Sweet Siren From You

Prologue

"This is a huge project, Ada." I smiled at her at tumango, alam ko naman and I am so nervous kasi sobrang pressured ako. My seniors are giving me a lot of good words and nirerecommend nila ako kung kani- kanino

"Don't mess up," Architect Lopez said to me and I nodded before she left my office.

Architect Lopez is not and will never be a fan of me, ewan ko lang pero feeling ko may galit siya sa'kin but I don't want to judge her. Even I, sometimes don't like a person kahit hindi ko kilala and I'm practicing na tigilan na iyon hindi kasi maganda sa pakiramdam.

Agad kong kinuha ang telephone and called my secretary. "Haley, please call Engineer Esquivel for me," utos ko at agad naman siyang nagcomply.

If this project is huge kailangan kong siguraduhin na talagang maayos ang team ko and Kairo is a close friend kaya kong magtrabaho nang mas okay kung siya ang engineer ko.

Pumasok siya sa opisina ko looking so annoyed. "Ikaw! Akala mo 'di ako laging busy," inis na sabi niya sa'kin, kahit kailan talaga napakamapang-asar nito.

Tinawanan ko lang siya at inabot ang folder na binigay sa akin ni Architect Lopez kanina.

"Seriously? Ty corporation?" Tinaas baba ko ang mga kilay ko bilang pagsang-ayon sa kaniya.

"I can't get this project," sabi niya kaya napakunot ang noo ko.

"Ang sama mo," sabi ko sa kaniya using my poker face and he laughed at me.

"Hindi naman dahil ayoko, Ada," sabi niya kaya lalong kumunot ang noo ko sa dahil doon.

"Hindi mo pa nababasa to no?" he asked at umiling ako, 'di ko pa inaaral dahil kabibigay pa lang naman sa akin minutes ago.

"Bakit? Ano ba sabi?" He flipped the page and showed it to me.

"Nakalagay ang civil engineer na kinuha nila apparently the Tys decided on the team." Napatingin ako sa folder at nilapag niya iyon.

"Unfortunately Architect Chung, the civil engineer cannot be me because it's decided to be Engineer De Franco." My lips parted as I saw his full name on the folder with his signature.

Akala ko ba ayaw niya maging engineer?

What made him change his mind?

"Happy working Architect!" Kai said bago sumipol-sipol palabas ng opisina ko.

It's been 7 years? I don't know I lost count. Kilala pa kaya niya ako?

When I got home, I immediately reviewed the project for the Tys and sumasakit ang ulo ko kasi it's a lot of work.

Balak ata nilang tapatan ang City of Dreams, Okada at Solaire. I'm so honored to be the head architect of this huge project, medyo na overwhelmed siguro ako but I'm thankful na kahit may mas veteran sa akin ay pinagkatiwalaan nila ako. I'm still pretty young to be the head of this huge project parang gusto ko maiyak sa saya at kaba.

Sa Friday, may meeting na and gladly sa firm namin gaganapin ang meeting kasi may other engagement si Mr. Ty around the area kaya imbis na sa kanila ay sa amin muna. I don't know how it will go, hindi ko alam paano ko pakikitunguhan si Uno, will I pretend that I don't know him o dapat umakto ako na kakilala ko na siya para mas comfortable ang environment?