Chapter 16 She's The Mother Of My Child.

If one word could accurately describe the way Leonica was currently feeling, that would be, Breathless.

Seeing Gabriel up so close after five years and not even having been mentally prepared, shook her to some extent.

What was he doing here?

Forego the fact that this even was especially meant to business attendants, Anastasia had sang it like a lullaby in her ears about how he had quit attending social activities, and as a result, she had let her guard down and attended the annual banquet without a worry in the world concerning running into him.

sh*t, she cursed in her head. How had she been so careless?

Taking another step back, she tried to put some much needed distance between them, while schooling her expression.

There was no need to have any sort of expression that would show that his presence was getting to her.

As a matter of fact, there was no need remaining within the same space as him.

She needed to leave.

With that p*ssing thought in her mind, Leonica lowered her gaze, seem