Until My Heartaches End

Chapter 3

She busied herself during the whole weekend. Cleaning the house, doing the laundry, cooking food. It is tiring because all the household chores are on her, but she has no choice. They cannot afford to hire a maid. James and her salary are just sufficient for their needs, they are paying for their townhouse amortization and a lot more years to accomplish it.

She controls her urge to check on her i********: account because of the incident that happened last Friday night. She cannot believe herself! She chatted to an unknown guy and even have the audacity to dreamed of them f*****g.

It is Monday again and time to go back to the real world. Her morning started with a short briefing of their tasks for the whole week. After the meeting with the team, she went back to her table and opened her emails and started working. She lets time pass by and tries to focus on her work and not on the hot male at the other side of the world.

At lunch time, she video calls Avery and Akisha and talks to them for a few minutes.

As much as she tried to control herself, she found herself lurking at her i********: again reading Drev’s messages that she did not bother to read for the past two days.

Saturday, he sent…

06:23 AM Have a great day ahead babe

7:00 AM It is one in the morning here and I am just about to rest

9:23 PM Hey! I have been busy the entire morning. How’s your day?

1:56 AM Are you busy with the girls? Kira baby…

Sunday

6:33 AM You are ignoring me.. so sad..

7: 47 PM I miss talking to you already. Hope to hear from you tomorrow.

Gaaaad! Is he for real? She felt guilty for not responding at all. God knows how much she tried to suppress herself. She felt wrong just by entertaining him as much as replying and feeling giddy too.

Kira: Hi Drev. I have been busy. Sorry for not replying. ☹

She went back to her laptop and continued her layouts for the new flyers they will use in promoting the new designs of furniture under DXM. She is excited with this new project since it is her first time leading the team to a new batch of designs.

Her phone beeps.

Drev: Can I call you?

Her eyes widened after she read his message. What the heck?

Kira: why?

Drev: I want to talk to you..

Kira: We are talking now, right?

Drev: I want to hear your voice

Drev Calling…

She clears her throat before answering.

“Hi” why does she sound like a banshee?

“Hey babe, thanks for answering. So what are you doing now? Are you at work?” His voice brings tension to her. A very good tension.

Why must he have a perfect voice too? His voice is deep and manly. The type of voice that will melt your panties. Hahaha.

‘Uhm, yeah. It is past two PM here now. What time is it in there?” she asked.

It is past seven here and I have just woken up sweetheart. I love your voice.

Again ladies and gentlemen, she wants to scream and act like a teenager when their crush looks at them. Arrgg.

“I like how you sound too..”

“As much as I would like to request a video call, I know it is early for that. But if you open your cam then…” What a tease! He is obviously playing with kher.

“Then what?” she snaps.

What a tease! If he just woken up then maybe he is still in bed? Her mind is wandering already about his possible morning look. Damn! He chuckles.

“baby…’ Drev continues to tease her. “don’t call me that, Drev..”, she scolds him.

“I will call you all the endearments I know babe. So do you wanna see me?” He never really gives up.

“What?” Oh God! This will really be wrong. But I am so curious about him.

He opens his camera and she sees him. He is gracing her afternoon with his handsome face. Oookkkaaaaay! So that’s his real face. So what? Right? Damn! He is so handsome.

“Hi again. I want to see you Kira baby please.” His soothing voice encourages her to do what he wants.

She quickly glances at her face on the small mirror on her table. Luckily, she is the only one in the office now, others are taking their coffee break and Dolly and Adi are visiting the factory to ensure the availability of their new designs.

“I should not be doing this now, you know? I’m at work”. They stare with each other for a while before she hears him clears his throat.

“You are the finest person to see in the morning baby.”

“You know, I just realized I don’t know anything about you.”

“What do you want to know?”

“Are you married or in any relationship?”

“Both no. Not married nor in any relationship. Actually I want to have one now upon knowing you.”

“That's a joke right? We both know that cannot be.” She watches his every movement.

“Baby, no one will stop us.”

“You’re crazy..”

She laughs and he looks serious on the other line. Drev adjusted the phone that he is holding when he sit up so she got a chance to see that he is f*****g naked at the upper part mostly. She quickly focused on his face and tried to forget what she saw. Damn body! Did she see a tattoo?

“I have been going crazy since last Saturday when you did not reply,” he continued.

“Honestly, I’m..” She cannot tell him the real reason why she avoided reading his messages. She can't even accept it for herself.

“Let’s be friends, can we? I just want to know that when I want to talk to someone, you will be there.”

“Friends? That is fine with me.” She hears the voices of her work mates so she told him that they should go back to chatting.

“Good to see you sweetheart! I will get ready for work.”

“Take care…” She says her farewell to him.

After the call, she cannot focus on her tasks anymore. Her mind was clouded by Drev’s face and voice. He is devilishly handsome for real. And his voice? Damn! She collects herself and tries to finish the layout.

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“Kira, are you going to submit your papers for the promotion?” Adi inquired.

“Andrea wants me to submit, but I am still thinking about it. There’s a possibility that the promoted employee will transfer at our office in Makati and you know I can't stay there”, she wants to be promoted of course. Who wouldn’t be? But transferring to Makati means away from her kids and James.

“I understand you, it is difficult to decide,” Adi said.

“Yo girls, let's go home. Is it just Monday? Why do I feel like I work a lot and it's like Friday already” Dolly said, complaining. She and Adi visit the factory so they must be really tired from going back and forth to DXM Furniture in Dasmarinas and their factory in Laguna. They had been out all day and just returned to give the feedback to Andrea.

They all came out of the DXM building and said their goodbyes to one another. Adi rides on her motorbike while she and Dolly wait for the jeepney that goes their route.

“The traffic is terrible, no? Dolly said. It is a part of the commuter’s daily deal to be patient on traffic on the road. She cannot complain any more since it will not do any good. Living a simple life means riding public transportation as well.

“Let’s go” she said to Dolly when the jeepney stopped in front of them.

The whole ride is filled with Dolly’s stories about the latest issue she had gossiped from the office. She said that one of their accountants is having an affair with their receptionist. She just listened to her while browsing on her phone from time to time. She doesn’t like gossip but also cannot avoid it especially if you have a friend and officemate named Dolly. Hahaha.

She enjoys her peace while walking through their subdivision. Windward subdivision is like any normal neighborhood, the houses range from simple, pretty and big, beautiful houses. The neighbors act like they know all the stories behind each individual.

Her wandering thoughts were interrupted by her ringtone. She carefully gets her phone from her bag. The unusual reaction of her body towards the person who’s calling now is alarming.

She slides her phone’s screen to accept the call.

“Hey baby…”

Damn! She never wanted to admit it but she is liking it. The way he is calling her and the attention he is giving.

May the Lord forgive the sinner like her.