regret (on-going)

Regret 03

I fisted my palms and started punching his back but it feels like nothing to him because he remained stiff and continued walking. He guided me downstairs and we went inside his car after few minutes of walking.

He slid me inside his car - on the passenger's seat and slide me inside before looking at me with his warning look "Stay. There." he whisphered in a hard tone

I crossed my arms below my chest and rolled my eyes before making a face and he just watched me before closing the door and immediately running on the other side of the car and entering it.

He started the engine and started driving away from the bar where that "something" happened. I wanted to ask him about where will we go but he was seriously looking at the road like he's training some idiot human who tried driving school

I sighed heavily and just crossed my arms, I got my phone inside my bag and opened it,

35 messages from different contacts
76 missed calls from different contacts

touch to open

I slid on it and typed my password before reading each messages I saw.

From: BFFs 💅✨

Allice: @Maxine where are you? please answer our calls. We're really worried. 🥺

Alliana: bff @Maxine chat us na, it's not funny anymore.

Santi: I saw her yesterday, dancing on the dance floor and someone approached her and then she was smiling, I don't know what they were talking 'bout but they held each other's body and then shoo! they're already gone from my sight.

Bella: Hello bffs, heard that @Maxine was with the bar's owner. Don't worry, I got her. 😉 She's in a good hands. 👌🏻

Alliana: Proven & Tested ba 'yang source mo @Bella ?

Bella: of course! ako pa ba?!

Allice: buti na lang talaga, halos isang baranggay ang kaibigan ni @Bella kung hindi baka namuti na ang buhok natin kakahanap kay @Maxine

Alliana: what do you think happened, bakit hindi pa rin siya nagrereply? ☹️

Bella: iykyk 😉

I rolled my eyes, bella and her green minded side. She's always right when it comes to this.

I rolled my eyes and typed a reply.

Me: I'm still alive and breathing.

three of them immediately seened my message - of course, santi is exception.

Bella: how many times it happened?

Alliana: @Bella it was just the whole night, not a whole week. 🙄

Bella: lots of things can in every hour. 😌

Me: nothing happened between us.

I lied. I needed to. Ayoko naman na malaman nilang isinuko ko ang bataan sa kung sino lang. We need to be practical, especially that he's somehow not a well-known and I am. Kailangan ko na siyang kalimutan at kung ano man ang aksidenteng nangyari sa pagitan namin, I love my work and the environment I am working on so much and I do hope that he'll agree with the decision I made.

I still need to hide this as much as I can. There's no way of just forgetting about this because I clearly know that we're both practical and we just need to forget about what happened. That's all. And I do hope that he'll bite my excuses because I don't want anything to be depended on him.

"We're here." he announced, making me go back to the present.

I sighed deeply, he's really hard-headed to still keep me after what happened to us.

I think that I'll just talk to him upstairs. That's a great idea.

I saw him opened the door on my side so I just went outside and walked with him, I was wearing a facemask to hide my face and identity in public, gladly I remembered to put my contact lens on my eyes before leaving the room, so my disguise will really work.

"Good morning, mister yuchengco." a girl bowed to him in 30°

He smiled "Good morning, yena." he greeted back, the girl blushed and her eyes widen upon hearing their boss greet her, I heard the girl beside her silently squealed like they were very happy to see him smile at them

was he a bad boss? because the employees looks shock everytime he'd smile at them and their judging eyes would look at me. I don't even like it here, why the hell is their elevator far from the front desk?! I can't even walk properly that I need him to guide my arms without making it obvious that i can't walk.

"Mister Yuchengco," A girl approached us and he gave each of us a 90° bow.

I smiled and bowed a bit.

She took a step to the side to make it obvious that he was talking to his boss "Mister Yuchengco-"

"Just send those things to my inbox, we'll discuss it privately - maybe next time." He smiled and the girl gave us a warm smile again before stepping to the side to give us a way to walk on

I smiled thru my mask and walked pass her, he opened the door for me and smiled before straighting his arms to welcome me inside his office. I silently wimped.

"Let's talk now." I started

He put both of his feet at the top of his table and crossed his fingers altogether below his chin "What would you like us to talk about?" he said

I crossed my arms and put my bag on his table "I wanted both of us to agree to just forget what happened between us - let's both don't-"

"You want me to forget what happened... last night?" he asked and I nodded

I saw his jaw clenched "No." he stubbornly said

"But I have a career infront of me! And we can't just ruin it - that's why we should both agree to not talk about it and just forget everything that happened!" I told him

"No one will erase that part, we will still remember it and no one's revealing it. Stop with those nonsense words of yours because I'm not believing it." he calmly told me, from how he looks at me, it is clear that he was just trying to control his emotions.

I frustratedly comb my hair using my fingers "But I have an image to protect!" I hissed

"and so do I." he sarcastically answered

"Yuchengco naman!" naiiyak kong tawag sa kaniya

I stopped when I realized its double-meaning.

He smiled.

"Bahala ka nga diyan sa buhay mo, go and fuck yourself - wag mo lang akong idadamay!" I shouted before turning my back and leaving his company.