Love Business

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Patrick got up at 4 am in the morning because he will be travelling to Clark to see their largest hangar. He will be accompanied by Elly, his assistant. Elly knows that she will be picked up by their company car by 5 in the morning but apparently, she was picked up by her boss.

"Sir! Bakit po kayo ang sumundo sa akin? Este, bakit po kayo nandito? Diba po yung company car and susundo sa akin?" Elly asked. She was outside and Patrick just opened his window near Elly.

"Well, nandito na ako. Pumasok ka na at baka ma-traffic pa tayo." Patrick responded with a bossy tone.

Elly got inside the car. Hmm, bossy pa'rin si Sir. Ano kayang dumapong magandang hangin at sinundo niya ako. She looks at his boss who looks happy while driving. Mukhang inspired nanaman. 

"What did you say, Elly?" Patrick looked at Elly who got surprised. "Ay, wala po, Sir. Sige po, tingin na po kayo sa daan." Elly smiled and Patrick smiled back.

While they are on the road, Elly was just looking outside the window because she was a bit bored. "Turn on the radio." Patrick saw his assistant a bit bored because of her gestures. 

"Okay lang po?" Elly was surprised and Patrick nodded. As she turned on the radio, both of them were relaxed on the road.

Patrick and Elly had a long conversation. It was their first time to talk outside of work and get to know each other. Elly didn't feel awkward because she felt that her boss is open to these topics.

At exactly 7:30 in the morning, they had arrived in Clark. They started working. Elly was a bit curious about Patrick. She never knew that he will be that open to her. Ano kaya ang nagpapainspire kay Sir. Or better yet, sino?

***

It was 8 o'clock in the morning when Audrey woke up because of a knock at her door. " Audrey! Kakain na po tayo! Bumaba ka na ha?" Her sister said behind the door. "Sige, Kute. Susunod na." She is a bit sleepy because she slept late.

As she went down for breakfast, she saw her family gossiping about her and as she went near the table, they stopped talking.

While sitting down, lifting her eyebrow up and said, "Alam kong ako pinag-uusapan niyo. Tigilan po natin iyan ha? Tara kumain na tayo."

Everyone looked at each other while eating. Cara and Kute were signalling themselves of whom to start talking. "Bunso! Good luck mamaya ha?" Kute started talking with a little bit of sarcasm.

"Bakit naman good luck, Kute?" Cara asked jokingly to Kute

Kute almost laughed and replied, "Eh, kasi. Bunso, 'wag kang pa-obvious na kinikilig ha? Mahalata ka niyan eh."

There was an awkward silence and they all started laughing except for Audrey. She was a bit pissed but eventually, she laughed with them.

***

Audrey just got out from her bathroom wearing a beautiful floral dress. Her hair's curled down, no ponytails. She's on her nude heels with light make-up on her face. "Ang ganda-ganda naman talaga ng anak ko." Nanay Via complimented her beautiful daughter.

"Hindi ba sobra yung ayos ko?" Audrey was uncomfortable most especially the make-up Cara did on her face. She doesn't use much. 

"Naku, Bes. Okay na okay iyan. Dinner date kaya kayo? You need to be a little bit formal. Mr. Lim kaya ang ka-date mo! Hindi lang kung anong restaurant ang pupuntahan niyo 'no." Cara proudly said.

A horn of a car interrupted their conversation. "Si Patrick na ata iyan." Audrey excitedly said and got her bag and ran towards her door. 

"Hep hep hep! Kami ni Cara muna ang bababa, puwede?" Kute stopped her sister from going down. Audrey nodded and stayed in her room. Nanay Via left her daughter inside her room to look from their open area to see Patrick in the living room.

Patrick was greeted by Cara and Kute as he entered their home. They all sat down in their living room while waiting for Audrey to go down. "Nag-aayos na lang iyon, Sir. Hintay na lang konti." Kute said.

"Patrick na lang po. Okay lang naman. She is worth waiting." Patrick smiled. "Ako po pala si Patrick, partner nila Audrey sa Time Airways. Nice meeting you po." He handed his hand to Kute which Kute shook. Nanay Via went down to see Audrey's date more closer. As Patrick saw her mother, he stood up.

He took Nanay Via's hand and put it on his forehead. "Mano po, Ma'am. Ako po si Patrick. Good evening po." Nanay Via smiled and greeted him also. The three of them started chatting with Patrick. After some time, they already saw Audrey going downstairs. Patrick was mesmerized by her beauty and ran towards the stairs to held her hand while she is going down. This made Cara, Kute and Nanay Via whisper with each other.

They both kissed from cheek to cheek. "You're so gorgeous, Audrey." Patrick inspiringly said, looking at her, only her. "Bola ka talaga, Patrick." Audrey laughed. 

Cara started coughing to disturb the conversation. "Ah, aalis na po kami, Nay." Audrey asked permission to them. "Sige, sige. Salamat, Patrick sa pagsundo. Ingat kayo."

And they got outside their house. They walked towards Patrick's car. She was surprised to see a BMW, which was her favourite car. "Ang ganda ng kotse mo!"

He was looking at Audrey who was so amazed by his black BMW. "Mahilig ka sa car na ganyan?"

"Oo, dream car ko kasi iyan. Lalo na ni Kute, kapatid ko." She smiled and roam around the car admiring the coolness of it. "Parang bagong bili lang. Ang ganda!"

Patrick was staring at Audrey and happily smiled at her. Such a gorgeous lady. I will never let go of this one. She just makes me smile whenever she talks and makes gestures like this. This was what his mind was thinking while looking at a happy Audrey.

He opened the passenger seat door and gave his hand to Audrey, "Let's go, Ms. Perez?"

Audrey stopped and stared at his hand, she nodded and took his hand and went inside the car. And as he went inside his car, they already drove for their first-ever date.