I
The next day, Atty. Wilgreg Monaro and Atty. Ninia Salamera became the highlight on different Social Media Platforms. They were also included in the morning news report on one TV station.
The caption of the news was “Two BAR Topnotchers; in love with Each Other” and then posted below the said captions are pictures of Atty. Wilgreg and Atty. Ninia kissing each other in front of the apartment of the latter.
When Atty. Ninia entered the Lincuja Building, she noticed every staff around watching her, some even smiled at her and a few women, if she could not be wrong, gave her some sullen glances while others giggled.
“What’s going on today?” Atty. Ninia whispered while walking continuously going to her office.
When she passed by the table of Mildred, her secretary, the woman was smiling wide and was even giggling.
“Mildred, please come to my office,” she told her before finally entering her office room.
Mildred immediately followed her boss. Her smile painted on her whole face as she entered Atty. Ninia’s office.
Furrowing Atty. Ninia asked, “Mildred, what is happening in this office? Is there a piece of good news and everyone seems to be happy?”
Mildred suddenly put her right hand on her mouth as if dilly dallying if she will answer her boss truthfully or not. She chose the first. Immediately, she got her mobile phone inside the pocket of her office skirt, scrolled something, and then showed it to Atty. Ninia.
"Here, Atty. Ninia, Madam, please take a look at these pictures," Mildred said giggling while handing to Atty. Ninia her mobile phone.
Atty. Ninia reached for Mildred’s mobile phone and looked at its screen to see what she wanted her to see.
Atty. Ninia’s eyes grew big when she saw herself and Atty. Wilgreg in photos, kissing each other in front of her apartment. She felt frozen and she did not know what kind of embarrassment level she has right now.
“Mildred, please, please get out now.” She dismissed her in her very low voice. Her cheeks are looking like a ripe tomato.
With shaking fingers, Atty. Ninia snatched her mobile phone from its phone stand and searched for that news shown to her by Mildred and read it again. She wanted to be invisible right now because of shame. She then dialed Atty. Wilgreg’s mobile number.
II
Inside his office at the Lincuja Shipping Corporation, Atty. Wilgreg was so busy. He arrived at around six o’clock in the morning in the office and aside from their oldest janitor; no other staff was around yet at that time. He made his own coffee and then started check on his e-mails on his laptop.
Around eight o’clock in the morning, he received a message from her Mom.
“Son, please browse your Facebook account or google and search for the latest report of BNA TV station or merely search your name and Atty. Ninia; you will learn something interesting news today.” This was the message of Carolina with even a smiling emoticon at its end.
Following his mother’s request, Atty. Wilgreg got his mobile phone and opened it. He was about to browse his Facebook account when his phone rang. Atty. Ninia is calling. He smiled widely while answering his calls.
“Hey Babe, you missed me so soon?” he teased. They just talked before he drove his car going to his office this morning.
He heard Atty. Ninia made a deep breath before answering him, “Ahhm, can you please check the link I sent. I don’t know what to do right now. Please call me once you open and see the content of that article," she told him and then she murmured her goodbye before cutting the line.
Atty. Wilgreg’s eyes narrowed out of curiosity. His Mom and his girlfriend were both kinds of different today and both were even requesting him to see the news. "What's so interesting in the news today, hmmm?" he murmured while looking at the message of Atty. Ninia.
Atty. Wilgreg abruptly opened the link forwarded to him by Atty. Ninia and he almost fell from his chair when he saw what made his Mom and Atty. Ninia was uneasy today. "Gracious Lord, who got these stolen photos?" he hissed. He tried to calm down himself and when he did, immediately, he grabbed his landline phone and called Atty. Ninia’s office.
“Babe, I saw it. I don’t know who posted these pictures, but I guess, there is nothing to worry about. We can get married even tomorrow if you like.” He said seriously that made Atty. Ninia on the other line became silent.