My Aloof Man

Chapter 3

HELL

"Here," he said as he dumped another bundle of papers on his table. I briefly looked at it before I raised my brow.

"What are those?" mataray kong tanong sa kanya.

"Papers, Ms. Mendez. If that isn't obvious to you," plainly answered. His voice sounded like I just asked him the dumbest question.

I pressed my lips together before I leered at him. Kailangan bang maging pilosopo 'e nagtatanong lang naman ako? Nakakabwisit talaga siya! 

Alam kong papel yan! I am not blind and I'm definitely not bobo. 

"I obviously know that those are papers, sir," I said, emphasizing the last word. Padabog kong ipinatong ang kamay ko sa ibabaw ng nakatumpok na mga papel. 

"What I meant was what am I going to do with these papers?" I gave him a 

He exasperatedly sighed as if he's already lost his temper. 

"Those are the final reports that you have to re-encode, Ms. Mendez," he said before he returned his gaze on the screen of his laptop and continued typing, dismissing me. 

My eyes widened. 

"What?" I gasped. "Re-encode, you say?" 

He stopped and briefly closed his eyes. Ibinalik niya ang tingin sa akin at hindi na maitago ang inis sa mukha. 

Sige mainis ka diyan! Naiinis din naman ako sayo so patas lang tayo!

"Yes, Ms. Mendez. Do I have to always repeat whatever I say?"

"Nasaan ba kase ang soft copy nito?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"Corrupted," he plainly replied.

"Corrupted," I repeated before I let out a mocking laugh. "Seriously?"

"Yes, seriously. Now will you stop asking questions and just start working? You're dismissed."

"What the hell!" I couldn't help but exclaim. Nakita ko ang bahagyang pagkagulat niya. 

"I've been encoding reports for almost two hours already. Tapos ang dami mo pang pinakuhang mga papeles sa ibang department. I'm so freaking tired!" I yelled. 

"That's your job," he stated. 

My jaw dropped. I swear, this man has an attitude problem. He's a fucking pain in the ass!

Tinaasan niya lang ako ng kilay bago nagpatuloy sa ginagawa. Kaya kahit sobrang pagod na ako, wala akong choice kundi gawin ang inuutos ng lalakeng 'to.

Kinuha ko ang mga papel at padabog na nagmartsa palabas ng opisina niya.

I kept on cussing in my head while encoding the goddamn reports. Nakakainis na talaga! Wala talaga siyang awa! He's so insensitive! Ang sarap niya batuhin ng folders! 

After hours of typing, I finally finished the reports. Sumalampak ako sa upuan pagka-click ko ng save and send. I groaned as I massaged the bridge of my nose. God, I hate being in front of the computer for hours! Sumasakit ang ulo ko. Tapos pinapasakit pa lalo ng nakakainis kong boss.

I tried moving my fingers to stretch them. They are are so tired. Parang naninigas na sila sa ilang oras na pagtatrabaho. I deserve spa and a manicure this weekend. Oh... my feet deserves a spa and a pedi too dahil napagod sila kakalakad kanina. I'll make sure to do that on weekend.

I rose on my feet to stretch my arms and legs for a bit. And then I sat down. I then pressed the intercom to inform my devil of a boss that I have already emailed the reports.