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Chapter 51: Another Chance

NAKATITIG LANG SI BREE sa lalaki na nasa driver's seat. She was seated on the passenger seat, still studying him.

Gwapo. Mukhang bata pa. Sure siya na kaya niyang i-risk ang buhay niya para sa akin? That's part of a bodyguard's job, right? Isn't he too young to put his life in this too much risk? He can do a lot of things before he put himself into this...

Nakahawak pa rin siya sa cellphone, pasimpleng nag-text kay Manager Ken para tanungin kung si Marco na ba talaga ang bodyguard niya.

Nitong nakaraang Linggo, they had a meeting with a staff from Buenos Mafios— a security agency recommended by one of Manager Ken's friends daw. Hindi niya alam kung sinong friend pero hindi na naman niya concern ang identity niyon. Her concern is if the person who will work for her would be professional.

Dinala sila sa isang pribadong office kung saan na-meet nila ang isa sa mga staff doon. May portfolio doon ng mga listahan ng bodyguards na may kasamang pictures. Sigurado si Bree na hindi si Marco ang pinili niya roon.

Marahil hindi niya ito napili dahil bata pa. Mukhang baguhan. She wanted an experienced man for a bodyguard. Iyong maalam na maalam na talaga sa trabaho nito.

Napatingin siya sa nag vibrate na cellphone.

Yes, darling. Siya na nga.

Okay. Mag-uusap sila mamaya ni Manager Ken. Humanda na ito. She didn't want a youngling for a bodyguard. Pero nang masulyapan ang kaseryosohan sa mukha ni Marco sa salamin sa ibabaw ng dashboard, medyo nakonsensya siya.

Hindi ba iyon din ang dinanas niya noon? She was too young and naïve that she only got accepted in a good role when she was eighteen? Bakit hindi niya bigyan ng chance si Marco? Maybe he just needed a good start for his career. At paano magkaka-experience ang isang baguhan sa trabaho kung hindi bibigyan ng oportunidad.

Bree internally sighed. Baka naawa si Manager Ken sa binata kaya pumayag na ito ang ipalit sa pinili niya. Baka hindi na available ang napili niyang guard.

Baka na-cute-an si Manager Ken kay Marco.

Doon na naningkit ang mga mata niya.

Manager Ken!

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"MAY LALAKING NAGHATID SA KANYA?" tuwid ni Jordan ng pagkakaupo sa library room ng Malacañang.

Affirmative, Boss, sagot ng tao niyang palaging nakamanman kay Bree.

He squeezed his temple. I just got back from UAE, I am not ready for this.

What's more unsettling was, Bree was gone since last night. Nasundan ito ng tauhan niya na pumunta sa isang restaurant para makipagkita sa isa sa mga big boss ng PH Channel na si Kaiser Peralta. Lasing na umalis doon ang dalawa. At sa mansyon ng matanda raw nakatulog si Bree.

He already had a bet something dirty happened between those two, a reason why Bree did not come home. Jordan gave less fucks. Ang mahalaga sa kanya, sa kanya ang magiging huling bagsak ng babae. Kailangan lang niyang maging maingat. He would not want to trigger Virgo too early. Alam niya na kung mautak ang pinsan, hindi ito magpapadalos-dalos. But that man almost ran after Bree on their last encounter. Baka kung ano pa ang madiskubre ni Virgo na kaya nitong gawin para labanan siya. Jordan would not want to risk it.

What he wanted to do is kill Virgo's hopes. That way, his cousin would stay motivated in lashing all that anger and hopelessness on the people who put them in this situation— the people who ruined their family's reputation years ago.

It was a cruel thing to do... but Virgo forced him to it. Hindi naman sila aabot sa ganito kung tumutupad lang ang pinsan sa usapan at plano nila.

He would not tolerate a betrayal— something that ruined his Tito Aries... the man he always looked up to since he was a young child.