At the Cardinal distillery with Lucas asking Diane if she has seen Don Roman since he isn’t in his office, she directs him to the factory.
Conner tells Don Roman if there’s anything more he wants to know about him like as to why he should hire him as an Engineer Isagani already has his Resume and credentials. Conner said he’s down for a drink too if he still wants to know more, Don Roman said it’s not advisable to drink much since it can affect his job performance but if Isagani and Lucas trust him then he’s okay with him since he has a feeling he should be part of his company and family and he shouldn’t waste the opportunity and trust.
Lucas approaches them saying he will like to talk to Don Roman. Conner pretends to bond with Isagani.
Lucas leaves a note for Sita on his bed which reads‘’ To the one and only Queen of my heart , love u Maa’’ making her happy as she remembers how Lucas promised to protect her and fight for his right. Sita says she will also protect Lucas like he’s protecting her.
Outside, Alba comes to confront Sita again about why she let her son find out the truth knowing it will destroy them. Sita tells her they should explain to their children why it all happened with Alba asking if she’s willing to tell Lucas she only flirted with Roman and that’s how she got pregnant and she ruined their chances of being one happy family.
Sita said she regrets her mistakes and will tell Lucas all of that if Alba can confess to Joaquin all what she did to steal Don Roman from Soledad with Alba asking how dare she as Sita prevents her from hurting her again.
Alba said she’ll regret going against her.
Lucas has a conversation with Don Roman, He apologizes to Lucas and he accepts and forgives him calling him dad as they hug. Don Roman thanks him for forgiving him and accepting him. Lucas tells him he has one more request that’s all of them (Alba, Don Roman, Lucas and Sita)to talk face to face and Don Roman agrees.
Lucas comes to escort Sita to the mansion saying Don Roman is waiting for them.
Alba sees them through her balcony as they arrive at the mansion annoying her.
Don Roman welcomes them calling Lucas his son. Alba arrives at the dining table too,Lucas says he requested for them to meet to clear the air that “first of all he doesn’t intend to leave in the mansion and won’t force her to accept them but all he wants is for her to stop treating them as a piece of trash and she should repect them because that’s the only thing he will ever ask of her, she should treat them as human beings’’.
Alba gets up from her sit, saying “a snake should be treated as a snake and his mother is getting what she is getting because she betrayed her and she knows it”. Lucas looking all furious reminds her she knows what happened and she has always been so cruel to his mother and won’t allow her hurt his mom again.
Alba tells him to forget about being a Cardinal if he wants her to leave his mother alone, Lucas said ‘’i won’t let you control us anymore Alba, I will fight for my place in this family so you won’t be able to lay a hand on my mother” with every looking shocked especially Alba.
Enrico calls again with Martha asking who he’s, he said he wants to talk to Alba and not her and that he’s someone from Alba’s past scaring her.
Back to Alba, She tells Lucas he has no right and he’s nothing but a bastard son and he’s only there because his mother committed a sin. Don Roman getting fed up listening to her ask her to shut up.
Lucas said ‘’and what if I’m illegitimate, I’m still Don Roman’s son and there’s nothing you say now that can ever change that and that he grew up envious of Joaquin because Alba deprived him of having a father and a life that’s rightfully his( a complete family) just because of her selfishness and the worst part is he never defended his mother because all these time he thought they nothing but low life servants that will be indebted to her until the day they die and have put up with her because his mother raised him to respect elders than him but she should remember that she can’t bully them anymore because they equals now and he’s a Cardinal and he can bring her down if he wants too’’ Sita tries restraining him whiles Alba can’t believe what she’s hearing.
Lucas continues “from now on my mother will no longer work in this mansion, she is no longer your slave and whatever it’s she owed you has long being paid for enough and if you don’t stop harassing my mother I will do what you feared for the most Alba and that’s claiming my right as a Cardinal as well as everything that’s rightfully mine and will leave you with nothing”.
Alba shouts no that can’t be, I won’t accept this you bastards whiles leaving, saying you’ve no respect ingrates.
Alba gets so furious and starts shouting at Martha who informs her that the man called again and said he’s someone from her past as Alba looks scared saying she can’t believe it.
Back to the meeting,Lucas tells Don Roman he loves his job and won’t leave the distillery but will like to keep using his mom’s last name and won’t use the surname Cardinal, Don Roman said it’s fine.
In the evening, Alba stares into space when Don Roman confronts her that since they started leaving together he has made nothing but bad decisions and he won’t let his mistakes wait again, Alba tells him his biggest mistake is not marrying her and Roman tells her she’s wrong about that because that’s the best decision he’s ever made and it’s because of Joaquin that she’s still in his house if it’s to him like she’s long gone and just like air she lingers and he feels her presence but doesn’t see her because to him she’s already dead as Alba cries.
Alba continues to cry as she has flashbacks of all her problems whiles receiving a call from Enrico asking for his money. Alba said over her dead body and that he should leave her alone.
Enrico tells himself Alba feels she’s brave and he will see how she behaves when she sees him in person and reveal her dirty secrets.
Conner tells Lupita they bought his act as an engineer from Dubai, Lupita ask if he’s a fake engineer going to build a house that will bury every one under and Conner said the plan will take a long time and he’ll infiltrate the distillery as well as their lives by manipulating Diane, Lupita acting all jealous tells him he doesn’t need Diane to make his plan work but only Isagani and Lucas. Conner said with Diane he can get into Joaquin’s office steal his laptop and transfer all their money to his name but Lupita still doesn’t look so convinced telling him not to fall for her.
Back to the Cardinal distillery, Isagani informs Don Roman that everything is ready for the plant they want to put up, Don Ramon tells Diane to make sure Joaquin is updated in the U.S, he then calls Lucas his son in front of them all telling him to send him the proposal for the new plant.
Lucas and Isagani go over the plan with Isagani praising him and tells him he’s happy for him.
Sita cooks some food for Martha who informs her she has a strong feeling something terrible might happen again because of Alba and that there’s a man who keeps calling and calling on the Phone but refuses to tell her his name saying he’s someone who came from Alba’s past and he has now returned surprising Sita.
At the Silverio’s Mansion, Matteo gets flashbacks of when he was on Menandro’s goodside as he cries in his office.
At the Cardinal’s mansion, Alba who was having breakfast receives a call from Enrico again saying he’s in Victorino and knows exactly where to find her so she better prepare his money because if she doesn’t everyone will know her secrets especially her fake husband Roman Cardinal, Alba looking scared tells him he won and she’ll give him his money so they should meet now.
At the Cardinal distillery, Conner arrives for his meeting as he’s been checked by the security.
He checks out the security cameras all around Saying “I’ve finally infiltrated your kingdom Roman and it’s going to meet it’s downfall in no time”, he then receives a call from Isagani telling him he’s on his way.
Don Roman arrives at the meeting with Lucas telling Isagani and Conner to give anything that needs his approval to his son Lucas making Conner uncomfortable.
At the Silverios Mansion, Dulce ask Matteo where he was going and he said he wants to go find out who beat him up since he suspects what happened to him was planned and he has a strong suspicion someone was after him and won’t let them get away this time. He then watches the Blackbox footage from his car seeing those who beat him up.
Matteo meets up with one of the thugs, he beats him up and asked who ordered them to beat him up, he said it’s Don Menandro Silverio he gave the order surprising Matteo who punches him in anger.
Sita spots Enrico in town but doesn’t read meaning into it.
Conner spies on a worker as he sneaks into Joaquin’s office whiles taking pictures of his door knob and trying to enter as the CCTV captures him.
Alba in disguise meets up with Enrico, she tells him how dare he threaten her and show his face there with Enrico telling him he’s the one who didn’t keep her word and stopped sending him money and she should be afraid of what he can do to her.
Alba calls him a monster and he said that’s what she likes most about him, she gives him some money but he grabs her by the arm saying it isn’t enough since it isn’t the price they agreed on.
Sita coming from the market tells Martha on phone she took a short cut so she gets there faster.
Back to Alba and Enrico, she begs him to accept that money for now and will pay the rest some other time with Enrico saying he didn’t come all the way to receive such small amount and she should pay him in full, Alba said that all she has with Enrico saying she has always been a liar unfortunately for them Sita spies on them from afar as she overhears Enrico saying he will reveal Alba’s secret and he will expose her son’s true Identity that the heir to the Cardinal fortune doesn’t have Cardinal blood running through his veins and that Roman’s precious Son is his child, that Joaquin Cardinal is not a real Cardinal we ended as Sita looked shocked at what she just heard.
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