Alyana with her sleepy self finally reached her home riding a taxi which she had luckily haled lately just to go home as fast as she can already. She spent 600 pesos for the taxi so she decided not to even eat anymore and go straight at her bedroom.
She doesn't have any appetite anymore, knowing that she doesn't have any food supply already and she had spent 600 pesos? All she wanted to do is to sleep, and sleep and sleep just to forget that she's hungry and that she had spent 600 pesos this day just to reach home.
The next day...
She hadn't scaped from having an eyebags so at the end she decided to wear an eyeglasses to hide it from anyone.
"good morning Miss Malaya..." as she walked inside the agency majority of her members greeted her casually and nicely while the other team's members looked at her as how they look at their leaders.
Those employees, aren't they aware that Alyana wasn't the same as their strict and demanding leaders?
Others also make gossips...
Oh what a usual morning for her, the only difference is that she had an eyebags, she haven't slept nicely you know.
"Miss Malaya!" Secretary Jin approached her before she could enter her office.
"oh good morning Jin" she greeted her. Then Jin just do the same and handed her the files of the 29 people regestered at the agency already this month.
She needed to review those as well. So that if when Some of her new members had a hard time to see their assigned person's preferences of a match, she can definitely help if they asked some help from her.
"Thanks Jin" she thanked Jin and was about to enter the office again when Jin asked "how about the last person? do you have the contact # of the last person already?"
"ah the last... Person? Well... I guess that person wasn't going anymore..." Alyana answered Jin.
"oh, he should have still tried to register right hmm..." Jin commented.
"yes...but about the supposed slot I'll take care of it already so you guys just focus on your assigned person. I'll replace that person with another person and we will achieve the increase of our Salary next month!" she said with her optimistic voice.
Miss Malaya are really optimistic! Jin thought...
"sure! Miss Malaya we will help each other."
At lunch...
Alyana stayed inside her office as like yesterday and didn't think of buying any food to eat. Last night she didn't eat anything but it's all fine, she drunk 1 glass of milk and ate the last piece of bread before going to the agency. So she wasn't hungry at all and if even though she was hungry? She will not buy anything, she spent 600 pesos remember? So she's punishing her self.
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Someone's calling so she stopped reviewing some of the files and picked up her phone to accept the call. It was a call from her bff by the way.
"op?" she asked.
"op? Well I have good news for you!" Athena shouted.
"ugh! Can you just talk with your calm voice? As I can still remember you can't even shout when we're on college so don't shout on me tsk!" Alyana were annoyed.
"hmp you're too much! I just wanna make you feel how happy I am to tell you my good news hmp!" ok here we go again...
"sigh...OK ok ok... Just Go straight to the point already"
"well J---" before Athena could finish, Alyana had dropped the phone already and had fixed her sight on the man in his suit standing at her office's opened door already.
"Miss Malaya, Mr. Richman said that he had an appointment with you" Secretary Jin said.
But Alyana didn't responded, so Jin who recognized the man as the grandson of the CEO of The RichMan Company, allowed him to enter the office and left already.
Then Mr. Richman entered the office with his handsome movement.
Am... Am I... I-imagining?J-Jaime i-is here??...Alyana thought while standing.
So it's true, an agency like this exist huh and this woman is the said matchmaker of mine...Jaime thought while observing the office and last the woman standing near the table and...
"I'm Mr. Jaime Richman and Mr. Hero Villanueva recommended me to---" bit before he could finish his words?
"You?!" he blurted as when he finally saw her full face, her full familiar face.
Well Alyana removed absentmindedly her eyeglasses which she wasn't really aware with.
"you again?!" Jaime repeated.
Alyana then came back to her senses In reality and find out that she shouldn't have let her hands remove her eyeglasses!
"M-me?" she wanted to wear her eyeglasses but there's no use anymore, Jaime must have really recognized her already.
"yes, you, you again!" he answered and "ok, you're the assigned matchmaker to me??" he asked with his sharp eyes which seems saying 'I hate you'.
Alyana breathed first and nodded.
"huh! Ok, I'm not going to have an appointment with you anymore I don't need a liar's help!" then he looked at her at once and left without hearing Alyana's responds already.
Alyana was left no words in her office, she stayed at her same spot until she remembered her phone, Athena called and she dropped the phone so she picked it up immediately.
"Alyana?" and well Athena haven't yet hung up the call, so she heard everything?
"Y-yes?" Alyana stuttered.
"...I'm sorry, Alyana...I've heard everything..." she paused for a while and "I thought he doesn't recognize you anymore... sigh... Don't worry I'll help you explain your self at him to the next few days!"
Athena faced her husband Hero after calling Alyana "hon! What should we do now? I thought, I thought...
Jaime doesn't recognize her anymore hmp! I don't want to make it all go on waste! I've agreed on your idea because it can make my bff feel better too! Hero do something please or else I'll get depressed!"
Hero didn't talk back, he observed Athena were so emotional this days... Maybe it's because they had finally produced their baby? So he comfort her most of the time and tolerate her always than making quarrels.
"Sshhh I'll talk to Jaime don't worry, hon please don't be depressed..." and then he kissed her in her cute cheeks.
He wasn't going yet to mention about maybe she's emotional because they'll be going to have a baby soon already, what can he do? It wasn't yet confirmed like duhh he still need to observe his wife.
"sure?... Ok I'll be trusting you with that already then... Hon?can you buy me mangoes? Hehe" second sign!
"o-ok, s-sure!"
Jaime went straight at the company remembering that he has works to do their this day. And his grandpa's going to visit the company as well so he must be presented there and not his Grandfather's business partner's son-Jacob.
Well by the way he wasn't yet the CEO of the company. But Currently? He was working on getting the position since last 3 months! But well he wasn't just the only one who's working on it, because Jacob the other candidate were working on it as well.
After finishing his works this day, his Grandpa's secretary suddenly told him that his Grandpa wanted to talk with him. So he walked out of his office and went to the CEO's office.
"Grandpa?" he started as he entered.
"oh my grand son, Secretary Hans give him some tea" he ordered, and the Secretary nodded and left already.
Right after the secretary left, Older Mr. Richman reached him and patted his shoulder and "next month will be the final voting of the new CEO already...
haven't you..." he paused... "haven't you yet find your future wife?"
As expected Grandpa will bother me again about this matter... Jaime thought.
Well his Grandpa made a deal with him but Jaime wasn't yet agreed on it. That he only need to get married and the position will be his already in just one word of older Mr. Richman at the said votings next month!
"Grandpa..." he wanted to say that he wasn't agreeing on his Grandpa's deal. But he just can't, his in dilemma now. If he disagreed? There will a big possibility that the company won't be his and with that he will surely fail and make his Grandpa sad at the end. But if he agreed? He will surely won and will make his Grandpa proud of him.
In that case, he should agree right? All he aim was to win after all. But if he agreed? It'll be a big change and a big sacrifice for him in his life. That he will get married, the most thing he hated to happen in his life.
"think about it ijo, Jaime just get marry and you will never disappoint me and also we will never loose the company..."
Hero as a promise to his wife, he immediately arranged a schedule for meeting Jaime at the same bar at RichBar which Jaime owned by the way. And well luckily Jaime agreed on his Hero's request.
The bar seems in its not wild ambience this night, there are lots of costumers but it seems that they had only chosen some elite personalities who can behave well inside the bar.
Well actually, that was Jaime's order to his employees inside this bar.
"so what took you to request a meeting with me?" Jaime started as Hero seems doesn't have any idea on how to start the conversation.
"ahem... Hmm it's... Ugh... I'll go straight..." Hero paused. "Me and my wife are just willing to help you Jaime, why don't you just try the agency? The assigned matchmaker is good she can find your perfect match or perfect woman t-to u-use!"
Jaime frowned...
"I-I'm aware that you hate the word love and anything about it so... Just try the agency and they will find you a woman to marry--"
"do you know my problem first? Hero I'm not just looking for a woman. My grandpa wants me to marry someone before giving me the position" and Jaime finally discussed the exact problem he has.
"as I expected... The old man deal with you then?" Hero said after hearing the whole story.
"yes" Jaime answered.
"so you just need a woman to marry and have that position?"
"yes"
"hmm..." Hero paused to think first.
"yes, are you just going to ask? Tsk! Ok this Hero, I don't want to get married that's the most thing I hated about life ok? So... So what should I do now? I need to get the position I don't want to fail at this. But I don't want to get married, can you help me with that? That's all I needed" at last Jaime impatiently explained.
Silence...
Then after a minute Hero faced Jaime with his serious self and utter his only idea that he can tell...
"Find a woman to marry in just marriage of convenience in 6 months then divorse her after that. The agency will help you find the right person"
Seriously? He still managed to push me in that agency? Ok... Ok I know Hero wasn't stupid, most of his ideas are really efficient. But in what way that agency could help me? Wasn't it a big violation if I ordered them to find me a temporary wife and then I'll divorce her after 6 months?
"Jaime I'm not making fun in here. And don't think too much! I know what's running on your mind..."
Jaime narrowed his eyes.
"Jaime we know someone who can help you, help you exclusively, she will grant your special demand and no one will know about it but us only"
So tempting... Hero's intelligence are really good and efficient... But... Jaime thought.
"ok... Let's say I'm agreeing already... Who's that someone who can help me then?"
Hero didn't responded immediately. He was nervous as well you know tsk! And he needed to calm first, breath inhale and exhale first before responding...and...slowly... Slowly...
"She's... Alyana Malaya..."