Maybe It Was

Chapter 3

I looked at Selena again and just tried to ignore the presence beside her.

“Well, what brought you here?” I asked her while smiling.

She told me that it was gonna be her brother’s birthday in a month. She wanted me to design a dress for her and her mom. Also, she asked me to make a suit for her brother and father. That was why he was here to have his measurement taken.

“I’ll leave Seb at your care. I have to pick up my kid from my mother’s. She have an appointment later at her derma.” I nodded at her and decided to walked with her until the elevator.

I looked at Cynthia and told her to take away Sebastian to get his measurements. As for Selena, we already had her measurements and her mother would soon come to get hers alongside their father.

“Let’s hang out soon.” I said as a farewell and wave at her as the elevator door close. When she was out of sight, I put my hands together at my back and decided to see how the measurement is going.

The measurement room was located near my office. There were two doors in between it and my office. I go there and the door wasn’t close tightly so I didn’t knock and just pushed the door bigger. Sebastian was just sitting in one of the chairs inside. He had his arms crossed and his head bowed, he must be sleeping.

I coughed to get his attention. He looked up and our gazes met. He frowned at me.

“Where’s Cynthia?” I asked.

“She got a call and told me to wait here.” He said languidly as he uncrossed his arms and put them on top of the table. He looked at me and raised an eyebrow.

I saw the measuring tape near him and walked towards it. “I’ll just do the measurement then. Please stand up, sir.”

He looked at me for a second as if asking me a question on what I’m trying to do. I motioned for him to stand up. He hesitatingly stood up in front of me. He was taller than I expected and he smelled good. I had to tilt my head up to meet his eyes.

“I’ll just get a pen and paper.” I said and hurriedly turned back from him. My cheeks flushed from our height gap. It was the perfect gap for a forehead kiss. I nagged at myself for thinking that way.

After getting the pen and paper, I started measuring his back. Later, I realized that I had to take measurement on his groin area. My face flushed with that thought. Something’s wrong with me. I was not the type to be embarrassed about things like this.

“Can you raise your suit a little? I need to measure your waist line.” He did as I asked. His waist was slimmer than I thought and it was solid. Let’s take it slowly, I said to myself. However, I couldn’t help but stuttered when I told him that the groin part would be next.

“Excuse me for a while,” I said, trying to avoid his gaze. I gave him the measuring tape and asked him to measure that part. I couldn’t take it myself so I just let him do it.

“Isn’t it your job to take the measurement? What if I get it wrong?” He asked while leaving my hand suspended. I looked at him and was at lost for words for a moment. He was right it was my job. But I don’t know why but it was making me embarrassed so I just pushed to tape to him.

“Well, umm, I can just teach you how to do it.” I could feel my face heating up. Must he really ask?

He nodded and took the measuring tape from me. He put it between his legs and then started measuring.

“Is this how you do it?” He asked while holding the measurement loosely. He was staring at ne intensely and I feel like he was doing it clumsily so I would just do it.

“Put it above the waistline of your pants.” I instructed w and he did it while looking at me. My face getting redder by the second. I checked the number in his thumb and it seems to be about rights so I just wrote it down.

I finalize his measurement and put some notes. The door suddenly opened and Cynthia walked in.

“I’m sorry, did I take too long? I got a call from the warehouse.”

I raised my eyebrow at what she said. A call from the warehouse? Did something go wrong there?

“What happened?” I asked

“The stock we have might not be enough. Thats what the people said there.” I clicked my tongue.

I handed the paper with Sebastian’s measurement to her. “Take this to the Fabric Department and tell them to prepare different black fabrics for the suit. I will go to the warehouse to personally recheck our stock.”

“Thank you so much for being patient, we are done with your measurements. We would just update with regards to the design. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have something to check up on. My assistant, Cynthia will show you out and if you have any questions you can ask her.” I nodded my head to him and left the room.

I went back to my office and gathered my stuff, my phone and bag. The warehouse was quite a distance from the office. Good thing, I drove to work today. There wasn’t a heavy traffic since its past rush hour.

There was some trucks parked outside the warehouse. It was being loaded by boxes that contains the clothes. One of the drivers has been working for us for two years now, his name was Ben. He was rechecking the boxes inside, counting if he had the exact quantity. He didn’t notice me park and even when I got off and closed the door he was still checking.

“Ben..” I called out to him as a greeting.

“Oh, you’re here. Its a chaos right now inside.” I sighed at what he said. I thought this day would be smooth sailing for me.

“I heard, thats why I’m here.” I walked past him and tapped his shoulder. When I got inside, it was chaos. Looks like, I have a long day ahead of me.