Love Business

xiv

From: Patrick
Good morning bud! See you at the meeting place later? It's vacation week!

As she woke up, she heard her phone receive a message and saw this. She was very excited for LAS and Time Airways' one week vacation. But the truth is, she is just happy to have a vacation with Patrick.

It is already 6:30 in the morning and Audrey had already arrived at their meeting place. She was greeted by some of her employees and met Rizza by the parking.

"Good morning, Ms. Audrey! Excited na po ba kayo for today?" Audrey was looking for someone which Rizza noticed. "Audrey, wala pa si Mr. Lim. Pumunta na po muna tayo doon sa table para makapagcheck po tayo ng attendance." Audrey nodded and they went to the shed to check the attendees of Time Airways and LAS.

30 minutes later, only one blank space is left from the LAS paper and they are ready to go; it was Patrick. "I have been calling him, Audrey. He's not answering." Audrey was a bit worried. Pupunta siya, Nagtext pa nga siya eh. Relax, Drii, relax.

Audrey saw that everyone was getting impatient waiting for Patrick. To stop them from waiting, she took the megaphone from a security guard near and stepped up at a platform. "Good morning guys! Since isa lang naman ang kulang sa atin which is Mr. Lim, mauna na kayo sa resort. You will be accompanied by our assistants, Elly and Rizz. Please cooperate guys. Don't worry. Susunod kami."

A lot of murmuring have occurred after she announced. "Ayaw niyo bang mag-enjoy sa buong week?" They all shouted, 'Of course!'. "So what are you doing? Go now. This vacation's purpose is for all of you to relax. Para sa inyo talaga itong bakasyon na ito. :)"

They all moved into their cars. Audrey called Rizza and Elly. "Rizz, Elly, kayo na bahala sa guide. Alam niyo naman pareho kung saan right?" Both girls nodded. "Are you sure na ikaw na lang ang hihintay kay Mr. Lim? Pwede namang ako na lang." Audrey insisted. "Sige na, ako na bahala. Go." Riz and Elly left and drove away.

As they all left, Audrey sat down at a coffee table, near her car. Suddenly, she received a text message from Rizz:

Audrey, parating na raw si Mr. Lim diyan. Nagtext sakin. 

From that moment, Audrey cannot contain her excitement in seeing Patrick. She cannot keep calm. She has bought 2 cups of coffee and still, Patrick didn't show up.

A couple of minutes later...

"Audrey!" She heard a very familiar voice and as she looked from behind, she saw a very charming face wearing a casual polo with tokong. Ang gwapo niya! 

She immediately ran towards him and gave Patrick a huge tight hug. "Buti at dumating ka!" Patrick hugged back and after at least 5 seconds, both released.

"Akala ko hindi ka na pupunta.." Audrey was making a cute face. 

"Ako? Bakit naman? Nagka-emergency lang sa office kaya I need to rush there. I was dead batt already so I called up my mom to bring to the office my powerbank and luckily, she went fast. Pero, wala na pala akong load kaya hindi kita nasabihan agad."

Audrey was confused. "Eh bakit sabi ni Rizz, nagtext ka kay Rizz?" Patrick was surprised and laughed. "Oh, relax. Nakitext lang ako sa employee ko and I introduced myself sa text ko to Rizz. Luckily, friend ng employee ko si Rizz kaya nakatext ako." Audrey was relieved. "Let's go. Baka hinihintay na tayo ng mga employees natin." Audrey and Patrick went to their respective cars and travelled all the way to the resort.

It wasn't a long trip. It was a weekend so it wasn't traffic. Both parked their cars in their reserved parking space which was beside each other. Patrick immediately got his things and got a bit of Audrey's, too. They simultaneously went inside the resort. It was a bit quiet because it was all theirs for the rest of the week. Patrick insisted that both will give their big share in paying the resort and having it for themselves, including the beach.