Since He Came

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A loud thump echoed as I throw my phone on the other side of the room. Wala bang magawa ang mga tao sa paligid ko nang maayos?

It's Sunday for God's sake, can't they wait until Monday? It's my freaking day-off. Gosh! I've been working my ass off for the company for like 8 years now and they can't even spare me a day to relax and unload stress?

After my internal rants, I decided to get off my bed and reach for my phone which still surprisingly works despite the visible crack on its screen. The first thing that greets me is the clock icon, showing me the unholy hour that Dalia, my assistant, has decided to wake me up just to face a problem caused by the incompetent heads in the company I'm working in. Freaking 5:00 a.m. I'm still condemning the thought as I paced through the bathroom to take a quick shower.

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A head turner that she is, Hyra who is wearing her usual office attire, strode her way to her office confidently.  Being in the entertainment world, the company is still packed despite the fact that it's Sunday. Everyone who saw her, may it be men or women, no matter how high or low their position in the company is, bows down into her presence. She had proved herself worthy over the years.

From being an On-the-Job trainee of the top performing Entertainment company she climbs up to be the directress of the Marketing Department and now the Vice President for external affairs of the company, and is trusted enough by the CEO to represent him on social gatherings.

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As I neared the conference room, I saw both of my assistants approaching me. Here we go with the troubles.

"Good morning Ms. Vegas, everyone is in the executive conference room for the meeting. Here are the status reports you've asked for." Ever so formal, Dream reported, now walking beside me. I gave my bag to her and browse the report in her tab.

"Thank you Dream. Dalia, have you contacted the CEO's secretary?"

"Yes, I've contacted Mr. Winter's secretary and I found out that the 'kid' will come sooner rather than the scheduled date that you've agreed-with with his boss. Your meeting with the president is scheduled later this evening. I did also asked for the complete agenda of the meeting but Fred was tight-lipped about it." Dalia answered.

"Tsk. Why am I involved in this matter again? Gosh!" I finished reading the report as I reached the conference room.

Snow Flakes Entertainment is one of the top-grossing Entertainment Agency in the Philippines. It houses several renowned artists which made it stand out among other agencies. Yet, the company is under fire after the revelation that the supposed 49-year-old bachelor CEO of the company has a 26-year-old son out of wedlock.

I, together with my public relations team already handled the issue last week. We managed to operate some basic damage control without revealing the identity of the heir. But for some reason, there has been a leakage of information. Quinn Drion Nielles is the most searched name on the web after the 12-midnight issuance-of-article of a well-known online news portal. Articles and news about the SF Ent's heir have spread out since this morning which is why every phone in our department is ringing non-stop.

"Good morning everyone." I greeted as I open the door.

As soon as I entered the room, I was bombarded with questions and violent reactions from the investors and members of the f*ck'n board.

I sat calmly on my seat waited until all of the board members and investors had calm down.

Then I started. "Good morning everyone. Now that all of you had calm down, let us handle this situation in collect and professional way. Shall we?"

The meeting took longer than expected. Convincing and assuring the leeches are quite hard especially that the President went MIA.

"That was one heck of a meeting. Parang nakikipag usap ako sa mga bata." Ako nalang at ang dalawang assistant ko ang natira sa kwarto.

"Dream, send me the minutes of the meeting and furnish a copy to the CEO's Office." Tugon ko kay Dream na siyang nasa kanan ko.

"Noted Ms. Vegas"

We wrapped up the plan for the CEO's bastard. The same plan we had when we discovered his existence, just revised to adapt to the current situation.

"Bring me the 'trouble' in an hour or two. We should brief him on what to do and how to act the soonest possible." I ordered Dalia.

She just giggled then left.

Once I reached my office was left all alone, I started monitoring the issue as I browse my tab. Noticing how the articles of the issue were taken down every 5 minutes, our IT team is indeed on the roll.

I was still monitoring when I heard Dream's voice from the intercom.

"Excuse me Ms. Vegas, Ms. Gonzal--

"YO-YO!" Gabrielle Gonzalvo greeted as she entered my office.

"Got it, Dream. Thanks." I replied while glaring at the intruder.

"Whats up VP!!" Here we go again with her high pitched voice.

"Don't be so loud Rielle." Banta ko habang hinihilot ang aking sentido. She's also one heck of a headache.

"Oh. Buhay ka pa? Alam mo ba kung ilang beses na ka nang binurol sa utak ni Hestia."

"I know. Knowing her temper, it's still a wonder why she hadn't called me yet." I mumbled.

Hestia Romano as the head of our IT team must be the busiest person today.

"Oh, you'll see once she's done." Sagot pa ni Rielle nang natatawa.

I just rolled my eyes and continued monitoring while Rielle sat down on the couch while playing on her phone.

"So when will the 'bastard' arrive?" Rielle asked while still playing on her phone.

"In an hour or two, that is if he accepts our invitation." I answered after glancing at my watch.

"Why are you here anyway?" Balik tanong ko sa batang abala pa rin sa paglalaro sa telepono niya.

She put her phone down then looked at me seriously. How can she shift from one mood to the other that easily? Really.

"Gwapo ba?"

"Eh?"

"Titingnan ko kung gwapo ba ang supposedly pinsan ko." Sagot niya sabay ngiti.

Ugh. This kid! Yun lang naman pala. Bwisit na to.

"Siraulo."

Rielle is the head of Finance department as well as the niece of our CEO.

Rielle's rambling on how shocked she was when her mom told her about her tito's bastard was thankfully cut short due to Dream's interference. 

Dream informed me through the intercom that the 'trouble' has arrived. Oh. He arrived earlier that expected. 

"That was fast. Let him in." I answered.

Let's see how good of a bastard has brought me to restless days.

Pareho naming inabangan ni Rielle ang pag pasok ng lalaki. Ngunit ilang minuto po ang aming hinintay bago kami nakarinig ng katok at munting pagbukas ng pinto.

A head pops out looking shy and fragile.

WTH?

When he noticed our questioning look, he stood straight up and entered the room, blushing.

WTF?

"G-good mo-morning." He stuttered then blush furiously once again.

------------------ To be continued ------------------
Note: Just a quick chapter for the introduction of our main character.

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