chapter 6

"What did you say ?!" I said out loud before falling and raised my hands on the desk of the woman I spoke to on the phone yesterday. Less than thirty minutes after I got here from the farm the news of it immediately greeted me. They said they were removing me. For goodness sake, I haven't even started yet!

"I'm s-sorry Ms. Lazaro. We're just doing what superiors order." The fucked ?! They hired me yesterday, then now they will tell me ?!

"I could slap you right now, bitch." I say emphatically because of the extreme anger I feel. "I want to talk to your boss."

"I'm very sorry, Ma'am, but Mr. Fuentes was already on his flight going to the US. He hired you." Sulpot of an elderly woman. Sophisticated and gorgeous. Intimidating, but he can't get me to stare at him.

"And also the person who fired me. Fuck him."

"No Ma'am. Mr. Santibañez was the one who fired you. He's—."

My head seemed to heat up even more. That name alone makes my blood boil. Even though I haven't seen that Santibañez yet, I want to strangle him. Just don't let Akihiro be that man. Otherwise, I can kill it.

"He's our acting CEO for the whole week, Ma'am. He's a good friend of Mr. Fuentes."

"Uh, whatever." I said that just before taking my bag. Before finally leaving, I took turns looking badly at the two women. "Tell your boss, that I will be back. I will ruin his life." It was just my intimidation, which seemed to be effective because I saw the two women swallow.

Exiting the building was so annoyed that I kicked the tire of my car. Reason for me to be paralyzed because of the pain I got. I was just trampled before the door opened.

"Cute as always ..." I heard a baritone voice say. I immediately looked up at the man standing leaning against the car next to my car. "Hi, Princess, it's nice to see you again."

I opened my mouth. I couldn’t help but grin. I ran over to it and without warning hugged it. "Brother Vince! God, I didn't know you right away!"

Kiya Vince is the only child of Manang Susan and Ben. We were always together on the farm. Dad educated him and now he is one of the top positions in LGC. If maybe Elizabeth and Akihiro hadn’t come into Daddy’s life, maybe Kuya Vince is now the CEO of the company Dad left behind.

We are close to each other. Even if we have a big age gap. I will admit, I had a huge crush on him. Maybe that's why he's always with me. We agree on a few things. Probably because of the attention he used to give me. I still remember, he taught me how to ride a horse and how to swim. He also accompanied me then to the first horse race I participated in. And that's where I got the scar on the back of my shoulder. I don’t quite remember the whole incident. Someone just lifted me up. And everything went black. When I woke up, I saw Kuya Vince.

It laughed out loud before messing up my hair. "Me too, Mayumi. If I hadn't seen that scar on the back of your shoulder I wouldn't have recognized you."

I quickly touched the scar on my shoulder. I sighed for a moment before smiling. "Really? If I was wearing a shirt maybe, you wouldn't recognize me." It's as if I'm sulking.

"Neither ..." he said with a smile. "I noticed you earlier when you just came in. I didn't get the chance to go to you and ask. So I just waited here."

"Oh really?" I said still smiling before slightly moving away from him. "By the way, what are you doing here?"

"I visited a friend. How about you?"

I let out a wry smile. Once again I remembered the reason why I had a badtrip today. "Someone just visited too." I lied. I don’t want to say that I was rejected by a pipitsuging company. Gosh! It seems I have no choice but to work under Akihiro.

"Hey, are you busy today? Mind if I ask you to go eat lunch with me?"

"Why, do you have a free gift for me? All right, where are we going to eat?" I laughed at Brother Vince. I just noticed now that something has changed in him. If she used to be thin, now she has a big and healthy body. If he used to be handsome even though his shoes were muddy and his skin was black from being soaked in the sun all day, especially now that he looks good. He became even stronger. I wonder if he's in a relationship right now.

Kuya Vince took me to a nice restaurant. We ate very little. After that we went back to the parking lot of the building where we met. I turned to him with a big smile before getting out of his car.

"Do you have any plans to go home to the farm?" I asked as his eyes twinkled.

He nodded slowly. . Uncertain. "Akihiro is there, isn't he? Maybe next week. I'll visit Mama and Papa."

I just nodded before finally saying goodbye. By car I went straight to the hotel where I was supposed to stay while the renovation of the condo I bought was not yet finished. Upon entering, I was annoyed that I put my clothes in the suitcase. I'll just go home to the farm first.

-

"Ma'am Mayumi has left." Fuentes's secretary told me shockingly. I raised an eyebrow at the man sitting in his swivel chair.

Just like I suspected. They hired Mayumi to use it. Fuentes' company is about to collapse because of the dirty things it does. Danilo Fuentes is a con artist. It uses the small company built to cheat. And Mayumi is one of those it wants to get.

"Good." I said emphatically before approaching Fuentes. "Don't ever plan to hurt Mayumi. She's a monster. She's not what you think. She's not easy to learn. I just saved you, Fuentes. You should thank me." When I said that, I immediately left its office.

I was right. If Fuentes thought Mayumi was easy to learn, she was mistaken. Well, so far Mayumi has no idea of ​​Fuentes' true intentions. But by the time he found out it planned to use him, I’m sure it wasn’t just Fuentes ’company that would fall apart.

"Brother Vince ..." That's all I heard when I arrived at the parking lot. It seemed like air just passed in front of me when another word came out of Mayumi's mouth. My forehead furrowed when I saw Mayumi hugging the man she was talking to tightly. May jaw clenched. My fist tightened.

"Vincent Lopez." I say weakly. Instead of approaching them, I chose to stay in my car. I still have a lot of work to do, including farm work.

Many hours passed. Arriving at Hacienda Lazaro I immediately went to my room. The walk was so heavy that I approached the bed and lay there. I looked at the white ceiling of my room. Trying to relax my mind. But instead of being able to rest my mind, it traveled to the past.

-

"Have you seen Mayumi?" Ms. asked me. Haven Catacutan — Mayumi's section advisor.

"No eh, why?" I don’t seem to care about the question. I focused my eyes on the test papers that I am currently checking. I'm done, just a few papers. And I think Mayumi's test paper is the latest.

"Uh, because I need to talk to her Daddy about the upcoming graduation."

"Don't you have his digit? I mean, of course, there should be contacts in your students' file." I seriously said once grinning because of the last paper seen. I’m right, Mayumi’s role is underneath.

"Mayumi's Daddy is a private person. He doesn't even go to family day. Then Mayumi's guardian is Mrs. Lopez, their butler. No one knows Mayumi's father. All others know is that they are rich. "You know, they may be relatives of the Lazarus."

"Yeah?" None of my own answer. Actually, I didn't quite understand what Ms. Catacutan. I was amazed at the answers in Mayumi's paper. Something made me smile even more. His answer to the last activity. Damn!

"Are you listening, Sir Santibañez?" The person I was talking to asked before approaching me and reading the paper I was holding. "What is that ?!"

I quickly turned the paper over. "It's nothing, the students are really scolding—."

"Mayumi likes you?" The eyes widen as it says. For a few moments it suddenly laughed. "Strength of your charisma, Akihiro! Even my students are obsessed with you."

"Aren't you going to say something? Like, it's against the—."

"What's against the law? Maybe against the professional code of ethics of our teachers." Still laughing it says.

"But still—."

"There's nothing wrong with a student and teacher having a relationship. It's only going wrong because of misconceptions. After all, they think we're taking advantage of their infancy. That we should stand as their second parent." Haven tapped me gently. "When did love go wrong?"

"I guess that's how far your imagination ran, Ma'am Haven." I pretended to be joking before facing Mayumi's test paper again. "I still want to teach so don't poison my mind. Go out and find that bratty Princess."

Shaking Haven just walked closer to the door. But before it finally came out, it glanced at me again. "Send me an invitation when you're getting married."

"Oh, fu — shut up, Haven!" I heard its loud laughter before it closed the door. I heaved a sigh. I continued checking Mayumi's paper. I couldn't help but smiles like an idiot. I'll go with the flow then. If it works, then that's good. We'll see what she's gonna do after reading my response.

-

Knocks on the door woke me up. I stared at the ceiling for a moment before getting up. Manang Susan is the one I opened up to.

"Dinner is ready, Hiro. Come down and Yumi is at the table."

"I'll be there, just give me a minute." I said before quickly heading to the bathroom to take a shower. Damn it!

I forgot about that test paper. I forgot my answer to what Mayumi said. I also forgot about Mayumi. If Mommy hadn't just met Tito Arnold, a Mayumi Lazaro might have been permanently erased from my system.

"Good evening ..." I greeted Mayumi who now has a big smile on her lips. He was talking to Manang Susan.

"She's supposed to go home next week." He said before turning to me. Cold and blank. "Good evening ..." He said while turning his attention to the food served.

"What time did you get home?" I asked.

"It's already three o'clock, Kuya Hiro." He said with a smile before munching on the steak he had sliced.

"Kuya?" I said softly before glancing at Mayumi. "Who's going home next week?"

"Brother Vince."

"Vincent?" I said before glancing at Manang Susan. My forehead automatically wrinkled at the emotion seen in its eyes. Was it anger? I smirked. "Cool, I'll talk to him about LGC too."

"Right, you need to talk, about the company you kidnapped from him." Mayumi said meaningfully. I did not remove the smirk from my lips. Of course, Vincent should be in my position. Well, then, I'm sorry. But I have no intention of giving this position to anyone. Unless Mayumi replaces me.