Marriage and Annulment

“Look, Mr. Ching. I’m busy in the office so I can’t face you. And then I don’t want to entertain a visitor when it’s not about business.” I told him.

“Just this once, Zaneska. I’m going home to China soon. I want to be with you because when I’m there I don’t know when I’ll be back,” he said to me.

I rolled my eyes. I would have liked to tell him that I don’t care if he goes home to China. It’s better that I can’t see him. But I chose to keep quiet.

“All right, I’ll get ready to go to the office,” I said.

“All right. See you there.” he said once, cutting the phone line.

I’m irritated with annoyance because no matter what I avoid, that man will still come.

I went into the bathroom while snoring. It’s like I don’t want to go in the office today because I know that man is there again.

I took a slow shower so I had a reason why I took so long to go to the office. I heard the phone ringing early. I knew someone was calling. I was about to run out of patience with that man.

Duke didn’t mention to me last night that we were here at the beach resort until today. So we only took two rooms. Amara and Duke were in the other room, Mitch and I were also in one room. So the result was I didn’t sleep well. I closed my eyes last night but my mind was very awake.

Why did Duke think that Mitch and I would share the same room? There are many other rooms that have no users. So I couldn’t get out of bed because Mitch hugged me tightly as if she thought I was a pillow. This is an extraordinary life. Never in my whole life have I had a woman sitting next to me in a room and we were even next to each other in bed.

I removed Mitch’s foot and hand that was wrapped around my body. I didn’t know that this woman was so naughty to sleep. Fortunately, it left and turned in the other direction, so I left immediately and went out of the room. I found Duke smiling at me.

“Did you sleep well?” he asked me.

“Damn you, I didn’t get any decent sleep because of what you did,” was my answer. Duke laughs.

“Who can sleep when you have a beautiful woman with you but she’s not your girlfriend. It’s good that you were able to control how you feel?” Duke asked me with mixed uproar.

“You idiot!” I told him.

But he just laughed.

“Are we leaving? If we don’t, I’ll probably go first,” I said.

“Will you leave Mitch sleeping inside the resort room? How can a fool get inside and hurt him?” said Duke, making me feel guilty.

“Just relax and enjoy yourself, Zander. Today is Sunday and you don’t have anything to do at your house. So here we go now. We’ll go home tonight.”

I am still sitting on my bed today. I just finished taking a shower. It’s like I don’t want to go into the office anymore. Earlier, Randolf called me asking where I was.

So before Randolf could get mad at me, I got up and looked for something to wear.

Carrying my sling bag, I left the room and walked down the stairs. The quiet of the house, maybe Luciana was still sleeping so I was not eating and I just went straight to the front door and went out the gate.

I got in the car and drove it away from the house. It was eleven o’clock in the afternoon when I arrived at the company. I went inside the office.

Randolf’s face averted seeing me.

“What’s the matter, Randolf? Why are you calling me?” I asked him as I sat in the swivel chair.

“Miss, Mr Ching is here and he’s been waiting for you for a while. I don’t know how annoying he is. I’m about to lose my patience with him.” said Randolf.

I sighed.

“Where is he now?” I asked him.

“I think he left. He’ll come back later,” Randolf replied.

“He said I’ll just let him approach me. Because he’s going back to China.” I said.

“Based on the news I gathered, he has already bought a house here and he has also started building a business,” said Randolf.

My forehead furrowed.

“Where did you know that?” I asked Randolf.

“One of my acquitances. My girlfriend and I were eating at a restaurant and I met the woman I knew and she was the one who opened a topic about that Chinese man. That’s how she said that Mr Ching stays here in the Philippines for good.”

I was slapped on my forehead.

“I was confused about what, Mr. Ching’s action, but I’m not dumb to think that he’s interested in me. But I don’t think about being in a relationship with him,” I said.

“So it’s much better for us to remain friends at this moment. Because I can’t let myself get involved with a person who I know about by his name. I don’t want complications, Randolf. So, please, help me to send him away.” I said.

That, Duke and I talked. I went back to the room and saw Mitch was already awake. She smiled at me. I nodded at her in return.

“Did you sleep well? I know you’re not. I’m sorry if I’m so naughty when sleeping,” Mitch said.

“It’s fine.” my response.

“Had Amara and Duke already woken?” Mitch asked.

“Duke has woken but Amara has not yet.” My response.

“What are they planning to do today?”

“I don’t know, but he said that we should stay here for now and enjoy ourselves. And we go home at night.” I said.

“Great!”

“Let’s get out and grab some snacks.” Mitch said and held my hand while dragging me outside the room.