Chapter 17
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Nicole's POV
"Where's Raymond?" Why he isn't here? He is not assigned to the site now ahh.
"Hey girl, did Raymond arrive already?" I asked Pipay.
"I didn't notice him, he hasn't been late since then" –Pipay
"Good morning guys" My boss immediately came in so I went back to my table.
"Good morning sir" We greeted.
"Guys, I want you to meet Brandon, he will be your new officemate here in the office, he will also replace Austin's place"
"Hello, nice meeting you all" Brandon greeted us, ayyy ayyy, do you need to look at me? So funny.
"Brandon, this is the engineering department here's Engr. Jason, Engr. Marvin, here is Engr. Harold, he will be your supervisor here"
"Hello engineer" –Brandon
"This is Engr. Nicole, my son is not here yet, Engr. Raymond, my son is very slow." said the mokong.
"Hi, Engr. Nicole" Brandon offered me a handshake, luh luh luh don't be too ambitious Nicole, he's just getting to know you.
"Hi" I also shook his hand, and then this gay interjected.
"Hi Brandon, I'm Pipay, Sir Jaime's secretary" Yikes, that gay couldn't stand it either, he likes chasing new employees in the company, he used to be like that with Austin when he started here.
"Be careful with Pipay hahaha" We all laughed in the office.
"Sir, you always teasing me" –Pipay
"Just kidding, oh hey, since I introduced you to these, you may start now, and by the way Marvin, are you coming back to San Mateo later? How is it?" -Sir
My boss returned to his table again. "Ahhmm Nicole, you take care of Brandon first, Marvin and I will just talk" Huh? me? Why didn't he assign him to Pipay,
"Let's go, sir"
"Just call me Brandon, I'm just a beginner." –Brandon
"Ahh, is that so hahaha? This is where your table will be, then here are the plans and specs of our projects, you will make a report for it, that's the office works here besides estimates and plan designing"
"Alright" –Brandon
"Ahhmmm Brandon, if you have a question about sales reports, budgeting, and pricing, you can ask me" replied Pipay.
"Ahh okay, thank you" -Brandon
Pipay suddenly pulled me. "Girl, it looks like he's the one"
"What do you mean?"
"He is my forever" –Pipay
"Hayyyy you're gay, you're flirting again and again"
"Give me this one, since Austin is no longer here" –Pipay
"It's up to you, don't worry, I'll support you"
And speaking of support, here's another supporting cast.
"Hey Raymond? Manager? You had your schedule?" -Pipay
"Why? Is there a problem?" -Raymond
"N-Nothing" The gay has been silenced.
"Raymond, this is what you asked me to do yesterday" I handed him the folder. "By the way, come here" I brought Raymond to Brandon. "Brandon, this is Engr. Raymond, Sir Jaime's son, Raymond is Engr. Brandon will replace Austin"
"Hello sir"
"Welcome, just call me Raymond"
"He's very respectful, we're the same age here, 18 years old hahaha"
"You're 18? Aren't you 26?" -Raymond
"Keep quiet Raymond"
"Can I ask? Why did Austin resign?" -Brandon
"Austin? Someone gave him an offer in Korea and he accepted it." –Raymond
And speaking of Austin, how is that dweeb doing?
Austin's POV
Until now, we are still traveling to KTV Network and Madam Heejin seems to be hot-headed because she has been scolding me for so long, I don't know how far it is from the condo. Why is it she came with me and I still have other responsibilities at the same time?
"Mr.ege yeonlag hal su eobs-eul ttae oseutin-ege malhabnida. i seutyudio-eseo najung-e, ulineun taejeong-e gwansim-iissda" (I'm telling you Austin, if I don't meet Mr. Lee later at the studio, we will both scold by boss Tae-jung) There she is, why does she talk like a novel? Do people here in Korea get irritated like this? I then remembered from her our former client who was the same age as him, they were very similar. Nothing, I just shared it.
"Wae ileohge gil-eoyo? eodilo gayahaneunji asibnikka?" (Why did it take us so long? Do you know the way there?)
Coleen told me that it only takes 30 minutes to get there, we'll be together for an hour, we'll be late.
"Deo ppalli idonghal su issdolog balo gagilo jinhaenghagessseubnida" (I'll just take a shortcut so we can get there)
After a while, we arrived at the given address, wait? Here it is.
I was about to leave the car when Madam Heejin suddenly squealed.
"Eodi gani?" (Where are you going?) –Heejin
"Ulineun yeogi" (We are here)
"Ajig!! nal eodilo delyeoga, balam pineungeoya?" (Not yet!! Where are you taking me, are you making fun of me?) –Heejin
"Yeogie naegabad-eun jusoga issseubnida" (This is the address given to me) I handed him my phone with the address where the KTV Network is located given by the helper, I just took a picture of it.
"Yeogiga anim" (Not here) He answered, so that helper is a liar? I will take care of him later.
"Dangsin-eun babo, naneun unjeonsa" (You fool, let me drive.) Then I was scolded again, and she got out and drove. Why she didn't teach me, I wish she hadn't I feel like a fool wherever I go.
KTV NETWORK STATION
We're already here at the station with Madam Heejin, I haven't taken out Strawberry's things yet because she said I'm going with her.
"Neon yeogi pil-yo eobs-eo jib-e gal su-iss-eo" (I don't need you here, you may go now.) What does she mean? Well, I still have work here, why is she sending me home?
"Nae mal mos deul-eoss-eo? jib-ega" (Didn't you hear me? You may go.) What's her right to tell me that? Is she the boss? Well, she's just an executive producer here.
"Yeogie daleun il-i issseubnida" (I'm going to do something here)
"Jib-e gamyeon nae sigan-eul nangbi hae" (Then do it, after that you may go, you just wasted my time) She turned her back on me, then I flipped my fist as I would punch her, and she felt like a boss. "You're not the boss here hey" I weakly replied.
She said that I wouldn't do anything here, by then, she would bring Strawberry's stuff later.
"Doum-eul yocheonghal su issseubnikka? tal-uisillo olmgil mulgeon-i issseubnida" (Can I ask for help? I have some things to move to the dressing room) I asked the guard for help to move their things, actually they are already late so it looks like I will be scolded by TJP when he finds out.
For me to have a sense here, I asked the guard to help them carry their things to Strawberry's dressing room, then I went back to the condo because Heejin said I was no longer needed there.
Misty's POV
I already knew it.
Austin is so slow, we're getting late and our bags just came here very late, we have only a few minutes to prepare because we will have a foreign guest from the United States.
"Dangsin-eun da-eum-e, seodulleo yo, mwo haeyo?" (You're next, hurry up, what else are you doing?)
I had almost prepared already, it was not my mistake at all because I made that for Austin, I told our helper that Austin would be in charge of delivering our things here, so I told the girls to bring all of our items, even though we are going to Hong Kong later. Because of his scolding, he deserved that punishment.
We went to the backstage and prepared for our entrance.
"Naneun yeojeonhi baeg-in-ibnikka?" (Is still my face so white?) –Yujin
"Gichoga eobs-eodo yeojeonhi baeg-in-ibnida" (Even if you don't have a foundation, you're face is still whitey)
"Ladies and gentlemen, a new sensation Korean Girl group will kick off this afternoon, please give them a round of applause, Strawberry!!"
Austin's POV
Coleen suddenly called me, my palm was getting cold, it seemed that the news had reached them.
"Hello?"
"Hello Austin, the world tour will not continue tomorrow in Hong Kong according to Mr. TJP" –Coleen
"Why?"
"For security purposes, in addition to safety, There is a COVID-19" -Coleen
"It's here too, even in the Philippines there is already"
"That's right, so later after Strawberry's guesting, they have to go back to the condo, what will happen is their World Tour will be rescheduled" -Coleen
"Ahh, is that so? All right, thanks Coleen"
"Your welcome Austin" –Coleen
I was nervous, I thought they were going to send me home, and then their world tour would be discontinued, the bad thing is, their stuff, they brought it here, and the event would be canceled. My goodness.
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