The introduction party ended on a grand note and everyone who was invited went home happy and content."Leonica, thank you once again." Benjamin gently patted his daughter's back as she saw him off."Anytime father," She offered him a smile before turning to her mother and hugging the woman."Come visit us sometime," Cassandra said as she squeezed Leonica hard before pulling back and holding both of her shoulders. "That place is still your home even though that child now lives there."Leonica smiled. "Of course, mother." She bade both her parents goodbye, waiting until their car had driven off before she turned to address Irene who had been watching her with a smug look. "You have a habit of popping up in the most unexpected places." She regarded her from head to toe, noticing that Meredith was not by her side as usual.The poor maid probably couldn't stand her after all the rubbish she heard Irene spout."What do you want Irene?"Irene chuckled, amused. "How can you act like this? Di
The first thing Leonica noticed as she walked towards the entrance of her Villa, was dropping temperature at night as winter was quickly approaching.The second thing being Arvan’s serious face as she stood in front of him, hands tucked into the pocket of the over coat Grace had insisted she wore before stepping out.“You sure chose to best time to show up,” She joked, taking note of how her breath seemed to take a misty form before disappearing. “What is it you need, Arvan?”“I wanted to drop this off,” Reaching into the pocket of his coat, Arvan pulled out a small brown envelope and handed it to her. “It’s the final document to reinstate the cooperation between our companies.”“That’s quite thoughtful of you,” Leonica said as she examined the envelope. “But, is that really the only thing you came all the way to my house for, Arvan?”The man stared at her, as If he was contemplating whether to speak his mind or not.“I saw the articles, Leonica,” He said at last, watching as she slow
Waking up to her phone buzzing had become a normal for Leonica. So, the following day, when she was awoken by the sound of her phone rumbling, she was in no rush to answer it."Ugh," She groaned, reaching over and grabbing her phone, swiping right to answer the call. "Hello?""Good morning, Ms. Romero," It was Kennedy."Kennedy, why are you calling on a Sunday," She complained, raising herself up into a sitting position and trying to rub away sleep from her eyes."Forgive me Ms. Romero, but it's a pressing matter.""What could be more pressing than my sleep," She grumbled."It's about the article that has been released today," Kennedy answered."Article?" That immediately woke her up, sitting her straighter up in her bed."Yes. It was published in the tabloid magazine, but I'm afraid this one has made its rounds to several news sites."Leonica was quiet. So Jamil wasn't wasting time, eh?"What's about?"Kennedy hesitated to answer. "I'll send you a link, Ms. Romero."Things were never
"Two big wins in less than twenty four hours, I gotta congratulate you, Irene." Jamil praised after having listened to Irene's story.The blonde held her chin high, smiling proudly because she knew today's outcome had only occurred because of the action she made. "What else did you expect." Walking to her bed, she sat on it. "Now that we have One of my father's most expensive client within our grasp, all we need to do is turn him against Leonica and with the public's option of her right now, that shouldn't be too hard.""Indeed," Jamil agreed. "But don't forget, the reason why Benjamin gave that contract to you is because he wants to change the public opinion of Leonica. The public may think otherwise about her, but the Romero family clearly still loves her."Jamil's words, although a simple reminder, peppered Irene more than it should have.Why would her father still care about Leonica. She was his first daughter. It was her mother that he loved with all his heart, not Cassandra.So
The one thing Leonica knew she had and could utilize to its full potential was her family's unwavering love for her.No matter what happened, no matter how many mistakes she made, they'd always believe her.This was the sole reason she had no doubt that Irene would be kicked out of the house sooner or later, all because her mother would not stand to hear that the very child she refused to accept had just pushed her daughter off the stairs, 'out of spite'.And sure enough, Meredith was the first one to arrive, running over to the fallen Leonica with worry, while the other maids gathered around after hearing her shriek, asking if she was alright."Madam!" Meredith knelt beside Leonica, gently caressing her head as her eyes looked over her body, making sure there weren't any injuries. "Are you alright, what happened?"Although the fall from the fifth stairs wasn't all too painful, Leonica's ankle did sting from being twisted wrong and the back of her head hurt a bit. But nothing she coul
Thirty minutes of explaining what had gone down in a week, omitting the parts she knew would annoy Owen greatly, like mentioning Jamil, Leonica was no faced with a very worried looking Owen."I leave for one week and you totally become reckless." He huffed, shaking his head in disapproval to all the stunts she had pulled."Reckless," Leonica parroted with a grin, finding how he worried for her, funny. "If getting a sprained ankle after being falling off a staircase is recklessness, then I'm all in.""Leonica," The way her name slipped through his lips made her smile even more, and she was tempted to wrap her arms around him, but he had beat her to it.His embrace was warm and the smell of his cologne, sweet and spicy, tickled her nose. She felt her body relaxing and leaning into his, and although they'd only been apart for a week, she realized that she missed this; him."When are you going to stop being so reckless? You mustn't always put yourself in harms way to protect everyone. You
Standing in front of his office mirror, Gabriel adjusted the rumples on his suit, getting ready for the press conference that he had carefully planned for, for the past three days.The sound of Billy gently knocking on the office door had his head snapping away from his reflection. "Come in." He called.The door opened and said assistant stepped in, holding in his hand, the speech that Gabriel was meant to give today."Everything's ready, Sir." He informed while handing Gabriel the folder. The male accepted it, subtly thanking him, yet Billy showed no sign of leaving."Is there something else you want to say?" Gabriel asked, eyeing the younger male from the side of his eyes.Billy hesitated. He shouldn't have, seeing as what he wanted to say was for Gabriel's good. He had known the man for close to six years and watching him carry on with his foolish antique up until now, worried him."I know I may be overstepping my boundaries when I say this sir, but I must remind you, there is no u
Seating in the agreed upon restaurant, Irene found herself checking her phone more time than needed so.Why was she so freaking late, she thought, bouncing her legs impatiently as there was still no sign of Leonica.What if she wasn't going to show up? What was she supposed to do then?The thought alone had her biting her thumb nail, an act she never thought she'd ever do until recently.Her poor manicured nails were suffering so much and it was all because of Leonica. But even when she knew this, Irene had to remind herself to stay calm, after all, she was here to make a deal with Leonica, not murder her, at least not yet.Finally, the bell above the restaurant jiggled and Leonica walked in. Irene watched her walk towards where she was seated, noticing the slight limp in her step."You're late." She said as soon as Leonica had taken the seat in front of her.The younger female flashed her a knowing smile. "Yeah I know,"Irene gritted her teeth. "You-" She stopped herself before anymo