"Princess! Good morning!" The girl turned to Teodore when he greeted her.
"Good morning too," she answered before bowing her head a little.
Good thing that their mission yesterday was successful, because otherwise, he might go completely crazy.
"Are you okay? Ephraim and the boss are talking up there. The boss said I'll take you up there if you come," the young man said with a smile.
Astreille swallowed hard before scratching her nape. "Y-Yeah. Thank you. I'm up."
"Are you really okay princess? Why are you pale?" the young man barked at him.
She was about to answer when Kyel arrived out of nowhere. He walked over to Teodore before the girl smiled.
"Hi princess! Good morning!" it's a greeting that made him smile. "Hello too! Good morning," she greeted back.
"Why is your face dull?" wrinkled at his question while still looking at his face.
"Nothing. I ate something a while ago, but I'm fine," Astreille assured them. "I'll be up first. Bye to you two! Please just say good morning to Greg too!"
The woman hurried to the elevator to meet the two men. He did not know how to calm down while firmly closing his eyes.
Did Ephraim know they were brothers?
He knew, ofcourse, he saw the picture of their mother of two on his necklace.
But why do they want to talk to him? Is there something wrong?
The girl opened her eyes when she heard the sound of the elevator. She took a deep breath before going inside Xord's office. He immediately saw the two men talking seriously.
"H-Hello," she uttered nervously.
The two men immediately confronted him. She saw how Ephraim's eyes sparkled when he saw her.
"H-Hey, Astreille," Ephraim uttered.
Xord sneezed to the side before standing up in the seat. He walked towards Astreille before kissing her forehead. "I'll leave the two of you here. You two talk."
Astreille just looked at the boyfriend who had already boarded the elevator. As soon as Xord vanishes from their eyes, Ephraim immediately sneezes.
"Hey, about the--"
"Is it true?" the maiden quickly cuts to what it has to say.
The young man nodded before handing him a folder. Astreille accepted it before opening it, she grabbed the paper inside before reading it.
A DNA test.
The girl blinked several times when she saw that the blood of the two of them matched that of Ephraim. The result clearly shows that he is really her older brother.
"Princess, I'm ... I'm your brother," Ephraim uttered.
Crying Astreille wiped her face before pouring all her feelings in there. "Y-You are really my brother."
"I am. I'm s-sorry for what my father did. He's a big bastard for stealing our mom away from your father," the man apologized.
"Yeah, your father is a big asshole. If not because of him, my father won't die in that accident. Hopefully m-we're all happy," she uttered.
"My dad can't do such things, Astreille. He's a good father--"
"I don't want to judge your father, kuya. But I have no suspects for now so I'm suspecting him. If he's really a good man, he'll never tolerate my mom cheating with him," matigas na sabat ni Astreille.
"Wow. You called me brother. It feels so good to hear it. I've been longing for a little sister," Ephraim cried.
Astreille smiled sweetly. "I've been longing for a big brother too."
"Won't you give your big brother a hug then?"
The girl immediately ran in the direction of the man before hugging him tightly. She poured out all the joy and regret she felt into crying.
She can hear Ephraim crying silently. "I never thought that I'll have the chance to meet you. I've been longing for a little sister because I can feel it, I feel like meron akong kapatid. The moment I saw you in the agency, I always wanted to take care of you like a little sister, "umiiyak na saad nito.
Astreille pouted her lower lips. "That's why, k-that's how I feel about you. I thought I had a crush on you because of your hard work, but I realized that I'm just comfortable with your existence."
"I'm so handsome. I understand--"
"Kuya naman e!" the maiden scolded him while still sobbing.
Ephraim just chuckled mischievously as he kissed her forehead. "I'm so happy right now, Astreille. You don't know how excited I was when I saw mom's picture inside your pendant. I ran this test yesterday and it came out this morning."
"B-But how did you get my DNA?" Astreille asked her brother.
"It was Xord who helped me. He took a strand of hair from you without you knowing," laughed his older brother.
The girl laughed as well. "He's already my boyfriend, brother. Did you vote for him?"
"He just claimed it! You didn't even agree with that relationship. Even when it's really that Xord," Ephraim replied nervously to him.
The girl laughed before hugging her brother tightly again.
"Woah! Ephraim, you're mad at the boss! "
The two let go of each other when the three reprimanded men filmed.
Ephraim's facial expression went up before throwing the folder at the three's faces. "We're siblings, ass holes."
Astonished, the three men read the paper inside the object thrown at them. They almost dropped their jaws when they saw the result of the DNA test.
"Tangina. You're brothers ?!" Teodore's startled cry.
Astreille smiled before nodding her head. "Our eyes can tell."
Greg shrugged, he won't deny it, they really have the same eyes. That is why he always looked into Ephraim's eyes once because they were very similar to the woman's.
"You idiot. Why are you brothers ?! We should just be your sisters, princess!" Kyel complained as if he was still sulking because of what he found out.
"It's really your noise. Get out of here!" repelling the man to them.
"Pwe! You're still mad at the boss because you hugged Astreille!" Greg shouted before they even rode the elevator.
Ephraim angrily confronted the younger brother. "What ?! Why am I not allowed to hug my own sister? I have even more rights!"
The girl laughed. "He's a territorial one."
"Possessive you mean?" Ephraim grunted.