Love On Minimum Wage

Prologue

Sa pinaka top na floor ng sarili niyang building, nakatitig lanh si Enzo sa ilaw ng lungsod habang hawak ang isang baso ng scotch.

He had everything money could buy...
power, influence, and total control..

For months, winorkout niya sa utak niya na si Inari ay isang project lang.
A target to analyze.
Isang magandang laruan na pumasok na kailangan niyang pag aralan, angkinin, at kontrolin.

In his mind, she wasn't a person to love.
She was an itch he needed to scratch,
an object of his possessiveness.

I want her, so I will own her.

At para patunayan na laro lang ang lahat, gumawa si Enzo ng isang nakakapraning na plano.
To dissect her up close, he fake his billionaire identity.
Pinalitan niya ang tailored suits ng murang polo, at pumasok bilang isang simpleng, minimum wage rank and file employee para lang mapalapit kay Inari.

Ang sabi niya sa sarili niya:
Observing her in her element is just part of the acquisition process.
Kapag nakuha ko na siya,
mawawalan din ako ng gana.

He expected a weak, predictable target he could easily manipulate.
Instead, he met a woman who was real.

Sa gitna ng puyat, gutom, at katiting na sweldo, Inari was breathing real air.
She was dynamic, unfiltered, and carried a wild, unshakeable sense of freedom,
isang uri ng kalayaan na kailanman ay hindi naramdaman ni Enzo.

This was no longer a game of control.
She wasn't his project,
he was the one owned by her.

​Naloko ni Enzo ang buong mundo sa pagpapanggap niya, pero ang sarili pala niya ang pinakamalalang nabiktima.

At habang nakatitig siya sa mga mata ni Inari na buong nagtitiwala sa kanya bilang "ordinaryong" kasama nito,
isang tanong na lang ang lumalamon sa kaniya:

​Hanggang kailan niya kayang itago ang totoo, bago siya wawasakin ng sarili niyang kasinungalingan?

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