Thank You, Next!

"Ma'am, tara na po."

She heaved a sigh, and faced the guard accompanying the frogs back to their... wherever they may be, she doesn't care.

She then realized that the black-haired was working for her as her secretary. She was good, but not the best. She shrugged the idea off 'cause she suck and is too annoying to bear with, considering the fact that she has a loud voice when she shouted a while ago.

Such an embarrassment, napasapo siya sa noo niya. Buti na lang wala dito sila mom and dad to deal with it. Thank goodness, it's Christmas.

It is indeed Christmas when she woke up early to check the date today. All she ever wanted was to shop at the mall for the whole day and not be stuck inside this party–if you ever call it a party.

She was just here for the sake of meeting her parents' business partners. She hates business, even the word itself could make her mood a huge 360-degrees if you're not careful enough.

"Someday, Karma's a bitch, and when I say Karma's a bitch, watch out, Ms. Taliaferro. You will be the one suffering–"

The words kept replaying inside her head.

"Peste naman oh–aray!" She almost fell back to the carpet but an arm caught her in the nick of time before she could do so.

"I-I'm sorry, miss." She looked up to see a handsome man in his twenties (same age as her), wearing a white tux. His jet black hair was slicked back that it showed off more prominent features such as his beautiful, brown eyes, his pinkish lips, and to his cute dimples appearing on each side of the cheek.

Those dimples somewhat looked familiar... Had she seen those before?

"Um, Miss? Ok lang po ba kayo–"

"Malamang, di ako ok! Sa tingin mo magiging ok ako kapag haggard ang itsura ko?! Syempre, hindi diba? Inaaway na nga ako, ganyan pa kayo. Tanga mo naman. Get off me!"

She struggled to get away from the man, but he held her closer than before–

And people were looking at the ruckus this two were making.

"What do you want from me? She desperately asked, trying to remove the feeling of butterflies inside her stomach that were familiar also to her.

"All I want for Christmas is you~" he sang, while smiling widely.

She blushed profusely, her heart was banging widely and as she was about to speak, he chuckled lightly.

"Relax Ray. It's me Yan-Yan from kindergarten,remember?"

She tried to recall what happened during kindergarten and she gasped a "Ahh!" when she remembered him, the one and only Bryan Acosta–a well-known businessman and engineer–befriending her when she was all shy and lonely.

"I-ikaw yan? Omg, haven't seen you since college began–" From kindergarten to highschool, these two were two peas in a pod. Di mo sila mahihiwalay basta-basta. Until, college started and both chose to separate ways to attend to their dream universities. Unfortunately, they weren't able to contact each other due to the fact na, araw-araw silang napapasabak sa giyera ng kolehiyo during those times.

Looks like good 'ol fate is bringing these two back together again.

"Yeah, it's been a while." He replied, helping her to stand up and escorted her to the main hall.

"Musta?" She tried to speak as steady as she could, hopefully he wouldn't notice the quivering in her voice.

Ever since the day he made friends with her, she has a tiny bit of crush in him. Not to mention, she stalks him in every social media account she could find and screenshots his pictures...

Ok, maybe not a tiny bit of crush.

She loves him.

How? It just happened when he tried to ask her for some help way back in highschool when he was trying to court a girl by the name of Aira Palomares. She almost cried when she found out that the girl became his gf few weeks later. But as they all say, not all highschool relationships last.

"Been great. I got accepted into Oxford to pursue my career in Engineering. I passed and got my license! Ikaw, how's life?" He said teasingly while nudging his elbow at her arm.

She playfully slapped his arm.

"Ayun, been great. Got accepted in my dream school. Switched courses, dramatic changes ongoing and here I am now. Kausap ka ngayon." She said, her voice filled with sarcasm.

"Wait meaning, 'di mo natuloy ang pagiging doktor mo?"

"Kinda. On the first 3 years, ok na eh. I'm enjoying it kaso, you know my parents..." She sighed sadly.

He nodded in understanding.

"Pwede mo naman siguro ituloy. After all, you've graduated already!" He told her.

"Nope, nothing can change my parents' mind unless–"She stopped talking when she saw her parents waving at her to come and talk with their business partners.

"Diba sila Tita and Tito yun? Let's go, they don't want to be disappointed, do they?"

Typical Bryan. Palibhasa, masunurin siyang tao, parang anghel. Di tulad niya, na halos lalabas na ang sungay.

"Yeah, let's go." They walked over to her parents and the boy greeted them.

They exchanged greetings, and now they are sitting in the grand, long table that was 6 ft wide, eating–including Bryan considering na tatay niya ay isa sa mga business partners ng mga Taliaferro–habang pinag-uusapan ang pinaka-ayaw na pag-usapan ni Mireille–aside from business...

Kasal.

She's just twenty! Atsaka marami pa siyang kailangang gawin, why the rush?

"–Yun nga Mr. Villanueva. I was hoping na to increase our stocks by 30%, I would like to–"

Don't you dare, don't you dare. She thought.

Bryan looked at his companion at his left side to see Mireille uncomfortably tapping her fingers. He smiled.

She doesn't change, even one bit.

To ease the pressure, he held her hand underneath the tablecloth and when she looked at him questioningly, he turned to the other side and smiled.

Oh, dear.
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Author's Note:
I miss this!! Christmas feels. Happy Birthday po, Papa Jesus.

Oh, by the way. Kung nabitin kayo, don't worry. May 'second' one shot pa toh, dapat iisahin ko siya pero ang bilis ng oras kaya... Bukas or the next day ko siya ma-u-update.

Thank you guys very much!! Love you to the moon and back ❤️❤️😘😘😘🌙🔙🎄🎄

P. S. Merry Christmas ebribadi!! 🎁🎁🎄🎄🎄🎅🎅🤶🤶🤶🎉🎉🎉🌲🌲🌲🎊🎊

P. P. S. Sorry kung makulit si ate author heheheh😊

P. P. P. S. Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are!!!Enjoy your holidays!! 😘😘😘