Miggy's POV
"Kuya, look who's here?" Meynard whispered to me as he touched me. We stood side by side while I had just talked to one of our bosses, but left immediately because someone called him.
"Huh?"
"On your right," he whispered again, and then simply drank his wine.
"Wow!"
"Keep calm. 'Don't make it obvious that you're salivating; it's embarrassing when someone sees you. A manager of… "He didn't go on to say that I pushed him and hit him right.
"The pain ah! You will be really hurt, "he complained.
At the same time, I glared at him at the same time.
"Okay, behave, calm down," then obviously suppressed his smile.
"Sir!" said Neri. I sighed because my nervousness had gotten worse since I saw him earlier, after Meynard said, "I was silenced before I could answer Neri."
"Yes, Neri?"
"Gabie and Jhay are already here, it's up to you to introduce them to the bosses."
"Oh, Sweet Jesus, Thank you! It just means I'll get a chance to talk to her. "
"Hi!"
"Hi sir! Good evening, "they greeted together with Jhay.
"You look so lovely tonight, Gabie!" Meynard flattered me beside him once, and he elbowed me.
"Thank you," he replied shyly.
"Ah, Jhay, maybe you want some wine. I can go with you to get exactly what I'm drinking. You sir, do you want more wine? " Meynard asked as it was obvious that Gabie and I were planning to leave.
"Sure, sir," Jhay agreed with him.
"It's just Meynard, you can be very mean to me. I was still young and I was not comfortable being called sir, "he explained as they walked away from us.
I saw that like me, he was also nervous because he was restless.
"Are you okay?"
"Huh? Um, of course, yes, I know this, why it's something known. I'm not used to such things. "
"Just relax. Just now I saw you nervous, but then you were in front of the camera. You looked very natural. It looks like you're already used to it, which is good because the result was good because look at your commercial that will be launched tonight. "
"Luh! I was nervous then, but I just had to be brave because the need was great, "he laughed.
"Well, it has a good effect on you, not obvious infainess," I praised.
"Thank you for that."
"Stop using 'po' when you're talking to me. I guess I'm not that old to look at. I may be older than you, but I believe it's only a few years old.
"Okay."
"Thank you. By the way, you can call me Miggy. I'm only twenty-five and you're? "
"I'm twenty-one turning twenty-two."
"You see, I got it right. I am only a few years older than you, "we both laughed softly.
"Alejandro Miguel!"
"Sir! Good evening Mr. Lopez, "one of our bosses at the agency.
"Good evening."
"Sir, I would like you to meet Gabie, our new product endorser." I introduced them.
"Gabie, Mr. Lopez is the President of the company I'm working with. "
They shook hands and talked a bit.
"The program is about to start. Enjoy the rest of the night. I'll excuse myself first. I have some other guests to attend to. Miguel, you will take care of him first, "he patted my shoulder once and then left in front of us.
I saw him take a deep breath.
"Chill, you'll be going to meet more big personalities later on."
"I really can't help being nervous, sorry."
"No, it's okay. Nothing to say sorry for. "
"Besh!" I heard Jhay call him and approached us while carrying two flutes of wine.
"Your duration!" he complained.
"I'm sorry, Meynard introduced some more so we took a while. This is it, drink it first so you can wake up, "Meynard and I could hear their conversation because we were just next to them.
"Cheers!" my lead, when I received the flute that Meynard had given me.
"Cheers!" They were three at the same time. Then we drank the contents of each flute we were holding at the same time.
Minutes later, the program started. Our company president delivered his speech and one boss from our client company delivered his speech as well.
"More years of doing business with you, EAL Advertising Agency!" The last line was a speech by one of the big bosses of Bella Medical Group, Dra. Hayvie Bella.
Just as he descended, the lights turned off and the spotlight focused on the widescreen set up in the middle of the stage that served as the backdraft. Someone voiced over for the introduction before showing the commercial produced by the agency that Gabie starred in.
The applause resounded when the commercial ended. Gabie was then called to let everyone know that she was the new face of the facial wash she had endorsed.
Everyone's faces were full of admiration for Gabie's beauty. There was also a picture taken with Gabie, the big boss of the two companies.
"She's really beautiful!"
"Hey! The distance that my bestfriend really reached, "Jhay said softly from the side, but that was still enough for me to hear.
"It's really her thing and she's beautiful," Meynard praised that they were both focused on the stage, and Gabie was clearly shaking hands and being caressed by the VIPs.
"He didn't want to audition because he wasn't used to it, but because of his thesis he was encouraged," he laughed.
"Why is there one in his thesis?" Meynard, who was obviously gossiping again,
"He's going to do his thesis next semester and then he found out that it wasn't a joke to spend then, because he doesn't receive a lot of projects now because he has a mental duty in the rush, so he's worried about his expenses."
"You mean he's the only one who educates himself?" Meynard asked a question, as I quietly listened to their conversation while I was still looking at him on stage. I really find it hard to take my eyes off him when I can see him.
"Yes, he doesn't want to make life difficult for his mother because he is an orphan. He has a scholarship, but of course, all his daily needs were not covered then, so because of me, he became a print ad model for kumite. When he wasn't so busy at school, he used to take photo shoots, but lately it's not uncommon for him to be on duty. Fortunately, his duty is over, so I forced him to audition, "Jhay told a long story.
"It's amazing! It's not just beautiful, it's smart and strategic! ideal girl otherwise! "puri ni Meynard. Then I nodded in agreement with what Meynard had said.
"Oh no! Ideally, her love life is zero because she focuses too much on what she does. When it's the weekend, he's busy helping his mom shop and arrange items for her mother's online selling business. It's not easy and there aren't many friends. That's why we were close to that because we were always together at work. I was his manager since he started being his print ad model. "Meynard immediately turned to me. I knew immediately what he meant by his thoughts. to me.
"Oh no! It will be even busier this coming sem because of his thesis, "he whispered but he thought Jhay was a hypocrite.
"You said more! Oh well, madame was there. She was still rude when I was caught telling her biography. "They both laughed at the same time as I just stared at her as she walked towards us.
"How's my famous beshie!" was opened to him by Jhay.
"Stop being embarrassed! It's really the noise of your mouth! "he rebuked the friend who blushed his face with shame, obviously inexperienced.
"Ay! besh I don't have anything to be ashamed of because look at it, you're so beautiful, starting tonight, you'll be seen on TV many times a day, come on! "
"You've stopped, it's really embarrassing," he said as he picked up a flute from the waiter's tray that passed near us.
"Luh! You might be drunk, hey! You are not used to drinking yet, "Jhay scolded him. While Meynard and I were just the two of us watching and listening to the two of them.
"I'm not going to drink just for encouragement."
"Get organized! I'm the one that aunt beauty will scold by chance, "Jhay said worriedly to her.
He pointed to the flute he was holding. "I'm not sure I'll get drunk on a few like this," he pointed to the flute.
When Jhay looked at me, he said, "Is it easy to get drunk? sir."
"No, but it still depends on the drinker's 'alcohol tolerance'," I explained.
"You heard that. It depends, especially on someone like you who is not used to drinking. You definitely have a low 'alcohol tolerance,' so please don't drink a lot."
I sneezed before speaking.
"It would be better if we ate first before we were standing here. There is a table reserved for us. Let's go, "I changed the subject because Jhay was obviously having more problems than him. And to divert his attention to food.
When we approached a Bilugan table, Jhay volunteered to take Gabie's food so that it would not be difficult. Meanwhile, Jhay and Meynard continued their story while eating. As I was finishing, someone suddenly called me and forced me to leave the three of them.
"It would have been okay, I would have had the opportunity to talk to him. He actually called me, wrong timing!"
I've been busy talking to various 'personalities' since our boss introduced me to prospective clients. But I can't get away that from time to time I look at Gabie where they are sitting together and talking to Meynard and Jhay. Sometimes people approach him and introduce themselves because I see him shaking hands with them.
It was only a matter of time before the VIPs said goodbye, so I was free to return to the table where I left them earlier. I caught them talking happily. I went straight to the water with a glass and swallowed it.
"Oh? What happened?" Meynard.
"Nothing, it's usually tiring to talk to people like that, you know."
"You're a natural manager!"
"Luh! Just now I saw an employee talk like that to his manager? "Good sir, you haven't fired it yet? " Jhay, obviously wondering how Meynard and I would talk.
"Coming soon!"
"Ah! Can you really? " He challenged me and smiled teasingly, because he knew what I said was not true.
"Wow! It's you! You are still really challenging! " Jhay couldn't believe it.
"Because I know what he said is not true. He can't do it without me, "he boasted. I was just shaken because it's really true, I'm very well known.
"This is how we really talk when we are not in the office. Or even in the office as long as it's just the two of us. For the record, we've known each other before. We grew up almost at the same time. He's the son of my former nanny, so that's how we treat each other because we're used to each other, "I explained," because I knew they were even more surprised because Jhay and I frowned even more.
"Ah, that's it! Your luck! " Jhay commented on him.
Our conversation was cut short when Andrew and Neri approached our table.
"Sir! What are we doing at the after party? " Andrew.
"No, thank you. Just you as long as no one is absent tomorrow, so don't get too drunk there, "I instructed.
"What is that, sir? "You won't come with us again? "he complained.
"Of course sir!" Neri agrees with her.
"It's just that it's really not my kind of thing, so just be patient. Enjoy it there, but remember you can drink, but don't be wasted. We still have work tomorrow, "I repeated.
"How about you guys?" Neri asked Jhay and Gabie.
"Pass first, next time Gabie will be at school tomorrow," Jhay replied.
"Oh, okay. All right, come with us next time. How come we are the first of you? We will leave you here, "they said, and then walked away from us. There are only a few left who are still busy with their conversation.
"How? Let's go?" Jhay to Gabie.
"Okay, sir, we'll be ahead of you," he informed us.
"Where are you going home?" I will ask.
"Ah, we won't go home because Gabie has a room booked, here she should get dressed earlier and fix the case because she waited because she can't come here early because she still has work to do. But Neri said that she did not continue to cancel the room just in case she would just stay here for tonight, "Jhay explained when we were ready to leave and we were standing together.
"Good, because it's not safe to travel at this time," I replied.
"It's okay if we go home because we're used to it. Sometimes it's inevitable that the pictorial will end late," Gabie replied.
"Is that so? Then the next day you will still go to school even if you come home late? "
He shrugged before answering.
I just nodded in agreement with what he said. We are now walking out of the function hall.
The two of us were walking side by side while Meynard and Jhay were walking together in front of us.
"Ah, are you tired?" I suddenly asked.
"Not yet, I'm also used to being awake."
"Can… Can I invite you for a coffee? Anyway, we're not the same woman anymore because Meynard and I checked in here because we also dressed here earlier. If it's okay?" I will ask.
"Okay," he stammered.
"Yesss! This is it! " I'm happy to say it in my mind.
"Nard! Let's go to the coffee shop first! " I also take care of them so that it is not obvious that he is the only one I want to be with and talk to. He might say I'm fresh and avoid being told I'm rude.
"Sure!" without even looking back at us.
"Is it true that he invited me to have coffee with him? OMG! "I wish I could shout. "But he can't because he can't notice, he can't know that I crushed him. He didn't know that he was one of the reasons why I was nervous earlier because he was near me. The pleasure came close to him and then I sniffed his perfume. "
We once entered the coffee shop on the side of the hotel, but it was still connected to the hotel building, so we just had to leave the hotel before entering the coffee shop.
We chose a table with a side view of the highway. The four of us sat down. Jhay and I sat side by side, and then Meynard and I sat side by side. The waitress immediately approached us to take our orders.
Miggy ordered first that she was obviously used to such things and then Meynard followed as if they had memorized what they were ordering.
"What do you want? You can also order food for some snacks if you want. "No worries, my treat," he said as he looked at me. I became conscious that he might have caught me staring at him.
Jhay was the first to answer his question.
"S-All right, that's all for me," I replied shyly.
"That would be all, sir." The waitress asked him, then he nodded and then repeated our orders, then he left us to prepare our order.
We only had a short wait because our orders were served immediately. We talked randomly about my studies and then they also talked about their work. Sometimes Meynard jokes that Jhay is riding, so we laugh as we finish the food and drinks we ordered. It's fun to watch Meynard. Obviously, the two of them are close to each other in how they treat each other. Only now did I hear that Meynard didn't call him sir, if not brother. He said he only calls him "Sir" when they are both at work.
I also found out that, like me, he is also an only child, but Meynard has two siblings, but only one of them is studying and will soon graduate from college. If you look at him, you don't think he's 'responsible' because he's stupid, he's always teasing Miggy.
"Do you have any plans after graduation?" He suddenly asked me while Meynard and Jhay were talking about something else. It was about models.
"I will look for a place to work, then when I have the time and there is an offer, I will continue the photo shoots."
"How about a TV commercial like you did for us? Because it is likely that in the coming days you will receive offers, especially if someone already knows you. "
Gabie's POV
His question made me think. "Yes, no! How can that be? Will I accept? "
"Well, it depends on my schedule and whether I can do what they want to happen," was my simple answer.
"Maybe there's an offer after lingerie susme! I can't endorse that! "
"Because we have other clients that when they like the previous commercial that was made, they will request it, you know someone will request you. Most of the time, there were regular clients of that company, big and small. You often make us make ads mixed with print and like when you made a commercial, "he explained.
"Let's see if it doesn't affect what I do at school, it's okay and then I don't accept endorsements for lingerie, because I can't do that. As far as clothes, shoes, bags and accessories are concerned, this is my first time in this facial wash commercial. If Jhay hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have tried to audition. "
He nodded at what I said, which meant he understood that I couldn't be sexy in front of the camera. It's okay with mama but I'm the only one who really doesn't want to because I'm not confident in my body. I once received an offer to be a model of a well -known brand for their lingerie for the catalog, but I refused because I couldn't do it. I don't care if the pay is higher for those, it doesn't matter if I persevere in the small as long as there are projects coming up, that's enough for me, I'm not looking for big.