pte

last of cold air hit her as she entered, courtesy of the powerful air conditioning ins

is face had an unreadable expression. And she was on the verge of crying, ev

as unsettling, but beneath that, he was kind. He never yelled at them or treated them badly. He always spoke to them with respect and professionali

ked towards the man. She was nervous, but she also had another motive. Biting her lip, she knew it was a long shot to ask her manager for money, even thoug

he said her name, but she could

his desk, giving him a

on behind it," he said to her in a gent

ident where she accidentally spilled

feel like an idiot in front of everyone, like she was just a brainless servant. She had been wiping

having a business meeting, or maybe one of them was gay. She didn't know. They both appeared

ut she wasn't wealthy enough to not care about losing five hundred thousand pesos for an operation. And the thought that her father cou

ed in front of her, "I received bad news from the province, wh

hat means it's a loss for the restaurant you work for. Your mistake also affects your co-w

ip when he me

thirty-two thousand pesos. When you signed

usted that there was nothing detrimental in it since it had been drafted by the restau

w, Heart," he said, causing her

olely on her salary, and if it was further reduced, what would happen? She wouldn't be able to af

be in vain because if she doesn't stop working

." she

raised a

earlier, that's why it happened. M-Maybe they can deduct it from my future salary. Just not now, si

t gathered her courage and s

en if it's just a hundred thousand down payment. Please, sir," she beg

repeated, but she was smiling and mingling with the

lier? He wears a Brioni or Armani suit a

my

she should just end her life because of everything happening in her l

only job. I hope they can forgive me this time. It was my first

bowed her head again, feeling defeated. Who

just spare change, but for

ed the operation, Heart?"

la and at work. The meal at the restaurant had been free. Once a year,

need a down payment. If not, they will send my

sure they will not permit your father to

ain. She didn't know,

w," she seemed to lose all hope an

can do. I'll talk to someone. I'll

repeatedly. She quickly wrote her number on

e to do. I hope you can convince her to give me the money righ

e what I

manager's words were enough to give her a

longer. Hopefully, Vandros could persuade the owner to

difficulties of her life right now.

for now. Maybe, out of foolishness, she might repeat what happened earlier and cause harm to someone again. Instea

e her own boss that she spilled food on earlier? It's like she's gettin

gi suddenly asked

he same fate of being friends, the only difference is that Gigi was able to continue her college

for more information. "Sir Van sent me home

unch break and they have to take turns eating. All the

pened? Who invented numbers 9 and 6 anyway, I should eliminate th

t," she re

. You haven't been like this at work before. You were awarded the most outstanding waitress o

shoulders shook again. She couldn

iedly entered the

le and immediately embraced her

my fat

ened to your father?"

are not a joke. Five hundred thousand, Gi. Whe

It's so hard to be poor. It feels

help from our off-duty employees. I will send them to government agencies. Then, I will ask fo

he's not losing hope but she knows how things work

'll wait for a call if Senyora Ca

also teary-eyed a

s her strength immediately when her family is affected. She has nothing e

okay? My break time is almo

hing she can do now but wait for Vandros' help

She finally slipped her bag on and headed home. Even she wants to go home to focus on finding a solutio

. She accepted it because she had nothing else to do. It's good that she will be distracted by walking along the roadside, thinking, on her w

when someone suddenly snatched it from

laughter and let go of her

said, causing Heart t

someone else," s

of the man. He wa

you going

ut she wasn't in the mood to argue. She already had

ht next to hers. They lived rent-free while he paid for the

ies about women. He would share stories about the women he had been with, whether they were

ursued her because she was different. And if she were to agree to be w

when his parents separated, he ended up in his father's custody, and that's where he struggled in life. His mother al

es to him so she could as

nked an

"You really are beautiful. What's

. "My father is in the ho

are you g

as something to send to h

nt for some documents. Looks lik

odded

still ha

wer it. Yes, she had money

she said, but quic

he felt that if she accepted his offer, she would be buried in a

ou need it," she

It's just wh

es wan

going to demand s

, Franco. It's j

ey. What's wrong is if you don't take it. I'm not

could sell her soul a hundred times over to earn money, she would have done it already. The thought had cross