Carlos Contends With Gabriel. In Spite of Carlos’ Victory, Gabriel Steals The Show With Bianca. Steph Befriends Jay Jay. Roman Orders Bianca’s Termination. Gabriel Finally Confesses.
Gabriel rises to his feet and gets back on his bike to rejoin the race. Carlos catches up with Bianca who soon comes in fifth position in the women’s division as Gabriel finishes the cycling leg to begin the running. In the audience, Olsen makes a pathetic advance at Marilyn.
As fate will have it, Gabriel manages to catch up with Bianca while Carlos strives to take the lead. Jay Jay returns Steph’s phone to her, having taken for her the shot she had been trying to take earlier. Steph thanks him for the gesture, tells him her name and finally agrees to be friends.
Gabriel catches up with Carlos who engages him in a game of push and shove, knocking down a fellow triathlete in the process. Gabriel stops to help the unfortunate guy while Carlos carries on running. In the audience, Rigor berates his son for wasting time to help out a stranger but Lydia and Maila praise and admire his sportsmanship.
Carlos surpasses Bianca who starts falling behind and struggling to run due to an unforgivable sprain. Now in third place in the women’s division, Gabriel finally catches up with Bianca while Carlos finishes the race in first place, followed by Isabel’s cousin, Derek.
In such dramatic manner, Gabriel assists Bianca and finishes the race with her, garnering the cheers and applause of the audience, much to Carlos’ disbelief. Bianca thanks Gabriel for not leaving her behind and he tells her that he can never do that because he løvës her.
The rain begins to fall and when Bianca asks him to repeat what he just said, the audience interrupts, urging them to ki$$. Carlos has a dumbfounded look on his face. Gabriel is in the process of ki$$ing Bianca when Carlos comes to drag her away.
Nevertheless, the audience continues to cheer for Gabriel. Later, Rigor second-guesses Gabriel’s ranking because of the time he had wasted. However, Gabriel doesn’t regret the help he had given. Carlos questions Bianca about what had happened between him and Gabriel and childishly reminds her that she can’t have any boyfriend. Isabel eyes them with her evil eye.
Rigor pathetically approaches Carlos in the washroom and congratulates him for winning the triathlon. He offers his hand and Carlos gives him a look and walks out on him without shaking it.
The ranking is finally called for the event and Gabriel celebrates with his team and family when he’s announced as the third place winner. In the women’s division, Bianca is announced as the winner, having come in first place.
The triathletes receive their trophies according to their ranks and Carlos’ demeanor turns sour when he notices how Bianca is celebrating and cheering for Gabriel along with her family. Later, Isabel ridicules Carlos with the outcome of the race, taunting him with how Gabriel had beaten him despite winning the race.
Jay Jay and Steph have a talk about their respective siblings. Steph aspires to be a triathlete like her sister and Jay Jay offers to teach her since he’s learned from his sister Bianca. Isabel shows up and scolds Steph for disappearing on her and demands that they go home. Bianca thanks Gabriel for all his help and apologizes.
Gabriel tries to explain what had happened earlier but she cuts him off. During the next meeting at the Dela Vega Building, Roman whines nonstop because TigerShark’s earnings had only increased by 5% after Bianca’s victory in the triathlon. Carlos is taken by surprise when Roman bluntly asks him to fire Bianca. Isabel is delighted. Carlos makes a pathetic attempt to argue.
Carlos later vents out his frustrations on Isabel as he’s inclined to believe that she’s deliberately trying to get Bianca dropped as TigerShark’s endorser. Isabel denies it but secretly harbors a scheme to take Bianca down. Later at the office, Carlos lies to Bianca about how his father had reacted to the result of her performance.
He then reaches out to his mother for help to convince Roman not to fire Bianca from TigerShark. However, Victoria turns him down since she’s desperate to distant her family from Maila’s. Later that evening, she receives a phone call from Rigor who whines about how Carlos had snubbed him when he had tried to talk to him earlier.
Vicky is appalled and all her efforts to manipulate him to steer clear of her family proves futile.Bianca lectures her brother when he catches him fidgeting with his phone in spite of her efforts in tutoring him. Gabriel shows up for an impromptu visit to talk about the incident that had happened earlier after the triathlon.
Bianca reveals the deal she had made with Carlos not to enter into any relationship and though Gabriel states that he would never be a distraction, he assures her that he can wait for her. Victoria reluctantly meets up with Rigor at a restaurant, and he makes it crystal clear that he would stop at nothing until he gets her back.
Vicky says what happened between them was just payment for what he did to Maila. Rigor then threatens to tell Roman everything and expose how she had switched his son for theirs. Victoria makes a futile attempt to blackmail him.
A series of flashbacks show how Vicky had persuaded Rigor to switch their baby with Roman’s. So on this note, Gabriel is the real son of Roman while Rigor and Victoria are Carlos’ biological parents. Presently, Rigor takes pleasure in taunting Vicky with how Roman might not forgive him when he comes to know of the truth.
Vicky then blackmails him with the welfare of their own son. Upon her return to her office at the Dela Vega Building, Victoria reflects on a memory where she had seen Rigor spying on her during a dinner date with Roman.
Apparently, Roman had caught his then-fianceé staring at Rigor and when asked who he was, she had claimed that he was merely a fan. After that incident, Rigor had been arrested for allegedly possessing illegal drügs. Victoria had framed him in order to get rid of him for good.
