Always Be My Miss Number 1 [MN1IMH BOOK 2 COMPLETED]

CHAPTER 2

JARED

It's Miles' birthday and I'm late, damn it! It was already nine in the evening and the celebration started at six. If the earlier meeting wasn't that important, I could just postponed and re-schedule it. But, it was. Kasama pa sa meeting na iyon ang Papa ko kaya hindi rin agad ako nakaalis.

I already received tons of messages from her. Ang mga naunang messages niya ay natatanggap ko every fifteen minutes. Tinatanong niya kung tapos na ba ang meeting ko o on the way na ba ako. Pero bandang eight-thirty, kung anu-ano na ang natatanggap ko sa kanya at sunud-sunod pa ang mga iyon.

Where the hell are you? 

Jared! Pupunta ka pa ba?

Bago ka umuwi, gift ko muna! Give it to me! 

It's my birthday and you're ditching me? How dare you!

Hindi ka pa kumakain. Kain ka muna bago biglang-liko. XD

Jared! Nasaktan din ba kita? Aalis ka rin ba at iiwan ako?

Inom tayo pagdating mo! I'm still not drunk, just so you know. Hahaha!

"Fuck. She's wasted," tanging nasambit ko na lang pagkabasa sa huling mensahe niya. Sigurado akong lasing na siya. Because if she wasn't and still sane, she wouldn't send me those messages. Hindi siya madaldal sa text. She would just text me with a simple K-word or no reply at all.

Agad kong pinaharurot ang sasakyan nang mag-green light ang signal. Hindi ko muna pinansin ang muling pagtunog ng message alert tone ng phone ko. I drove as fast as I could just to get on her birthday venue.

Few minutes later, I arrived at the bar. Mabilis kong tinungo ang VIP room kung saan ginaganap ang birthday party. At pagbukas ko pa lang ng steel door, bumungad na agad sa 'kin ang hiyawan ng mga bisita sa loob habang sumasayaw at sumasabay sa tugtog. They were already having fun. Wala sa kanila ang agad na nakapansin sa pagdating ko.

Hinanap ng mga mata ko ang kinaroroonan ni Miles. And there, I saw her in the bar counter, holding her wine glass while talking to a guy sitting next to her. As I was staring at them, they looked somehow close to each other. When I took a glimpse of the guy, it was the first time I saw him. Because among her guy friends, sina Juice at Deus lang ang nakilala ko sa mga ito.

While looking at them talking together, I felt something inside my chest. Is he the ex? hindi ko naiwasang itanong sa sarili ko. At isipin ko pa lang na iyon nga ang ex niya ay nakakaramdam na ako ng galit at inis sa lalaki.

Despite the noisy and loud music, I found myself calling her name. "Miles! I'm here!" I shouted to get her attention. 

But I guess, it was a wrong move. Awtomatikong namatay ang music at huminto rin sa pagsasayaw ang mga tao sa loob. I got all of the visitors' attention. Even the guy sitting next to Miles looked at my direction. All of them except her. What a nice entrance, Jared Jimenez!

Si Max ang unang bumati at kumaway sa 'kin. "Hi, Jared! Kanina ka pa hinihintay ni Bhest." Nilingon ni Max si Miles at tinawag. "Hey, Bhest! Your boyfriend is here!"