TO LOVE AGAIN

CHAPTER 4

"It's been a long time." Nicoli released a big smile when we were finally here in our former country, the Philippines. Our feet were already on the Philippine road, and the air we breathed in is owned by the Philippines. Yeh. I'm not dreaming. We're already here. Welcome back, to me.

'Welcome back, Elisha' I whisper to myself.

"Let's go?" Nicoli said as a signal for us to enter our house. Gary, an old man, our housekeeper, took our suitcase and carried it outside the front door. Nicoli and I followed.

As we entered the gate of this house, I was amazed at how nice and spacious the veranda of this house was. It's like a mansion. Well, this is not the home we used to live before here in the Philippines, because our house before was once sold by mommy before we left the Philippines.

This house is quite huge. 4 meters before you get to the door of the house, there's also a pool on the right side, a mini garden on the left side, and a tree next to the pool that still has a little hut upstairs. A treehouse? Hmm. Looks cute. It also looks relaxing there. Gonna try to rest there next time. But most of all, there are 4 cars at the garage, I guess the 2 blue cars are for my brother and the 2 white cars are mine.

When we finally reached the door of the house--

"Thank you, Gary," I said with a big smile to Gary, who was the guardian of our house ever since.

"No problem, ma'am Elisha. I'm glad you're back. I've been waiting for you and to your mother, ma'am Elicita, but you're not with her." He replies with a big smile but still, I can see that there's a little bit of sadness written in his face. Maybe because he was hoping to see my mom. Mang Gary used to be my mother's grandfather. Since mommy was a kid, he was the housekeeper of mom's house. So, I understand, I think he missed mom so much.

"She missed you too, Gary." I response happily to him.

"Anyway, you didn't tell me you had a boyfriend," he says and looks at Nicoli who's standing right beside me.

Nicoli and I both glared at each other, wearing a shocked expression, but that soon changed because we both laughed.

"Nice." Nicoli chuckled.

"Ah. No actually, he's not my boyfriend. He's my brother. He's Nicoli." I corrected and introduced it to him, my brother. Somewhat, Gary was startled to what I said, pointing out because all he knew was that I was mom's only daughter.

Gary look at Nicoli again, as if he were studying my brother's face. "If so, you are the result of that incident? I wonder you look like Sir Nathan."

Wait. Does Gary know about that incident?

Fool, Elisha. Probably because he served your mom for a long time. He probably knew that.

"Ah, y-yes. It was me," Nicoli replies.

"You really got your father's face. Okay. Come inside and take a rest now. Ma'am Elisha, Sir Nicoli, welcome back again." Gary says, giving us a welcome smile before he leaves.

"Really? Do I really look, dad?" Nicoli asks. Clueless.

I shake my head. "A little. Come on, let's go inside."

We get inside the house.

I hope this time, this house will be filled with happy memories.

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I am now in my room, Nicoli in his room to besides in my room. On the left side of my room, there is a guest room, on the right side of Nicoli's room, there is also a guest room. I really don't know why there is such a thing, it's not necessary anyway. Well, I just don't want to have any vacant room in the house. Jazz, there is no reason to invite a guest to come over and sleep here.

Whatever.

I bathed, dressed up, and fixed myself, and then I called Aime. Yeah. I'm going to our company today. I'm excited to see our company, meet my employees and of course for us to meet me in person. Because for the past years, they only see me in through video call, and so am I.

I got out of my room after I had finished making myself. Before I could go down the stairs, I visit Nicoli's room. But I had knocked on his door several times, I didn't get any response from him. Maybe, he's sleeping. It seemed he gets tired from our trip.

So I just left a text message for him before I left the house.

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E&A COMPANY

10:15 AM

I was greeted warmly as I entered our company building. From the information area to the elevator. So my smile almost reached my ear. I could really feel the heat of their warmth welcoming me. So I was excited to go into the clothing area to see my beautiful ladies there, also in photoshoot area, to see my beautiful ladies and handsome gentlemen which serves as our models, as well in the design making department area, where our potential designers are there, they are the ones who make the apparel designs we send to America, in our main company, for it to be sewn and sent back here for our beautiful and handsome models to wear.

The elevator lifts sounded when I got on the fifth floor. As the basement opened, Aime's face showed up to me wearing a giant smile as well her eyes were glistening because maybe in her excitement to see me.

"Welcome back!!!" She says with a little bit loud voice while spreading her both arms to give me a tight hug. "I missed you, biatch! Really!" She giggles.

"I missed you too!" I replied.

"Yeah! So much!" She hugs me even more tightly before releasing me into her arms. "So, you're ready? You know, they're really excited to see their beautiful President." She says giggling.

Yup. I'm the President and Aime is the Vice.

"Yeah. Yeah. I'm excited to see them, too. Come on. Let's go." I wink.

"Here we go!" She beams.

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"Here's the President." I overheard one of our staff uttered as Aime and I approached their place, so they stopped immediately on what they are doing and give us pleasant greetings.

"Good morning, Miss President. Good morning, Miss Vice President."

We just gave them a bright smile.

They are our staff here, where they assigned to monitor the orders and supplies of various malls.

"Keep up the good work, everyone," I say to them before I surpass their area.

'Gosh, she's very pretty in person'

Aime and I both laughed when we heard that beautiful gossip.

"No wonder." Aime wink at me.

"Well, you too. Nicoli wouldn't like you if you aren't. " I joke, that makes her brows arch.

"Hey, what are you talking about. We're not even cool." She murmured followed by a pout.

"Don't fool me, biatch."

"I-I'm not. We're not, then-that, cool."

She's stuttering. God, she's obvious, so I just laugh.

"You know what, let's hurry. Let's go." She pulled me until we reached the first cubicle which is the clothing area.

"Miss, President. Good morning." Ladies who assigned here greeted.

"How you guys doing?" I asked them as I check each of the clothes being display in the mannequin.

"We're doing good, Miss."

"You know what, Ish. We are not wrong to hire them here. As you can see, they take care of the clothes here. No wonder, we have the most monthly orders." said Aime proudly.

"Yeah, I agree." I say with a big smile."Keep up the good work ladies."

"Thank you, Miss President. We will keep that in mind."

Next thing Aime and I went to the photo shoot room. Apparently, as we entered there they were taking photoshoots. They were about to stop the photoshoot when they saw me but I gave them a sign to continue.

"See? Look how our models are very catchy with customers," Aime beams in satisfaction as we were watching their pictorials.

"Customers don't buy our models, but clothes."

"I know that, but it's even more compelling because of the handsome men and beautiful ladies wear the clothes they are buying. Look at that young guy who has pretty blue eyes. He's so hot. I'm having a mouthwatering right now." Aime says giggling.

"Do you always make yourself stuck here?" I ask, makes her confused.

"What you mean?"

"Seems you are. Look, your saliva is dripping."

"Hey. Do you know that these past months we have to supplies a lot of malls, we have a lot of clients who emailed us, sending their request to make their own designs? Gosh, I'm was so busy."

"You talk too much. Yes, or No, that's not all I need."

"Of course not. Hell, you? I'm not a flirt like you before."

I laugh at what she said.

Well, I guess I already knew the reason why.

"Is it because you're trapped in Nicoli's heart." Again, I tease her. I didn't look at her but I knew her forehead was twisting.

"Elisha Hakinley Falco, if you're thinking that I'm into your brother, then you're wrong. We're not cool. Excuse me? Did you know your brother is very irritating? And you also know that I don't like boastful men. Gosh, do not tease me to him."

"Really?" I chuckled.

"Really." She rolled her eyeballs followed by flipping her hair into the left side of her shoulder.

"Well see, if I am wrong." I smile at her teasingly.

"What will you going to see?"

"Well see." I wrap my hands on her arms. "Let's go." I pulled her out of the photoshoot room.

"Ish, I'm damn serious. I don't like Nicoli. You're such a b***h to think of me that way."

"Come on, don't be defensive if you really don't. If you keep acting that way, it made me think that there is." I laughed.

"Okay. Okay. I won't ever act like that." She sighs out.

"Good."

"Ugh. You're such a-"

"I know right, biatch."