Love Me Like I Do

24.

Johanssen Granville. I met him in Los Angeles three years ago. He's a magnate in L.A. but he is so private. I once took a background check on him but it was only limited on what he wanted the public to know.

He's a hot magnate, I must say. Sobrang hot na lahat ata ng business associate ko na babae ay nadadala na niya. Even KC is a big fan of him. I like how he deals with business.

Staring at him right now, standing in front of me like some anointed prince, I must say that he can get a lot hotter than what he already is.

"Mr. Granville, I didn't expect to see you here." Inilahad ko ang kamay ko to shake hands with him but instead his gestures suprised me.

He kissed the back of my hand and caress it gently. It sent chills over my spine. I got uncomfortable immediately but I then recognized this as their culture here. It's a bit normal here. No need to panic.

"Of course you won't." His blue eyes said that he recognized me way back then. Of course, he's one of my business associates pero hindi pa kami masyadong nagkakasama kasi busy siyang tao. I can't seem to get an appointment with him dahil madalas na noon pa ay hindi siya maperme sa iisang lugar. At isa pa, may pinagkakaabalahang medical study at discovery dati at iyon ang focus niya. Though, he has real estate company, hindi niya masyadong focus iyon. Apparently, he is a science devotee. He funded lots of science studies already and had 2 major labs in North America and 1 off-site for back up. The labs were so big, twice as large as SM Seaside sa Cebu.

"I heard from Nadia that you will be catering for her wedding. First in this family. We don't usually allow foreigners to cook for us. We cook for the foreigners and you catering her wedding means something. I'm a bit curious." Walang tigil niyang sabi. Isa lang ang tumatak sa isipan ko. Napatingin ako ulit sa portrait. Fuck! Siya pala talaga.

I heard him chuckle kaya napatingin ako sa kanya ulit. He may had notice my uneasiness. Hindi ko kasi alam kung dapat ba kong magbigay pugay sa kanya or act a businesswoman since he is also a businessman.

"Were you given a tour?" I just nodded. Unable to compose words on my mind while I'm letting the information downed on my brain.

If he's the brother of Nadia, he must be the runaway Marquess of this country who accordingly spent his life to America and built an empire!

Oh gosh, Alexander Johanssen Philip Granville Leichhardt of Liechtenstein! Shit! Of course he is! Nanlaki ang mga mata ko when I realized it.

"You're funny." He said upon looking at my rather anxious face. How doyou face such person? He is so humble and kind. Taliwalas sa usapan tungkol sa kanya. Kung gaano sya kahayop sa negosyo at ilang mga government official na kasama sa mga katiwalaan sa loob ng mga opisina ang kanyang napatalsik.

"Wh-what?" Tanging nasabi ko. I am speechless of his presence in front of me.

"Uh- okay. Anyway, we've met a couple of times in the American Continent. But we didn't have time to talk much. We were once introduced by your friend, KC Geisler."

"Of course, I remember. Sorry, I was just caught off guard about this whole thing. You are the runaway Marquess of Leich. Never thought Leich is Liechtenstein."

"Actually Leich is short of Leichhardt, that's our family name." Tumango lang ako, fascinated with my new discovery.

We talked about business for a while when suddenly Bernie called for my requests were done.

"Thank you, Bernie. You're heck of a chef. We'll call you once we're done." Bernie stepped out of the dining hall, hall because though it's smaller than that of the palace but it was still spacious for a room.