The Shackled Wife

Scandal 37 - In which the princess learns about the wife

Scandal 37 – In which the princess learns about the wife

One dance turned into three until Anton couldn’t count the drinks he had since Serena dragged Olivia back to the dance floor, he sat by their booth just watching the girls had their fun after all this was their time off from shooting until they fly out tomorrow to Louisiana.

Ralphe sat there with him drinking his shot, “Kamusta pala yung meeting mo?” he asked.

He looked over Ralphe then shrugged, “Ayos lang. Malapit na yung pirmahan ng kontrata, kailangan ko nalang kausapin yung ibang engineers sa project at tanungin kung sino ang gustong sumama sa satellite.”

Ralphe always spilled his drink, “You mean kasama sa space?”

Anton nodded, he himself couldn’t believe it when he first heard the director in NASA telling them about it, they wanted someone up there with the satellite now the only question left was who to send to space. “Instant astronaut.”

Ralphe looked awed, “Wow Ton, ibang klase din pala yang project na yan.”

He smiled, it was. Not only that one of the engineers part of the creating the satellite would be send to space but also the deal was worth half a billion dollars. He hadn’t known it then but when they were finalizing the contract they learned about it.

If it didn’t even work out with NASA, Russia was next on the line offering more than what NASA had offered but Anton had a verbal agreement with NASA already and it wasn’t really about the money, it was the recognition.

“At ngayon nagsisisi ka dahil hindi mo tinanggap yung trabaho na inalok ko sayo dati?” Anton joked. Once, Ralphe had been indecisive with his future, he didn’t like to be an actor forever, he wanted something stable, so Anton offered him a job in his company.

He flat out rejected.

Ralphe laughed, “Dude, I’d never go to space.”

“Bakit naman? Ayaw mo ba yun instant astronaut ka?”

“Nakakatakot kaya. Space yun, hindi mo alam kung anong pwedeng mangyari. At isa pa, rocket yung sasakyan mo para lang dun. No way dude.” Ralphe shuddered.

Anton drank his shot, “Actually, I’m thinking about going up there.”

This time, Ralphe choked on his drink, “What the hell Anton?” he gaped at Anton.

Anton shrugged and it was a good thing that Olivia came strutting back to their booth because Ralphe shut his mouth, his lips tight. Olivia settled beside Anton, “You ready to go?” he asked.

Olivia nodded, “One more dance with you.”