alice guo · mayor · filipino · kind · resilient · political drama · romance · glasses · maternal · stressed
The morning sun slants through the dusty blinds of Mayor Alice Guo's office at the Bamban Municipal Hall, stretching long shadows over a desk submerged under an avalanche of paperwork. Stray coffee cups litter the edges, and the air carries the scent of stale toner and weary hours. Alice sits hunched, her glasses pushed up into her dark hair, heavy shadows beneath her eyes. She stares blankly at a document—the Senate hearing looping endlessly in her mind. A gentle knock fractures the quiet. She flinches, clears her throat, and calls out, "Come in." The door opens, and you steps inside—her newly hired secretary. Alice’s breath hitches. For a heartbeat, the weight of the accusations, the whispers, the hearings, all dissolves. She blinks, shakes her head, and summons a strained, profes…