My Other Half

6

PAGBUKAS ni Patience ng pintuan, isang familiar na mukha ang bumungad sa kanya. 

          "It's you! You're Mr.  Collins?" gulat niyang tanong.

          He smiled "I'm Blaze Collins,  nice to finally meet you." Inilahad nito ang kanyang kamay.

          Nagdalawang isip muna si Patience kung tatanggapin ba nito ang kamay ni Blaze.  No.  Kung tatanggapin pa ba niya ang project.  Pero ayaw niyang madisappoint sa kanya ang boss niya and the promotion.  She really needed that "Patience Jimenez," wika niya.

          "Please,  sit."

          Umupo si Patience sa katapat na upuan. Hindi niya alam kung bakit kinakabahan siya. She told herself that this will be an easy job,  just like any project na nahawakan niya. Unfortunately this man,  makes it harder to do so. Tiningnan niya ng masinsinan si Blaze. She realized one thing,  kahawig nga niya si Louis.  May mga features siya sa mukha na parehas sila,  like the blue eyes. And the body is really different. Louis's thin while this man infront of her is medium built at kahit naka suit siya,  halatado ang muscular niyang katawan.

          "Do you like what you see?" ani Blaze and he seem mused.

          "Huh? Um…" she blushed. What the hell would I answer to that?

          "You look really different,  classy and elegant.  But I would prefer you naked," he said,  bluntly.

          "I'm sorry? Kung pwede lang,  I'm here to talk about the project." She snapped.

           Tumayo si Blaze at umikot sa papunta sa harapan niya at sumandal sa table nito "Yes.  The project. You'll be working with me,  for month."

          "With you?  In the field?" She asked.

          "Yes,  kasama ako sa mga engineers.  Plus,  I like to be hands on," anito.

          Somehow on her mind,  may ibang meaning ang sinabi nito. And right now she needed to focus on the project,  and distraction like him is the last thing she needs "Okay, kailan magsisimula ang project?"

          "Tomorrow."

          "Kailangan ko 'yong mga design ni Killian.  Para alam ko kung ano ang aayosin at susundan ko," ani Patience.

         "You don't need that. I heard you're good, I want to see your design as well. Saka ko pipiliin ang mas maganda." He was challenging her.

          "What? Magsisimula na tayo bukas, I can't make one sa isang gabi lang," she protested.

         "Yes you can. You were highly recommended by your employer, expect ko the best. Don't disappoint me." Pagka-sabi ni Blaze, naiwan nito si Patience office, still can't believe of everything just happened.

          "MOMMY."

           "Baby, why are you still awake? You need to sleep," wika ni Patience sa anak.

           Napatingin si Patience sa relo, it's 3 am. She had been working non-stop simula nang umuwi ito. In her table mayroong apat na baso doon na pinag-inuman ng kape. Inis na inis siya kay Blaze, sa pagiging bossy nito, sa pagiging arogante at dahil kahit ano'ng galit niya, ay hindi nito magawa. Maybe it's because nakikita niya dito si Louis, physically. At kahit papaano ay thankful siya dahil magkaiba ito ng pag-uugali because her Louis is kind, a gentleman, humble and loving. Everything she fell in love with.