When she entered the conference room, she saw some folders in front of the long table there. The woman she saw outside gave her instructions earlier. She ignored her, occasionally covering her nose while looking at her badly. She kept sneezing in front of her.
She pretended not to notice the woman's reaction even though she knew that the cologne with the ritual is the source of the nasty smell. She looked like she was catching her breath while talking. She left after she told her everything that she needed to do. She caught a glimpse of her quickly entering the restroom.
"Such a nitpicky," she whispered.
She touched her neck and then sniffed her hand. She suddenly moved her hand away because of the intensity of the smell. She will just avoid getting close to anyone. That strange smell was really just for Clyde anyway and she was sure that it wouldn't stay on her skin for so long once she said the ritual.
She placed the folders one by one on the long table and then placed a bottle of water next to the folders. Eventually, the door opened and she immediately saw what she thought were company executives. They talk as they enter. Her eyes immediately searched for Clyde but he wasn't there yet.
She went to the back so that the people inside wouldn't be able to smell her. She just stood there straight with her eyes glued to the door. The four were already sitting inside when the door opened again and Mrs. Del Espania, the grandmother of the twins entered the room. Next to her was Clyde. She automatically smiled as she stared at the handsome face of the man. As usual, he combed his hair so well that she knew it had gel so it wouldn't get messy. Suddenly, she looked at the man behind them and he closed the door with none other than Kyle. He also looked at her and immediately, his eyes went to her slacks then smiled as if he was just trying to stop himself from laughing.
She quickly touched her slacks' garter when she suddenly remembered what happened earlier. Her eyes narrowed as she stared at it even though she knew that both her cheeks were starting to blush with shame.
Kyle didn't look at her anymore as he sat down. Mrs. Del Espania sat in the center of the table while Clyde and Kyle were both on her side.
"Good Morning everyone! We have this emergency meeting because I believe you all also heard about this Dashing Ash Agency, right? It is a start-up modeling and advertising agency but it seems like it is making a buzz now," Mrs. Del Espania started
She saw the people there nod. Some even murmured as they talked. She just stood in the back while not taking her eyes off Clyde. She pleasured her eyes on the face of the man who was listening intently to his grandmother.
Eventually, there were slides displayed on the front so she also looked at them. She frowned when she saw a large building named "Dashing Ash". It also has huge buildings just as the large "Dynasty Agency" building and the building is obviously new.
Everyone was silent as they watched the company building on display. Suddenly a face of a very beautiful woman who was estimated to be in her mid-forties took over.
"This is Reina Grande. She is the sole owner of Dashing Ash Agency. She started the business early last year with the help of her late husband, a rich businessman in Italy. She also designs some of her model's dresses. She is planning to have her own fashion magazine. So, in short, she is my rival and we won't let her company replace us at the top spot," she said seriously.
She stared at the woman's beautiful face for a long time. Even at this age, it is undeniably unique in its beauty.
"So, I want you to think of unique ways to ensure our spot in the limelight. I don't want us to be overtaken by a beginner in this industry," the voice of their old boss was intimidating.
She heard Clyde making a suggestion. Her attention turned to the man again. She is really proud of him. She caught a glimpse of Kyle who was purely playing with the ballpen he was holding because of the boredom at that meeting.
She saw him slowly standing up while everyone was busy giving their respective suggestions. She just saw him approaching her. She immediately moved from her position because he might come too close and he could smell her. He was still curious about what she just did as he took the cup behind her and took coffee out of the coffee maker.
"Coffee?" he offered before he moved the cup to his mouth.
She just shook her head as she slowly stepped to the side of the window to get further away from him. He frowned even more as he looked at her. She just leaned back there and faced the people who were still busy talking.
She stood up straight again when she saw Clyde standing up.
He's getting closer to them too.
When he got closer, he nodded at her and smiled slightly as he took a cup to get coffee.
"Are you bored too, bro?" Kyle asked him while smiling.
Clyde looked at his twin then smiled completely.
"Actually, it's the opposite. I'll take this as a challenge," he replied then stood next to Kyle.
She could not move from the side of the window. It was her chance to make Clyde smell her perfume and recite the ritual. She didn't even think twice and she suddenly stepped beside Clyde and pretended to peek at the cup he was holding just to get him close to her neck with the cologne.
The two were surprised by what she did, especially since she let her neck get close to his nose for a long time.
Shit! What was the ritual again?
She closed her eyes and was trying to remember the enchantment.
"Cum...Cummm.." she whispered even though she knew that the two were listening to her.
Cum baby, come, baby, baby come?
Oh my! What was that spell again?!
"Cum... endless.." she shooked her head while maintaining her eyes closed
Lord! Why am I so dumb at memorizing?!
"Miss Policarpio?" Clyde asked, moving slightly away because she still didn't move her neck in front of him.
Only then did she open her eyes. She saw the astonished faces of the two. She was embarrassed to walk away from Clyde as well.
Mission Failed!
"I-I'm just looking to see if your cup is still full ... S-so I can refill it," she smiled hesitantly at Clyde as she explained.
She saw Kyle suddenly laughed softly but he just brought the cup to his mouth to hide his laughter.
She almost cursed herself because even with the simple first step, she still was not able to do it properly.
When Kyle finished his coffee, he spoke to her, trying to suppress his smile.
"By the way, Tash, please call the utility staff after the meeting, just in case there's a dead rat or maybe smelly garbage that hasn't been taken out," he lost his smile when he told her that.
Clyde turned to Kyle.
"My sinusitis is acting up. I can't even smell a thing," he told Kyle.
Hallelujah!
Her mind seemed to clear up. She thought it would be imprinted in his brain that she was a stinky kind of woman.
"Okay," she only answered before the two returned to the table.
Kyle first took the juice that was in the can inside the mini refrigerator there. When he got close to the table he gave it to his grandmother.
One by one, those in the meeting stood up when Mrs. Del Espania ended it. When no one else was inside, she softened her appearance as she talked to her grandchildren. She's different when they're not talking about work.
"By the way, grandma, meet Miss Natasha Policarpio. She is Zara's new assistant," Kyle introduced her to his grandmother.
She smiled shyly at the old woman when she looked at her.
"Come here, Tash," Kyle waved one of his hands to get her closer.
Hesitantly, she walked closer to them who were still sitting.
Mrs. Del Espania might smell me!
"Nice to know you, Natasha. Don't be too scared of Zara's threats too much, okay? I don't want her to change her assistant again," she said jokingly, holding out her hand to her.
She also reluctantly reached out her hand to her and did not let herself get too close to the three.
"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Del Espania," she replied.
She knew that she didn't recognize her, as much as the two didn't recognize her. Who can remember a provincial granddaughter of a soothsayer? There was nothing extraordinary on her face.
She immediately stopped shaking hands with the woman because the smell of her strange cologne might still stick to her hand.
Clyde ordered her to hand over the documents to the employees in their department before they finally went out of the room.
When she was alone she quickly entered the restroom and carefully sprayed her hands and neck as well as the side of her ear to remove the smell of what she had wiped earlier.
No, Tasyang! There is another way. You should not just give up easily!
Smiling, she stared at her face in the mirror as she talked to herself.
She already had a copy of her next spell. She took a picture of that page. Since she didn't succeed in the first step, she can take the second step. That step was a bit difficult because she had to take a flower from the dead to make sure that the love of her life would fall head over heels in love with her.That meant she had to go to the cemetery to get at least one flower from any grave and give it to Clyde within five days. She also had to put a spell on the flower before giving it to the man.Even though she knew she would have a hard time, she was still not discouraged. After coming home from work, she rested for a while and then cooked to eat dinner first. Fortunately, there is a cemetery not far from where she lives. The cemetery can be seen just on the side of the road on the other corner. It was small and she thought that only
She had been tailing Zara for a while now as the girl was roaming around the production floor, talking to the models in there, but the best word to actually define what she was doing was scolding them. She wasn't even back from her trip for very long yet, but she was already bearing such negativity with her. Whenever she didn't like the clothes that the designer made the model wear, she would automatically grab the clothes from the rack before throwing them at her. She had no choice but to catch them every single time.She even pulled the scarf from a model who had a scheduled pictorial that day off the girl's neck before throwing it at her."Throw it!" Zara screamed at her.She couldn't help but feel anxious as she carried every single piece of clothing that Zara threw at her. She eve
She was already in front of Clyde's office when she stopped in her tracks. Now, what reason would she tell him as to why she was there? She was already standing there for a few minutes now, her two hands were holding the can of coke when she heard footsteps. She turned towards the direction of the sound of the footsteps.She saw Kyle who was staring at her with a confused expression on his face, probably wondering why she was just standing there. She already knew that he wasn't Clyde because she was already used to differentiating the two guys from each other as they didn't look exactly identical. She already knew the subtle differences in their faces. The majority of the time, Kyle would only wear a shirt or polo that he would pair with a pair of pants. He would only be wearing a coat and tie when there were clients.Natasha quickly lo
Before she went back home, she bought six cans of beer in a convenience store nearby. She could still feel her chest tightening for Clyde and not for herself. Not feeling inclined to cook, she also bought food for herself.After changing into clean clothes, she called her grandmother to check on her. She would call every day to talk to the old woman and to the person that she was with. She still wasn't used to being far away from her grandmother that was why it was inevitable that she'd miss her always. After talking to her grandmother, she sat in the middle of her bed before starting to drink the beer that she just bought. She also just bought food that she could pair with the drink. She didn't want to eat some rice because she wasn't even hungry in the first place.She opened the can of beer and didn't even hesitate to drink from it.
She quickly went into Zara's office, but the girl wasn't in there. She asked the employees that she bumped into about Zara's whereabouts, and they told her that she was on the third floor together with the models because Mrs. del Espania called for an emergency meeting. She was even more nervous upon knowing that Clyde and Kyle's grandmother was also there. She knew that the old woman wasn't bad, but she also knew that she was also strict when it came to work. Feeling the hard thudding of her heart against her chest, she went out to go to the third floor. It was on the third floor where the biggest room was, all of the designers would gather whenever Mrs. del Espania wanted them to make something. She carefully opened the door of that room before peeking, immediately seeing more than ten designers and models who were listening intently at Mrs. del Espania. She also saw her boss in the middle of them She carefully went inside, walking close to the wall, closer to the
Since then, she would see Mrs. del Espania every day because the old woman wanted to personally look through the designs that the designers were making. She liked it though because her grandson, Clyde, would always be tailing her. She knew that the guy was worried about his grandmother, especially when it was the doctor's advice to be strict when it came to the things that the old woman should do. They didn't want her to be tired. She would also see Kyle from time to time, but she also did her best to avoid the guy because she knew that he would only make fun of her because of the video that she sent him that night.She was also thankful for the presence of their very boss because Zara couldn't be the devil that she usually was. She hadn't even heard the girl scream at people whenever Mrs. del Espania was near. Meanwhile, she was still roaming around, asking designers and models everythi
As Mrs. del Espania's birthday approaches, they were becoming increasingly busy in their office as well. There is a selection of clothes to be highlighted on the night of the event. There was a small stage made inside the production room where the models practice with their designers every day.She was ecstatic as she watched them. She always sees Mrs. del Espania in the office with her private nurse. She knew that the old boss was only allowed to go to the office on the condition that her nurse will always be with her.She is currently helping with the decorations that will be used in Mrs. del Espania's house while keeping her eyes on the models who are practicing their walk on stage. She was really amazed to see that they did not even have difficulty walking even though the heels of the shoes they were wearing were too high.
Tomorrow is Mrs. del Espania's birthday and they had no work today so they could prepare for the next day. She was supposed to go home to but her grandma told her that she was going somewhere for a few days so she won't be around if she will go home. She didn't indulge the information on where she was going. She said she would only meet a client.She was a bit worried because her grandmother never leaves for a few days just to meet with a client. She was hesitant at first but her grandma assured her that she knew the client so well. It gave her peace of mind.So, she thinks she will sleep all day tomorrow since she won't be attending the party. Mrs. del Espania hired some people who will prepare the decorations and everything to ready their mansion for the party.It's good