CHAPTER 4 - Bidding Goodbye
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The remaining two days of Chen's stay at the hospital ended quickly and on those days, I spent most of my time there and just brought my work with me-- an advantage of choosing a company that doesn't require me to work in their office.
I had the choice to just leave him there and go back on his last day but there's just something about this guy that pulls me closer to him. I'm not sure if it's because of pity or I'm just attracted to him but either way, I'm glad it's done.
"Now that you're fully recovered, let's go to the embassy and see how they can arrange a flight for you," I told Chen.
"Thank you for all the help, Jess. I appreciate it," he responded with a smile. His gorgeous and soft looks just make me want to stare at him all day.
I just smiled at him as we head to the embassy.
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I was left alone at the waiting area while Chen talks with a staff. Based from the looks of the people here, majority of the workers are Chinese and the rest looks Filipino-Chinese. I'm amazed at how they keep this bond with them and it's evident that they were well together since their upbringing is almost the same.
This environment isn't new to me already as I'm part Chinese but we're not the traditional type. In our family businesses, we're used to applying the work culture that was passed on by our ancestor to us. And since we're open to any race, there were also changes made in how our office culture was being molded to suit everyone's needs and still abiding by our companies' values.
People always ask me why I'm not working in one of our businesses. I could have attained a high position already and hold more authority, but I didn't. It seems hard for them to understand that I opted to work for someone else instead of using my knowledge and skills to bring more success in our bread and butter.
Growing up, my family expected too much from me since I've shown excellence in everything that I do especially in school. I was active in various organizations and competitions, bringing home awards. In short, I was the perfect daughter.
I loved the attention and praises but overtime, I realized how much pressured I felt and it stressed me out. I'm a perfectionist and beating myself up when something's not at par to my standards and me working for the family business will just put more pressure on myself so I decided to do something on my own. I guess I just had enough. I got tired of pleasing other people.
After almost an hour of waiting, Chen and the staff were finally done with their meeting.
"Hi, how was it?" I asked Chen.
Before Chen can respond, the lady replied.
"We'll settle his papers and take everything from here. Thank you for bringing him, you can take your leave now," the lady replied harshly and I don't even know why.
Shouldn't she be grateful that I helped out? Chen said that he's here in the country to meet some businessmen. If I didn't helped out Chen, it would have taken much more time to them to know his situation.
Or did it bother her that I've done something that should have reached their radar beforehand and it's a shame on her end because I somehow fasten some processes that they could have done instead?
I just find her harshness really weird.
Sporting my fakest smile, I replied, "Alright. Since everything seems to be arranged, I'll head home now," then I turned to Chen, "Have a safe trip back to your homeland."
Without waiting for his reply, I turned around and left them there.
My mood just turned sour in instant because of that girl and I didn't know why it affected me so much. But what I find weirder is having different kinds of emotions at the same time.
I know I've been dreading for this to end...
But why do I feel hurt every time I take a step away from Chen?
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