MR. RIGHT, MS. WRONG

6 JIX

I massage my nape as I enter Infinity building. I can’t hide the fuckin’ smile on my face, ear to ear. I left that gaddamn b***h, Haley shivering and exhausted. She’s fully consumed and I bet she couldn’t even walk for a day or two. She wanted it hard and wild so I gave her the f*****g day of her life for I’m not going to repeat her no matter how bad she may even try to get my d**k off my pants again.

I stop when I notice a woman standing with her back facing my eyes, wearing a short white skirt. f*****g hell! Her ass was extremely exposed. She’s wearing a shitty piece of G-string. I’m sure of it. I mistakenly look at her as that girl I saw hours ago, but she seems kinda different. She’s not that, baby girl I saw. Nandito pa kaya siya?

I unhesitatingly walk towards the elevator while my eyes roam the entire lobby, wishing she’s still here. I just wanna see her f*****g smile and her hazel brown eyes along with her thick curly long lashes.

I sigh when I didn’t find any. I pushed the elevator’s button and fix myself as I enter.

“President.” Bati sa akin ng isa kong empleyada na si Danica. Basta maganda, kilala ko.

I give her a sexy but bossy stare in response, before the lift’s doors slide closed. I am always like this, cocky, bossy, arrogant, ill-tempered and flirtatious. Weird combinations but this is me.

I stop in front of Kelly’s cubicle and she straightens her back in a flash, as soon as she lays her quadrupled eyes on me. Apat ang mata niya kasi nakasalamin siya na walang kasing kapal.

“President, you’re back.” She curves her brown lips in a warm smile. She’s been my secretary over the past 10 years and I can say that she’s more than quite good when it comes to her works. She has never been late while I always am.

I don’t know what I’m gonna do without her. I guess, working in a well-established law firm did a great help to her at how good she is as my secretary right now. I owe her a lot. Palibhasa ay doon na siya tumanda sa law firm ng ex-boyfriend daw niya. And she was glad that her ex’s wife kicked off her ass out of that firm, finding a vacant position here at Infinity as the President’s secretary with unregretful salary of thirty-five thousand a month.

“What did I miss, Kelly?” I formally asked her.

“Well, aside from tons of applicants for Andi’s Nanny, Señor Rix dropped in, leaving Andi to Sir Adam.” She said.

Nandito ang anak ko? I admit, I’m not having enough time with him since his Mom and I got divorced. Nalulong na ako sa mga babae at hindi ko alam kung bakit mas masaya ako na kasama sila kaysa sa sarili kong anak. I’m a fuckin’ badass but I’ll die in boredom if I stay at my house for straight 48 hours. I love to f**k more often and I’m chasing p*****s out of the fancy places where I can be. Buhay binata ulit ang labas ko, laman ng bar at walang gabi na hindi ako umuuwi ng lasing. I only get home in my sobriety when I’m darn having an overtime here inside my office.

Namamalayan ko na lang na wala na ang oras na dapat para sa kaisa-isa kong anak at hindi ko na nagagawang bumawi pa.

I take a step forward but Kelly talks again, making me come to an abrupt pause.

“And President—Sir Adam already hired a Nanny.” Imporma niya na ikinapihit ng ulo ko.

“He what?” I irksomely asked.

“You heard me right, President. He already hired a Nanny.” Ulit pa niya.

“What the f**k?!” I grab a fistful of my hair as I take large steps toward my office’s door.

Ano na naman ang desisyon ng lalaking ito? I don’t trust his f*****g instinct choosing the nanny for my kid. Ilang beses na akong napahamak sa kagaguhan ni Adam dahil sa pagpili niya ng magagandang yaya. I want a full employer—employee relationship between me and my housekeepers and even here in my workplace. Never in my life had I f****d my employees, no matter how pretty looking asses they were. I want them to respect me despite the truth that I’m such a real fucker! A brute and terrible one.

“What the heck did you just do?!” I snap at Adam while he’s sitting on the swivel chair with Andi on his lap.

“You’re welcome, kuya.” Painsultong sagot niya sabay ngisi at iling.

“Daddy!” Andi yelled in surprise and jumps out of Adam’s lap.

My so damn blazing eyes soften as I look at my son. How many days I haven’t seen him? Four? Five? I don’t know. Kinuha siya ni Mommy Suzanne simula nang mailibing ang Yaya niya at ngayon lang ulit kami nagkita. My little boy could have been missing me so bad. I didn’t notice the days as they passed me by.

Niyakap niya ang binti ko kaya kinarga ko si Andi. I love my son, but I can’t give him the time he badly needs. How pretty f*****g asshole I’ve turned out to be, that I could spend an hour or even half a day, even a whole night with those women I’ve bedded, but couldn’t find any moment to spend it with my own son. I don’t even know what’s wrong with me.

“How are you buddy?” tinanong ko siya. Hindi ko na muna pinansin si Adam na dinampot na ang coat niya sa sandalan ng upuan. He can’t get his ass off of this!

“I’m fine Daddy. How about you? Found a girlfriend?” Andi asked and I heard Adam chuckles.

“No, son. I just went out on a date. Go and talk to Aunt Kelly. Ask her to memorize the periodic table of elements. Tell her, babawasan ko ang sweldo niya kapag nagkamali siya. You tell me, how many wrong answers she’s got. I’ll just talk to Papa Adam.” I commanded my son in the nicest way possible.

I don’t want to piss him off. He’ll smash up everything, for sure. Baka sunugin na naman niya ang parte ng bahay by mixing alcoholic beverages in just a blink of the eye.

Andi’s really a gifted child and his Mom is getting back into action. Gusto ni Amanda na kunin ang bata at itira sa ibang bansa. That woman wasn’t visiting more often, not until the day she found out about his Intelligence quotient. Funny how she wasn’t the one who figured it out as early as it could be. Palibhasa ay puro fashion ang alam ng utak ng dati kong asawa. As soon as Andi began to speak, he also started to read. Laman na ng utak niya ang multiplication table nang minsan na sulyapan niya ang isang chart sa loob ng playroom. Even the periodic table of elements was glued on his mind at the age of one and a half year old, including their atomic numbers and so on and forth.

But I will never give Amanda the chance to get my son. Kung gusto niyang makasama ang anak namin, magpakasal siya sa akin ulit.

I put Andi down when he nods and giggles. He walks out of the room, and as soon as he shuts the door, I face my twin brother.

“Aalis na ako.” Sabi ni Adam.

“Not so fast smart-ass!” I told him. “Bakit ka nag-hire ng Nanny ni Andi?” matatalim ang tingin na ipinukol ko sa kanya. But knowing him, he’s literally just like me. We fear nobody.

I know I can’t get him under my skin. He just smirks and looks at me, straight into my eyes. “Once you see her, for sure you’ll thank me. I guess you badly needed to put up an orphanage, so you'd be more fond of kids. Isama mo na ang bagong Yaya ni Andi.”

“Kumuha ka ng bata? f**k you! I want an old Nanny for him, not a f*****g slut! Kaya nga kahit isang truck na ang files ng aplikante ay wala akong mapili dahil halos lahat ay bata at maganda!”

“Yeah say that. You’re just gaddamn afraid when it comes to your self-control. In the first place, bakit hindi ka kumuha sa agency?” tanong niya saka nameywang.

“No way. Karamihan sa scammer ngayon, galing mismo sa agency.” I walk toward him.

“Then, sana inilagay mo sa requirements na seventy years old na yaya ang kailangan mo at kamukha ng pwet ng kabayo ang gusto mo.” He laughs but I don’t.

Nakakapikon na talaga siya simula nang makasal sila ni Yza. Lagi na lang siyang masaya. Baliktad na kami. Those days when he hadn’t settled himself yet, he was the one who had that devastating grumpy face but now, I am. And it’s pissing me off to death.

“Lumayas ka na.” I told him. Itinulak ko pa siya papalis sa may upuan ko pero pangisi-ngisi lang siya. “Where the f*****g hell is the contract?” masungit na tanong ko pa rin.

“Hindi masarap ‘yong babae mo, ano? You’re being ill-tempered again.” Kantyaw pa niya pero hindi iyon totoo. Kailan ba hindi masarap ang babaeng dinadala ko sa kama? They all taste hell good.

“Where the f*****g hell?!” I yelled at him, repeating myself, and so he yells back.

“She hadn’t signed yet! That’s her file!” he points his finger at the orange folder on the table. Nakahiwalay iyon sa mga walang kasing kapal na files ng aplikante.

“Review it! I swear I will no longer f*****g sit on your chair and pretend to be you! You don’t even know how to say thank you. Now fire her if you could, once you’ve heard her story. Ewan ko lang kung hindi ka tamaaan ng mga preaching ni Mommy Suzanne sa awa. f**k up your ass, kuya. Dammit!” sabi niya saka mabilis na lumabas ng office.

Were just like this. Kapag siya naman ang bwisit, ako naman ang makulit.

Bumuntong hininga ako nang ilipat ko ang mga mata ko sa tang-inang folder na nasa mesa. Gigil kong itinulak ang patong-patong na files ng mga aplikante kaya kumalat iyon sa sahig and I don’t have any plan of getting them back.

Dadamputin ko pa lang ang folder para tingnan ang napili ni Adam na yaya ay tumunog na ang intercom ko.

I lean forward to take the call. “Spit it.” Sabi ko kay Kelly.

“Sir, bumalik si Miss Huelgas. May itatanong daw po. She’s the new Nanny. Shall I send her in?”

Now, we’ll finally meet and I will not make it too far. I’ll pull out that decision which Adam made. I’ll withdraw it in an instant.

“In.” I said shorty and cut the call immediately.