Below The Tide (Charity Series #1)

• Thirty Five •

Betina Tiara

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Napaunat ako nang matapos ang another successful email na nagawa ko sa isang company na na-imbitahan ko. Ilan na nga ba ang nagagawa ko? 8? 9? Pang-sampu na nga yata ito at pagnatapos 'to, pwede ko nang ayusin at ilipat ang personal information sa laptop na nasa apartment para ipasa kay Seven.

Oh, speaking of Seven... he's calling right now. Ilang araw din payapa ang tenga ko sa boses n'ya.

"Honey! Why didn’t you pick up? Did you avoid my calls? Did you forget about me already?" narinig ko siyang suminghot, "You had a feast of drinks with me last night... you told me I looked beautiful while chugging the entire glass."

Huh?

Is this Seven? The voice seems a little pitch... kinda sound like a bitch.

"I still remember your adoring touch, but now you ignore my calls and just ditch me? How could you do this to me?! You... you didn’t forget me, did you? You still remember me right?"

I was about to speak when he shouted, "Say it! Say that you remember me!!!"

Seriously...

"Of course I remember you, you were the jerk who pulled me here but thanks to you I’m having fun." nakangising sagot ko sa linya.

"R-Really?! You know I’ve been thinking you all night... and I was thinking what kind of hip hop and hot things we could do tonight..." humagikgik ito, "But you made me mad! I hate you."

Tumayo ako at sumilip sa malaking bintana ng office, "How long are we gonna role-play?"

"Role-play?! Hey, but you called me jerk earlier! After we have fun?! Grrr! You---"

Natahimik siya sa linya. Kinailangan ko pang tignan ang screen ko para malaman kung hinold n'ya ako o binaba na ba n'ya pero sa tingin ko, napagtanto na n'ya na ako si Betina.

"Heya... Seven," I called out flatly.

I heard him gasped, "It’s you?! Oh my goodness holy moly!" his voice came back to its original, "P-Please don’t get me wrong! I was trying to pull a prank on my boss but I ended up dialing your phone without me noticing it. So that’s why I heard an angelic voice..." then whispered in a plain tone, "Joke your voice isn’t angelic at all."

My brow knotted and smirked sarcastically, "Then what do you think your voice is?"

"...handsome?"

"Ew."

Humalakhak siya, "I am Seven! S-e-v-e-n! A man who never quits---! I’m going to try again to my boss. Who knows?! Maybe he’ll fall for it and let me hear him actually begging to me. Hahaha! That will be a blast!"

"Then, goodluck."

"And if this works... I’ll try to come up with a way to mess up with Gavin again. I have tons of work to do so I’m stressed out like crazy!"

Si Gavin na naman ang gusto n'yang pag-tripan? Magpapauto kaya siya ulit?

Napailing ako, "You dummy."

"Hehehe. Don’t tell him, Betina. Now I need to go to prank my boss. Bye-bye!"

Hindi na n'ya ako hinintay pang sumagot at binaba na ang linya. Hindi ko inalis ang tingin ko sa labas ng salamin, aksidente kasing pumasok sa isip ko na nasa tabing fastfood chain lang ng building na ito sina Zen at Hailey.

I'm hoping Zen will help her cheer up. She's so busy with everything and I'm glad to hear that she atleast accept Zen’s lunch friendly date.

Balita ko kasi ay hindi na talaga siya nakakakain ng maayos nitong mga nakaraang araw. She's always having her lunch inside the office, eating only a piece of bread-- while still doing work.