Roman Becomes Suspicious Of Carlos’ Connection To Rigor. Carlos & Rigor Blackmail Natalia & Turn Roman Against Gabriel. Percy Faces Off With Carlos. Bianca & Gabriel Reunite.
Gabriel astounds Alex and Derek with a dramatic confession after getting drunk for the first time. Bianca begins to lose hope of getting back together with Gabriel. Grandpa Ben suffers an unfortunate accident and is admitted at the hospital.
Lydia pushes for his grandson to leave for his business training trip in Malaysia. Upon learning of how Carlos had lost to Gabriel’s Laban brand, Roman gives him an earful and charges him to shape up and prove himself the better man.
With their flight just around the corner, Alex refrains from telling Gabriel about the confession he had made so his emotions don’t get in the way of his dreams. Desperate to prove himself, Carlos enlists Isabel to con Derek into revealing vital information and secrets of Laban.
Bianca tries to reach out to Gabriel, only to learn that he has already left for Malaysia with Alex his supposed girlfriend. Roman tends to get more suspicious of Carlos on account of how he always involves himself in Rigor’s affairs and he begins to wonder about the connection they have together.
Lydia struggles to keep the truth from Gabriel. Rigor and Carlos connive together to blackmail Natalia and compel her to do their bidding. Determined to find out the truth about Carlos’ identity, Roman reaches out to Grandma Lydia again with a childhood photo of his son.
Again, Lydia covers up the truth for obvious reasons. Alex’s luggage gets mixed up with another flight and another discrepancy leads to her sharing the same room with Gabriel. Isabel makes mockery of Bianca upon spotting her at a restaurant with her boss.
After an exchange of words, Percy has an unfriendly encounter with Carlos and he decides to toughen up by taking self-defense classes to protect Bianca from him. Percy’s mother expresses her misgivings in regards to her son’s relationship with Bianca on Carlos’ account. Bianca decides to resign from GPI to avoid further trouble.
Roman continues to doubt whether Carlos is really his son so he plans to find out the truth for himself by playing his game; he proposes to Carlos for them to work together to take down Laban and Gabriel. Mrs. Maricad gives Bianca a talking-to and it doesn’t take long for Percy to propose to her a second time.
Carlos spies and witnesses the incident and Isabel catches him in the act and blows a fuse, leading to another altercation between him and Percy; Percy dominates Carlos this time around. Alex gets pretty worked up when she finds new disturbing information about her mother.
Gabriel consoles her and reaches out to an old friend of his for help. Isabel threatens to tell Roman about Carlos’ dirty secrets if he doesn’t stay away from Bianca.Alex manages to find Alex’s mother with Gabriel’s help, only for her to drive her away nervously with the promise of explaining things later.
In no time, Gabriel visits her again and comes to learn of her situation with her new husband. Alex soon reconciles with her mother. Bianca pays a visit to Grandma Lydia and after she suffers a mild heart attack, she reaches out to Gabriel to notify him.
Gabriel quickly returns home to check on his grandma. Without further ado, Alex finally confesses her feelings to Gabriel and sets up a meeting with Bianca to clear up all misunderstandings. Isabel reports Gabriel’s return to Mr. Dela Vega.
When Carlos learns of how the products of TigerShark had been poisoned, he notifies Roman and implicates Gabriel’s group with the sole purpose of pitting him against his own son. It all turns out to be an elaborate scheme he had cooked up with Rigor to eliminate the root cause of all their problems. Ultimately, Gabriel and Bianca finally get back together as a married couple.
