PLAYING MUMMY CARD

Seeing what she had seen, Jackie felt worried for her friend. She had never seen this side of Lupe. She was always cool and collected. It was becoming hard to comprehend why a mere interview with Young Xander would get her this agitated.

"Lupe, my friend, do you want to talk? I'm here to listen,"

Lupe just sat down and buried her face in her hands.

"Lu..Lupe,"

Just then, Enrique came in and noticed the mess on the floor.

"What happened in here?" Enrique asked unfazed.

"Just cleaning up," Jackie said nonchalantly.

"Lupe, I heard you accepted the interview. Good job" Enrique said without noticing the daggers that were thrown at him.

"Sir Xander asked if he could come after working hours to talk to you,"

"What did you say?" Lupe asked sounding more composed.

"I told him it was okay. So I came to tell you that you can stay in office for a while,"

Lupe just took a deep breath.

"It's not possible. My son is sick. I need to be with him," Lupe lied.

"Paco is sick? How is he?" Jackie asked concerned.

However, the look that Lupe gave Jackie, Jackie understood that this was just an excuse and not real.

"It's just a flu. I wanted to ask for permission to be with him today," Lupe said sounding disturbed.

"What about Young Xander?"

"Call him, I'll talk to him now," Lupe said unbothered.

This caught Jackie by surprise. Enrique picked his phone. On the other side, Young Xander smiled after seeing the caller. He was so sure this had to do with Ms. Lupe.

"Hello Sir Xander,"

"Hello Enrique. How are you this morning?"

"I'm fine Sir. Sir Xander we have a slight problem. The meeting you requested today with Ms. Lupe cannot happen,"

Young Xander wanted to frown but a smile was plastered on his face.

"What's the problem Enrique?"

"Sir Xander,"

This time, Young Xander heard a female voice. For a minute his whole body stiffened and words choked on his throat.

"Hello, Sir. This is Lupe Gus speaking" Lupe said again.

It took Young Xander great effort to compose himself and then he cleared his throat.

"Hello Ms. Lupe. Glad to finally hear from you," Young Xander teased her.

All this time,Young Xander was giggling like a kid. Damn it! he was feeling like a kid.

"I heard that you wanted us to meet. I'm sorry but today is not possible," Lupe said

"I have a son, and he's feeling a little bit under the weather today. I need to be with him,"

Young Xander smirked. Playing mummy card huh? he thought. Of course he knew Lupe was lying.

"I'm sorry about your son. In case of anything, I'm just a call away,"

In case of anything? A call away? What does he mean? Why would I do that? Who does he think he is?

"Thank you Sir Xander," Lupe said as she hang up the phone.

Young Xander asked his secretary to call Dominic. Dominic came fast.

"Yes Sir,"

"Prepare the car," Young Xander ordered.

"Where are we going Sir?"

"To visit someone,"

"Who Sir?"

Young Xander glared at Dominic then he smiled.

"Lupe Gus,"