Chapter 5 (1/2)
Good luck, Jhing You need it
Aaaarddd
“That aard moment when you’re the only one who feels aard”
-x-
Out of all the words the can describe Jhing, she prefers to accept 'prude' instead of 'assuh she has a lot of things she wants to do and a lot of goals to reach After all, Jhing doesn't like expectations
assu hat she wanted to avoid
Not that she’ll be hurt by hiht?
Riiight?
But it doesn’tcompany for her sake? God, no It's just a coincidence
Yup A mere coincidence
However, when her right foot stepped into the 7th-floor lobby, Jhing alain when she heard that familiar voice
“Hi, Jhing”
She doesn't need to turn her head to find out ns that voice… Miko He's sitting on the red sofa, right ankle on top of his left knee which he's swinging leisurely
When she sets her eyes at Miko… Tords came into her mind
'Wrong move'
Jhing saw his crooked smile
No… He definitely wasn't waiting for her Miko just really loves to hang around this place Yup
Before sohtened her hold on her ID lace and walked straight to the office She tapped her ID to clock in while notMiko, or any other eyes, that watched her with a weird look
Monday reeted her at the pantry last Friday as if they were co explained 'I think I remember him We bumped into each other last time Yeah That's all it is,' most of them didn't believe her
She felt paranoid, but Jhing didn’t show it on her face But the s's struggled to convince herself that it was just a normal smile and not an ‘I know your secret’ smile
Not that she has a secret, okay?
… Okay
For a fewat her co to her was real or just her i that novella all night…?
Hangover? One week has already passed ah!
But again, her thoughts of bubbles burst when she heard Miko’s voice getting near fro quickly ducked her head thinking she could hide in her cubicle
Jhing was like a child who covered her face with a thought of 'If I can't see you then you can't see me either'
She focused on her emails She was so focused that she cannot hear the voices of Miss Zue, Miko, and Facio talking about illustration related works
Jhing stared at her emails
She just… stared
As if they were in a staring contest…
The first one to blink loses!
'Ah shi+t,' she felt stupid
Jhing's not sure if she was too sensitive to Miko's voice and to the people ere laughing at his jokes, or their voices are really just loud that's why it keeps reaching her ears
In the end, she decided to put her earphones in She played her playlist to the ed her eardrums to deafness
Music was better than to hear his voice
Yup Better
That's why even if her ears bled, Jhing felt relaxed as she listened to herthe new manuscript without any distractions
For about 30 pages or so; so far, so good
Not until the song became mellow, and she heard a voice call her name
And because she’s the paranoid girl she was, Jhing's heartbeat went faster She al thewhen someone poked her
July got her attention She told her that the publisher has an announcement so she removed her earphones and turned to Miss Zue
Which was not really a good idea for her
Jhing sat on the right side cubicles that's why she needed to turn her head to the left… Where sheat her
Thankfully, they weren't directly across from each other He’s a few cubicles away, at the corner near the hallway… which was, unfortunately, the path they take to walk out of the office
That’s where July pointed Miss Zue was standing beside Miko's cubicle
Before Jhing could see Miko’s s quickly sets her eyes on Miss Zue
“We talked about that story… Uh, that has a very long title Jhing, you're the one who edits it, right?”
Jhing's hand went cold because everyone in the book depart thaton her so she just nodded
“We can't do anything anyot paid” You can clearly see the disappointhed “Let’s just edit it as much as we can to make it book worthy”
July raised her hand “Ma’aical scenes?”
Jhing stopped herself fro to and fro towards July and Miss Zue because her vision will swiure She decided to just stare at an empty space beside Miss Zue as if it was theto look at……
The trash can
“What illogical scenes?”
“For exa last tiangster Whenever he fights, he wears an eyeliner The fenize who he is with that look so the big plot twist of the story is that the gangster is actually her childhood savior”
A lot of theh when they heard her words, even the people froretting that she was the one who received that book project Look, all her attention is focused on her now
And she doesn’t want to know if that Miko’s looking at her, too
“The nize him?”
“Maybe it was outlined like a panda,” an editor said, laughing “Don’t judge”
“Or e eyes? Have you ever seen one of those er on his eyelids as if he was drawing so ”Anime eyes!”
“What?” another one added “He's a gangster wearing anime eyes makeup?”
“Wow”
Jhing's heart almost jumped out of her chest when she heard Miko's voice
The trash can beca for her
“That's so kawaii ah,” he said with hints of laughter
The people who heard his words al too much
On the other hand, Jhing is…
'shi+t, this trash can is so interesting'
Miss Zue washer forehead She doesn't knohether to cry or laugh but her head is definitely aching
“Let’s edit, or re-write it to lessen the dae to our name and of course, for the author's sake,” Miss Zue said “But if we can’t push her to fix her story’s problem… ill happen, will happen Let’s just think this will be over after a fewto get after”
“No sters?” July asked
“No sters with makeup,” Miss Zue said with finality “No matter how many the readers are”
“Thank you!” July screaain
When Jhing was still not an editor for this coht before that the publisher only like the money Yes, that's still true, this is a business after all; but she noticed the company still care for the books, the stories, and the authors
Most of the problee when they asked her to fix the gangster probleirl can't figure out his identity
She simply replied, ‘Is what the readers liked about e it then doesn't thattheir likes???? They said that it's the biggest plot twist ehhhh… as is, okay????? Thankie!! __v'
Respect her ass
And Jhing… really… really… want… to edit… the author’s reply!
If only she could rewrite the whole story to ical, everyone would be happy