A/N: Hi guys! For those who are asking for an update to the TBG men; I'll add some scenes regarding them in each book of TB &TP series so that you will have an idea who's story will be next. Do you have an idea who from TBG men will be the TB & TP series 3?

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JUNO's POV

I stared at my stepmother, lying on the hospital bed. According to the doctor, her heart was already weak that she needed to have a heart-transplant as soon as possible.

I got shocked of the news. I knew that she had a problem with her heart but they said that she could be better after all the medications that she had to undergo. She underwent with all that and she said that she was getting better.

When I left Greece, she was doing fine. I thought everything was going well because whenever I talk to her on the phone, she was always saying that she was doing better and better.

I didn't go home to Greece just as I've planned before because I couldn't leave Brey. I was so happy being with him that I disregarded my stepmother's health. I couldn't help but to feel guilty about it.

I was so happy and enjoying my life with the man I love but I didn't know that she was having a hard time in her condition.

Tears fell from my eyes as I held her hand and kissed it.

"I'm sorry, mom. I was selfish. I didn't come home right away just like I've told you before I left Greece. Please forgive me for being such a careless and selfish daughter." I said almost in an inaudible voice as tears continued pouring from my eyes.

"Y-You don't have to say sorry, sweetie." I got surprised when I heard her answer. I thought she was asleep but I guess she woke up when I held her hand.

Her voice was faint and she looked so weak.

"Are you okay, mom? Do I need to call the doctor?" she slowly shook her head.

"No need, sweetie. I'm fine" she answered as she looked around as if looking for someone.

"Where is Brey?" I bit my lower lip when I heard her question.

"He's outside, mom." Her face became sad. I could see the pain that passed through her eyes.

"Did he even come and see me in this room?"

"N-Not yet, mom." I knew she would be hurt if I said that but I didn't want to lie to her. I could see that her heart sunk because of my answer.

"Let him be for now. I know that he's still hurt of what happened in the past and I don't want to force him to forgive me or even see me. If he couldn't make himself come here and visit me, just let him be." I couldn't help but to feel sad hearing what she said.

I could tell that she was hurt because she didn't see Brey but she was still trying her hard to stay positive.

I nodded my head and didn't say anything for a minute or so.

"Mom, can I ask you something?"

"What is it, sweetie?" I swallowed hard before I spoke.

"I overheard what you said to Brey this afternoon. You said about something that he had committed in the past. Can you tell me what is it about?" I questioned. It has been bugging me since a while ago. I knew it wasn't the right time for me to ask her about it but I couldn't help it.

I felt like that was a thing that I needed to know.

Her expression changed. Worry suddenly registered on her face as she stared at my face. She raised her hand and then touched my cheek gently.

"You know that I love you like my own daughter, right?" I held her hand that was touching my cheek.

"Of course, mom. You've been the best mom I could ever had. You never made me feel like I'm not your own flesh and blood." She smiled faintly.

"Do you trust me?"

"Yes, mom. You don't need to ask." She heaved a sigh. She looked like she was having a hard time deciding over something.

"Then you should go home to Greece and leave him." my eyes widened and couldn't utter a single word for a couple of seconds. I was shocked of what she said. I didn't expect that.

"B-But why? I don't understand. I love Brey, mom. I can't leave him just like that without a valid reason." She closed her eyes for a couple of seconds and then drew a deep breath again.

"I know that this is hard for you, sweetie, but you need to listen to me. This is for your own good." she answered when she opened her eyes again. I shook my head.

"How can you say that, mom? From what I've overheard you talking about before we rushed you to the hospital; he was angry at you because you abandoned him and chose to stay with daddy and me. You asked for his forgiveness of what you did in the past and you even mentioned how much you loved him. But now, you're telling me to leave him?

"How can you ask me to do the same thing that you did to him in the past? I can't hurt him like that. I'm sorry, mom, but I just can't. I love him so much and no matter what he did in the past, I know that I can still accept him. I don't want to cause him another heartache by leaving him because he might lose it."

I couldn't help but to feel emotional. I didn't want to hurt her but I couldn't do what she wants me to do either.

"I am telling you this in order to spare you from heartache, sweetie."

"Then explain to me everything and I might listen to you. I want to know what your PI discovered when he investigated Brey." I answered full of determination.

She shook her head as pain and guilt registered on her face.

"I can't tell you, Juno. I'm sorry, but I can't." tears brimmed in her eyes.

"Then I can't do what you want me to do, mom. I'm sorry." She didn't answer for a couple of seconds, all the while staring at me. She cupped my face.

"Then are you ready to get hurt?" my eyebrows creased.

"You're making no sense, mom."

"Just answer me, sweetie." I nodded my head.

"Are you ready to gamble everything you have just for my son?" even though I was so confused, I said the one thing that I knew I would do for my caro.

"Yes, mom. I will."

"Then I won't tell you to go home and leave him anymore. There's just one thing that I want you to do while I'm still here at the hospital."

"What is it?"

"Make sure to stay with Brey at all times. Don't let him approach anyone from the Amouretti family." My forehead knitted.

"What do you mean, mom? They are his family." A humorless laugh escaped her lips.

"Family? No, I don't think so." That made me confuse even more. I wanted to ask more questions but I could tell that she was already tired. The doctor said not to tire and stress her out because it might worsen her condition.

"Okay, I'll do my best even if I don't understand why he needs to stay away from them."

"Thank you, sweetie. Take care of Brey for me." I nodded my head. I was about to answer her when the door opened and the nurse told me that I needed to leave so that my mom could rest. I kissed her forehead before I went out of her hospital room.

But my eyebrows creased when I didn't see any sign of Brey outside the room. He was there before I went inside.

I went to the visitors lounge but I didn't see him there either. I tried calling his number but he wasn't answering his phone. I suddenly became worried.

BREY's POV

I was walking like I wasn't myself while drinking from the bottle of whiskey that I was holding. I was already drunk but the heavy feeling inside my heart was still there. I wanted to forget everything that happened that day but I couldn't just shrugged it off just like that.

I lived alone for how many years without anyone. I succeeded in life without relying on anyone else but myself. I became used of being alone until Juno came into my life.

She made my life happy and I thought I could finally have a happy life with her until my mother came back and made me realize that I would never be happy with Juno because of the things that I committed in the past.

Because I let my rage got the best of me, I did something that I couldn't take back no matter what I'd do.

Juno would be hurt for sure the moment she discovered what I've done.

I wanted to get angrier at my mom because she suddenly showed herself in front of me again and made me relive all the pain that she caused me. Not just that, she even discovered the secret that I've been keeping from Juno.

Yes, I was still beyond mad at her but when I saw what happened to her while we were at the heat of our argument, I felt like all my resentment for her suddenly disappeared and replaced by fear; fear that something might happen to her.

I didn't know that she had a heart disease before. If only I knew that she was ill, I should've just left the house and didn't confront her and told her all those hurtful words.

Even though I was mad at her, I didn't want her to die because of me. Even though I've wanted to destroy everything that she had, I've never once thought for her to suffer to that extent.

Now that she came back and asked for my forgiveness, the confusion that I was feeling became even worse but the resentment was still there. I didn't want to think anymore.

Yes, I've never expected to hear those words from her and I must admit that it made an impact to my heart.

"Ahhhh!" I shouted like a crazy person before I sat on the sea shore. Yes, I came to the beach while drinking alcohol. Nobody was there except me because it was already in the middle of the might.

I left Juno and my mother at the hospital because I couldn't there stay any longer. I felt so confused. I didn't know what to do anymore. I felt like I was going insane.

I didn't know how to react of the thought that my mother might die if we wouldn't find her any heart donor. This was not the scene that I've imagine before if we ever meet again. I promised myself before that if our paths crossed one day, I would proudly stand before her and tell her that I became successful even though she wasn't there for me.

I wanted to show her what I've become. I made that move in the past because I wanted her to fall together with her husband so that I would have the pleasure to stare at their pitiful faces if ever we meet again. Yes, those were my plans but when I saw her at my own house, begging and asking for my forgiveness, all those plans that I've been wanting to do the moment I saw her, disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Instead, I told her everything that I've been keeping inside of me for many years. I knew that I hurt her of what I've said and I wanted to feel happy about it but I couldn't. Knowing that she was in the hospital was affecting me so much than I've expected.

Then I remembered the thing that she told me before she lost consciousness and Juno overheard it. She must be curious about it by now and it was scaring the heck out of me.

I didn't want her to discover my hidden secret because she would surely leave me. I chuckled humorlessly. I played a game that made me the loser in the end. I thought I've already calculated and planned everything very carefully so that I wouldn't get affected by the aftermath but I was wrong again.

I thought I already placed all my cards wisely but I was wrong. I've never expected to fall head over heels in love with Juno.

"This is what you get for playing with fire, Brey." I mumbled bitterly before I chugged the remaining contents of the bottle of alcohol that I was holding.

I remained staring at the sea while thinking of what I would do next to fix everything before they break lose; before I lose the love of my life.

"Hey." My eyebrows furrowed when heard someone speak from behind me. I turned my head to see who it was and saw two men wearing black masks. Right there and then, I knew that I was in danger.

"Who are you? What do you want?" I asked but my eyes were carefully looking around us, looking for a potential weapon that I could use aside from the empty bottle of alcohol in my hand.

I groaned inwardly when I felt that the effect of the alcohol was slowly taking me over. Damn! These guys have some timing...

"Are you Brey Amouretti?" one of them asked in a stern tone. Instead of getting scared, I chuckled.

"And why would I answer your question? Who do you think you are?" they looked at each other before they suddenly charged to attack me.

Luckily, I was fast enough. I was used of fighting since I was in college. I learned different kinds of martial arts not to mention all the brawl that I got myself into back then.

Their moves weren't that fast that's why it was easy for me to fight back but then, my gaze was becoming blurrier. Maybe because of the alcohol that I consumed.

Because of that, I movement wasn't that precise and one of them succeeded on landing a punch on my cheek.

I groaned in pain as I feel on the sand. Then the other one kicked my hand that was holding the bottle.

"You fùckers!" I hissed. They were about to kick me but I quickly rolled away from them and then got up. They were quick to get near me and attacked again. Their fists were about to land on my face but I managed to dodge their punches until I saw a chance and kick them on the gut. They fell on the ground.

But my eyes widened when they got up, even though they were obviously in pain, and pulled knives from their pockets. I felt like the effect of the alcohol left my body.

"What do you want from me?" I asked through gritted teeth.

"I will only tell you this once. Don't ever go near the Amouretti family again if you want to stay alive. Just promise us to distance yourself from them and we'll leave you alone." One of them said while pointing their knives towards me.

Judging from the way they were threatening me, they were serious. One wrong move from me and they would surely kill me right away.

"And why would I do that? I am an Amouretti. I deserve to stay with my family." I answered sternly instead of getting intimidated by the. I knew their kind. They're just brave because they have the upper hand.

"Because we said so. Now, are you willing to listen and follow what we just told you or we'll just going to kill you here right now?" I was about to answer when I noticed a movement behind them. A smirk stretched my lips.

"You don't have the right to tell me what to do, a*sholes!" upon saying that, they attacked me, intending to finish what they started, but before they could even made a scratch on my skin with their knives, two consecutive gunshots echoed in the air followed by the loud groan of the two men in front of me as they fell on the ground.

They were still alive but their legs were already bleeding. They were kneeling on their knees while in pain. Then the man who shoot them hit them behind their neck, careful not to kill them, just to make them unconscious.

"You haven't changed. Even though you're not in service anymore, you still know how to shoot."

"F*ck you. It has been only a year since I quit the organization. You should be thankful that I happened to track your whereabouts. If not, you would have been a dead meat by now." I chuckled amusedly because of what he said.

"And why would you do need to track me? Aren't you familiar with calling through cellphone now? Let me guess, you need something from me that's why you're here." he smirked as he put his gun back to his pouch holster.

"Of course. You really know me." I rolled my eyes. It had been a while since I last saw him. It had been more than a year.

"So, you came back from Germany, huh? I thought you were going to stay there for good."

"Of course not. I have my woman and my child here. Besides, Syril is already fine now." Tyler answered. He looked happy unlike the last time I saw him.

I nodded my head.

"I'm glad to hear that. So I guess, everything is going fine with you both. What do you want from me now?" T shrugged his shoulders.

"Nothing really. I just wanted to give you this." My eyebrows knitted together as I stared at the card that he was handing me. I took it and saw that it was a wedding invitation.

"Congratulations but you tracked my location just to give me this? Why didn't you just come to my house?" he tsked.

"Because I wanted to surprise everyone. You know, to have a grand entrance." I rolled my eyes. Sometimes, he's really weird.

"Anyway, I've been wanting to thank you for using your connection so that I could hide Syril. I've never had the chance to thank you because of all the things that's going on with my life these past few years."

"Fùcker. You don't have to thank me. Me and our friends in TBG did everything we could to help. It was nothing." A smile broke across his face as he nodded. Then he threw a glance at the two unconscious men that he just knocked out.

"Do you have an idea who these guys are?" he asked. I shook my head.

He sat in a squatting position near them and removed the masks off their heads. My eyebrows creased when I saw their unfamiliar faces.

"No. This is my first time seeing these guys." Tyler looked at me with a serious expression on his face.

"Then someone must have paid them to attack you. Do you have someone in mind?" I huffed.

"No. As far as I know, people in the underground who know me doesn't have balls to do this. When it comes to business, I don't have an idea either."

"Do you want me to find out?" I shook my head right away.

"No, bud. It's okay. You already quit this job and you will be wed soon. I don't want to get you involve in this. You just got back and I don't want to take your time away from your family." He chuckled.

"Okay but I'll contact someone to investigate on this. I'll give him these two. That guy is an expert when it comes to interrogation and torturing someone." The corner of my lips twitched. I already knew who he was talking about.

He took his cellphone out and then dialed that guy's number. My eyebrow cocked up when I saw his cellphone. This guy. He had his cellphone with him but instead of calling me, he tracked my location instead.

"He's on his way. I'll leave him these two guys. You can just leave them here and go home." I nodded my head.

"Anyway, I need to go now. Make sure to come on my wedding day."

"Of course."

He walked away from me. I heaved a sigh as I looked at the wedding invitation in my hand. I couldn't help but to feel envious of T. He looked so happy. His aura was light unlike those times when I first met him.

He didn't even know how to smile back then. We were kinda the same in attitude. We were both full of hatred and wanted revenge. Even though our pasts were way different, we both became hard men because of what happened to us.

"Hey, you look like a p*ssy." I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard his voice.

"What the fùck! I thought, you already left?! How come you're here and I didn't even notice you coming back?!" Tyler laughed out loud. I glared at him. He raised his hands, surrendering.

"Hey, calm down. I just came back because I decided to wait for that man to arrive. I have something to tell him." I almost rolled my eyes.

"Anyway, I know that look. It's a woman problem, right?" my forehead knitted.

"How did you know?" he shrugged his shoulders.

"I just knew it. I was the same when I haven't come clean and told everything to Kelly yet." I raked my fingers through my hair. Yes. I was aware of what he did. He had to pretend in front of Kelly because he wanted to avenge his brother.

I drew a deep breath as I remembered what happened this afternoon at my house.

"You know what I learned of what happened? I realized that taking revenge and letting anger get the best of you will never do you any good. Instead of fixing everything, you will just end up fùcking everything and and worst, you might lose the most important person in your life." My jaw clenched.

"So, are you suggesting that I should just forget everything?" he shook his head.

"No but you should determine what's more important to you. If you're thinking of what you've committed in the past, then you should come clean already." yes, he was aware of what I did.

"It's not that easy." He scoffed.

"What happened to you? You're acting nothing like the gret Brey Austin Carter Amouretti that I know." I shook my head as I heaved a sigh. Maybe, he was right. I changed a lot.

"My mother came back, T, and I am confuse. She already knows what I've done."

"Then you should really tell your secret to your woman now before your mother tells her. It will be more painful for her if she hear it from other people." I was left speechless. He was right but it was so hard to do so.

I was scared to lose Juno. I wasn't nowhere ready of losing her.

Later on, the man that we were waiting for, arrived and took the two unconscious men. We talked for a minute or so before they left.

I was left there alone, thinking of what I should do next. Am I ready to confess my sins? I felt like I was losing my head.

Then after a couple of minutes, I found myself driving back to the hospital.

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Any idea of what did Brey do in the past? 

Will this thing destroy what they have?

Who do you think did Tyler call to take the two men?

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