Chapter 6

Keeion’s POV

“But, Sir, how about your meetings? And you are on the schedule to have a dinner meeting with Mr. Samson at 7 PM tonight, ”said Haezyl, my secretary, confused.

It traced in its action that she didn’t know what she was going to do after I said I would be gone for a week. She even followed me here to my office just to remind me of the important meetings I had to attend.

"Cancel it, just simple as that."

I sat in the high back executive office chair while squatting and just calmly looking at Haezyl. She was obviously stressed right away even before my one week leave started.

Her hell week is coming again because she is the only one who can pile up all the papers. She will also take care of other meetings that I will not be able to attend. I told her everything to do while I was away from the company.

I started to stare at her using my irritated look.

She never questioned me again. She knew I would be just as annoyed when she asked again the same questions and she knows that I would scold her again when the opportunity arose. Haezyl is can't escape from the time I started shouting at her whenever her work is not going well so that she is always afraid of failing again.

Sometimes being strict is better, especially when it comes to work, how to discipline employees and make them focus on their job roles. It will just lead them to be more productive. The large salary that Dad gives them will not be wasted. We are not lacking in the benefits provided for our employees so they just deserve to organize  and be dedicated to their work.

"If you have no other concerns, you can leave now," I uttered.

I removed the papers on my desk, adjusted my seat and faced the computer in front of me. I also picked up the other papers that were on my side table. I had to sign it all before I could go back to the Hacienda.

Yes, I took one week leave and I want to spend my whole week at the Hacienda.

That wasn't a problem for Dad because he just requested me to file a leave from work. He was even happy because he had been saying for a long time that I should take a break from work for at least a month but I couldn’t do that. There is a lot of work in the company that I have to do and monitor myself so just a week off is enough. Thirty days is too much.

I had already halved the papers I had to sign when I decided to stop first. I looked at my wristwatch to find out what time it was.

It’s already 4:27 PM.

It's only been an hour and Tedson is here and I'll be traveling to the Hacienda in an hour. I can't wait for Tedson because apart from Haezyl, I also have to instruct my personal assistant. They will both be my eyes and hands here in the company while I am away. I will leave everything to be done to them.

I went back to signing until there was no more paper in front of me.

I’ve finished everything but Tedson is still not arrived, I'm waiting for him. I just played with my ballpen while waiting for him. I twisted it around and accidentally slipped my hand so I let go of it and rolled to the far end of the table. But before it could fall completely, I immediately stood up and grabbed it. The picture frame on the side then moved. I smiled when my eyes landed on that thing.

I automatically smiled like crazy.

It was a beautiful view for me. I didn't feel tired of working all day every time I saw her face in that frame. That feeling that your energy is immediately refilled with just one look there.

She will always be my strength. She is my definition of strength. I can get strength from her.

"Gosh!"

I was shocked to see the rude person enter my office. He didn't even knock, he just kept going in and going straight to the sofa on the side of my desk.

What a bastard!

"It's good that you're here." I went back to sitting in my office chair. I also returned the ballpen I used to the pen holder.

He winced and his voice weakened. He said something but I didn't hear him because he was probably at zero volume. He meant not to hear me. “I'm sorry and I was ahead of the time you gave. So I guess, I will not be fired?”

I smiled because he was serious again when I said that if he can't come back before 5:30, I will fire him as my personal assistant. This one is really silly.

He almost stretched out on the sofa because he was so tired. He was out of breath and he didn't waste any more time removing the sling bag he used to hold the papers that I ordered him to bring to Mr. Salvacion.

I stood up and started to tidy up. I grabbed my bag from the adjacent sofa where Tedson was now lying down. I will bring home some papers I need to read. Even if I’m on leave, I still won’t leave the company. I will still work while I am on vacation at the Hacienda.

“I’m just joking. You can't be fired right now because I'm leaving. It's not that fast to hire a replacement,” I said.

Even though I wasn't looking at him, I knew he's looking at me badly and was staring like he's killing me now in his mind. Maybe he was secretly cursing me in his mind as well.

“What the F, Keeion! You don't know how I struggled to get in the middle of traffic because of  fvking traffic and I almost ran out of air on the run just to reach that 5:30 time that you saud,” he shouted.

I remained silent and emotionless. I expected him to throw the suffering he had experienced again to make me feel guilty. But that doesn’t work for me. I just swallowed it which made him even more annoyed.

When I had placed the papers I needed to review, I closed the bag and turned to face Tedson. "If you're complaining, go ahead, I'll just fire you when I get back."

He looked at me even more but he immediately took it back. “Who is complaining? Me? I don't think so! ” he laughs sarcastically and tries to hide his annoyance from me.

"Here!" I threw a key at him, which he immediately grabbed. He stared at it and wondered what it was for. That's the key to my condo. “If you need papers, they are in my cabinet. Just make sure you open my condo when you get important documents. Never take your women there. I don't want your girl to even touch my wall there, you womanizer! ”

He smiled because it just meant that I already knew him. Of course, what else could he expect? Tedson and I grew up almost at the same time. Like Arya, Dad used to take care of him. Tedson was the son of our family driver but unfortunately, Uncle Elton, Tedson's father, passed away, and like me, he was also orphaned by Mother so my Dad chose to adopt Tedson. We treat each other like real brothers and sisters. No one else among us, especially myself, the Son of the man who adopted them, did not consider them as other people as Dad had commanded me when we were young.

"Yes! I will not defile your condo. I will just direct my women to my condo next to your condo,” he laughed.

I threw the tissue roll on the table at him. “Stupid! There are countless women you brought into your condo. ”

"I'm sorry for being handsome and attractive. Maybe it's my biggest sin?"

He was already seated and leaning both his hands on the back of the sofa. He was waiting for me to tell him something else.

"Arya," I began, his eyes immediately smiling.

"Why Arya?"

“She will come here to Manila to deliver the crops. I want you to accompany her in the delivery because we have new clients who want to make us their supplier. They need to deliver those vegetables and fruits as soon as possible. Mr. Velasquez is our potential client and they will have a meeting. I want you to join Arya in that meeting," I said seriously.

Tedson nodded at me. "It looks like I'll be able to compete with that female tiger again. But maybe I shouldn't go with her? Arya can handle that. Maybe we'll just fight while talking to the client. ”

Tedson was right. After all, Arya was able to talk to clients on her own but I still couldn’t help but worry for Arya to face that old man which I saw in his background that he was fond of sugar babies.

Arya has a tiger and is not quick to send in such things but I know people like me of the world we live in, the world of business and other dirty activities.

“You probably know the background of Mr. Velasquez, isn't it? Do you want to be one of those who get upset when something bad happens to Arya?” my threat.

He already knew what I wanted to define so he didn't argue with me anymore, just because he was afraid of Dad who Arya and Tedson also considered his second Father. Dad didn't want any of us to get hurt and he also strictly instructed Arya not to leave us alone especially if she came here to Manila. There are many disasters in this place.

“All right, get out, Señorito Keeion. I'll take care of it and don't worry because I won't do any nonsense."

"Just make sure. When I hear that you won't prioritize your women before work, I will ban you here and also in the Hacienda, ”I said emphatically.

He nodded. "Okay, boss."

Before leaving the office, I first made sure that I had all the equipment I had with me, especially the important documents. I also brought the flash drive where the company files were stored. When I was sure I had forgotten nothing, I left Tedson in my office.

I have no fear that I will leave the meetings and the operation activities of the company to him because like Arya, I also have a lot of trust in Tedson. I know we only want one thing, to keep the company that Dad cares about standing.

Of all the people I meet, Arya, Tedson and the people at the Hacienda are the only people I can trust with everything.

The people in the company, not everyone can be trusted. I already know the course of life I have entered here in Manila and I don’t want to be easy on anything that might ruin me.

When I left the office, no employee wanted to look at me. Everything is focused on their own computer and papers being handled. They were afraid to look at me because I might catch them looking and that only means one thing, something will happen to them.

They all know what I hate the most. I don't want them to not focus on work because I wouldn’t hesitate to fire them from the company.

I exited the 10th storey building. My driver immediately met me and I hurriedly entered the car. I placed the bag I was carrying next to my seat in the passenger’s seat.

When Uncle Ramon saw that I was ready, he started the engine.

"Uncle, let's go home to the Hacienda."