"Hello." sagot pa ni Emily sa cellphone n'ya ng biglang may tumawag. She didn't bother on looking kung sino ito dahil busy siya sa pag-tanggal ng make up sa mukha n'ya."Emily Suarez! where the heck are you!?" nanlaki ang mata ni Emily ng marinig ang boses ni Mary."h-hey, what's up Mary." nauutal n'yang bati sa kaibigan."don't what's up what's up me. Nasaan ka? Isang linggo kang hindi nagpakita sa'min. Nag-aalala na kami sayo." galit na tugon nito pa at si Emily gusto ng takpan ang tenga n'ya dahil medyo napapasigaw na sa kabilang linya ang dalaga."okay lang ako, ano ka ba." sagot na lamang n'ya dito at tumawa pa."I can clearly hear that you're okay but where are you and bakit hindi ka nagpakita sa'min for one whole week?" galit parin ang dalaga."I was busy. I have tons of work to do which leads me to not checking my phone." pagsisinungaling n'ya pa. Ayaw n'yang magsinungaling dito pero hindi n'ya parin kayang sabihin sa mga ito ang totoo."but where are you? you're not in your h
"So, you had a crush on me, huh?" matapos ang call na iyon, nagpatuloy lang si Emily sa pag-tanggal ng make up n'ya at ng makaligo na rin siya pero si Anthony, hindi pa tapos na asarin siya dahil apparently nakakita na naman ulit ito ng bagong pang-asar sakanya.masamang tingin ang binigay ng dalaga dito. "let me have some peace just for once." aniya pa dito na ikinatawa lang nito.tumingin ito sa salamin at tinitigan ang reflection ng dalaga doon. "so may crush ka nga sa'kin when you were in college?" hindi ito sinagot ni Emily. "I'm three years older than you but since I took up medicine, that means nag-aaral parin ako that time. Anong school kaba and bakit mo ako kilala before?" masyadong curious itong lalaking ito."ba't mo ba tinatanong? curious na curious?" sarcastic n'ya pang tanong sa binata.Tumango ito sakanya na nakangiti pa. "syempre naman. Crush pala ako ng asawa ko dati eh so I wanna know the story behind it and why it happened. Although, given naman na iyon since sikat
"Ba't ka andyan sa kama?" tanong ni Emily sa binata ng makalabas siya sa banyo at naka-upo ito sa kama na ang kalahating katawan ay natatabunan ng kumot pero ang mata ng binata at kamay nito ay nasa laptop nito.tinapunan siya ng tingin ni Anything pero sandaling beses lang iyon. "I'm gonna sleep here now." tugon naman nito na ikinalaki ng mata ni Emily."what? why? may problema ba sa couch?" tanong n'ya pa dito at nilapitan pa ang couch para i-check iyon pero wala namang problema."No, I just decided to finally sleep sa bed with you since we're married already. Hindi naman siguro appropriate na sa couch parin ako matutulog when we're already married diba?" anito pa at hindi makapag salita si Emily. May point din naman kasi si Anthony."but I thought you're okay in the couch?" mahinang boses na tanong n'ya sa binata at ngumiti naman sakanya ito."yeah, before I was okay with it pero I think it's the proper way to do since hindi pa naman tayo kasal dati but now? I'm gonna sleep here wi
"Wala paba si Anthony, iha?" tanong ng mommy ni Anthony kay Emily na ngayo'y nakaupo sa sofa at hinihintay ang binata. Malapit na mag eleven am at kailangan na nilang pumunta na sa airport."wala pa po." mapag pasensya n'ya pang tugon sa ginang dahil inuubos ni Anthony ang pasensya n'ya. Hindi pa ito umuuwi simula kaninang umaga na umalis ito na hindi nagpaalam sakanya. Hindi n'ya alam kung anong ginagawa nito."tatawagan ko." anito pa pero umiling-iling si Emily dito."tinawagan ko na po kanina pa, hindi siya sumasagot." aniya sa ginang habang nakabusangot ang mukha dahil inis na inis na siya sa binata."I'll try again, baka busy lang ito kanina." nagbuntong hininga si Emily at pinag cross ang dalawang braso sa may dibdib n'ya. She's doesn't have that much patience."Hello? Anthony! Mali-late na kayo sa flight n'yo!" nagtaas ng kilay si Emily ng sagutin ni Anthony ang tawag ng mommy n'ya pero tawag n'ya kanina na more than five times ay ni hindi man lang nito sinagot."Ano? you'll pu
"you're insane!" Emily hissed at Anthony who's now laughing at her after she smack his shoulder."you wanna think it that way but you're making me insane just by not giving me some attention and for ignoring me. You're so damn mad that you'll choose sleep over communicating with me." anito at naupo sa may paanan ni Emily."now that I've got your full attention and don't try to avoid my gaze again or even dare to ignore me again because if you will, I will kiss you once again.." wala ng nagawa si Emily. "what's making you this upset? is it because I'm super late or there's more?" Emily is just staring at Anthony who's now looking at her and waiting for her to answer.At that moment, her anger definitely disappear. For a person who's willing to communicate and willing to know where he goes wrong is something amazing because in this generation some people will gaslight you for being overdramatic where in fact they're the one at fault.Emily took a deep breath before she could speak. "I v
"oh I'm sorry, ma'am." hinging paumanhin pa nito halatang napahiya."what made you think that I'm his secretary? is it because of how I dressed?" lumabas na medyo sarcastic siya sa sinabi n'ya pero wala siyang pake, she wanna know why this woman think she's his secretary."I'm really sorry, ma'am." nakayuko ito habang humihingi parin ng paumanhin."so it's really because of how I dressed today. I'm sorry, I didn't had time to pick something good in my wardrobe because I was in a hurry. But there's nothing wrong with my clothes even though this is the last season of chanel collections ." aniya pa at tiningnan ang sarili. She's wearing jeans and a white top. A simple yet Emily finds it comfortable and somehow elegant."no, ma'am. I just thought you were Mr. Vasquez secretary because yun po lagi ang kasama n'ya kapag umaalis siya." paliwanag pa nito pero Emily know it was also because of how she dressed because the girl really stared at her from head to foot when she arrived."you have a
"hmm, tastes good." compliment ng dalaga at sumasayaw-sayaw pa dahil sa steak at spaghetti na kinakain n'ya. One thing that Emily loves is food. She may try different and mixed weird foods together but she'll always find it good.Nakamasid lang naman sakanya si Anthony habang tumatawa ito. "eat it, try. It's really good." aniya pa sa binata at tumango naman ito."you look like a kid na napagbigyan sa gusto." anito at kumain naman ng order nitong kapareha ng sakanya."hmm, it tastes good nga." sabay nanlaki ang mata nito sa sarap na ikinatawa naman ni Emily sa pagkakataong iyon."diba? I told you. Weird things are good." aniya pa dito at muling nag subo ng pagkain, ganon din si Anthony."who would have thought that spaghetti and steak will be a good partner together." komento pa nito ay tumango-tango pa si Emily dito bilang pagsang-ayon."Why can't restaurant do this? You know partner different foods together. Steak and Spaghetti may be weird kapag tiningnan mo na kinakain ng sabay but
"Emily, we're here na." gising pa ni Anthony sakanya at nagmulat ng mata si Emily and when she looked at outside the window, maliwanag na ang paligid."what time is it here?" tanong n'ya pa sa asawa at si Anthony naman ay tumingin sakanya saglit."about 4 p.m here." sagot pa nito at pinagpatuloy ang pagkuha ng gamit nila sa luggage compartment.Tumayo naman na si Emily at nag-unat pa ng katawan bago tumulong kay Anthony at saka na sila lumabas ng eroplano. Nakita pa ni Emily na nginitian sila ng flight attendant na medyo nakasagutan ni Emily kanina pero nginitian nalang din ito pabalik ni Emily.Pagkababa nila sa eroplano, sinalubong kaagad sila ng malamig na simoy ng hangin, buti nalang handa si Emily at may dala siyang jacket kasi alam n'yang winter season sa South Korea.Minutes after that, may kotseng nakaabang sakanila sa labas and hindi na nagulat si Emily ng isa iyon sa maraming butler nila Anthony."Is he gonna take us to our hotel directly? hindi ba tayo kakain muna?" tanong n