"Yes."
"Just tell me if you want me there beside you, pupuntahan kita."
"How about your work? It's a big project, you cannot leave just like that." Saad ko.
"Kiana, you are more important than this work. You matter the most out of anything. I can leave everything behind except for you..."
Natigilan ako dahil sa tinuran niya. Until now, wala pa rin akong lakas ng loob para iparamdam sa kaniya ang sakit na hindi naman niya deserve.
The ring that he gave me, i cannot accept it. There's no way that i'm gonna accept it while Archer is still in my heart. I don't want to be unfair with Keifer and if i want to give him a chance, i should let myself heal first.
Hindi deserve ni Keifer ang maging second choice. He deserves to be the first. One of these days, i am going to give back the ring to him. I cannot accept it because marrying him is too much torture for him. He don't deserve being tied to a woman who doesn't love him romantically.
"Fortunato!"
I was so shocked when i heard Ms. Prado's voice. Agad akong lumapit sa kaniya dahil sa tono pa lang ng pananalita niya, mukhang galit na naman siya
"Yes?"
"Pumunta ka sa office ni Architect Reyes. Now!"
Naguguluhan man ay dumiretso ako sa office ni Celine. It is just beside Archer's office. When i looked inside his office ay wala namang tao kaya dumiretso na lang ako sa office ni Celine.
Nang makapasok ako ay nasa loob si Celine kasama ang kaibigan niyang si Ara. Just like Celine, galing rin sa mayamang pamilya si Ara, Ara Mendez. Her family's business is exporting furnitures at minsan ay kasama siya sa mga board meetings dito kaya madalas kaming magkita although i doubt if she knows me.
"Oh? You're here?" Plastik na saad ni Celine.
Hindi ako sumagot. Nanatili lang akong nakatayo habang silang dalawa ay nakatingin sa'kin. They're both holding their champagne glass at halata sa mukha nila na kahit nakangiti, hindi totoo ang mga ngiting 'yon.
"Ano? Tatayo ka lang ba dyan?" Tanong ni Ara.
"Is there anything you need from me?" Tinanong ko na kaagad dahil hindi ako kumportable na nandito sa harapan nila.
"Nothing. We just want to have fun." Si Celine.
She is smirking and i don't like that smirk. I can say that she's being a total bitch now.
"Celine..."
"Architect!" Her voice thundered in the whole room.
Nakita ko ang galit sa mga mata niya pero pilit kong nilabanan 'yon. I don't get her point on calling me here when in fact, i'm not under her team.
In the side of my eyes, nakita ko si Ara na nakangiti lang. Isang nakakainsultong ngiti. Hindi ko maiwasang hindi makaramdam ng inis dahil mukhang natutuwa siyang nakikita akong walang kalaban-laban, but i have no choice. I have to keep silent para matapos na 'to.
"Architect Reyes." I only said with a low tone voice.
"Good. Now, let me tell you an interesting story."
I looked directly at her. I'm having a bad feeling about this one.
"Oh, wait! I haven't introduce to you my friend. Kiana, this is Ara, and Ara, this is Ki-"
"No need to tell her name. Everyone knows her here. She's kinda popular now." Nakangising saad ni Ara.
"Oh, is she?" Si Celine.
BINABASA MO ANG
Serendipity
Romance[Completed] Kiana Fortunato, a young woman who sees her own life as an unfortunate life will fall in love to a young and brilliant engineer and business man of his age, Archer Fajardo. But life isn't really fair, Archer is already in a relationship...
Chapter 40
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