How can this be hard?
Exhausted. I'm exhausted for the past ten hours I've been working inside this office. May dadaluhan pa akong meeting mamaya and yet I cannot focus. Wala naman akong hang over. It's just... someone is in my mind. Iniisip ko pa rin siya. Iyong mga sinabi niya kagabi. Naaapektuhan pa rin ako sa mga salitang binitawan niya.
Did I deserve that kind of treatment from him?
Isang katok ng pinto ang nagpatigil sa mga iniisip ko. Tumikhim ako nang makita ang aking sekretarya na may hawak na folder. Tumango na lang ako para maipunta na niya ang folder pero nanatili siyang nakatayo sa gilid ng pintuan.
I was about to say something when someone came in. My jaw dropped when I saw who it was.
"T-the meeting was cancelled, Ma'am Hill. Bu-but the one of our clients want to meet you since he didn't know that the meeting was ca-cancelled."
"Mr. Gomez would like to talk to you Ma'am..."
Hindi niya alam? Ako rin ay ngayon ko lang nalaman pero masiyado atang maaga ang pagpunta niya dito para roon.
Tumaas ang kilay ko sa taong nasa tapat ng pintuan. He looked good and handsome in his suit. A very arrogant Claine is infront of me. His lips were pursed and his eyes is like a deep ocean waiting to crashed the shore. It is intimidating. Kung noon ay mediyo intimidating ang dating niya ngayon mas lumala. The gap is too wide to reach him. Ibang iba na siya.
I wasn't informed the he is one of our clients. Kung nalaman ko lang ay sana napaghandaan ko. I'm aware of my clothes. Skirt and my blouse are... to simple. Sa susunod na meeting ay sisiguraduhin ko ng magdamit ng maganda. Hindi lang naman para maimpress siya! Pati na rin ang mga client namin.
My secretary is waiting for my response. Mediyo napaubo siya dahil sa hindi ko pa pagtugon sa sinabi niya.
"Okay." Iyon lang ang tanging lumabas sa bibig ko.
Wala na akong makapa na salita. Kung tutuusin nga ay tango lang sana pero baka ano pang isipin niya hindi ba? He's here for a business matter. Not some kind of personal things. I guess professionalism must applied. Our conversation last week was not good. And he's not here because of that.
Ang akala ko ay uupo na siya pero nanatili siyang nakatayo roon. The power is too evident for his charisma. A king that can't tame.
"So... Sit here Mr. Gomez," tingin ko sa couch sa aking harapan. "And let's talk about the meeting that has been cancelled. I am sorry-"
Naunahan ako ng sarkastiko nitong tawa.
"I know that you planned it. You know that business is not all about joke, right? Dahil sa huli kong pagkakaalala magaling ka sa ganito. Business."
The way he emphasized the word 'business' has its own way for me to feel insulted. Sa huli niyang pagkakaalam?
