My May, My Enemy (Completed)

Chapter 16

***May's POV***

"Lau, meet Architect Dale. One of the best in Fox Designs, Inc. I'm recommending her to design your love nest in Berkeley. She's also a Filipino..." pakilala sa akin ni Blake, kasamahan kong engineer sa Fox.

"Hi." ang cute na sagot ni Lau, kaibigan ni Blake.

"Nice, meeting you Lau." sabay abot ko ng kamay.

"Same, here.." sagot niyang di inaalis ang ngiti. Ang gaan namang kausap ng babaeng ito. Parang anghel pa ang mukha.

"Okay buddies, I'll go ahead... Dale, update me once you get back to the office.. Bye Lau!" pagpapaalam ni Blake.

"See you, buddy! Thank you!" paalam din ni Lau sa kaibigan.

"So, you're a Pinay, too?" tanong ko sa kanya.

"Half. My dad is a German national. Unfortunately I didn't live in the Philippines and I don't speak the language. I only go there for vacation but my heart is more of a Filipino." sabay tawa nito.

"That's why you're kinda sweet. Anyway, Blake told me that you wanted to build a house in Berkeley?"

"Yeah. I planned to have one there since my hubby and I have a business which is located there. Right now, we're just living with his parents nearby."

"That's nice. Well, I have a lot of designs for you to choose from. But if you have your own suggestions, probably we can discuss on that..."

"Blake told me that you're the best so I'll leave all that up to you... We can visit the location tomorrow afternoon if you're free.."

"Sure, but can we do it at around 3pm? I just need to complete the other designs I'm working on with..."

"Alright. See you tomorrow then, Dale." at nakipag-beso ito sa akin.

"Yeah. See yah!"

At nagpaalam na si Lau. Napaka-amo ang napakapamilyar nitong mukha. Parang nagkita na kami sa kung saan. Pero sabi niya nga hindi naman siya tumira ng Pilipinas.

Mag-iisang taon pa lang ako dito sa San Francisco, California. Nirecommend ako ng daddy ni Marco sa isang kaibigan niya na isa sa may-ari ng Fox Designs, Inc, isa sa mga malalaking architectural firms sa buong North America.

Si Marco naman ay isa ng ganap na Engineer, gustuhin niya mang sumabay sa akin ay hindi siya pinayagan ng daddy niya dahil walang mag-aasikaso ng construction company nila sa Pilipinas. Di naman nawala ang communication namin ni Marco, pati ni Tita at ni Mama. Halos araw-araw silang nangungumusta thru skype.

Si Blake ang una kong nakapalagayang loob sa kompanya. Una kasi natakot akong makihalubilo sa ibang lahi pero nakita kong napaka-friendly at mabait naman ni Blake, isa itong purong amerikano. Isa siyang Civil Engineer tulad ni Marco. Naipakilala ko na rin sila sa isa't-isa ng minsang tumawag ito.. Una nagsiselos si Marco dahil may bago na raw akong bestfriend. Di talaga ito nagbago, parang bata pa rin kung maglambing at magtampo.

***Edward's POV***

I'm missing my sissy now. It's been two years since she got married and decided to stay with her husband in the U.S.

We haven't lost our communication kahit noong nasa Pilipinas pa ako nag-aaral.

I only got to see her every vacation during those times. She visited me from Germany. But when I came back to Germany after graduation, that's when we spent most of the time together. But after several years she met her boyfriend who's now her husband..

I decided to call her.

"Hey, brother! What's up!"

"I miss you Lau! You haven't called me since last week... What have you been doing, sissy?"

"Oh sorry, I miss you too! Me and Troy are busy planning to build a house in Berkeley."

"Why in California? Don't you want to have it here in Germany? I thought you both are going back here after three years.."

"Unfortunately Troy decided to just build a house here since we can't give up our business which is now doing so well. I think it's not a bad idea, either."

"But you're gonna be staying there for the rest of your life... Hmmp!"

"Hahaha! You're sounding like a jealous baby again, brother! Don't worry I won't miss a year visiting you there. Anyway, you're rich now... so why don't you just visit me here instead..."

"Nevermind. I hate Americans..."

"Hahhaha! You little pig!"

And I hang up the phone. We're always like that... Whenever I feel loneliness, stress or boredom... I just phone her..

Like today that it's been a stressful day... We have a lot of new clients to deal with...