunta?" he asked.

Celine shrugged her shoulders. "Workaholic si Miss Babes." she teased.

Aga smiled and shook his head before going back to his seat.

The meeting started.

She feels that her migrane doesn't get better.

"There will be a major ad event before the--" Mr. Ecleo stopped and looked at Lea who was obviously outspacing and closing her eyes. "Lea, are you okay?"