ORPHIC

Chapter 7

Malaika's POV

Damn. I looked away as Amara and Sander stared at my eyes intensely. This two are one of my weakness.

"Okay, I'm sorry." I said and raise both of my hands as an act of surrender. Both of them sighed. I know by that time that they are not mad anymore.

"Pasalamat ka talaga mahal kita." Sander said which made me smile. I look at Amara and pout.

"Tigilan mo ako sa kaka pout mo ha." She said. "Teka nga, sabay sabay ba opening ng business mo?" tanong niya pa.

"Yep." I said and nodded. "As you can see now is the opening of my café. Later at 12 pm is for the restaurant and later at 6 will be the opening of the bar."

"Libre ba kami jan?" Sander asked.

"Oo naman." I smirked. Both of them smiled widely. "Oo nga pala mamayang 12 I'll be meeting someone at my restaurant." They look at me confusedly. "It's about my clients for the shoots." I added.

"Iiwan mo kami ulit?" Amara asked and rolled her eyes.

"Ang oa girl ha, sa VIP Room lang kami. May ididiscuss daw about doon sa contract eh." I said.

"Sino bay un client mo?" Sander asked.

"Mr. Kim Sejin daw eh." I reply while looking around at my café. I'm glad that a lot of people came and it looks like they are enjoying it.

"WHAT?" napaigtad ako ng sabay na sumigaw si Sander at Amara. Pati tuloy mga ibang customer ay napatingin samin. Pag tingin ko sakanila ay kita ko ang gulat sa mga mata nila. I looked at them confusedly.

"From Bighit Entertainment ba?" mas lalo ako na curious kung paano nila nakilala.

"Yes, how did you know anyways?" I asked. They looked at me with disbelief and still shocked.

"Tangina bakit ang swerte swerte mo ha?" Sander said. Okay, what's going on?

"Aika baka gusto mo ng personal assistant willing naman ako." Amara said.

"Ano bang meron?" I asked.

"Ewan ko ba sayo kung saang planeta ka galing. Manager ng BTS yun." Sander said. So it's BTS Manager. "Pero Aika willing din naman ako maging PA mo din, kahit walang sweldo okay lang sakin." Dagdag niya.

I looked at them and shook my head. I looked at my watch and saw its almost lunch.

"So let's go to the restaurant." I said. They looked excited. Gutom na siguro sila. For sure madami pang itatanong yang dalawa. We head out and walk towards my restaurant. Yes, magkakalapit lang yung shop ng business ko. Halos 2 store lang ang pagitan. It's Itaewon anyway. As we arrived it's already open. The manager immediately recognized me and went to us to assist us to our room. I reserved a VIP Room for them.

"Order na kayo, tatawagan ko lang saglit si dad." I said to them, they nod. I walked outside and called dad. After few rings he answered.

"Hello anak." he said and smiled at me. I smiled back and change the camera position for him to see the resto. "That's nice, no doubt, anak nga kita." Dagdag niya at tumawa.

"Oo naman dad, ako pa ba." I said and change back the position of my camera for him to see my face.

"Gumaganda ka ata lalo anak, may boyfriend kana ba jan?" he said. Napangiwi ako sa sinabi niya. It's not that I'm bitter, im just not interested for now. "Oh bakit ganyan mukha mo? Wag mo sabihin hindi ka pa nakaka move on sa ex mo?" mas lalo akong napangiwi sa sinabi niya. He knows my ex. Jusko naman si dad ang tagal na nun.

"Dad tigilan mo ako. Excuse me ayaw ko sa cheater." I said and rolled my eyes which made him laugh.

"Kailan mo ako bibigyan ng son-in-law anak? Yung mga kaibigan mo may mga asawa at kareleasyon ikaw lang ang wala." Inaasar niya nanaman ako. Makahingi siya ng jowa akala mo naman talaga, halos hindi niya gusto yung ex ko nun. "Anak please do take pictures of your business, i'll have a meeting anytime soon. I'm sorry." He added.

Mukha ngang busy siya. "It's okay dad, I'll send you the photos later, take care." I said and waved my hands.

"I'm proud of you anak, sige ingat ka jan ha."

As soon as the call ended I walked back to the resto. I'm near to the door when I bumped in to someone. It's a guy. He's wearing a black maong jeans, black turtle neck, blue denim jacket, black cap, and black mask. Mukhang papasok ata sa resto.

"I'm sorry." I said and bow my head. I have gotten used to bowing my head every time I bow my head.

"It's okay, I'm sorry too." he said while looking at my wrist, I guess? As I look at my wrist it's the bracelet. I still wear it, I feel at ease wearing it. I tried taking it off once pero hindi ako mapakali bigla. Mag sasalita pa sana ako ng may tumawag sa apelyido ko kaya lumingon ako sa likod ko.

"Ms. Rios!" as I look to the person who called me it's a tall guy wearing a glass. I looked at him weirdly he seems bothered and keeps looking at the person at my back. The one I bumped in to. I look back at the person and saw him walking in to the resto.

"Yes? How did you know me?" I asked the guy who called me as soon as he was in front of me.

"Good afternoon Ms. Rios. I'm Kim Sejin." He said. Oh he's the manager. I smiled and offered my right hand for a hand shake.

"It's nice meeting you Mr. Kim. I'm Malaika Rios. Shall we go inside and eat? I already reserved a room for us." I said.

"Sure, please do call me Sejin hyung." He said and chuckle. I chuckled and nodded. His older than me anyways, if I could remember you call someone 'hyung' is the male person is older that you. I don't know. I'm still learning.

"Please just call me Malaika also." I said and he nodded also.