Conceal My Scar (A Short Story)

7: Enjoy It With The Squad

Arah

"May I come in?"

Bigla na lamang kaming napabalikwas sa gulat nang marinig naming may nagsalita mula sa labas. Oh my darleng, muntik na yun.

I was still in a state of shock lalo na nang makita ko kung sino yung pumasok. Si Kench.

Si Kench na paasa, mahilig manakit ng puso, pa-fall, pakipot aayaw-ayaw pa sa'kin.

"Do you need something, Mr. Dela Vega?" Leorenz asked.

"Yes, I need to talk to Arah." mahilig rin pala siya manggulat. Ako kailangan niya? Kung for the rest of his life gora ako.

"I also need to say something to her. I'm her boss, she needs to do everything I say. You may talk to her later. Go out, now." saan kaya nakuha ni Leorenz fighting spirit niya? "You just ruined the best thing that I was about to do today. Tsk." sinamaan ko ng tingin si Leorenz sa sinabi niya. Secret lang dapat yun syempre!

"I'm the son of the owner of the company, di hamak na mas mataas pa rin ang posisyon ko sa'yo. Arah, Let's go." aba aba kung maka- "let's go" akala mo hindi nakasakit ng feelings af.

"I'll talk to you later, Kench. Pwede namang sa phone lang or you can call me after work diba? Mauna ka na." I said. Syempre gusto ko rin na matuto siyang makiramdam deba deba?

"Tsk. Fine. Make sure to meet me later. I know that you've been waiting for this." sabi niya at agad na lumabas. Tingnan mo, di man lang ako pinilit.

Hinarap ko si Leorenz and I saw his ear to ear smile. What's with him?

"Hey, stop smiling. What's your reason of calling me?" unang araw ko palang dito pero mukhang mai-stress ako dito.

"I told you not to be late remember? Now I want you to do something for me." he confidently said and grinned at me. "Help me to sign all this. I know you can do it well." gusto kong sumabog sa galit nang ilabas niya yung gabundok na documents na kailangan niya na raw pirmahan. Nasa akin na ba yung kamay niya ngayon?

"Huh? Why are you asking me to do that? Don't you have your secretary?" inis kong tugon.

"Huh? Are you not aware that you're my secretary now?" sabi niya habang ginagaya yung tono ng boses ko. Ako? Secretary niya? Shunga ba to? Manager ako dito. M-A-N-A-G-E-R.

"As far as I know, manager ho ako dito. Di mo ba alam?"

"Ms. Arah Zei Carmadu, I repeat. You are my secretary now. Hindi mo ba naiintindihan? Okay, I'll explain. I asked the owner of this company to assign you as my secretary. Yung dati kong secretary, siya na yung manager ngayon okay?" he annoyingly said. Pwede ba manapak ng boss? Murder ba pwede rin?

"Hey, Leorenz Dan Verdez. Anong trip mo ha? Kanina lang gusto mo kong halikan. Tapos ngayon kinakawawa mo na ko? Daig mo pa ang isang babae sa mood swings mo." ghaaad pa-sweet lang onti kasi may kailangan?

"Gusto mo bang ituloy natin yung naudlot kanina? HAHAHA c'mon Arah. Tulungan mo nalang ako dito." fine, fine, fine. Boss ko raw siya eh. We have no choice now. Tsk tsk.

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Many hours had passed at ngayon lang kami natapos nitong si Leorenz. Medyo dumilim na rin kaya't sigurado akong maraming oras ang inilaan ko sa mga pinirmahang documents. I didn't expect that it would be this hard. Hayst.

*kriiing
(Kench is calling)

"Arah, let's just meet at your house later. Finn told me that we will watch today. I'll bring the snack, you should buy drinks. You can also tell Leorenz to join us. Err"