Chapter Ten

Napakurap siya. Right. She was asking about the food in his restaurants. “Ah, ‘yung mga favorite local dishes sa mga regions ng Pilipinas, and even some from neighboring nating bansa like Korea, Japan and India,” sagot niya. “We have it designed like in a fast-food service for families, whatever age, lalo na noong nag-lockdown to easily deliver them sa mga umo-order online.”

“Hindi ba kayo nahirapan during the pandemic? Ang daming nagsarang restos.” Napakurap ito, saka ngumiwi. “Sorry, I sometimes sound really tactless—"

“It’s fine,” natatawa niyang sambit. “You are refreshingly candid.”

Pinili nitong hindi sumagot sa sinabi niya pero ngumiti ito.

“Anyway,” nangingiti niyang patuloy. “Not as we would have been kung totoong fast-food ang offer namin that hundreds already offer. There was a time there na akala ko magle-lay off kami ng mga workers. Thank god we’d avoided it.”

Ngumiti ito. “Ilibre mo ako sa isa sa mga restaurants mo one time, ha?”

“Really? Can I hold you on to that?”

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