Choices in Between

Kabanata 3

Turn around.

I almost cursed all the curse words in the world when my secretary called to inform me that a former client wants to meet me again, personally, to talk about our company's proposal. Yung kaiisa-isang project na hindi ko naisara.

What the fuck does he want this time?

It's already Monday, a couple of days have passed after I went clubbing with Xia. God! Just thinking about what happened that awful night makes me want to vanish literally.

I told my secretary to forward the message to kuya because I'm on leave. Pero mahigpit daw na bilin ng nasabing kliyente na dapat ako ako makipag kita sa kanya.

Para saan pa kung di na din naman nila tinanggap ang propasal na ginawa ako. Ayaw nila ng designs ko so why insist on meeting me? Specially with what happened last Saturday night.

But then, Daddy called and insisted for me to entertain the client. At first medjo nagulat din ako na siya pa mismo ang tumawag sa akin tungkol dito but later on I just realized na baka nga this project is huge at sayang kung babalewalain ang maaari pang tsansa.

And so here I am, in my walk-in closet, having a very hard time deciding what to wear.

I've never been this anxious, but right now I'm telling you. I'm close to being paranoid.

My secretary informed me na sa isang Five Star Hotel kami magkikita ng 'kliyente' ko. I've been to five star hotels numerous times already kaya hindi ko alam kung bakit ngayon lang ako walang maisiip na isuot.

Seriously? What's with me? Or nope, maybe, What's with him? Porket ba Desilva siya ganito na ang epekto niya? Just becasue he's Luke Gabriel Delsiva ay ganto na ako dapat kabahan?

Habang nakikipagtalo sa sarili ko ay pinasadahan ko ng tingin ang kulay gintong orasan na nakasabit malapit sa aking dresser. It's says there that it's already 30 minutes passed 5 in the afternoon.

We're supposed to meet at exactly 7pm so I still have an hour and a half left. Mabuti na lamang at tapos na akong maligo.

After almost losing all my brain cells, I chose to wear a semi-formal dress. Actually parang 'di nga 'to masyadong semi-formal eh but I just chose to wear this instead.

After almost an hour I'm already done.

I'm wearing a backless beige coloured dress that's about 3 inches above my knees. The upper part hugging my body and the lower part is just freely flowing down. It's made of a soft material that's why I feel so comfortable with it. I don't know what's up with backless dresses but I'm just in love with them. I paired it up with a nude pumps and clutch that has the same colour with it. I tied my hair in a lose French braid and just applied a light make up just to highlight my features.

With one last glance on the mirror, I'm off to go.

I must say, I look so much like a lady tonight.

Hindi naman masyadong malayo yung hotel na sinasabi ng sekretarya ko kaya di ako mahuhuli.

But then, just when I thought na makakarating ako sa tamang oras ay hindi yun nagyari dahil sobrang bigat ng traffic.

God. I'm so late! It's already 7:47pm when I arrived at the said hotel.

As soon as my car reached the hotel, I gave my car keys to the assigned valet and went it.

Walking with my chin up, I confidently passed by the people looking at me.

"I'm with Mr. Desilva." I told the receptionist when I got to the reception area.