Chapter: Kabanata 56Ang akala ko ay magiging maayos na ang lahat. Akala ko matatanda na lahat ng mga kasama ko para maintindihan ang salitang respeto. Mukhang hindi pala lahat gano’n. Kumaripas ako ng takbo papunta sa room namin nang makita ko sa group chat namin ang nangyayari sa loob ng classroom namin. Ang buong room namin ay may mga nakapaskil na iba’t ibang larawan ni Drake, at ang iba roon ay hindi dapat pinapakita sa publiko.“T*ngina niyong lahat! Sana pinutok na lang kayo sa kumot!” Nanggagalaiting asik ni Trisha sa mga lalaki sa room.“Ang tinik talaga ng lalaking ‘yon! Ayaw sa mga cheerleader dahil matanda pala ang nais.” Talagang hindi pa tumigil ang kupal kong kaklase at pinakita pa ang litrato sa iba kahit na nasa harapan na nila ako.Ngumisi naman ang kausap niya. “Kaya sigurado absent ngayon para solo nila ‘tong araw. Mukhang nabitin pa sila kahapon ‘e.” “Tigilan niyo ‘yan lahat!” Sigaw ni Krisha, ngunit parang walang silbe ang pagiging class president niya dahil walang pumansin sa kani
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Chapter: Kabanata 55“Walang namamagitan sa ‘min ni Briar… kontrolado niya lang ako dahil nalaman ko ang sekreto na tinatago nila ng kapatid niya.” Ilang beses akong napakurap ng mata habang prinoproseso ang kaniyang sinabi. Bakit parami ng parami ang mga sangkot sa problemang ‘to?Nakita ni Drake na nalilito pa rin ako kaya tinuloy niya ang pagkwento. “Kaya si Sir Joaquin ang pumunta para kay Professor Briar dahil siya ang kinakasama ngayon ng kapatid niya. Ang kapatid ni Briar ang kabit ng tatay mo, Eloisa.” Umakyat lahat ng init sa buong katawan ko. “Kung gano’n, kaya ba nila ako gustong mamatay ay para mapunta sa magiging anak nila ang pamana ko?”Tumango si Drake. “Nahuli ko sila ng kapatid niya nag uusap tungkol sa plano nila sa ‘yo, nasa telepono no’n si Briar at narinig ko ang pangalan mo kaya ‘di ko napigilang makinig. Nalaman nila ‘yon kaya binantaan nila ako na sisirain nila ang buhay mo kung hindi ako sumunod kay Briar.”Hindi muna ako umimik kahit pa nanginginig na ang kalamnan ko sa galit.
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Chapter: Kabanata 54Tuluyan nang pinadampot sa pulis ang nagwawalang professor na si Professor Briar. Sa tingin ko ay tuluyan na siyang nawala sa katinuan dahil kung ano-ano ang kaniyang sinigaw at matapos ng ilang segundo ay tatawa o di kaya’y iiyak siya.Paulit-ulit lang ang kaniyang sinasambit. Isa raw akong mang-aagaw at hadlang sa kanilang kayamanan. Kung ano ang hatol sa kaniya? Probably license revoked. Hindi ko alam at wala akong pakialam. Idagdag pang sumunod ang magaling kong tatay sa kaniya papunta sa police station. Ni hindi man lang niya ako kinausap o binati kahit sandali.‘Di naman ‘yon big deal sa ‘kin dahil sanay naman na ako. Ang masakit lang talaga sa ‘kin ay kaya naman pala niya magpakatao para sa ibang tao. Saan kami nagkulang ni Mama para talikuran niya nang tuluyan?“Eloisa… P-professor Easton…” Sabay kaming lumingon ni Easton sa pinanggalingan ng boses. Drake was trembling in fear. Nakakaawa siyang tignan sa kaniyang kalagayan ngayon.“B-biktima rin a-ako…” nanginginig niyang wik
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Chapter: Kabanata 53Hindi ko alam kung alin ang masakit sa mga natuklasan ko. Ang tinatagong relasyon ni Drake at Professor Briar o makita ang sarili kong ama na matagal nang nagtatago nandito sa harap namin bilang tagapagtanggol ng professor.Nasa loob na silang lahat ng principal’s office habang kami ni Easton ay naghihintay lang sa labas. Kasama namin ang ilang mga estudyante na nagkukumpulan pa rin para makasagap ng tsismis. Pinipigilan na rin ng ilang security guards ang mga news reporters na gustong pumasok ng university.Nasa unahan kami ni Easton kaya natatanaw namin sa maliit na silipan ang nangyayari sa loob. Hindi kami hinaharang ng mga security guards dahil pinaalam ni Easton sa kanila na kapatid niya at ama ko ang lalaking nandoon sa loob.“Bakit si Papa ang pumunta para kay Professor Briar?” Tanong ko. Nalilito talaga ako kung anong koneksyon niya dyan sa babaeng ‘yan, namumukhaan ko ang itsura ng kabit ni Papa kaya alam kong hindi siya ‘yon.Tulad ko, halatang nalilito rin si Easton kung b
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Chapter: Kabanata 52Ipipihit ko na sana ang doorknob ngunit may isang kamay ang pumigil sa ‘kin.Isang cleaning personnel na lalaki, na may katandaan na, ang pumigil sa ‘kin na mukhang nandito para maglinis. “Ineng, bawal ang estudyante riyan.” Naglaho lahat ng kaba ko sa katawan sa isang iglap at lumakad palayo para hindi marinig nila Drake ang aking boses. “Gano’n po ba? May narinig po kasi akong kaluskos mula sa loob kaya titignan ko lang po sana.”“Hay naku! Mga daga lang ‘yon. Hindi ko kasi mahuli-huli at ang liliksi!” Reklamo niya. “Oh siya, pumasok ka na sa klase mo, Ineng at baka ma-late ka pa.”Tumango ako kahit ayaw ko pang umalis. Mabibigat ang hakbang ko habang papalayo sa pinto. Sobrang bad timing naman ni Kuya! ‘Di bale, at least may ideya na ako kung anong pinagmumulan ng problema ni Drake.Ang echoserang froglet na Professor Briar.Kung totoo mang may kasalanan sila sa ‘kin, naniniwala akong biktima lang din si Drake. Ngunit, wala akong maisip na rason kung bakit kailangan pang pakisamah
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Chapter: Kabanata 51Nag-text sa ‘min si Drake na umuwi na raw kami at huwag na siyang hintayin dahil mamaya pa raw siya uuwi. Sinubukan kong pakiusapan sila Krisha na hintayin pa rin namin siya ngunit may pupuntahan pa raw kasi si Krisha at si Trisha naman ay masama ang pakiramdam.Mag isa tuloy ako ngayon habang pasimpleng sinisilip si Drake na hanggang ngayon ay nasa faculty room. Magkakasama pa rin sila sa iisang room dahil hindi pa rin nasasarado ang kaso noon tungkol sa pakikipagrelasyon ng estudyante sa professor para sa mataas na grades.“Ang tagal naman, ilalagay lang naman sa lamesa ‘yong gamit ha?” Inip na inip kong reklamo. Nag-ring bigla ang cellphone ko na siyang nagpatigil ng pagka-inip ko. Nakita ko sa screen ng phone ko ang pangalang, “Uncle Easton,” kaya hindi ako nagdalawang isip na sagutin ‘yon.“Where are you?” Bungad ni Easton sa kabilang linya. “Hindi ka pa raw nagpapasundo sabi ni Manong Pip. Huwag mong sabihin nasa bar ka na naman, Eloisa. Sinasabi ko sa ‘yo.”“Hep, hep, hep.” Pi
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Enemies in Disguise
By day, I'm just another quiet IT analyst. By night, I'm the deadliest mafia in the underground. No one at the office suspects a thing, except Isabella Moretti. She's the flawless manager, always with sharp heels and effortless confidence, who everyone dreams of working with. And the last person they'd ever suspect of being the princess of a powerful assassin clan… who also happens to be my sworn enemy.
Every night, the game begins. The rules are simple: kill each other before we get killed. No feelings. No mercy. No mistakes.
For a month, we've been locked in a deadly game, with each of us attempting to outsmart the other. Still, neither of us has managed to emerge victorious.
But one night, everything changes.
On my doorstep lies a baby, wrapped in a blanket. Alone. No note. No explanation. And before we can come up with a reason, a group of armed men appears, targeting neither one of us, but the baby. Men neither of us recognize. Men who don't belong to my world or hers.
So, we call a temporary truce. Because even monsters like us aren't heartless enough to let an innocent die.
Since then, mornings have been spent as coworkers, pretending we don't want to tear each other apart. Nights are spent trading threats between bottle feedings and fighting off enemies who won't quit.
Every other mission I’ve ever taken was easy. One clean kill and done. But nothing has ever prepared me for the most dangerous and unexpected thing I've ever faced…
Falling for the woman I swore to destroy.
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Chapter: Chapter 51The week ended but it still feels like chaos was still present. Isabella stood beside me, close enough that I could feel the warmth of her even through my coat. We were waiting in line at the bus terminal where our shuttle will fetch us to go to the venue of the seminar. Everyone around us looked painfully normal, and we tried to look the same.“This would have taken me ten minutes if I used my private jet…” Isabella murmured under her breath, seemingly making sure that I was the only one who heard her.“And the chance to cover up your humble and responsible manager image?” I shot back. She grimaced and turned her back against me, making me chuckle for a little bit. I let my gaze drift across the busy terminal. We know no one here. Two representatives from each company in town had been invited to a private resort near the seaside for this so-called seminar. For most employees, this would be a coveted opportunity and a one-week paid break they would dream of. It was a perfect escape
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Chapter: Chapter 50By the time she got back, she was already holding a medical kit in her arms. She saw me in the same position as she left a while ago. The pain on my back is starting to take a toll on me. Her eyes narrowed and made me straighten my back. “Sit.”I blinked, looking at her with full disbelief. How dare she command me with just a word?“I’m not a dog.”“I know, dogs are a lot more charming and cooperative.” She rebutted. She knelt behind me and the next thing I knew, my shirt was torn by her dagger.“What the—” I groaned as she pressed an alcohol pad to the raw skin along my lower back. The cold sting made every muscle tighten. She noticed that. She worked quietly yet, annoyingly gentle whenever the pain made me flinch.“You know how to treat wounds?” I asked out of curiosity. “Adam.” She straightforwardly answered. “I learned because I had to patch him up all the time.”Before I could respond, the handler approached with Daisy still in his arms. “Done quarreling, love birds?”“We are no
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Chapter: Chapter 49I woke up to a light snickering from above. For a moment, I was disoriented, unsure if I was dreaming or if the noise was real. My eyes fluttered open gradually as the soft sound echoed from my place. It took a second for my brain to register where I was, why my neck hurt like hell, and why something warm was pressed against my shoulder.Isabella.My arm had somehow wrapped around her waist while hers was at my chest without permission from either of us. Close call. If Isabella woke up before I even had the chance to open my eyes fully, I’d be done for.The snickering came again.I blinked upward.A familiar silhouette leaned casually over the edge of the hole, one hand holding a phone towards our direction, and another carrying Daisy.“Ki!” Daisy’s little voice called.“Well, good morning.” the handler greeted in amusement, hiding his phone in his pocket. “Hope you don’t mind us sticking around… or above.”I groaned and showed him my middle finger. “Fvck you.”“F-fak?” Daisy echoed.
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Chapter: Chapter 48“So, were you and Adam close?”Both Isabella and I were sitting on the ground, dust clinging to our clothes, and the face of defeat sitting across our faces. We tried stacking debris and soils, digging the walls as stairs, using me as a ladder, but all ended up as failures. Isabella rested her forearms on her knees, her crimson hair sticking to her cheek where sweat and dirt mixed. She isn’t the type of assassin who would sit still, not even for a second. But here she was, curled on the dirt as she’d finally run out of reasons to keep pretending she wasn’t exhausted.Her finger played on the dirt, scribbling random shapes. “Close?” she repeated. “I don’t think that’s the right term.”I waited. Isabella carefully chooses her words before answering. It’s part of why she made it as both a manager and an assassin. And if I rushed her, she’d probably rush a dagger straight at my face.“We weren’t the type of siblings who hugged or said ‘I love you’ every hour.” A humorless breath left her
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Chapter: Chapter 47As stupid as it sounds, we went back to the place the big boss tipped me over. Yeah, the base of the fallen ones, a graveyard of a war long done, but apparently not done enough for us. The handler was right. If Adam Moretti’s name had resurfaced, and if Daisy’s clan was dragged into this again, this place was the only place we could start. Still didn’t change the fact that being back here felt like walking into an enemy’s bait.But I really don’t care. They can do whatever they want, and I’ll still tear down every trap they set. If they want me dead, they’ll have to try a hell of a lot harder. “Can’t your connections identify which clan this symbol belongs to?” I asked Isabella who was walking way ahead of me.She didn’t slow down. “They couldn’t. It cost some of their colleagues’ lives.”The ruins of the fallen clan’s base lay quiet. Before we entered, we inspected the areas nearby just to be sure no one was hiding and waiting for us. Isabella made me drive an armored car that sh
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Chapter: Chapter 46“Handler! Have you heard—”“Yeah, yeah…” He cut me off without looking away from his monitors, fingers flying across the keyboard like he was trying to outrun time. “A f*cking scientist who’s after this innocent baby for no good reason.”He cursed under his breath and wore his anti-radiation glasses; something he only uses when he planned to stay awake until dawn. Beer cans littered the floor around him, a clear indication he had already started stress-drinking. He was pissed, for anyone had the courage to target Daisy.Luckily, Daisy is already fast asleep in her crib. Sometimes I wonder if she’s used to heavy noise because a while ago, she didn’t even flinch or cry despite the gunfire ringing nearby. I watched how her chest and round stomach rose and fell in slow and steady breaths. Part of me wanted to stay there, just watching, making sure before she can speak properly, she’s living a normal life.But I couldn’t. The people after her weren’t finished, and sitting beside her would
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