Programmed Wife

Chapter 32

"Den- shu- den... Den-sha no-"

"For the love of God Shawn. Please shut the f*ck up and leave my office now. I don't have the patience nor time for you right now," Rui scolded his poor friend who was currently reading a script that was given to him on the couch inside his office.

Office hours just ended, the employees are out and ready to enjoy the weekend. But Rui had it tough. He had no choice but to stay in his office, trapped in his own secret room with this loud top tier actor who couldn't read his poor lines.

"Bakit ba kasi nandito ka pa rin? Umuwi na tayo sa condo!" he said stomping his foot.

"Shawn, you can go home. I am not stopping you from doing that, I wish you do actually."

"Nakaka- touch ka naman," madramang sabi ni Shawn habang hinahawi ang kan'yang bangs. "Kung puwede lang kita i-boink boink sa ulo para makatulog ka sandali bago kita hatakin pauwi!"

"Have you heard before that you talk too much? Kung nandito ka para aralin 'yang script, ituloy mo nalang nang tahimik. My brain hurts please!"

"Aba! Bakit ba kasi ganito 'tong script na 'to? Ang daming Japanese words pero hindi nila nilagay kung ano 'yong meaning! Hindi ko maintindihan!" Shawn almost threw a full on tantrum but he was stopped by a knock at the door.

"Huh? May tao pa pala?" bulong niya bago niya narinig na papasukin ito ni Rui.

"Sir, Mr. Shawn," Leyla greeted. Iba ang suot niyang damit mula kaninang nasa opisina siya. Mula noong umuwi sila ni Roca ay nagawa na niyang magpalit ng damit at bumalik sa opisina.

"Leyla? Hi, hi, hellooo!" sigaw ni Shawn. "Oh- bumalik ka nalang? Anong meron?"

"Yes po Sir, uh- Nagluto po ako," masaya niyang iniangat ang dalang lalagyan laman ang masarap na lutong bahay. "Dala ko rin po 'yong mga damit ni Sir. Rui."

Shawn meaningfully turned his smirk towards Rui, "Bakit nasa kan'ya 'yong mga damit mo?" he asked. "May relasyon ba kayo na 'di ko nalalaman?"

"Oh no Sir, I just take care of his clothes kasi hindi po siya umuuwi-"

"God! Please tell me you left your office in the past month!" Shawn exclaimed.

"I did!"

"He did during meetings Sir," Leyla honestly said. She walked to bring in the food in the mini table. With a laundry bag she quietly entered the comfort room and enter Rui's secret bedroom inside.

Naiwan na nakanganga si Shawn sa napanood niyang kalmadong expression ni Rui, "Bro, she's in your room," he whispered.

"Huh? Yeah?"

"And that's fine to you?"

"I don't see any problem with-" Rui caught himself in the middle of his sentence. A faint smile appeared on his face. Shawn's right, this would have been the worst thing for Rui but with her, he's pretty confident and trusting that nothing bad would've happen.

"Yeah f*ck that, you're really in too deep," nangingilabot na bulong ni Shawn.

Leyla got out of the room to fix the table. Binuksan pa lamang niya ang takip ng dala niyang Tupperware ay napatakbo na kaagad si Shawn paupo sa may hapag kainan. Natatawang inabutan ito ng pinggan ni Leyla.

"This b*stard," Rui whispered. "She hasn't been done fixing the table and you're already drooling over there you stupid."

"Shush! Hindi ko na mapipigalan, amoy pa lang kasi- Adobo!" Leyla sweetly smiled at his joyful scream.

"Look what you did, he's busy reading his script but you distracted him easily with food."

Leyla jokingly bowed a bit, "At least he's going to be quieter now, right?" she answered.

"OMG! Pinlano niyo ba 'to?" ngawa ni Shawn habang magang kumakain.

Leyla giggled, moving closer to Rui to take his suit as he stood up to eat at the table together with Shawn.

"We didn't plan anything, hindi ko nga alam na babalik siya."

"Yup, I randomly decided to do so. Nasobrahan kasi ang luto ko na adobo at alam kong gagabihin si Mr. Shawn dito."

Mangiyak-ngiyak na humarap si Shawn kay Rui. With his mouth still full with food he dramatically said, "Rui ang sarap! Ngayon lang ako nakatikim ng ganito kasarap na adobo! Ganito kasarap mga kinakain mo?!"

Kaswal na umiling si Rui, "Well yeah, she cooks well. 'Wag mo masyadong enjoy-in, baka hindi ka na umalis dito-"

"Kailan ka nagdadala ng pagkain dito Leyla?"

"Breakfast-"

"Hey! 'Wag mo na sabihin! Baka hindi na himinto 'yan para lang makakain ng luto mo!"

"I mean, there's nothing wrong with that Sir, right?" Leyla said sweetly. "I will just cook an extra serving if you want to join us Mr. Shawn," she even invited him in.

"Hey-hey! Ako ang mamomroblema kapag kaingayan niya ang maririnig ko pagkagising ko sa umaga!"

"Umaga? Gaano kaaga?" Shawn sadly asked. Alam niya na kung umaga ang usapan, wala siyang magagawa.

"Pretty early Mr. Shawn. But if you want, I can leave you a share of your food in the morning by your Unit door."

"Unit- oh right!" Shawn slowly clapped with the sudden realization. "Oo nga pala! Nakatira ka sa same unit namin! Puwede nga!"

"No, I don't think so."

"Selfish b*tch," bulong ni Shawn. "Bakit kasi hindi ka pa bumalik doon sa unit mo? Nandito naman na ako, puwede na doon muna ako mag stay sa unit mo okaya doon ka sa unit ko. Maliban nalang kung gusto mo na doon ka sa unit ni Leyla."

Biglaang nabulunan si Rui dahil sa suggestion ng kaibigan. He angrily signaled his friend with just his angry looking eyes but he just laughed at him. When he turned to check at Leyla's reaction, she just smiled while carefully clearing up Rui's table.

"Do you want to?" she silently asked. "If you want, you can stay with me, kaysa naman dito sa office ka lang Sir."

Shawn and Rui both stopped. They were stunned with what she said. She couldn't understand the weird reactions they gave him but she just shrugged.

"What? Do you think I will be freaked out by the idea?" natatawa niyang tanong. "I don't mind, wala naman akong makita na problema doon."

"Hey," Shawn whispered. Loud enough only for Rui to hear. Rui leaned in to listen, "Bakit hindi mo nalang pakasalan? Ang sarap magluto tapos walang kaarte- arte. Matalino pa, kasal na agad 'yan gag*!"

"Shut up stupid. If she ever hear you, I will stab you to death with a toothpick."

"P*ta ka ang brutal mo naman, nag su-suggest lang naman ako."

"Excuse me Sir Shawn, is this yours?" Leyla stopped the two from arguing as she waved script in her hand. Shawn nodded. She continued to examine the random annotations in it, "Japanese... it's quite interesting," kumento pa nito.

"Interesting? Challenging kamo. Sino ang nagpasa niyan? Bakit nakalusot na walang translations? Hindi ko tuloy maintindihan kung ano ang pinag uusapan nila. Masaya ba ako o malungkot?" he complained.

"Google will easily tell you that you just chose to be stupid and lazy," pang-aasar ni Rui.

"Ikaw 'yong dapat sisihin dito eh. Hindi mo man lang tinignan kung mahihirapan ako sa pagbabasa no'ng script! OMG!" Shawn screamed with his realization, "Baka naman sinadya mo na mahirapan ako sa pagbabasa ng script!"

"I don't think so," Leyla responded in behalf of the CEO. "I read in your file that you studied foreign languages for two years. One year for French and one more year focused on Japanese."

Shawn turned to look at Leyla with a huge piece of pork on his fork, ready for him to chomp, "So?" he asked. "I took the lessons, kailangan ko raw e," pagmamaktol nito.

"So... you should understand these simple words right?"

"Grabe naman Leyla! Bakit parang nahahawa ka na kay Rui?" parang batang sumimangot si Shawn. "I already took the classes, you really expect me to retain the language as well?!"

"Isn't that what's supposed to happen?" Leyla was clueless. She couldn't understand the logic behind Shawn's whining but seeing Rui laugh at it... she learned to not understand it but laugh with him instead.

"Tumatawa pa kayo, kung sanang tinulungan niyo nalang ako?"

"Don't worry Sir Shawn, I can translate these Japanese lines for you."

"OMG! Ikaw na mag se-search? Medyo marami pa naman 'yan, baka naman matagalan ka?" he excitedly asked.

"No Sir, It will be fast. I can understand Japanese."

Shawn dropped his utensils at his plate, with his mouth wide open. He turned to look at Rui almost asking him how this girl know so much, but Rui was shocked as well.

"You know Korean and Japanese?" Rui asked with his eyebrows furrowed.

"You know Korean and Japanese?!" pag uulit na sigaw ni Shawn.

"Uhm, yes. I studied multiple languages since I was a kid-"

"Mu-multiple?" sigaw ni Shawn.

"I studied Korean, Japanese, Spanish-"

"Spanish?!"

"French, German, oh- Chinese too."

"P*ta normal ba 'yon?" tanong ni Shawn sa kaibigan. Walang maisagot si Rui kung hindi ang panlalaki ng mga mata nito.

"You can speak all of those languages?"

"Those are the ones that I am confident in. 'Yong iba na hindi ko nasabi-"

"May iba pa?!" sigaw ni Shawn. "Leyla tao ka ba?" natatawang tanong ni Shawn.

"What?" Rui whispered.

"Bagay ka ngang secretary ni Rui! Tugmang tugma! Parang alam mo lahat!" he even clapped with his silly remarks. "Konti nalang iisipin ko may super powers ka! Para kang robot!"