Chapter 2

If that can still be called as a love life, that is.

"What will you do if I tell you I know where she is right now?"

He was stabbed in his position. Even if it does not mention the name he knows what it means. He gaped at him like a fish. He could not believe what he heard. When he looked into Manager Prince's eyes he saw the sincerity there.

"How?" he said weakly.

"It simply came to our notice then. The question is, are you ready to face the ghosts of your past? ”

He could not answer. Is he ready? After seven years, is he ready to correct everything? Is he ready to face the anger from that person?

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Cheryll opened the door of Travis Owen Pascual's office. Top is the owner of one of the famous publication companies here all over the country. Top is also her step brother. He was five years older than her.

It has been six years since her Daddy Joaquin remarried to Aunt Ursula, Top's mommy. At first, she thought that Ursula of Little Mermaid was like Aunt Ursula but she was wrong. She is very kind. For the past six years since her daddy married her, she has felt that her family is complete. Tita Ursula made her felt wanted, like she was truly her daughter and Kuya Top treated her like she was his real sibling.

"Where's the fire, princess?" Kuya Top asked as he dropped the papers he had been reading earlier.

"Dad talked to me."

It raised its right eyebrow. "And that explain why you came in my office like a mad woman?"

He raised both hands in extreme annoyance. "That's not it!"

"Explain it to me, please."

He sat in the empty chair across from his desk. "He told me my estrange brother is here in the Philippines and he wants me to meet him."

“Why don’t you?”

"That's not that easy, Kuya Top!"

He gently smiled at her. It rested both elbows on the table and placed the chin on the palm. For a twenty-nine year old hunk, her step brother doesn’t have a steady girlfriend yet. Huh.

"Why?"

"You know why, Kuya!"

"Humor me, princess."

He folded his arms and averted his eyes from it. Fifteen story building is TOP, the name of its publishing company. Here on the fourteenth floor is its office because the fifteenth floor is already rooftop. He sees only an elevated building outside.

“Why do I have to meet him? I have you already. My family is already complete. ” He said weakly.

He heard a crackle but he did not take his attention outside the window. He just felt Kuya Top sitting in the empty seat opposite him before gently holding his hand.

“He’s still your brother, Cher. He is still your blood relative. ”

"Only half." he corrected.

Ever since she found out about what her mother did to her daddy she has closed her heart about that part of her life.