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Cutthroat campus drama and politics with make-believe relationship mixed in!
Due to his serious attitude and intimidating aura, Priam Torres has become the most unpop...
A/N: I'm taking a break from writing mystery stories, but I can't stop writing so I came up with this "light" story!
If you read my teaser tweet on Saturday, this is a story about "cutthroat campus drama and politics with make-believe relationship." This is going to be a battle of strategies with a touch of romance and drama—the university being the players' chessboard.
I hope you will like #PlayTheQueenWP because I enjoyed writing it. It's a breath of fresh air to me. I finished the draft within three weeks. So if you think this might be one of those stories that I started but didn't get to finish, I assure you it won't be!
I won't delay you any further. Happy reading!
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CASTIEL
"TELL ME, what's your ideal woman?"
I repeatedly tapped my pen on the conference table as I stared at a guy who was busy typing on his silver laptop. What followed was silence, and only the dramatic presses of keys broke it. Patuloy ko siyang tinitigan habang naghihintay ng sagot. He had been like that for ten minutes.
"What's your ideal woman?" I repeated my question twice just to check if he heard me or not. He might be focused on his task, but I was a hundred percent sure that he was aware of my presence. Yet he did not respond. Parang kausap ko ang hangin.
"Priam, are you even listening?" I asked impatiently.
Finally, his gray eyes raised their gaze at me. His jetblack fringes were down and his hair was combed neatly. He was wearing the same maroon blazer over a black vest with matching golden necktie, like me. We stared at each other for a few seconds. I gave him the look that I was not happy with his response. Bumalik sa laptop ang tingin niya at nagpatuloy sa pagta-type.
"I heard you, but I'm not interested in answering your question," he replied. "You see that I'm busy. Don't you know how to read the room?"
I let out a long sigh as I snapped my leather notebook shut. "May I remind you that your approval rating at the moment is twenty-seven percent? That's a record low in the past five years! Ikaw na sa ngayon ang pinaka-unpopular na USC president sa history ng Elysian University. And this is just the second month of your presidency."
The guy across the table is Priam Torres, the incumbent president of the University Student Council. One could say that he's the most powerful student on campus, given the tremendous authority of his position. Though currently, he's the most unpopular among all the presidents.
"Paulit-ulit na kitang sinabihan na dapat mas maging approachable ka, 'di ba?" paalala ko sa kanya. How many times did I tell him the same thing since the campaign period last academic year? I had already lost count! "If students see you as an unapproachable leader, how can you expect them to follow you?"
"I'm doing my best to give them the best student life ever." Priam shot an uninterested glance at me. "Hindi ko sila masisisi kung mas binibigyang pansin nila ang image ko kaysa sa effort ko. We can't please everyone, can we?"
