We Got Married

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER ONE

ANDREA CLAIRE ROXAS

The elevator pinged and the door opened. I walked towards the only door that occupies that floor.

"Si Xander?" tanong ko sa secretary nya.

"Nasa office nya po Mam" sagot nung secretary nya.

"May kameeting?"

"Wala po"

Tumango ako't diredirechong pumasok sa opisina ng boss ko.

"What the fuck is wrong with you Alexander Lopez?!" bungad ko sa kanya.

"What are you talking about?" sabi nya without even looking.

"This, shitface!" tapos binato ko sa kanya yung papel na hawak ko.

Pagpasok na pagpasok ko, eto agad bumungad sa table ko.

"You do know you can't curse your boss like that, don't you?" sabay tingin sakin with a smug look on his face.

It didn't even bother him that I just balled up a memo and threw it in his face.

"Oh shut it! Bakit mo pina-cancel yung trabaho ko sa New Jersey???" galit na galit kong sigaw sa kanya.

"Ms. Roxas, kababalik mo pa lang galing New York, di pa nga nagiinit yang pwet mo sa opisina, aalis ka nanaman?? For three weeks pa?" he explained it to me like I'm a four-year-old kid.

"But I just finished my other projects para jan!!!" maktol ko.

"Well then I'll just give you a new one"

Tapos may binusisi siya sa table nya.

"Xander you can't do this to me!"

"I can and I just did. I've already signed it so it's done Andrea"

"Xander!!

"Here, your new project" sabay abot sakin ng panibagong project folder.

I angrily took the folder.

"Arrrgghh!!! You are so frustrating!!"

Tinawanan lang nya ko and I gave him the finger.

Fuck him! Sayang yun!! Three weeks sana of Alexander Joaquin Lopez-free life!! Leshe talaga!!

Shit siya! Shit!!

Inis akong bumalik sa floor ko, at padabog pumunta sa table ko.

I'm a licensed Interior Designer. Sa sobrang galing ko, ako madalas ang pinapadala sa ibang bansa ng kompanyang toh, ang LopezLand Corp., particularly ng architecture and design firm nila. Ako ang nagde-design ng interior ng bago nilang hotels, resorts, condominiums and houses ng mga rich clients nila.

Hindi naman ako mahirap. My family's filthy rich and I have a million-dollar and million-peso bank account which I never use. Ayoko kasi dumepende sa pamilya ko. But still kahit hindi ko ginagamit yun, I'm rich. I'm a club owner and a freelance photographer before in the States.

When the offer came from them two years ago, I couldn't say no. Pinaubaya ko yung mga club ko sa mga kaibigan ko, co-owner na lang ako. And I stopped my photography stint, kahit medyo sayang kasi malaki kita ko dun.

That's how much I love designing.

Kung hindi ko lang mahal tong trabahong toh matagal ko na toh nilayasan eh.

Sabagay I can quit anytime, may business naman ako.

But still... I love this job too much to quit.