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.
She also sees Venus walking on stage. She smiled when it was Venus turned to do the catwalk.
They were so great! She was so envious!
She didn't think that those girls were still missing something in their lives. It seemed like they had everything they wanted. If she had just been a model, she wouldn't have had to charm Clyde.
She was suddenly sad because she had not seen the man for several days. She once heard that he had a business trip to Hong Kong. She already misses Clyde.
Suddenly she turned her gaze to the door when she saw Mrs. del Espania entering with her nurse. Even Clyde's grandmother's nurse looks like a model. She is beautiful and tall. She wears blouse and denim pants that fit the woman's legs. Even though she was a woman, she couldn't help but admire the nurse's beauty.
Her eyebrows rose when she saw Kyle next to the nurse with a steady smile as he talked to the woman. She thinks the man is flirting with the beautiful nurse. She just shrugged it off. She wouldn't be surprised anymore if Kyle won't leave the nurse alone.
She knew he was tagged as a "playboy". It was not just one model who told their brief moments with the playboy twin brother of Clyde.
She shook her head more than once thinking how different the twins are. She just then continue what she was doing.
Kyle was really far from Clyde.
"Is everything okay here?"
They suddenly looked up when they heard the voice of Mrs. del Espania.
There were more than ten of them who made gold flower designs for the stage to be displayed inside the del Espania's big house.
One by one her companions answered the lady owner. She just nodded and smiled in response.
"Thank you for your great help. I'm happy to see all your wonderful works," Mrs. del Espania said with a smile. She even picked up a finished flower product and checked it thoroughly with satisfaction on her face.
They all smiled because she liked their work.
"By the way, I'll just check the gowns, Kyle. Sheila, just stay here with Kyle first. Don't follow me anymore, okay?" She told Kyle and her nurse.
"Yes, Mrs. del Espania," the woman answered promptly.
She was surprised to hear the voice of the woman because it sounded like a male's voice. Her voice did not match her gentle and sweet face. It was so manly.
"Sure, grandma. Let me take care of Sheila while she's not busy taking care of you," Kyle said jokingly still staring at the woman.
She saw how the woman reacted. She seemed to be trembling with so much excitement like a teenager.
She looked at them with frowning.
"Kyle, behave," his grandmother warned then left.
When the old woman was no longer in front of them, Kyle grabbed the nurse's elbow as he brought a chair closer to her.
"Let's take a seat first," the man offered and let the nurse sit down.
After the nurse sat down, Kyle pulled out another chair and sat as well.
All those who make decorations are sitting on the floor. Her position was facing the two so she couldn't help but look at them. Both are watching the models in front.
"So, which of those were your ex or flings?" the nurse suddenly asked, unable to escape her hearing.
Why does the woman's voice seem to change? Did she force her voice to sound so thin to make it better for Kyle's hearing? Actually, it sounded like a gay man's voice.
She immediately covered her mouth as she almost laughed at the thought.
"Why do I feel like you are judging me already?" Kyle even brought his mouth close to the woman's ear.
"I've heard a lot of rumors about you," the nurse turned her face to Kyle.
Suddenly she squeezed the superglue with a lot of force absentmindedly. She was supposed to use the glue to a cardboard. Unconsciously, she just rubbed the excess superglue while her eyes seemed to be glued to the two as well.
"Do you believe those rumors?" the man's voice sounded like it was fading.
The two were still staring at each other and she could clearly see that. It was as if they were already enchanted by each other.
The woman suddenly laughed while covering her mouth with one hand as if feeling so cute.
Shit!
She was startled by her laughter. No matter how hard the woman tries to change her voice, the original manly-like voice of the nurse really comes out. She knew Kyle was also surprised when he suddenly pulled his face back from the woman.
She would have laughed out loud at the man's expression. Fortunately, she was able to put her hand over her mouth again. She was also suddenly startled when she felt the fingers sticking to her mouth.
The super glue!
She tried to remove her hand that is attached to her lips without getting the attention of her co-workers. She was already pulling it with one hand but it still seemed to stick too much. It also hurts when she pulls.
She panicked that she was pulling her hand harder. Her colleagues already noticed her and were staring at her. They were curious about what she was trying to do.
"Are you okay, Natasha?" Vanessa asked next to her.
Her eyes widened as she just pointed to the hand that was stuck to her mouth because she couldn't speak.
"Oh my! Help, Natasha! I think she's going to have a stroke!" Vanessa cried which called the attention of their other companions.
What ?! What stroke does she mean?
She shook her head while pointing again to the hand that was stuck on her lips. Kyle and Sheila looked at her too. The man immediately stood up and approached her.
"What's wrong?" Kyle worriedly looked at her.
"I think she's going to have a stroke, Sir. Just look at her mouth," Vanessa spoke again.
She almost glared at the woman. She took the superglue with one hand and showed it to Kyle then pointed her hand to her mouth.
"Oh," Kyle said briefly as if he had already guessed what had happened.
"Alright, who has a baby oil?" he asked calmly.
"I have, Sir," one of them answered quickly and searched the bag, and then handed it to Kyle.
"Thank you," he held out one of her hands to help her stand up.
She immediately followed. Sheila was still folding her arms just staring at her.
"Okay, we'll just go there at the back first so we don't get disturbed," Kyle said immediately as the models on stage seemed to be losing concentration while looking at them.
How could they not? When Vanessa shouted like she was about to die earlier.
She just nodded to Kyle then he turned his gaze to Sheila.
"Excuse us. Just sit there first, okay?" he said to her.
The woman didn't seem satisfied as she looked at her but nodded at Kyle.
It was really her karma because she was laughing at the woman's voice. When she remembered that, she suddenly laughed again even though one of her hands was still on her lips. Out of her nose came a suppressed laugh.
Kyle frowned as he stared at her. He might be wondering why she still managed to laugh at her situation. He also didn't say a word as he guided her to the end of the production floor which was far from the people there.
He leaned her against the wall while holding her face to check how close her hand was to her mouth.
"Now, I didn't know what to think. Why does it seem like you have so much glue in your hand to stick it in your mouth like that?" shaking his head Kyle said as he bends down to open the small bottle of baby oil.
He reached into his pocket and took out his handkerchief and poured oil on it. She wanted to stop him so that his handkerchief would not be wasted.
"It's a good thing that grandma always insists on letting us bring a handkerchief. We don't really use it but we always have it in our pocket. It's good that it has a benefit now," he said with a smile, raising his face to her.
She was a little taken aback when he brought his face too close to hers to rub oil on her hand that was stuck to her mouth. The heat of his breath on her cheek is making her blush.
Why do they always have this kind of moment? If only her face was so close to his twin, Clyde, she might faint from the tremor.
Kyle didn't speak anymore as he wiped his handkerchief with oil on her hand and slowly pulled her fingers from her face. The adhesion is also loosened a bit due to the slipperiness of the oil.
Instead of looking at him, which would make her cross-eyed, her eyes suddenly glued to the man's lips. It was red and she could already see a small tube of mustache there. She was so engrossed in examining Kyle's lips that she was unaware when Kyle looked at her and caught her staring at his lips.
He stopped for a moment.
"Have you been kissed, Tash?" the man's voice seemed to be teasing again.
Only then did she notice where her eyes were focused so she immediately took her gaze away from his lips and looked at his face.
Wrong move!
Because when she raised her eyes she saw that he was also looking at her. The man seems to be teasing her because he doesn't look away. She tried to fight his gaze.
He might be thinking that she would falter and shy away while trying to look cute just like the other women he flirted with!
Hell no!
She will only react that way with Clyde and not with Kyle!
He was the first one who dropped the "stare game". He didn't speak anymore but smiled. Gradually he was able to remove her hand from her mouth. When it was completely removed, he turned the handkerchief he was holding to use the clean part. He rubbed it in her mouth to remove the oil from sticking.
She didn't know why she didn't stop him from wiping and she just stared at the man.
"So, have you been kissed?" he repeated the question when he had finished wiping her mouth.
She frowned and was about to snap at him.
What does it matter if she has been kissed or not?
"You took your time, Kyle. Aren't you done there yet?" a large voice suddenly joined the scene.
She already knew who it was so she didn't look at the source of the voice.
"I would really become jealous if she had been beautiful."
That was the only time she turned her eyes in the woman's direction.
What the! It's as if she was saying that she's ugly! It might not be in a direct way but she was implying that.
She thought Kyle would laugh but when she looked at him, his face was serious while looking at his grandmother's nurse.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting but I would suggest you go to grandma instead, just follow her around even if she stops you. Tell her that Clyde and I ordered you to do so she won't rebut anymore," Kyle's voice seemed to sound formal when he spoke to the nurse.
She couldn't find a hint of his flirtatious look anymore when he was looking at the woman.
Did he lose his interest in her because of her manly voice?
She was even surprised when he grabbed her arm and guided her way back to her colleagues.
"I'll check all their designs, Miss Quinacman, so just go to grandma first," the man said goodbye before finally leaving the surprised woman while she was slowly being dragged by him.
Miss Quinacman? And he isn't calling the nurse by her first name anymore?
Oh my! He was really turned off because of her voice!
She suddenly laughed unintentionally.
"I guess you're too happy not that nothing's stuck in your mouth anymore."
She immediately shut her mouth when she heard Kyle's voice. She forgot that she was just next to the man as they went back to her companions.
They stared at both of them as they approached.
"Alright! Just a friendly reminder, don't stick your hand with glue on your face if you don't want to have a stroke just like Miss Policarpio," joked Kyle who even looked at Vanessa who was blushing.
Everyone laughed at what the young man said.
"Thanks," she said softly before he left them.
Kyle just smiled in response. She even saw him as he put the soiled handkerchief into his pocket after returning the baby oil to their companion.
She would have stopped him to take the handkerchief and wash it but she was embarrassed especially since she was in front of her co-workers.
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
Even though she was supposed to go to Venus' house at four o'clock in the afternoon, she was already outside the woman's house and was already ringing the doorbell even though it was only two o'clock in the afternoon. Venus already instructed her housemaid to expect her presence ahead of time because she left early in the morning for their final rehearsal.The young maid immediately greeted her and let her in when she told the maid her name. She let her in and made her sit in the living room first. She said that Venus's make-up artist friend will come there in the afternoon to assist her.As she looked around inside the model friend's house, the maid returned to the living room."Maam Natasha, the gown is in Maam Venus' room. Maybe you want to take a look. I'll accompany you there."
There are a lot of cars parked outside. It seems like the whole subdivision is full of them. She looked with awe at the people who were arriving because of the masks they were wearing. Their clothes are also absolutely stunning.She immediately gave the taxi driver her fare. The bright house in front of the del Espanias caught her eyes because of the beauty it holds. All the visitors have their own escorts. Except her. She doesn't mind, though, because she knows she looks gorgeous with her gown and a date wouldn't matter right now. She's holding the side of her gown so it won't touch the ground and with a smile, she went inside.She immediately saw the enormous stage that was built only for this event in the middle of the house. She looked around and didn't recognize anyone because of the masks they were all wearing. In front of the sta
For a few moments, she wasn't able to do anything but stare at the hand being offered to her."Are you here with someone?" Kyle leaned a little closer so she could hear him clearly.Her gaze suddenly turned to the dance floor where Clyde and Claire are heading so they could dance. She saw that as a chance to see Clyde closer. She immediately turned to Kyle and readily took his hand. She shook her head to answer his question about her being alone and smiled so he'd know that she's willing to dance with her. She didn't dare speak for the fear that he'd recognized her voice. Kyle's smile widened as he led her in the middle of the dance floor. She stiffened when he felt his hands on her waist. She saw him smile because of the way she reacted.Shit!
They went to Venus's place first so they could get her things. She didn't go inside anymore, they just asked one of Venus's helpers to get her things for her so they wouldn't have to get out of the car. Venus invited her to just sleep at her place for the night but she declined politely. Venus also asked her not to change yet when she brought her home. She took pictures of her in their street. Good thing there weren't any people around since it's past 12 midnight already."The gown looks really good on you, Nat! I made the right decision in making you wear my creation," Venus said with a smile while she continued taking pictures of her.She might be shy at first but eventually, she gained confidence. She just realized how pretty she is tonight so she gave her all in her mini pictorial with Venus. She also took some pictures of her in he
She stayed for more than an hour in the bathroom the day after that. She didn't stop cleaning her hair until it lost the dye they put in it for the party to make sure that all the evidence of the foolishness she did that night had already vanished. Her head felt lighter since Fenny gave her a haircut. Her hair that reached her butt before now just reaches her armpits. She didn't tell her grandma about it because she knew she wouldn't like it. She tied her hair up so her grandma wouldn't notice. She looked at herself in the mirror and fixed her glasses. She also checked her eyebrows which were now having a shape as they become thinner.Before seven in the morning, she left their house to go to work. She doesn't want Zara to reprimand her for being late again. Thirty minutes later, she reached the office. Since it is still too early, she decided to go to Myla's cubicle first. She also beca
She was relieved when Kyle did not ask any further about the girl who is none other than herself. That same day when he told her to ask other models about this mystery girl, she said that no one in the company seems to know her. She also talked to Venus already and told her not to tell anyone about the mystery girl Kyle's looking for and she promised not to.Two weeks have already passed since the party happened and luckily, Kyle seems to already forget about his mystery girl.Zara asked her to prepare the conference room on the tenth floor. They hold a meeting every after the release date of their magazine to check its progress or anything about it that needs improvement. The special editions of magazines are thicker compared to the regular edition of the magazines that the company releases weekly. Usually, there is an interview
She entered the studio where the photo shoot is being held. They just wrapped the whole thing up so now, Natasha needs to clean the clothes clutter the models and staff left. Another staff member was assigned to help her so the task wasn't really that hard. She was stopped in her tracks when she realized that Kyle was inside the studio, sitting in one corner and facing his laptop. She believes he volunteered to be the photographer for this photoshoot once again. She got more shocked when she saw that he's actually with some girl. Her forehead creased as she tried to find out who the girl was until she faced Kyle.Is that Claire?Her attention was also caught by the standee which she thinks Claire was checking out.That's her picture!