CHAPTER 12
AZALEA
“I’m so damn late. Bella's mouth might be foaming now,” I mumbled at myself while the cab stopped in front of the coffee shop where Bella and I agreed to meet this afternoon. However, it was already several minutes past 6. I never expected that the client meeting would extend for another hour, and the traffic was horrible.
I haven't seen her for a month since work was up to my neck. Even Dimitri suffered the same fate. I hardly saw him in the office. Nevertheless, my career was my comfort zone. I wouldn't wish a single thing about it changed. I liked it as it was.
I handed the driver a bill. It paid for his charges and the change... his tip, “Thank you, Ma’am,” he said, grinning widely. “Drive safe, Manong!” and I opened my door and shut it gently, then walked toward
