Chapter: Kabanata 97Hindi ko aakalaing aabot ako sa ganitong pagkakataon. Pero kung gusto kong kumilos at protektahan ang sarili ko pati na rin ang mga taong importante sa aking buhay, tama lang itong gagawin ko.Kahit pa may bodyguard kami palagi sa bahay, iba pa rin kung may mga taong magpapanggap na simpleng tao lang sa paligid, pero kasabwat na pala namin. At least panatag ang loob na safe ang mga mahal ko sa buhay. Tahimik lang ako habang hinihintay siya. Napaaga ako ng dating dahil alam kong mahirap makakuha ng pwesto rito sa restaurant na pinili niya. May kailangan pa raw siyang tapusin sa kaniyang trabaho kaya kailangan ko pa siyang hintayin.Wala pa ring alam sila Trisha tungkol sa sinasabi ni Lukas na sikreto ko. Hindi ko alam paano nagawang pakiusapan ni Drake si Trisha nang walang sinasabi. Kung may dapat akong itanaw ng utang ng loob, si Drake na ‘yon.Dahil kahit hindi ko man nasuklian ang nararamdaman niya sa ‘kin, mas pinili niya pa ring maging mabuti sa ‘kin.“Eloisa…”I looked up. Nags
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Chapter: Kabanata 96“Masyado kang matapang. Kung tumakbo ka lang palayo, pababayaan na sana kita.” Ilang beses sinubukan ni Trisha hilahin ang kaniyang braso pero mas malakas si Lukas. Ngumisi lang si Lukas habang pinagmamasdan si Trisha.“Kaibigan mo?” tanong ni Lukas, may bahid ng pangungutya.“Oo,” sagot ni Trisha, hindi nagpapasindak sa titig ni Lukas. Labis ako namangha sa tapang na pinapakita niya kahit pa plakado ang kaniyang makeup at nakakulot ang dulo ng kaniyang katamtaman na haba na buhok. Parang hindi Trisha ang nakikita ko, kundi si Tristan. Ang dati niyang pagkakakilanlan. Napangisi si Lukas. “Matapang ka.”“Ayaw ko lang sa mga lalaking akala nila may karapatan sila sa buhay ng iba.” Sinuklian ni Trisha ang ngisi ni Lukas. “Psychology student ako, pero jung ako ang tatanungin mo, hindi ka na matutulungan ng mga wards. Baka si Satanas na ang mag alaga sa ‘yo.”Nag-iba ang aura ni Lukas, alam ko ang itsura niya ngayon. Wala na itong isasanto kahit sino man ito.“Trisha!” sigaw ko.Hinila
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Chapter: Kabanata 95Matapos namin tumambay sa cafeteria, naghiwa-hiwalay na kami para umuwi. Si Drake ay may training pa raw kaya naiwan na muna siya sa loob. Pa-simple akong huminto sa main road para magpanggap sa mga kaibigan ko na inaantay ko pa si Manong Pip. Nang makita ko na nakalayo na ang dalawa, saka lang ako bumalik sa loob para pumunta sa parking lot sa likuran. Base sa text ni Lukas, kanina pa siya nag aabang doon. Hindi naman ako nahirapan hanapin siya dahil nakabukas ang bubong ng sports car ng kupal. Ngumiti siya ng makalapit ako at kinuha pa ang bag ko.“Hello, baby. How’s school?” masigla niyang saad na para bang hindi niya sinira ang araw ko. “T@ngina mo, Lukas. Huwag kang tanong ng tanong matapos mong ikalat ikalat ang post na ‘yon!” Pigil na pigil kong asik kahit pa nanlilisik na ako sa inis. “Sumusunod ako sa ‘yo nang maayos pero hindi mo magawang lumaban ng patas!” “Ano ba ‘yang pinagsasabi mong post? Wala nga akong ginagawa, bakit sa ‘kin ka nagagalit?” Pa-inosenteng tanong ni
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Chapter: Kabanata 94Natapos ang klase at wala pa rin tigil ang tingin ng mga estudyante sa ‘kin. May mga nagbubulungan kapag nakita ako, may mga biglang natatahimik kapag napapalingon ako, at ang ilan pa ay kunwaring abala sa cellphone kahit obvious naman na curious sa mukha ko. Nakakapagtaka lang at hindi pa ako pinapatawag sa office. Ganoon ba kataas ang tiwala nila kay Easton para hindi bigyan pansin ito?Tahimik kaming apat habang naglalakad papuntang cafeteria. Medyo nauuna si Krisha at Trisha sa ‘kin, habang si Drake naman ay sumasabay sa bilis ko. Walang nagbago sa turing nila sa ‘kin at kung tutuusin, sinasama pa rin nila ako sa kanilang usapan kahit pansin nila ang pagkabalisa ko.“Guys,” mahina kong tawag, dahilan para sabay-sabay silang tumigil at humarap sa ’kin.Huminga ako nang malalim. “May sasabihin sana ako sa inyo.”“Uy,” sabi ni Trisha sa malambing na tono. “Okay ka lang ba?”Tumango ako kahit hindi totoo. Ramdam ko ang panginginig ng mga kamay ko, kaya itinago ko ang mga ’yon sa buls
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Chapter: Kabanata 93Eloisa’s POVKailangan kong maging okay. Kailangan kong patunayan na kahit wala si Easton, hindi babalik ang pabayang Eloisa. Iyon ang paulit-ulit kong binibigkas habang naglalakad ako sa hallway. Kanina pa nga ang tingin ng tingin ang mga estudyante sa ‘kin kanina na halos gusto ko nang tusukin ang kanilang mga mata dahil panay ang tingin at bulungan nila sa ‘kin sa hindi ko malaman na rason. “Nakakairita ‘tong araw na ‘to!” Bungad ko sa mga kaibigan ko pagkapasok ng room. “Kanina pa nakatingin ang mga estudyante sa ‘kin, ‘e hindi ko naman sila kilala! Feeling ko tuloy napaka-judgement ng mga tao ngayong araw.”Tahimik lang ang tatlo habang nakatingin sa ‘kin. Kumurap kurap pa ako ng ilang beses para isiguradong tama ang nakikita ko. Ilang araw ko pa rin kasi hini maganda ang tulog ko kaya baka nag-ha-hallucinate na ako. Pero hindi, talagang nakatingin lang sila sa ‘kin at walang imik.“Bakit? May problema ba talaga sa ‘kin?” Na-conscious tuloy ako sa aking itsura kaya nilabas ko
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Chapter: Kabanata 92Easton’s POV “At ngayon, hindi na kita kailangan. Kaya kung iniisip mong may pag-asa pa, mali ang akala mo. Wala na akong pagmamahal na ibibigay sa’yo. Masakit man, pero ito ang totoo.”Pagkatapos kong sabihin ang linyang ‘yon ay pinutol na kaagad ni Arissa ang tawag. Kanina pa mainit ang ulo ko dahil pinipigilan ako ni Arissa umalis para pumunta kay Eloisa at para basagin ang mukha ng gag0ng Lukas na ‘yon. “Trust me on this,” wika ni Arissa at inabot sa ‘kin ang aking cellphone. “Hindi ka pwedeng magpadalos-dalos dito, Easton. Hindi lang buhay ni Eloisa ang ipapahamak mo, kundi pati na rin ang mga taong naroon ngayon.” Wala akong ibang choice kundi sumunod kay Arissa. Gusto ko bawiin lahat ng sinabi ko kay Eloisa kanina pero kailangan kong gawin ito para sa kaligtasan nila. Hindi deserve ng baby ko marinig ang mga ganoong salita. Alam kong may kasalanan rin ako kay Eloisa dahil naging duwag ako. Bilang lalaki, dapat pinaglaban ko ang relasyon namin kahit pa sa kinilala kong ama.
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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 52Everything about this seminar felt oddly harmless. If it wasn’t for the voice we heard at the bus, I wouldn’t guess that we’d still need to work as mafia and assassins.I stood near the refreshment table with a glass of fresh fruit juice in my hand. Everyone was busy mingling and exchanging business cards like some kind of adult collection. “Hey,” a man in a neat and ironed suit approached me. “Not much of a party talker?” he continued, glancing at the glass on my hand that remained untouched. I took a slow sip of the juice. “I talk when there’s something worth saying. Wouldn’t want to waste energy for the long week.”He laughed a little louder than necessary. “Fair enough. These things can get exhausting. It’s a clever choice to save it when needed.”I learned that his name was June Watson. A fresh graduate who’s still oblivious to the fact that him boosting his overtime and piles of work isn’t exactly something I aspire to have. It was obvious that whoever his superiors were, the
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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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