Chapter 28
"Are you okay?" I asked Niccos. Bumuntong hininga lang siya at sumandal muli sa pader. "No. I just did a lot of work today." Work? He means, he is already working now? Somehow, namangha ako sa narinig. Hindi ko rin mapigilang maging proud. "Oh, okay. U-Uh..." tiningnan ko siya. "Bakit ka pala nandito?" Coincidence huh? Anyways, hindi siya mukhang pagod. Mas fresh pa nga siya tignan kaysa sa akin. I bet he really is effortlessly handsome. "I am meeting an executive business partner. I am filling in for my Dad." Umangat siya at umayos ng tayo ngunit nanatiling nakaekis ang kanyang mga braso. "Why are you here?" Tumikhim ako. I suddenly felt cornered. "I'm uhhh... here to meet with my brother's florist." Paliwanag ko. Bakit ba ako nauutal? "He doesn't look like a florist, though." An
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