Chapter 18.1

Mariing kinagat ni Alana ang ibabang labi habang pilit na kinakalma ang kanyang sarili. Kanina niya pa napapansin ang panay na paninitig sa kanya ng lalaking kanilang kaharap ngunit pinipilit niyang maging kalmado.

“I see,” sambit ni Architect Ivory. “Do you want me to sketch something for you today so I and Miss Sandoval can plan out the designs?”

Umiling si Rhett at malamig na bumaling ng tingin sa kanya. “I never said you and your boss will be in the same project.”

Wala sa sarili siyang nagkatinginan ng kanyang arkitekto. She looked at Rhett Fuentabella and asked, “What do you mean we’re not in the same project? Saan ba ako naka-assign?”

“There’s a house I owned in Pampanga that I want you to design,” he said. “I trust your skills. I don’t think Miss Shaira Buenavie will send someone who doesn’t have the skills, right?”

Ramdam na ramdam ni Emory ang panunuya sa tono ng boses ng binata na pilit niyang binabalewala. She took a very deep breath forced a smile. May ibang choice pa ba s