The Lost Billionaire (MBBC#9) ✅

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Reeve's POV

"And what are you planning this time, Reeve? I smell trouble is coming on its way." Bryce chuckled and sat down beside me.

"What sort of trouble? Can I join in?" Glenn interrupted behind us.

Bryce and I looked at him walking towards us. I smirked and shook my head.

"And why is that you are following me again, Glenn? Pinagbawalan ka na ni Papa 'di ba? Bawal kang makihalubilo sa mga itim sa tupa."

Bryce snorted and shook his head. He passes the beer to Glenn, and he accepts it. And the three of us are now sitting down, facing the beauty of the little town.

"I miss this view. It reminds me of my first love," Glenn uttered.

"Damn. Is that so? Kaya ba magpahanggang ngayon ay wala ka pang pinapakilala kay Mama?" Bryce snorted at his brother.

Glenn and Bryce are brothers but didn't grow up in the same environment.

Lumaki rito sa Italya si Bryce at dito na nanatili. Magaling siya sa trabaho niya at nakakatulong ito sa bawat misyon na binibitawan namin. He can easily blend in with the two black sheep, Morris and Diezel.

Iba naman si Glenn. Lumaki siya sa Pilipinas kasama ang ibang mga Mondragon na pinsan namin. He's an Engineer who hold three titles... Geodetic, Civil and an Architect.

"Hindi ba dapat ikaw ma-uuna? Mas matanda ka sa akin. Kaya mauna ka na." Pabalik na sagot ni Glenn kay Bryce.

Bryce shook his head. "Women are a headache. You cannot trust them. They like you when they need something from you, and right after that? Woosshh! Gone." Senyas ng kamay niya sa ere.

"Then, don't let them use you. Simple, bro," sagot ni Glenn. Umandar na naman ang pagiging snobero ng gago.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. You are a cold-hearted beast. Pumapangalawa sa Leon natin. Pero iyon nga lang desente," kantyaw ulit ni Bryce sa kanya.

"Don't worry about me, Bryce. I have other means to release my needs. I don't need them."

Bryce and I looked at Glenn's face. That was new. He never talks about shit like this. But somehow, this lunatic is in a mess.

"Care to share?" I asked.

"What do you mean?"

Shocked by our expressions. Bryce and I smile slightly at him.

"Dammit. Don't look at me like that, Reeve," in his defence.

"Great!" Bryce chuckled, shook his head and laughed while drinking his beer.

Natahimik kaming tatlo at parang ang paglunok lang ng ininom namin ang ingay na maririnig rito. Napabuntong-hininga ako at nakatitig lang din sa kawalan.

Madilim ang langit at maraming bituin. Iba ang amoy ng hangin at mukhang mamahalin. Iba nga naman kapag nasa ibang bansa ka. Pero sa kabila ng lahat ng ito, ay may katiting na naiwan sa alaala ko sa tuwing tinititigan ko ang langit. . . si Pulgoso.

"Here, Reeve." Bryce handed me a piece of invitation, and my brows furrowed.

"Who's business invitation is that?" Glenn asked Bryce.

I opened it up, and the two of them were waiting. I gritted my teeth when I saw the purple logo of Vertico Company.

"Is that a mission?" tanong ni Glenn.

Nagtitigan kami ni Bryce at tanging mga mata ko lang ang gumalaw.

"It's not, Glenn. But for Reeve it is. Kaya hayaan mo na siya," si Bryce sa kanya.

Glenn chuckled and shook his head before drinking his beer. "I see. . . So, is that where you left your heart? Are you going to pick it up again?" He looked at me in the eyes with warnings.

Hindi lihim sa kanila ang buong nangyari sa akin. I saw the boys cry when I saw the videos of my funeral. I know it was hard for them. Unfortunately, the changes made the rest of the boys unreachable.

Pero nang nagtipon ang lahat at lumabas ako, ay halos hindi makapaniwala sila na buhay ako sa harapan nila.

Glenn punched my shoulder. Drew and Marco cried. Conrad and Norman were left standing; they couldn't believe it.

The rest of the boys including my brother, Linus, knew already I was alive. Ang mga lalaking nasa Italya ang unang nakaalam kasama na sina Enzo at Bryce.

"Don't make the same mistake, Reeve," Glenn continued.

"I will not. I just want to check something."

"Check what? What do you want to check on her? Huh, that's bullshit, bro."

Napaigting ang panga ko at tahimik lang din si Bryce sa tabi ko. Si Glenn lang ang mareklamo.

"Does Linus know?"

"I don't want him to know."

"Fuck. Are you kidding me? Ano 'to? Magpapakamatay ka ulit? Come on, Reeve. Tell me what's your plan. Make it understandable so that I can understand. Do you think your life is a joke to you, Reeve? Isipin mo ang Mama mo at si Tito. . . Also, think of your brother, Linus."

"It's his cousin, Glenn," Bryce corrected.

"What's the difference, Bryce? They're brothers. . . we are all Mondragons. We all have the same blood. Isang klase lang ang pinagmulan natin lahat. I don't fucking care if you are the legend, the royalty or the mafia one. A Mondragon is a Mondragon. Period!"

Napamura ang isip ko habang nakatitig kay Glenn. Iba siya makatingin sa akin. Nag-iisip siya, at mabilis ito. Parang binabasa niya lang din ang laman ng utak ko.

"If you want to win, you should play with numbers, Reeve, not with your fist and gun because you will never win with that. Haven't you learned that? So what's the point of being an Engineer, Reeve?"

"It's been four years, Reeve. You are no longer the twenty-six-year-old who died. You came back to us two years after that. You found yourself again. Hindi pa rin ba sapat ito?"

Bryce nodded and cleared his throat. "I can do a perfect mission when it comes to killing. But when it comes to checkmate. I'm out." Taas ng dalawang kamay ni Bryce sa akin.

"Think again. If you want your revenge, then that's a different story. But try not to get involved with her. . . Hindi ko kilala kung anong klaseng babae siya. I know we should hate her, but we cannot. Because somehow, she saved you, and we are thankful for that."

Kirot ang nararamdaman ko ngayon sa puso. Tama si Glenn. Apat na taon na ang nakalipas at marami na akong napatunayan sa sarili ko. Lahat ng ito ay ginagawa ko para kay Mama at Papa, at sa kapatid ko. Pero sadyang may kulang. Gusto kong makita siya. Gusto kung malaman ang totoong dahilan kung bakit iniwan niya ako noon.

I deserve to know the truth. I want to know her excuse.

"I will not go back to her, Glenn. There's no way," I said in a low tone.

"I know. She's no longer free, Reeve. She already has a family," Bryce said, and I gritted my teeth. 

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P.S: Mas may komplikado pa ba sa love life ni Reeve? haha. Please vote for support. Thanks