Sweetest Pleasure

Chapter 3

It is a crazy day indeed. I was asked to go up and down to pass to the "the new boss" those things that he needed, ako daw ang magbigay dahil close naman daw kami. I tell them na hindi, yet here they are leaving those things above my table, ang chismis talaga napaka bilis.

"Aurum, pabigay naman ulit nito kay boss"

"lagay mo po muna jaan ma'am para sabay sabay na maipasa ko at isang puntahan nalang"

"okay" at umalis na si ma'am Lhiza

"what the heck is going on? Ikaw Aurum anong plano mo jaan sa mga yan?" sabay turo ni Ate Alex sa mga nasa parers and folders na nasa ibabaw ng table ko

"Dalhin ko daw sa office ni boss. Pwede rin na itapon ko nalang diba?" then tumawa ko

"These things needs to stop  alam mo naman!" seryosong sabi ni ate Alex

"You say! Di nga nila ko binigyan ng gawain, like WTF! seriously! they need to stop, this special treatment needs to stop."

"This is not special treatment dumb ass. Talk to Mr. Cruz and tell him what's going on, bring that papers to him, Everyone is expecting you to do this bringing the papers thingy because he announce that you are his secretary, go leave"

"That's the point! Ayoko pumunta doon"

"at bakit?"

"because I ditched him, kahapon sa cafe ate Jane. I ditched him there at di pa ako nagpapakita sa kanya simula kahapon"

"You what? Yari ka Aurum! lagot ka--"

"Attention everyone please pass the papers I am requesting you all to pass until this day" boses iyon ni Lucas mula sa speaker at mukhang iretado ito.

"That's the cue, bye ate Alex. Dalhin ko na to baka, sugudin ako ng mga may-ari nitong reports na to. Wish me luck, pray for me" then I stand up and put those papers inside a box na hindi naman kalakihan, at di rin ganon ka liit, sakto lang sa halos 20 folders kaya nilagay ko sa box, goodluck sakin, parang na fired ang itsyura ko.

I was walking toward the elevator ng bumukas yon dahil may lumabas, kaya tinakbo ko na ang pagitan. pipindutin ko na sana and close pero may babaeng palingon-lingon pero palapit na rin kaya mabilis pinindot ang close at floor kung saan ako pupunta. How mean I can be? You have no idea, besides masarap sumakay ng elevator ng mag-isa.

Reaching the top floor bring shivers down through my body, kinabahan ako bigla, why is that?

"Mr. Cruz?" tawag nya sa binata

"Come in Aurum, what do you need? And drop the Mr. Cruz, call me Lucas"

"Ahhmm I'm here to bring you this papers -- sabay pakita ng box ba dala ko -- ipinaki suyo nila, and no, I'll call you Mr. Cruz, for the sake of formality" naka ngiting sabi ko

"Who are you to decide? I tell you that not for you to choose, but for you to follow"

"Whatever you say Mr. Cruz"

"So stubborn! Put that thing down, that looks heavy! Oh nevermind!- then he stood up and took the box off my hand then put it above his table -- You though you'll get away from me? You ditch me in that cafe! You need to pay!"

Sabi nya habang naglalakad pabalik sa harapan ko. May hawak na syang small golden envelop mukhang invitation dahil may ribbon itong white or silver? IDK

"You'll pay, and the payment is.... You will accompany me to this party, because you are my plus one, unless you wan't to get fired?"

"Are you threatening me Mr. Cruz?"