CHASING MR. PAUL

CHAPTER 2

“Mom, why do we go straight here? Shouldn't we be at the mall first before coming here?" Mara asked, as her parents held both her hands.

“Maybe we'll be late for your audition, so your daddy and I talked about going straight here before we go to the mall. Let's go through the mall later, after your audition. Let's eat something delicious. Let's celebrate this. Mara, make sure that you give your best at your audition later because they'll pick some candidates from among all the auditioners in the top twenty, and I pray that you'll be the one chosen from the top twenty. I think your dad and I were the happiest to see that you would be ramping up at the event." Mara's mom replied as she smiled at him while still holding one of her hands.

Mara smiled and said she was happy with what her mommy said.

“Yes, Mom, I will do everything I can to get into the top twenty, and I promise I will be the one selected from the top twenty. I'm sure you and Dad can see me ramping up at the event. Did you forget that I inherited it from you two? Then this child of yours is beautiful. I'm sure they will amaze me once they see me ramping in front of them, and I'm sure they will choose me for the event."

The three of them just laughed as they entered the very place where the audition would be held.

There were so many people, and they were also surprised that it was far from what they thought.

Jonathan believes that starting the audition at that time would be too early, but after they arrive, there are so many people at the audition location. But Jonathan made a mistake in what he expected because the entire area was almost filled with candidates at the said audition.

Mara rolled her eyes. As she and her parents were happy and holding hands as they entered the location, she saw one of the two men talking and looking at them.

He is handsome, tall, and it seems like he comes from a wealthy family. Add to that, its narrow eyes and pointed nose. Mara thinks it looks stucky based on what she sees as he looks at her and the other person next to him speaks.

“Mom, do you know those two? And how about you, dad? Do you know those two?" Mara pointed to the two men. But Mara thinks that the man next to the man who gained her sympathy is gay. While the man next to the gay is still looking at them, Mara notices that the man can't take his eyes off of her while she was with her parents. The two are busy talking far away from them while Mara notices that one is looking at them. Now the two men are talking and looking at her while she and her parents stop walking and rolling their eyes in the place where they are now.

At the same time, her parents looked up from what Mara was pointing out to two men far away from them.

She could notice that her parents were not taking their eyes off of them.

“Ramil?" said her mom, taking the gaze from the two, and her dad did the same, as her mom looked at the two and her dad spoke.

“Yes, it's Ramil." In response to what her mother had said, her father spoke up.

Mara, on the other hand, was surprised that the gay man next to the handsome man she was also looking at earlier was the famous designer who owns the event.

Mara couldn't imagine that the gay man she was looking at now was the famous designer that she had heard her parents talking about.

Mara believes that the gay designer has a good physique, which she notices while looking at her. While she looks closely, it is not clear that he is a homosexual. Except for the flickers of his fingers that she noticed while happily talking to the man next to Ramil, the name she heard from her parents.

Mara was surprised when the two suddenly walked towards them after she noticed that they were looking at them.

“Hello!" Ramil greeted her parents.

“It's good that you both got here, Jonathan and Elisa." Ramil smiled happily at her parents.

“Is she your daughter?" Ramil asked her parents.

“She is beautiful, just like you, Elisa." Ramil was amazed while he was looking at her, and he smiled at her.

“She almost captures your beauty, Elisa." Again, Ramil told her parents too.

Elisa's parents both laughed at what Ramil said, the famous designer who is now happily watching Mara's face.

“Thanks, Ramil. But we didn't expect you to be here today. We have news that you are in Cebu for the event you will also be holding there. It is good to see that you are here." Elisa was the one who responded to all the compliments that Ramil said and to their daughter Mara, who observed and listened to the conversations between her parents and the famous designer.

But Ramil isn't the only one who can't take his eyes off of her. Even the man next to him couldn't take his eyes off Mara.

Jonathan noticed that, so he immediately asked. “Who is this handsome man with you?" Ramil turns his gaze toward his friend at his side. He laughed and forgot that he had a friend who was now just listening and watching while Ramil was happily chatting with Mara's parents.

“By the way, my friend Paul!" Ramil's answer was from what Jonathan asked him.

“I think you don't know who he is?" Ramil smiled. “He was the son of a famous businessman..."

When Ramil could not continue to say what he wanted to say, Paul asked him to stop.

Ramil was restrained by Paul from stating his state of family origin.

Paul did not like it when his family was mentioned or revealed to others.

Paul is just annoyed with the criticism he receives from other people because of the standard of living he wants to belong to.

Paul did not like to reveal that he was from a wealthy family.

“Why are you both here?" Ramil just changed the topic and again asked the couple.

“Didn't you receive the invitation letter I sent to you both the other day?" Ramil asked the couple again, who smiled at her parents.

“We received it, Ramil. But our daughter, Mara, would have liked to audition for your fashion show next month." Mara's mom informed Ramil.

While Elisa was full of excitement, Ramil was shocked.

“Good! She no longer needed to participate in the audition. Your daughter has passed the audition, according to my opinion, from what I saw of her. It seems that she inherited both of you and your skills in your profession as a great model. Maybe someday your daughter will be much better than you when it comes to modeling." Ramil joked as he turned Mara around to take a good look at her entire physique.

“It looks like what I see is right; your daughter's body is well-shaped. Mara, right? How old are you?" Ramil asked, looking at her carefully.

“I am sixteen!" Mara replied.

“Really?" She nodded.

“The beauty of your body shape at your age was excellent, and your face? You almost captured the look on your mother's face." Ramil said, happily looking at the person next to him.

“Paul, am I right? At her age, you can see the beauty of her physique was excellent."

“Yeah!" Paul's short reply to Ramil.

“What is that? Is that all you can tell her?" Ramil joked with his friend.

“She is beautiful, like her mom." He answered Ramil's question again.

“What is it that you are always too short of answers to comment on when it comes to women?" He laughed at the same time as he was shaken by what his friend had answered.

They had fun while Mara just looked at the man being teased by the famous designer.

She was looking at Paul's handsome face, and every time he looked at her, she immediately averted her eyes, and Mara turned to the candidates who would participate in the audition.

Mara was also happy to hear that she would no longer participate in the audition and she was immediately accepted because of her parents.

She is also happy because she is now part of the fashion show to be held next month, which is owned by Ramil, the famous designer who is a friend of her parents.

Mara's dream will come true next month. So she is excited to see herself with her parents at the fashion show to be held next month.