-Few days Ago-
"Can you even love Someone even if that person doesn't even bother looking at you at all?" Napa angat Ang tingin ni Gavin sa tanong na iyon Ng Dalaga sa kanyang harapan.
The girl Infront of him. Doesn't have any emotion in her eyes but even if she denies it there's pain in her tone.
" Is it about Cain?" Balik tanong ni Gavin. The girl In Front of her looked at him coldly. " Aliyah." Pagtawag ni Gavin sa pangalan Ng dalaga which is Aliyah Real. Cain Assistant.
" Now that I found you. Should you go back to the place where you belong? Your brother has been finding you for all this year. Will you remain cruel to keep your existence to him?" Napakuyom ng kamao Ng dalaga.
There's a feeling that pierce in her heart. It's sadness. Her brother?
" Cain still need me. The Abestreu Clan need me." Patuloy na pagtutol Ng dalaga. " Even if he doesn't love me. As long as his happy. Does it matter?" Sinulyapan ni Aliyah Ang binata sa kanyang harapan who just like him doesn't have any emotion display in his handsome face.
He is the youngest Master of all generations. The Dremor Clan Master. In terms of intelligence, Appearance and Capability he was number one but....
" Aren't we the same. You love Catalina right? " Tanong nya. " Even though in her eye you doesn't exist at all." Nakita ni Aliyah Ang pag tiim bagang Ng binata tila ba kinokontrol nito Ang Sarili.
" We're different." Pagtanggi ni Gavin.
" How are we different then?"
" Because I know that Catalina and I are never meant to be with each other, that's why I won't hope for the both of us." Natigilan SI Aliyah sa sinambit na iyon ni Gavin . There's no pain in his tone or in his eyes. As if he already knew the answer long ago.
" Why?"
Isang mapait na ngiti Ang lumitaw sa labi ni Gavin. " The Time won't never let us be happy." Behind Gavin cold appearance there was something he was hiding something so mysterious.
" My relationship with Catalina isn't the reason why I am here." Gavin's expression became fiercer again. " It's how you needed to go back, Aliyah." Makapangyarihan na saad nito sa babaeng kaharap.
Aliyah sighed. Looks like she doesn't have a choice either because the man Infront of her might be younger than her but more dangerous than you expected.
Afterall he won't be the Dremor Clan Master at such a young age. If he won't be capable.
" Then could you give me three months. To stay with him." Pakiusap Ng dalaga.
Gavin looked at him lifelessly again. " Is this your answer?" Makapangyarihan na tanong nito.
Tumango SI Aliyah. " Then see you in Three months." Tumayo na Ang binata. " You're brother and I are good friends but I keep it from here." Muli itong Sumulyap sa dalaga. " But staying with him won't change everything. You'll only feel pain loving him." Saad nito bago tuluyang tinalikuran Ang dalaga..
Your fate was just like mine. Aliyah, Well both die loving them again and again.
Back to Present-
" What about this dress Lea? You should look good for me." Ipinakita ni Cain Ang Isang magandang pink off shoulder dress. Nakakunot noo na kinuha ito ni Alaeyah. " Pink?" Taas kilay na tanong nya.
" You need to look like a Girl sometimes too. Pink will suit you the best." Pangungumbinse ni Cain.
Aleya just sighed at Kinuha Ang damit. Does she even have a choice?
Cain and she will attend a Hotel Opening because the owner is one of Cain's Investors we are invited to. Of Course he won't decline it since that one is a trusted aide of his father.
Si Annika Ang madalas nitong kasama sa mga ganitong event but of course with what happened to the Abestreu Clan. He won't dare invite her again.
Tiningnan ni Alaeyah Ang sarili sa salamin. The dress looks good to her if she just smile but she can't seem to do that.
Afterall she knows in her heart that she is just a replacement that Cain needed to divert his attention from Annika.
She slowly opens the fitting door and walks out.
But maybe it was enough.. for us ...
" Aleyah you looks so good. You should wear dresses often." Ngiting ngiti na papuri ni Cain.
" Should I?" Walang emosyon na tanong ni Alaeyah.
Cain nodded. " You're beautiful but you'll gonna be more beautiful if you smile. That will be adorable." Wika nya. Mabilis na tumalikod SI Alaeyah kaya Naman hinabol agad sya ni Cain at hinablot Ang braso.
" Why?"
Nilingon sya ni Alaeyah. " Yah. You ask me to smile really?" Napa Kamot sa ulo SI Cain. How could she forget about Aleyah condition.
.
" I'm sorry Aleayah. I forgot." Saka inakbayan Ang dalaga. " Why don't we choose my suit?" Pag iiba nito Ng usapan. Alaeyah just nodded. Cain was really such a sweet tongue or maybe because he knew in his heart. She can't resist him.
Naupo SI Aliyah at hinihintay SI Cain na nasa fitting room.
Just 3 months. Cain could you gave me the reason to stay beside you? Can you give me a reason to be with you? Can You give me the reason not to leave you?
" What about this Aliyah? I chose the pink tie. So we could be a match." Wika ni Cain paglabas nya Ng fitting room habang inaayos Ang necktie.
" Silly." Tumayo SI Aliyah sa pagkakaupo at lumapit Kay Cain. " Let me." Saad nya at inayos Ang tie Ng binata. " Hanggang Ngayon ba Hindi ka pa rin marunong Ng mga ganito. You're no longer a kid Cain." Umiling iling pa na pangaral ni Aliyah.
Cain just smiled. " That's why I need you. You'll not leave right?" Natigilan SI Aliyah sa tanong na iyon Ng binata. " Yes, I will not leave unless you want." Deep Inside her heart she wish they could just stay like this.
But ...
" Of Course I won't wish you to leave." Nakangiting sagot ni Cain. Aliyah just sighed at tinapos na Ang pag aayos Ng tie Ng binata.
" I really hope so... Cain."
It's impossible...
-At Lim Automobile Corporation-
" I never heard about Annika after the incident within the Abestreu Clan. I'm sure you're so clueless." Wika ni Aleana habang sabay silang naglalakad papasok Ng Lim Corporation.
" Annika is just waiting for Sierra to return. Now that she can't use the Abestreu Clan of course she will choose to hide to accumulate power. It's the law of life" Sumulyap si Catalina Kay Aleana. " Do you really not know it?" Mapang asar nyang tanong dito.
Annika has been quiet after the incident with the Abestreu Clan. Of Course it has its reason. Annika was just being a cautious because without a backer she will be soon destroy.
That's what I am waiting for. The cooperation that I will do tonight will surely become their greatest downfall. Afterall Neither Sierra, Annika or Marcos can escape.
This is my final plan to destroy them. After this the revenge in my heart can finally be at peace.
" Then what about that friend of hers? Monica is it?" Muling tanong ni Aleana as they stop in the elevator.
"Ohh Monica." Catalina chuckled. " She must be busy sweeping some floor now." Isang kakaiibang ngiti Ang lumitaw sa dalaga. " After what I done with her. Going back. It's impossible." Aniya.
Naningkit Ang mga mata ni Aleana.
After what she did? Does Catalina do something without her presence? If there was. What is it?
Is everything really her plan? Did I fall into the trap she created? Did we all fall to her plan?
" Could you tell me? How do you do that?" Tanong muli ni Aleana.
Tiningnan sya ni Catalina." Aleana kailan ka pag nagkaroon Ng interes sa mga taong Walang kwenta?" Mapagbirong tanong nito. Aleana rolled her eyes.
Catalina was right. She never really cared for those useless people but what can she do? Gavin wants an answer and she will voluntarily find the answer for him.
" They are not useless Catalina people since you pay them attention."
*Flashback*
" And How about Catalina?" Natigilan SI Gavin sa paglalakad dahil sa sinambit Ni Aleana. Tumigil ito sa madilim na parte ng garden.
No one is watching them; perhaps this is a safer place than Gavin's own room.
Sinundan nya Ang binata Ng lumabas ito sa study room nya.
She knows that Gavin was hiding something.
" You should know what she is doing right now? '' You know everything, why pretend not?" Hinuhuli niya Ang binata but of course she can't really manipulate Gavin after all he won't be the youngest Master of the Dremor Clan if it was easy to manipulate him.
" The Abestreu Clan? What are you planning to do them?" Nanatiling Tahimik SI Gavin at Hindi nilingon Ang dalaga.
What happened 12 years ago? Aleana actually doesn't know but from the anger Gavin's father shows to the Abestreu Clan. To Catalina. Something might happen that only maybe Gavin knows.
.
" Gavin, I can destroy that family for you." Sa sinambit na iyon ni Aleana Doon lamang sya nilingon ni Gavin.
." The Abestreu Clan is part of the greatest family. It was Also Catalina's family. The family where you treat your own too. Unnie could you really destroy it?" Natahimik SI Aleana sa tanong na iyon ni Gavin. His eyes were so scary and dangerous. The stare that he was showing Aleana was like a dagger piercing Aleana's heart. It was deadly and dangerous.
" For you. I can destroy that family. Just say yes." Determinado Na bigkas nya.
The pain that Gavin was holding. No one really knows what it is after all the pain that he feels was caused by the people that he loved the most. His father and Catalina.
" The Abestreu Clan family is where Catalina belongs. It was her happiness. I will not let anyone destroy the family that she loves." Muli syang tinalikuran ni Gavin. The tone that Gavin had is full of determination and authority.
" Even if. In your heart you don't want to protect them right?"
" As long as Catalina loves them. Even my feelings won't matter."
End of Flashback.
Aleana shook her head. After the confrontation. Gavin sent her a request. To find out the grudge between Catalina with Annika.
Any movement that she does. Aleana doesn't know if it was just guess but she think Gavin was finally making his move.
" Just tell me-----" Napatigil SI Aleana Ng Makita Ang ngiti sa labi ni Catalina. It's a smile she has never seen. As if Catalina knows in her heart that she already won. " You don't need to know right now rather You should calm down Aleana because everything is going according to my plan." Wika nya as the elevator door opens.
And a girl Infront of them.
" I'm happy to see Catalina." Pagbati nito.
The scary smile on Catalina's face disappeared. It changes to smile like an innocent angel. " Ofcourse, I won't miss this opportunity Annika."
'In Russia '
" Why are you here? Didn't I send you to the Philippines to watch your brother?." The voice was full of authority and danger. It comes from the man who is sitting on a swivel chair. One of his hands is holding a bunch of paper but his deep blue eyes are like darkness that consumes you. It was alive yet lifeless. " Eleanor." inangat na Ng lalaki Ang kanyang. Eleanor who just opens the door feels her body tremble. After all the man that was Infront of her was the father who makes his brother's life a living hell.
Pinilit ni Eleanor na patatagin Ang sarili even though she felt scared to his own father. " Father, Are you going to the Philippines?" She tried her best not to shutter and she's glad she succeeded.
Yes, the one that is Infront of her. Is the very own former Master of the Dremor Clan. Her Father. Alexander Dremor.
Alexander put the papers that he was holding down and directly looked at his daughter who's now trembling at the sight of him.
" Philippines? Where do you get that idea?" Isang mapaglarong ngiti Ang lumabas sa labi Ng matandang lalaki.
" Father, Are you gonna ruin my brother life again. Didn't you promise that once he become the Dremor Clan Master. You're gonna let him go!" Tuluyan Ng tumulo Ang luha sa mga mata Ng dalaga.
She saw it. She saw how his brother suffered. She saw the pain that his brother tried to hide and the most painful is that the one that cause him those pain are those people who he truly love that much including Catalina and there father.
" Gavin really became the Dremor Clan. That's why I let him go back to the Philippines. Isn't that what we agreed on?" Natahimik SI Eleanor sa sagot Ng Ama pero agad din syang umiling.
" No!" Umiling iling sya and walk towards her Father. " Father, why can't you let go of my brother. Why can't you let him be happy?" Puno Ng luha Ang Mukha na pakiusap Ni Eleanor sa ama.
" Be happy!" Napaatras si Eleanor Ng dumagundong sa kwarto Ang boses nito. " Be happy with the little princess of the Abestreu Clan. That Catalina!" The Facial Expressions of Alexander became fiercer just like one more word and he will kill the person Infront of him even if it was his own daughter.
" Father!" Lumuhod na SI Eleanor. She just wants her brother's happiness and why does it hurt. " Catalina is my brother's happiness. Please just let him go." The Expression just became more fiercer in his own daughter begging.
" Eleanor you are my precious daughter but Your brother was too stubborn. I can let him go but he won't want to." Napaa ngat Ang tingin ni Eleanor sa ama dahil sa sinabi nito.
He was willing to let my brother go? But my brother doesn't want to? Why!
" What do you mean Father?"
The firm expression of Alexander disappear and change from his original expression which is coldness.
" Why don't you stand up first Eleanor." Malambing na Turan nito sa Anak.
Eleanor stood up. Hindi nya alam kung bakit but his father loves her while he hates his brother Gavin. Her grandparents say that it was because she looks like their mother or perhaps deep inside his father's heart. They love them but the anger and revenge clouded those feelings.
What happened 12 years ago? Why did my father change? From loving one to this cruel man? What did my brother do for my father to hate him this much?
" I can talk too brother, I'm sure whatever you want. He will follow up. Just let him go." Lumapit sya sa ama ngunit napatigil din sya Ng muling lumitaw Ang Isang ngiti Ng demonyo sa mga labi nito.
" You're brother was too stubborn. I don't think even if you begged him. He won't do it." Isang nakakabaliw na tawa Ang pinakawalan ni Alexander.
Gulong gulo Naman na naka tingin sa kanya SI Eleanor. " What can't my brother do? What did you want him to do?"
Alexander gently shook her head and looked at her daughter full of amusement. " I want him to destroy the Abestreu Clan and." Kusang pinutol ni Alexander Ang dapat sabihin. " Kill his lover, Catalina Abestreu."
*****
Looks like we're getting nearer hahaha. In this plan of Catalina. Can he finally destroy Annika completely? But looks like our female lead doesn't have much interaction with Marcos. For the following chapter will they have a painful reunion.
Alexander Dremor will be back. With the power of Underground World. Looks like our leads are at a dead end.
What happened 12 years ago? Why Gavin. Love her too much? What did the Abestreu did too? What secret was Gavin hiding? And is the one that really know everything Catalina or perhaps in that Shadow it was Gavin?.
Well..... Let's see... What will happen next ^_^