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JUNO's POV

I stared at the woman in front of me without any emotion on my face. I couldn't believe that she actually showed her real colors now that she's left with no choice. I had a feeling that she's capable of committing such cruel things but I didn't really think that she would actually use me to get what she wants.

I knew that they're already desperate. Brey's father already finalized the divorce papers.

"What do you want from me?" I asked, trying my hardest not to panic or feel any fear. I knew that she could do whatever she wanted to do with me right now but I shouldn't let fear take over my whole being. I should keep myself calm as much as possible because panicking or getting scared my current situation would never help me.

The woman raised her chin proudly as her eyebrow cocked up tauntingly.

"Trying to act tough, huh? Don't worry. That façade of yours will not last because you're going down in no time. After we get what we want, I'll make sure to erase you. You're as good as dead now." she then laughed evilly like those villains in the movies.

I gritted my teeth. If only I could reach for her face and hit her like she deserves to be hit but I couldn't. My hands were tied up behind the chair where I'm sitting.

"Answer me! What do you want from me?! Why did you bring me here?!" I yelled at her angrily. Her eyes squinted in anger and before I could think of what she would do next, she slapped me hard on the face.

It was my first time getting hit like that and it hurt so much.

"Don't you dare raise your voice at me, you b*tch!" she hissed. I bravely met her gaze but I didn't say anything more. I didn't want to provoke her. I was fully aware that she has the upper hand. I needed to think of ways to get out of there while trying not to make her mad even more.

Even though I wanted to fight her, I chose to remain quiet for now.

She pulled the chair that was at the corner of the room and then placed it in front of me. She sat on it and then smirked at me once again. She looked like she was having a blast watching me like that.

"You know what? You wouldn't be in this situation if not because you associated yourself with that b*stard son of my father not to mention that his mother, who is your stepmother, is that b*tch of a woman whom mom hate the most." I remained emotionless.

"What do you mean by that, Nadia? Are you telling me that you kidnapped me because you wanted to use me to get back at Brey and mom?" she laughed tauntingly.

"What do you know? You're actually smart. You got it! You win the prize." She said like she's gone crazy. She laughed loudly once again while clapping her hands. I gritted my teeth. Nadia seemed to be so sure of the outcome of her actions. She talked like she planned everything carefully, that she would succeed and everyone of us would go down.

Rage swam within me for Nadia. I couldn't believe of what was happening. I trusted her. I thought, she was sincere but she's nothing but a traitorous snake.

When I was at the hospital earlier today, waiting for Brey to arrive, she called me. She said that she wanted to fix everything between her and Brey for their father's sake. She asked me if could help her approach her brother so that they could talk once and for all.

I was happy of what I've heard from her and of course, I agreed. I wanted to make Brey happy and to help bring his family together. I knew that he'd been longing for a complete family for so long. Even though he never voiced it out, I knew that he'd been wanting their acceptance.

I got excited of the fact that Brey could finally fix his relationship with his sister but because of that, I neglected to think properly before going out and met with Nadia. I didn't expect that she was actually planning something.

I blindly fell into her trap.

She instructed me to just come over to her place so that we could talk properly about what we do next but when I arrived there, she forcefully put a wet hanky against my nose and it made me lose consciousness. I tried to fight her but it was already too late. The drug was strong.

"I don't understand why you're doing this. Brey is your brother and he never did you any wrong for you to treat him like this! We didn't do anything wrong to you!" her eyes squinted in anger. She abruptly stood up and then closed the gap between us. She pulled my hair tightly with her hand and I couldn't help but to groan in pain.

"Listen to me carefully, you b*tch! That guy is not my brother! He's nothing but a b*stard who broke my family apart! He's the reason why my parents will get divorce that's why I will do the same to him, starting with you! You're important to him so I'll have a blast watching him cry over your death!" I closed my eyes shut when her grasp on my hair tightened even more. The pain intensified as well.

"You should also resent that b*stard because he's the reason why you're about to die!" cold shivers ran down my spine because of what she said. I wanted to cry but I did my best not to. I didn't want to give her the satisfaction of watching me cry and suffer at the same time.

I felt her hand wrapped around my neck and began choking me. I closed my eyes shut and the face of my caro appeared on my mind. Brey...

I couldn't breath and it hurt. Just when I thought I was going to die, someone stopped Nadia.

"That's enough, Nadia! We still need her!" I coughed while gasping for air when Nadia finally let go of my neck. I looked at the person who just arrived. She was staring at me sharply, full of displeasure. Ophelia.

"Why did you stop me, mom?" Nadia whined in irritation. Ophelia tsked.

"Don't be too impatient, darling. Just like I've told you, we still need her. We can't afford to rush things. We need to be patient so that we can get what we want without a hitch." Nadia rolled her eyes and then walked out of the room.

Ophelia remained there, staring at me without any emotion on her face. She looked like a statue, void of any emotion.

"If I were you, I would just keep my mouth shut because I might change my mind and spare you as my way of thanking your father's services for so many years." She said. My eyebrows creased of what she said.

"W-What do you mean by that?" the corner of her lips twitched as she put her bag on the vacant chair in front of me. She then walked around me in a slow steps. The sound of her heels were echoing inside the room.

"Don't you know? Your father had been my accomplice in the past. He was actually a brilliant man. We both got what we wanted because we worked together. We had each other's backs. If he didn't die, nothing of this sort could've happened. Everything would've been perfect." I shook my head.

"I don't understand what you're talking about." She laughed and then stopped in front of me. She put a finger under my chin and made me look at her.

"Listen to me carefully. Your father and I worked together so that we could separate Brey's parents in the past. He got Liza while I got my husband. We lived the lives that we wanted because we were wise enough." I shook my head vigorously, unable to accept what she just said.

"N-No. You're lying! Daddy is not like that!" she laughed loudly and then let go of my chin roughly.

"Oh, my. I neglected to mention that your father wasn't who you think he was. Just like me, he's a selfish man who could do anything just to get what he wanted." I couldn't do anything than to shake my head, couldn't accept what I was hearing from her. Tears were already threatening to fall from my eyes.

"I don't believe you!" Ophelia tsked and then stood before me, looking at me coldly.

"I have a good news for you." she took her bag from the chair and then sat there, all the while gazing at me.

"Your father and I were the reason why Brey couldn't be with his parents since he was a child. Your father blackmailed your stepmother so that she would abandon her own son to be with the two of you. He threatened her to kill Brey and Liza's parents if she wouldn't do everything that he wanted. That b*tch suffered by your father's side. She became nothing but a slave of your father for a long time and it delights me to think that she suffered a lot.

"As an appreciation, I made sure that your father's business would succeed even more than he expected. He achieved his success because I helped him. If it wasn't because of me, MMTC would never be successful like that!" I gasped in shock. I didn't know about that but I saw how my father worked hard to make MMTC become a bigger and successful firm and he did it.

Then Ophelia's eyes turned dark.

"I thought my plans were flawless but I didn't expect that a bug could actually crawl closer to us and destroy everything that I worked hard to achieve. If only I didn't listen to your father and just kill Brey when I first discovered about him, everything wouldn't be like this. My husband would've never know about him!" her voice was thunderous and full of hate while saying that. I could tell that she was already blinded by rage and jealousy.

"Now, my family fell apart because of Liza and her son and I will never forgive them! All the things that supposed to be mine were all gone in a blink of an eye because of their doings! I lost everything and now that I'm down, I will pull them down together with me to get back at them. And I will start with you!"

"What do you plan to do with me?" I asked bravely. She smirked as she took her phone out from her bag. She then called someone. Her phone was in a loudspeaker.

"Hello?" my eyes widened when I recognized that voice. It was Brey.

"Greetings, Brey. This is your stepmother. How's everything there?" Ophelia's voice was sarcastic while smirking at me.

"What do you want? I don't have the time to talk to you right now. Bye---"

"---Believe me, Brey. You have the time and even if you don't have time, you will make time for me. That is, if you still want to see your precious girlfriend alive." I heard Brey gasp in shock.

"What do you mean by that? Where is Juno?" his voice was stern and dangerous. Ophelia laughed.

"Well, she's hanging out with me right now and if you want her to stay safe and unharmed, you will listen to what I'll tell you to do."

"What do you want?" he asked through gritted teeth.

"Oh, nothing really. I just want to tell you to make sure that your mother would never get any heart transplant in exchange of your beloved girlfriend's life. Well, it actually depends on you though. I will give me the pleasure to watch you make your decision whether whom you chose to save between Juno and your mother. You only get to choose one so choose wisely."

"I don't have to choose between them because I'll make sure to save them both!"

"Are you sure? You're running out of time. I know that your mother is in the ICU right now, fighting for her life. She needs a heart transplant right away if not, she will die. While Juno is here with me. You don't know her location so how can you save her? Their lives are in my hands so think wisely before doing anything that will not please me." she was about to press the end call button when I decided to interrupt.

"Caro, don't listen to him! Make sure that mom will get a heart transplant! Don't mind me. I'll be fine. I---" before I could finish what I wanted to say, Ophelia slapped me on the cheeks twice. I groaned in pain. My lips bled because of the impact but I persevered.

"Save mom, caro, please!" Ophelia pulled my hair tightly.

"You b*tch! I didn't tell you to talk so shut the f*ck up!" she roared in rage.

"Juno!" I heard Brey's panicking voice.

"Damn you, Ophelia! If something happened to Juno, I'll kill you!" he yelled angrily. Ophelia tsked.

"Don't tick me off, Brey. If you want Juno then make sure that your mother will die in peace. Everything has a price and if you managed to comply to my condition, I'll release her unscratched. Well, if you choose her over your mother. But if you want to choose your mother over your girlfriend, tell me now. You know what will happen next." Ophelia said coldheartedly before ending the call.

"Damn you! You're an evil!" I screamed at her face but she just shrugged her shoulders like it was nothing.

"A lot of people told me that already and guess where they're at now? Dead!" I felt like a cold breeze of air fanned my spine because of what she said. She's really a dangerous person. A criminal who hides behind her money and power that she managed to get when she married an Amouretti.

She was about to open the door to get out when she seemed to remember about something. She faced me.

"Now that I think about it, I can't help but to wonder why you accepted Brey as your boyfriend after what he did to your family. Don't tell me, you still don't know about what he did until now?" she asked sarcastically.

"I don't want to hear anything from you!" she laughed amusedly.

"Really? Don't you want to hear how he sabotaged MMTC four years ago? That was the cause of MMTC's fall, right? I can't believe that that guy actually has brains. Can you believe that he intentionally made MMTC go down so that he could acquire it as his own?" I shook my head.

"I don't believe in anything that you're saying!" I spat at her but she ignored me and continued.

"Because Brey sabotaged MMTC, your father had to work very hard to save it and it costed him his health. He fell sick and died pathetic. Now that I think about it, Brey basically was the one who killed your father." Her laugh became louder.

She then went out of the room with a merry mood. I couldn't control my tears from falling. I felt like I've received a lot of information at the same time and my brain couldn't process all of it.

I was so mad with Nadia and Ophelia but I couldn't help but to get mad at my own father as well.

I couldn't believe of what he did to my stepmother. How could he be so cruel? Mom suffered a lot because of him and Ophelia. Because of what they did, Brey couldn't be with his parents. It pained me to think that I had a complete family and was so happy while he had no one beside him after his grandmother passed away.

My heart ached for him. If only I could take back time, I would help my stepmother in any away I could to get away from my father. She acted fine and happy in front of me all the time but now, I knew that she was dying inside.

"Why, daddy? Why did you do that? How could you?" I wept. My chest was so heavy with so much emotions.

If Ophelia was telling the truth that Brey sabotaged MMTC four years ago, I didn't know what to feel about it. A part of me was saying that my father deserved what Brey did but the other part of me was telling the opposite. No matter what my father did, Brey shouldn't've done that.

I wanted to scream. I was so confused. I wanted to get mad at him but I couldn't. I didn't want to measure the pain and humiliation that my father experienced compared to what Brey had been through because that would be unfair.

"Caro...." Was all that came out of my lips while my tears continued pouring. 

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Who do you think will Brey choose to save? Juno or his mother?

If you've read what happened to MMTC in the beginning, do you have any idea now how Brey sabotaged MMTC years ago?

Will Juno manage to escape before it's too late?

What do you think of Ophelia and Nadia? Do you think that Nadia is really an Amouretti by blood?

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