Chapter 39
My Woman
IT has been a whole month since Koen and Jaydee first met. Mas naging maayos ang schedule namin ni Jaydee pagdating sa anak namin.
In the weekdays, Jaydee takes care of Koen since I usually have my duty on the weekdays. Weekends naman ako ang nagbabantay kay Koen.
Koen loves spending his night in his father's house though. Dahil mas gusto ni Koen doon ay halos lagi na rin akong nasa bahay ni Jaydee.
Nang makapasok ako sa loob ng opisina ni Jaydee ay agad kong nakita ang batang lalaki na mahimbing na natutulog sa sofa na nasa tabi.
My eyes landed on a woman standing in front of Jaydee's table. It was his secretary.
"Here are your plane tickets, Sir. The closest flight will be tomorrow at four in the morning," rinig kong saad ng sekretarya niya.
My eyebrows shot up. Dahan-dahan akong pumasok ng opisina nito. They still haven't noticed me since they were busy talking about the said plane ticket.
Aalis si Jaydee? Hindi niya pa iyon nasasabi sa akin.
"Thank you, Stephanie. You can leave the ticket there," rinig kong sagot pabalik ni Jaydee. "Follow up to the extra workloads I asked for earlier? Were you able to collect them already?" pormal at strikto ang boses nitong tanong.
I stayed near the door of his office. Sinandal ko ang likod ko sa pintuan habang pinapanood ang sekretarya nitong maglapag ng makapal na mga papeles sa harapan niya.
"Yes, Sir. These are the last remaining paper works that you asked for. I've also collected the files for the upcoming week, to be delivered to you through your email. I also made extra copies for you to bring back to the Philippines," sagot ng sekretarya nito.
The Philippines? Uuwi ng Pilipinas si Jaydee?
Muling nagpasalamat si Jaydee at agad namang tumango ang babae. When she turned his back at her boss, her eyes immediately landed on me. Napatigil pa ito nang sandali ngunit agad din niya akong nginitian.
"Good evening, Ms. Park," bati nito.
Naglakad ito palapit sa akin habang may hawak-hawak na tablet. Umalis ako mula sa harapan ng pintuan at binigyan ito ng daan para makalabas. Tinanguan ko ito at sinuklian rin ang kanyang ngiti.
"Lock the doors, Stephanie," rinig kong utos ni Jaydee sa secretary niya.
When the door closed, I looked back at the man behind the desk. Hindi na ito nakaupo at nakatutok sa kanyang mga ginagawa. He's now standing on his feet, making his way to me. His hands are inside his black pants.
Our eyes immediately met. Naglakad ako palapit sa kanya. "You're going back to the Philippines?" tanong ko sa kanya.
Tumango ito at humugot ng malalim na hininga. He continued walking to my direction and only stopped when he was inches away from me.
"Kanina ka pa dyan?" His voice was soft, unlike his formal and strict tone earlier.
I had to angle my head just to look up at him. "Enough to learn about your plane ticket at four in the morning," sagot ko.
Sumilay ang maliit na ngisi sa labi nito. Inangat niya ang kamay niya at pinagtuunan ng pansin ang dala-dala kong shoulder bag. He took it from me and carried it all the way to his table. Nilapag niya iyon sa swivel chair niya bago muling bumalik sa akin.
He raised his right hand and caressed my hair. Naka-bun pa ako kaya hinahawi lamang niya ang maiiksing mga buhok na nakatakas mula doon.
"Pagod ka na?" he softly whispered.
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