"I apologize for my late arrival." a cold and baritone voice came out from him.
"Apology accepted!" mabilis na sagot ng babae kanina. I rolled my eyes, she seems so head over heels to that man.
Some heaved a sigh saka tumango, some did not respond, including papa and Mr. Anazo.
"Can we just start the meeting?" I asked with a cold and already annoyed voice.
"Oh, will you wait?!" the girl fired. The nerve of this wench.
"Excuse me?" sagot ko, hindi nakatakas ang isang sarkastikong boses.
"Aria." Papa's voice telling me to back off.
The girl rolled her eyes on me. Kung wala lang sana itong mga board sa harap namin, siguro kanina ko pa ito nasagot. She doesn't even have respect, kilala ba niya itong sinusungit-sungitan niya ngayon?
"The nerve of that wench, pa!" I whispered to papa.
He chuckled a bit, "Don't mind her, Ari, if you don't wanna get stressed."
"You wish." I rolled my eyes saka itinuon na ang paningin sa harap.
I caught the guy staring at me, he smirked saka nag-iwas ng tingin.
What was that?
I shifted on my seat. Sumasakit na ang pwetan ko kaka-upo rito. It doesn't have cushion at all. Damn this place!
"Before anything else I would like to thank you all for coming here. Especially to you, Mr. Cornoval and to your daughter," he paused.
"Aria. She's Aria Theresita Cornoval. The CEO of our company, Mr. Monteros." Papa gladly told him.
I unconsciously rolled my eyes, papa just included my second name! Unfortunately.
"Ahh. Anyway thank you for approving our proposal for this said meeting."
"I haven't had approved anything yet." I retorted with sarcasm.
"Ari." mariin na boses ng aking ama.
Halos umirap ako sa boses ni papa. I know, alright?! Respect then!
Matapos ang kaniyang maiksing introduksyon ay may ibinigay ang kaniyang secretarya na folder sa amin.
Binuksan ko ito at agad nagkunot ng noo nang makita ang blueprint para sa isang malaking proyekto.
"What is this blueprint all about, papa. Does this one have something to do with our company?" I asked. Probably this has something to do with our company, we wouldn't be here if that isn't the case.
"Yes, yes." sabi niya sabay tango.
"My architects and engineers created this blueprint according to what has been planned last year. Mr. Cornoval has given me the privilege to lead the construction of 400-story twin tower building with all standard materials from international hardwood corporation,"
Oh wow, I cannot believe this!
"Have you contacted the international cement company already, Mr. Monteros?" Papa asked.
I looked at him with my piercing eyes. This man should have a lot of discussions to do with me later, I didn't even know he all planned this out, without me knowing.
"Ah yes, about that Mr. Cornoval, The International Cement Company from Estados Unidos declined-"
"What? What do you mean, Mr. Monteros?"
"Sorry to inform you Mr. Cornoval but the company they were relying for 10 years has been supplying them a half substandard of cements. Probably the reason why they declined because they don't want another fault to be dealt with. The company has been filed lots of complaints since last year."
