Elites 4: Gavin Sanchez [COMPLETED]

CHAPTER 20

Sinubukan na tawagin ni Mutya si Gavin habang naglalakad ito. 

"Chairman!"

Pilit niyang hinabol ito. 

"Chairman!"

Hinihingal na siya nang maabutan niya ito. Bakit ba kasi ang iikli ng biyas niya?

"Fine. Gavin. Masaya ka na?"

"That sounds better doesn't it?" He sweetly said.

Umupo siya sa upuan nila at napakamot nalang sa batok. "Ewan ko sa iyo. May sapi ka nga."

Binigay nalang niya dito ang pagkain nito at tahimik na kumain. Nagsuot din siya ng earphones baka sakaling ma-gets ng boss niya na ayaw niya itong kausapin. Mukhang pinaglalaruan siya nito na hindi niya alam kung bakit.

Naiinis na bumaling siya sa binata nang alisin nito ang earphone niya. 

"I was talking to you, Mutya."

"Ano iyon? Ulitin mo nga."

"I said I was talking to you."

"Anong tawag mo sa akin?"

"Mutya."

The way her name rolled off his lips gave her a feeling of familiarity and at the same time, intimacy. Is that weird.

"Why are we on first name basis? For the past 8 years, you are always Chairman to me and I am always Miss Francisco to you. Ano ba itong pinasok ni Sir Hunter sa isip mo?" She was scrolling her contacts to look for Hunter's number.

"I just want to be closer to you, Mutya. We've been working for so long but I don't even know if we even consider each other friends."

She stopped scrolling and looked up to him. "Ah. Yun lang ba?"

"And we are on vacation. We don't need to be too formal with each other."

Napatango nalang siya rito. "Okay...G-Gavin."

She was back to her phone aimlessly scrolling through social media apps. Naptigil siya nang may ma-realize. The last time she saw Gavin's playful side was when Willow was alive. Napatingin siya sa katabi na abala sa pagbabasa ng libro. 

Can it be? Has he really...moved on? With who? Nalungkot siya sa isiping may nahanap na itong babae na makapagpapasaya na muli rito. That's what what she wanted right? That's her promise to Willow. Pero bakit ayaw niyang makita itong may kasamang ibang babae?

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The vacation is getting weirder and weirder. Ang kinuhang seat ng secretary ni Mr. Espinosa sa eroplano ay business class pero hindi siya single seat. Kumuha ito ng suite. 

Mukha ba talaga silang mag-jowa ng boss niya? Bakit ba laging napagkakamalan sila? Hindi naman sila sweet. Hindi nga sila nagho-holding hands. Mas lalo namang hindi sila nagki-kiss.