Agercia Series 1: Her Finest Betrayal

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THEY were inside the lobby and talking about what happened at the event.

Ara was emotionless and remained silent. She just looked at the first Archon holding his nape while suppressing his anger.

Zandro found out about the attack that happened in the parking lot. That's why he was so angry. "There was a policy but someone still tried to violate it! Sinasagad talaga nila ang pasensya ko" he exclaimed.

"Wait-" Zyl replied while still focused on the laptop "He is the butler of Don. Aris!-"

Zandro slammed the table hard and was irritated with anger. "Ang lakas ng loob niya!!-"

"Aris is dead," Zyl said. Everyone was surprised, but Ara remained unresponsive. She trusted her Papa Regan to clean up her mess.

"What do you mean?" Zandro asked and frowned.

"Someone killed the leader of the syndicate on the day of the event, and in my opinion, they blamed us for what happened," Zyl replied, then caressed his chin because of confusion.

"Why us? We never break agreements", Salem replied and stood up because of irritation.

"That's just a false accusation, we can afford to clean it up," Zandro said flatly. "Zyl, clean up this mess, and I want you to find out what happened that night."

Zyl didn't answer and was silent for a few minutes before speaking again. "Someone deleted a few clips of CCTV footage. The culprit had already cleaned up his mess before we found what had happened."

"D*mn it!!" Zandro swears immediately, then kicks the chair hard. "Someone is trying to interfere!!- find out who he or she is immediately!. I don't want any clutter left that could ruin us!" Zandro said firmly and his eyes were furious because of annoyance.

Ara's eyes were fixed on seeing how angry the first Archon was. She was dazzled when Zandro suddenly looked at her. "Come with me, we're going somewhere," Zandro said, then looked at the whole members present "Zyl, do what I tell you to do and the rest of you can rest while there is no lead evidence of the crime."

Salem's emotions were immediately shattered and she even said "yes" with joy. "Finally!" Salem said, then held Than's arm. "Join me, let's have a drink!."

Zyl stared badly and his face frowned. "Tanghaling tapat ay magiinom ka na naman!."

Salem looked sharply at Zyl, then nodded "Yeah! May problema ba?!. It's my life, my decision!" Salem said irritably, then pulled Than out of the lobby.

"This is so unfair!!" Zyl exclaimed and looked sharply at Zandro.

"I will double your salary-"

"Deal!" Zyl's sparing answer, then he went back to typing on his laptop.

Ara followed Zandro as he exited the lobby. She was just behind him when Zandro suddenly turned around and faced her. "Pack some clothes, we have a long trip."

"Where are we going?" She asked because she didn't have a good feeling.

"I will meet the third Archon. She is in the Philippines now and she invited me to her villa and I want to get you to change your mind-" Zandro came closer, then stared at her eyes intently and caressed her cheek. "I can't allow you to just reject me, I'll make sure that when we come back home you answer me with yes," Zandro said firmly.

Ara was speechless and just stared into Zandro's eyes. When Zandro released her, she immediately went to the room to follow his command. She did not refuse because this was her chance to meet the third Archon, and when that happened her mission would be easier.

After she packed her things, she opened her vault and picked up her phone to call the Tyrant. She typed his phone number and the Tyrant immediately answered "I'll meet the third Archon, just wait for my next call." She said, then immediately turned off the call.

When she came out of the mansion, she found Zandro waiting while leaning on his black car. He immediately took her bag and put it in the compartment. "Hop in," Zandro said as he opened the door for her. Ara didn't say a word and just went inside.

Ara was silent the whole trip until Zandro was feeling sick because of the cold atmosphere. Zandro stopped the car in front of the ravine when they could see the city lights. Ara wonders why he stopped- Zandro opens the door and lets her out. "I'll show you something," Said the first Archon, then held out his hand to her.

She accepted it and when she got out she realized that that was the place she went to when she found out that Thati was Bella. She suddenly turned to Zandro with a questioning look. "What are we doing here?" she asked.

"Stargazing," Zandro said, then opened the compartment and pulled out a telescope.

"Seriously?" She asked with a frown.

"Yep, this is part of my plan" Zandro replied, then assembled the telescope. "Look, I want you to see this", Zandro said, then Ara immediately peeked.

"Moon" she murmured.

"As you can see, The moon is you, shining across the night sky. No matter how dark life is, it can shine if you let me into your life, Ara." When Zandro said that, she looked at him.

"If you are the moon, I am the sun, I'm ready to die every night to let you breathe. That's how much the sun loves the Moon", Zandro added. Ara almost held her breath because of the butterflies she felt in her stomach when she heard every word that came out of the mouth of the first Archon.

Ara almost ran out of breath so she looked away "A-ang corny mo!" She stutters but the truth is that she is fascinated by what he says.

Zandro laughed softly and held Ara's head. "Ang cute mo!" Zandro teased her. "Your face is red-"

Ara covered her face when Zandro said that. "H-hindi ah...."

Zandro smiled because of Ara's attitude, he took her hand to remove the cover from her face. He stared into her eyes and seemed to be begging and saying to accept him into her life. "Don't be too hard on me-" Zandro said suddenly. "Please, treat me normally, I don't want you to treat me like the air that you can't see" Zandro pleaded.

Ara was about to avert her gaze again when Zandro suddenly touched her on both cheeks so that her gaze went straight to his eyes. "Even if you don't like me, treat me normally as before."

Ara did nothing but nod. She didn't really mean it, she was just really struggling with the situation, she felt everything was wrong, it was wrong for her to like and fall for her enemy.

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