Meet Me In Mabini (City Series #2)

Chapter 30

#MMIM30

She looks like a nice girl, di ko maimagine na siya yung tinutukoy na homewrecker sa twitter.

Grabe! Si Seven Salazar inuna tapos si Vance naman? Landi ka girl?

Hey, they actually look good together. At least this one doesn't have a girlfriend hahahaha!

Yikes Vance went to college with her?

Ang chaka niya pala ew mas maganda si Mara!!!!

I closed my assistant's iPad as I read only some of the comments. Hindi ko na hinayaan ang sarili kong magpakain sa mga sinasabi nila. I never asked to be a part of this!

"Oh my gosh!" Rinig kong sigaw sa labas. Naroon naman si Elisa na hawak hawak ang cellphone niya.

"Ano nanaman, Elisa?" I asked her with my forehead creased.

Mukhang nagulat siya sa biglaan kong labas ng opisina at tinago niya agad yung cellphone niya.

"Ma'am, nasa baba daw po si Sir Vance." She smiled. "Katetext lang ng isang kaibigan ko."

Tumikhim ako at sinara yung pintuan ko. Binuksan ko rin lang ulit 'yon para ibalik kay Elisa yung iPad niya. I immediately composed myself, and started checking absolutely nothing on my computer. Nasa microsoft word lang ako at nagsusulat ng grocery list para magmukha akong may ginagawa.

I could already see through the door how everyone was shocked as Vale walked towards my office. Tumikhim ako at binalik ang tingin ko sa screen ng computer ko.

Binuksan niya yung pintuan at pumasok. He immediately closed the door and sat down on the sofa.

Kunot noo niya akong tinignan. It looked like he came from somewhere else, at mukhang galit na galit siya.

"I need to know the truth."

Humalukipkip ako sa sinabi niya.

Tungkol saan naman? Ano ba tinutukoy niya? Bakit ba siya galit? Yung video ba ang tinutukoy niya?

"Anong pinagsasabi mo?" I irritably asked.

"I need to know that I made the right decision." Suminghal si Vale. "Kailangan ko malaman kung totoo ba yung sinasabi ni Mara sa akin."

I sarcastically laughed. So that's what he came here for? Not the fact na sumasabog ang social media dahil sa aming dalawa?

"Ano bang narinig mo?" I asked. "Because everyone seems to be explaining their side except for me."

"Edi i-explain mo." Tumayo siya, kaya naman mas umalab ang galit ko. "Hindi mo naman 'yon magagawa diba? Ilang buwan na ba kayong nagtatago ni Seven?"

This was news to be. Anong ilang buwan? At anong tago?!

"Gano'n ba tingin mo sa akin?!" I chuckled. "Is that really how low you think of me? Na I'll just settle for being a side chick?"

Pumikit si Vale at huminga nang malalim. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Would this girl really go this low just to prove that she's in the right side? At mas maniniwala ba si Vale sa kanya?

Sabagay.. hindi naman na kami magkakilala masyado. He's the Vance Lawrence Enrique, and I'm just his college friend.

"So Mara's making all this stuff up?" He asked in a lower voice, tired from his own rage that hw was suppressing. "You're telling me that I made the right call to not sign that contract with Seven?"

"Ha?! Anong ginawa mo?!" Napa-tayo na rin ako.

Hindi niya naman pwedeng ibase sa akin yung career niya! Seven's music label is the best option for him. I'm sure his agent or manager wouldn't have allowed him to make this decision.