The Bank Client

Chapter 1 - The Transaction

"Officer override please!" Ana called on her officer in order to proceed with the bank transaction that she is catering at the moment.

"Is this the three million check encashment with reservations?" Jessy, her officer asked.

"Yes," she replied. "Ms. Livina is entertaining the client in her office now."

Jessy overrided the transaction and went to get the cash from the cash vault together with their senior teller, Maui.

Livina, the branch manager, came to the tellers' counters with the client.

"Ryan, as you would be opening an account with us, I'd like you to meet our beautiful tellers who will be catering your future transactions. This is Pinky, Pam, Emmy, Lexie, and Ana."

The girls acknowledged Ryan with a smile and a nod, and some greeted him with pleasantries, while Ana just smiled when their eyes met and went back to what she was doing.

Ryan's eyes focused on Ana. It's really her... those eyes and...lips

"I guess your money is being prepared," Livina called on Ryan.  "Ana, just bring the cash to my office please."

"Yes, Ms. Livi."

"Your teller, Ana, she seems familiar to me," Ryan asked the manager while walking back to her office.

"Oh, that girl. That's Ana Ocampo. She started with the bank about six months ago. Although I don't see the need for her to rush in pursuing a career. I personally know her parents. Her dad's an engineer working abroad, and her mom's a freelance event organizer who works from home. She's an only child and she just graduated this year."

"By the way, how's Amanda?" Livina continued. Ryan's mom owns a fashion boutique with branches nationwide. And his dad, Romeo Villareal is an airline owner, who ventured into construction business.

Ryan is an engineer by profession, but he cross-enrolled in some business courses. So aside from handling the construction side of their many businesses, he is also divesting into real estate and manufacturing.

Since he is the sole heir of his parents, and has made a name in the business world, women would  throw themselves at him. He's a player but he has maintained a serious relationship with his long-time girlfriend, one of their flight attendants, Nicole, who broke up with him just a year ago.

"Mom's quite busy with her charity works. She had another foundation put up. It's for those kids of the families who were affected by the typhoon."

"We chatted a week ago. And she said you'll be coming over. Why did you plan on putting up another branch here?" Livina and Amanda were college sorority mates.

"I've been meaning to expand the construction side of our business nationally. And dad had just launched this city as one of the new destinations of our airline company."

"You're really getting ahead of your dad! You're always on the society pages and business pages of the newspapers and magazines. But you're not getting younger anymore, Ryan!"

"Oh come on, Tita, I'm only twenty-eight!"

"That's the right age to marry! Aren't you planning on giving Romeo and Amanda little Ryans?"