~~~Marius Alden~~~
One week ago...
Sometimes, Marius thought, there just weren't enough hours in the day. He hated to rush, and that made him hates traffic, the usual problem of this society. He tapped his fingers on his lap. Ten more minutes before his executive meeting and it's only five-minute walk away to his building now. He climbed out of his car.
Nakisabay na siya sa paglakad sa mga ibang empleyado na nagmamadali ring makapasok sa kani-kanilang trabaho. Sinalubong siya ng isang empleyado niya at walang sabi-sabing ibinigay ang susi ng kanyang kotse at itinuro kung nasaan ang sasakyan. Papasok na siya sa building niya ng maagaw ang atensyon niya ng isang tawa ng babae. He looked around and found an angel-- literally, she has wings, dressed in white and her long curly hair has flowers.. or whatever she put in that hair of hers. She's having fun with her friends. The way she laugh and move is really a head turner. He find it sexy the way her hair danced with the wind and the way she flipped her hair. They walked pass him at bago pa ito mawala sa paningin niya, he took a picture of her. Sakto naman itong lumingon sa kanya with her sweetest smile. He smiled with satisfaction.
"Bingo!" bulong niya sa sarili habang nakatingin sa screen ng cellphone niya. Pumasok na siya sa building niya. When he reached his office, his secretary greeted him with good morning.
"Find this girl, asap. Know all information about her. Each and every detail of her being." maawtoridad niyang utos at ibinigay ang cellphone niya sa secretary niya.
"Sino to?" takang tanong ni Johnny, his secretary, P.A, best buddy. Palipat-lipat ang tingin nito sa picture sa kanyang cellphone at sa kanya.
"Ipapahanap ko pa ba siya sayo kung kilala ko?" balik tanong niya.
"I mean... tsh. Nevermind. Bakit ka interesado sa kanya?" tanong ulit nito habang sinusundan siya papasok sa opisina siya.
"She's interesting."
"Ha-ha! Ano? Sasagutin mo yung tanong ko o sasagutin?"
"Just do what I say if you want to be my best man." tipid niyang sagot. Kinuha na niya ang dapat kunin at lumabas muli ng office niya. Dumiretso na siya sa conference room. Bago pa siya tuluyang makapasok, narinig niyang napamura si Johnny. Natawa nalang siya.
Who would have thought that he, Marius Alden Villaruel will speak about marriage? At the age of 22, siya na ang namamahala ng company nila. And the last time he checked, marriage was the last thing na gagawin niya sa ngayon. He's too young for commitments. And love is definitely not in his vocabulary. Love is a big word and he's not yet ready for all the dramas. Nasasakal siya sa mga babaeng nalilink sa kanya. They are too clingy. Girls are clingy at gusto nila, nasa kanila ang lahat ng oras mo. But people change, sabi nga nila. So at this instant he wants to marry that angel. He doesn't believe in 'gayuma', pero sa biglaang pag-iba ng pananaw niya sa buhay, para siyang ginayuma ng babaeng iyon sa pamamagitan ng ngiti nito.
"Sir?" tawag sa kanya ng ibang kasamahan niya. He was too pre-occupied to focus, his mind is somewhere else.
"Yes?"
"What's your decision about our proposed expansion?"
"Err.. Great!" wala sa sariling sagot niya. Wala siyang naintindihan sa meeting dahil parang bagong commercial ang anghel sa isipan niya, paulit-ulit na nakikita niya sa isipan niya ang nasaksihan niya kanina. Napansin niyang nakatingin ang mga kasamahan niya sa kanya.
"Meeting adjourned." pagtatapos niya. Nag-ayos na ang mga ito ng mga gamit at nagsilabasan na. He looked at his wristwatch. It's thirty minutes after twelve. Tumayo na rin siya at lumabas ng conference room. Sinalubong siya ni Johnny.
