Chapter Four

Gabriella Wayne

Date of birth: 1998

Citizen: Philippines

Language: Filipino, English, Spanish

Marital Status: Unknown

Listed As: Top Secret Agent

Codename: Angel

File No: R2A0N5

"Gabriella Wayne..."

A smirk plastered on the man's lip while looking at the screen of his computer.

"So she's a secret agent, huh?"

No wonder why the girl almost handcuffed him the moment he let his guards down. Isa itong secret agent na ang misyon ay ang hulihin sya at ipakulong.

Base sa ibang inpormasyon na nakuha ay ito ang nanalo sa auction ng painting na tinangka nyang nakawin noong isang araw. He researched more about the girl and found out that both of her parents and grandparents are billionaires.

He didn't got surprise because she bought the painting using her own money for 300 million dollars. Like her parents, she's also a billionaire herself.

Nang malaman kung saan ang address ng bahay nito ay agad na kinuha ng lalaki ang susi ng kaniyang kotse at maingat na nagmaneho papunta doon.

Just as he expected, napakaganda at laki ng bahay ng babae na akala mo ay isang hari at reyna ang nakatira doon. He's not expecting to see Agent Angel there because he also found out that she has her own apartment and he actually has the address for it, pero mas pinili nyang puntahan ang mansiyon para maghagilap ng iba pang inpormasyon tungkol sa babae mula sa magulang nito mismo.

Wearing his thick eyeglasses to hide his dark blue eyes, the man patiently stayed inside his car as he look at the mansion of the top agent's family.

Ilang minuto lang ang lumipas ay bumukas ang higanteng gate ng mansiyon at lumabas ang isang mamahaling sasakyan na kung hindi sya nagkakamali ay isa sa sampung sasakyan na pagmamay-ari ng business woman at billionaire na si Celeste Wayne—ang nanay ng babaeng may hawak ngayon ng painting na habol nya.

The man didn't think twice to follow her car secretly kahit na hindi nya alam kung saan ito pupunta. His guts just told him to follow the car like a private investigator.

Pagkalipas ng higit sampung minutong pag mamaneho, huminto ang magarang kotse nang sa kasamaang palad ay bigla itong nabungo ng kasunod na kotse sa likuran.

Dali-daling bumaba si Celeste para tignan at suriin ang kaniyang kotse'ng nabangga. Lumabas rin ang matandang babae na hindi nalalayo ang edad dito at kahit na nasa may kalayuan ay rinig na rinig nya parin ang pinag-uusapan ng dalawa.

The other woman was denying that it's her fault and is blaming the agent's mom.

Kitang-kita nya ang pagkunot ng noo nito kaya naman bumaba sya sa sariling kotse at nilapitan ang dalawa.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry for meddling, but I think you should apologize to her, ma'am. I saw that you hit her car and my dashcam caught it."

"But I didn't hit her car on purpose! It's her fault because she's driving too slow!" giit nito.

"No, it's not this ma'am's fault, ma'am. Normal lang po ang pagpapatakbo nya ng kotse. You are the one who's trying to overtake her car earlier, right? Magkasunod po ang kotse namin but you overtook my car kanina at kaya mo po sya nabangga ay dahil masyadong mabilis ang pagmamaneho mo."

Biglang namutla ang babae sa narinig at para hindi na lumala pa ang gulo ay humingi nalang ito ng tawad sa babae. It's not that Celeste would force her to pay for the car's damage. She can pay for it on her own at marami pa syang kotse kaya wala lang sakanya iyon. Ang gusto nya lang talaga ay aminin nito na sya ang may kasalanan at humingi ng tawad sakanya.

Mabuti nalang at hindi nya pinag drive ang kanilang butler ngayon dahil kung oo ay hindi ito papayag na ayusin ang problema sa isang sorry lang.

The small fight immediately got settled, thanks to the guy who meddled.

Celeste was so thankful to him so she wants to treat him something if he isn't busy.

"Naku, wala po yun. Sinabi ko lang po kung ano yung nakita ko at kung ano yung totoo." nakangiti nitong sabi.

"Pero gusto pa kitang makausap, iho. Single ka ba?"

He look at the woman, surprised. It took him two minutes to answer her sudden question.

"Bakit nyo po natanong?"

"Naghahanap kasi ako ng lalaking pwedeng mapangasawa ng anak ko." diretsyahang sagot nito.

Giving it a minute of thoughts, he remembered that Agent Angel is an only child so he knew that this woman infront of him is pertaining to her.

"Para saan po pala yang listahan na hawak mo?"

Imbes na sagot, ay tanong ang ibinigay nya dito nang mapansin ang hawak-hawak nitong papel.

"Ah, ito ba?"

Celeste look at the paper kung saan nakasulat ang pangalan at address ng mga lalaki na pinagpipilian nyang ipakasal sa anak. She didn't hesitate to tear and crumple the paper sa harap mismo ng lalaki. She doesn't need that list anymore because she already found the right person for her daughter—and that person is currently standing in front of her.

Mother's guts is always right. This man is not just handsome, but is also a kind and gentleman. Bagay na bagay para sa anak nya na walang balak mag-asawa.

"Sa tanong nyo po kanina, single po ako. I also have free time kung gusto nyo pa po akong makausap at makilala."

Celeste smiled in victory. It seems like she have won a jackpot prize that she's going to give wholly to her daughter.

She knew that she wouldn't regret choosing this guy for her daughter.

She's a hundred percent sure that the two would be really close and they would become a great couple.

##

It was a nice Saturday morning.

Nagkaroon ng gulo sa agency dahil sa balitang meron daw nanghack sa files kung saan nakalagay ang listahan ng kanilang mga agents. Hanggang ngayon ay hindi parin nila ma trace kung sino ang hacker kaya naman ay pinag-iingat silang lahat.

Two days ago, their boss' computer got hacked, and it only means that all their profiles are already exposed to that hacker.

Dahil doon ay tumigil muna sila sa pag di-distribute ng mga misyon dahil kailangan nilang mag doble o mas mabuti kung mag triple ingat lalo na't napakadelikado ng trabaho nila.

Gabriella is fine with it though, at least makakapag focus sya sa pag-iisip kung paano huhulihin ang magnanakaw nang walang ibang misyon na iniisip.

Isa pa, nasa good mood sya nitong mga nakaraang araw dahil makukuha nya ulit ang kaniyang tumataginting na 300 million dollars.

Kagaya ng napag-usapan ay makikipagkita sya ngayon sa kaniyang magulang at pati narin sa nahanap nitong mapapangasawa nya.

Gabriella parked her Lamborghini car sa may parking lot at pumasok sa restaurant kung saan sila magkikita-kita.

Her mom and dad is already there.

Humalik sya sa pisngi ng mga ito at umupo sa tabi ng mommy nya.

"So, where is this man that you want me to marry, mom?" she directly asked.

Naikuwento na ito sakaniya ng mommy nya sa nakalipas na dalawang araw pero hindi pa nito sinasabi sakaniya ang pangalan ng lalaki. Her mom was very excited for her to meet him at saka nya daw sasabihin ang pangalan nito kapag nagkita na silang dalawa sa personal.

Sinabi nito na mabait daw ang lalaking nahanap nya. Her mom also told her that he's handsome and gentleman so Gabriella was also looking forward to meet him.

That man is her 300 million dollar husband. Ito ang magiging susi para maibalik sakanya ang nasayang na pera dahil sa isang painting.

After a couple of minutes, they heard a pair of footsteps approaching.

"Tito, Tita, I'm very sorry... Late na po ba kami?"

A tall man came, wearing an apologetic smile on his face with a middle age woman standing beside him.

Tumayo ang mommy ni Gabriella at masiglang binati ang dalawang kararating lamang. Her dad also stood up to greet them so she also did the same.

"Ahm, sya nga po pala, tito, tita... this is my mom, Fiona."

"Nice to meet you!"

"And mom, si tita Celeste at tito Jared nga po pala."

The man's mom smiles at them at nakipagbeso. Halatang mahiyain ang mommy ng lalaki kaya nakasuporta ang isang kamay nya sa likod nito para hindi nito ma feel na mag-isa sya.

"Well, let's have a seat and order a food first. Then we'll talk about the marriage while eating."

Gabriella almost choked even though they haven't started eating yet.

She knew that they are here right now because of "marriage", but why are they so straight forward to it? Not that she's the one to talk. It's their first time meeting each other and she didn't know the man's name yet. She needs to know first, what is the name of her soon-to-be husband, right?

"Oh, right. Hindi pa nga pala namin kayo napapakilala sa isa't -isa. Gabriella, he's the one I'm talking to you, Ryce Justice. Ryce, she's Gabriella Wayne, my daughter."

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, Gabriella,"

"Same here," Gabriella forced a smile.

Nakasuot ng makapal na eyeglasses ang lalaki. She wondered... Is he wearing that because he have a poor eyesight or because it's his own style? He looks good with it though.

Umorder na sila ng mga pagkain at saka nagsimulang mag kwentuhan.

Surprisingly, there's no awkward tension on their table.

The man was smiling widely while talking to her parents and he seems very close to her mom.

Ryce's mom who's sitting beside him looks pale, but you can't deny the fact that she still looks beautiful especially when she's smiling genuinely.

Nilagyan ng pagkain ng lalaki ang plato ng kaniyang sariling ina at ganun rin ang ginawa nito sa mommy nya.

When their eyes met, the man smiled at her before putting a food on her plate.

Gabriella got taken aback because how did he know that she likes that food? Inusog rin nito palayo ang shrimp na malapit sakaniya na parang alam nito na meron syang allergy doon.

"Your mom told me that you're allergic to shrimps." ani ng lalaki nang makita ang pagtataka sa mukha nya.

"Ah, yes, allergic nga ako sa hipon..." kwento ni Gabriella na mutik pang mautal, buti nalang at hindi iyon nangyari.

Her mom beside her giggled and whispered something on her ear.

"Isn't he sweet, anak? You're so lucky, kung single lang ako, papakasalan ko rin sya eh,"

Unintentionally, her dad heard what her mom whispered so he cleared his throat, making Ryce and his mom that are sitting in front of them giggled, because they also heard what Celeste said.

"Mom, please stop teasing me and dad, we're eating, right?"

Her mom apologized to them, and they continued eating.

Silence filled their table for a couple of minutes.

Dumating ang dessert na inorder nila at aksidenteng natapon yung juice na hawak ng isang waitress sa kamay ng mommy ni Ryce.

The man grabbed his white handkerchief from his pocket to wipe the juice on his mom's hand.

Patuloy sa paghingi ng pasensya ang waitress, pero sinabi naman nito na okay lang.

Gabriella wondered why the man used his own handkerchief when there's a tissue on the table. She was about to shrugged the thoughts off, but her sharp eyes caught something as she looks at the man's handkerchief. There is a blue rose stitched on it.

Unti-unting kumunot ang noo nya nang may maalala pagkakita nito.

There's only one person that instantly came inside her mind whenever she saw a blue rose.

Silent Thief.

Maigi nyang tinignan ang mukha ng lalaki at sinuri ang mga detalye nito. Ryce immediately noticed her staring kaya tinanong sya nito kung meron ba syang dumi sa mukha.

"Is there any dirt on my face?" the man asked while looking at her curiously.

Gabriella shook her head twice.

"W-Wala, sorry."

Palihim nyang kinurot ang sarili at pinagalitan.

'Get a grip on yourself, Gabriella. It's so impossible for this guy to be Silent Thief.'

Mukhang mabait ang lalaki kaya kaagad nyang inalis ang ideya na ito ang magnanakaw at nagsimula nang kumain ng panghimagas na nasa may lamesa nila.