The Brotherhood

Chapter 13 (Part 1)

Erin

It's a Wednesday morning and I'm here inside the academy's conference room. Available naman daw to buong araw kaya hiniram ko na. Actually, Tita Faith was curious about why I decided to meet a client here instead of doing it in the W's Hotel. Gumawa na lang ako ng alibi for her to stop asking.

The truth is, I've been avoiding Zeyn and Raven for almost a week now. After nung interview, di muna ako pumunta sa loft. So, I'm meeting my client here, instead.

Client not for business.

I checked the time, she's 10 minutes late. How can a drag racer be late?

Nakatayo ako sa may glass window dito sa conference room when a Koenigsegg Agera RS, a sports car, and currently the fastest street-legal production car in the world, parked beside my McLaren.

I motioned the guard to lead the client to me.

I finished drinking my wine and waited for the answer to my Ethan problems.

As expected, she banged the door open. "Be careful with the glass door!" Sigaw ko.

She's wearing a tight leather pants, black-heeled boots, white tank-top and her pale brown hair with magenta highlights in a messy bun.

Sinaaman niya lang ako ng tingin at umupo sa mesa. Nice manners. "Eh kung pasabugin ko kaya tong building mo?"

"Easy with the threats. I have bugging devices everywhere." I lied. Pero at least napakalma ko siya.

"Fuck you, Wyatt." Sabi niya habang iniinom yung leftover wine ko. I smiled.

"Good morning to you, too, Clarice Ashanti."
She just gave me another death glare. Di ko naman siya masisisi. If the same thing happened to me, I might do something worse than just a glare and dumb threats.

Clary is a famous drag racer who has a grudge on me. Last year kase, nakalaban niya sa drag racing competition si Zyair. At the time, I was filming it for the vlog. And I bribed her manager na ipatalo si Clary for Zyair to win. After the competition, I explained everything to her. I apologized but she was too wrecked about what happened, what I personally did. She lost her title. She also lost her fans because of it.

That's why she hates me, so much.

Alam kong hindi niya ako mapapatawad. But I don't need her forgiveness. I just need her acting skills if she has some, kung wala, I can work on that. And she needs her title back. If she decides to take this deal, it'll be win-win situation for us.

"Just go straight to the point. Ano na namang kailangan mo?!"

I sat beside her and let out my cheery smile, "Kailangan ko ng tulong mo" I said.

She scoffed and stood up, "Nagsasayang ka lang ng oras. Hindi kita tutulungan." She was attempting to leave but I stopped her from leaving using my stiletto.

"Di pa ako tapos, Clary. You'll want to hear this..."
She faced me, still glaring while pursing her magenta-colored lips.

"Do you want to get your title back? I can give you back your popularity by the end of the month."
Natigilan siya. I'm right. She will take this deal.

"I'm listening..."

"So, I'll give you back your title by pulling some strings. It's easy. Ang kapalit, magpapanggap kang fiancée ni Ethan. For a month lang. Just enough to make the people believe na taken nga siya at yung flirty statement niya sa host ng Midnight Talks is a joke. Just enough time to clear his name. Then, after a month, we'll just announce na naghiwalay kayo kasi hindi nag-work. By the time you two broke up, makakalimutan na nila yung issue sa ginawa ni Ethan last Saturday night. See? If you cooperate, we can both fix our problems."