All at once, different thoughts filled Leonica's head, her eyes clouding with tears at the scene while her legs threatened to give out from beneath her.But she didn't give in to their urges, instead, she took shaky steps towards her unconscious son. Dulling out Daisy's cries for her friend and Arvan's voice saying incoherent words, she gently sank to her kneels, careful not to shake Ashely's body too much as she cradled him.In the background, Gabriel had just finished calling the nearest hospital and no less than five minutes later, an ambulance arrived at the scene, prying Ashley out of Leonica's hold, to which she bitterly allowed.Gabriel who was just as shaken up by the situation, turned his eyes away from the ambulance for a second, fixing it on Leonica who looked very much like she was about to have a panic attack and break down at the same time.His feet moved quickly, without his consent, even with his content, he wouldn't have stopped, and in seconds, he was beside her, cat

"And that should round up the last of our examinations." Doctor Bailey announced as he stuffed the last of Gabriel's blood samples into a test tube and had it properly secured. Grabbing a clipboard, he nudged it in Gabriel's direction. "Now, all you have to do is sign here, here and here," He pointed at the different places, even having to flip the paper over at some point. "To prove that you gave your consent and permission for the treatments Ashely is going to be receiving."Gabriel rolled down the last of his sleeves and fixed his wrist buttons, before he reached for the clipboard and offered pen. Taking a brief moment to read through it, he lifted the pen and penned down his signature on the places Doctor Bailey had pointed to, after which he returned the clipboard to the waiting doctor."Perfect!" Doctor Bailey exclaimed as he received the signed agreement, tucking the pen in his coat pocket. "That's all for now. If anything were to come up, I'll be sure to contact you. You can l

Those words felt like a sweet, yet poisonous drink being served to her, because no matter how dreamy they sounded, in the end, she was going to end up getting hurt.Hurt by getting her hopes up.Hurt by believing his words.Hurt by allowing feelings she had buried resurface.But what if those words weren't fake?That one fleeting question caused a bug in her system to spike, freezing her in her thoughts.Gabriel who had been holding her in his arms, felt her back go stuff against his chest. Maneuvering so he was now standing in front of her, the Noirette gazed down at her stiff expression, certainly thrown off guard by his question.But he wasn't joking.He meant every last one of the word he spoke."What's your answer, Leonica," He pressed in a whisper like tone, hot breath fanning her face when he leaned in close. "Would you?"Hearing his voice so close had done a good job enough to snap her out of whatever bug malfunction was going on in her mind, but the same couldn't be said for

"What is this?" Plucking the extended envelope out of his hand, Leonica gently peeled the edges open, fishing out the white paper with printed black letters on it and reading it over.The very next second, her eyes shot open in disbelief and surprise as well. The content on the paper was a cooperation between her company Romero Empire and His family widely known own, Richardson Industries.It was the one cooperation she had been striving to get, not wanting to work with Gabriel's company after the entire commotion that had happened and after a whole month and a half, nearly two months, here it was... she holding it within her grasp.If etiquette allowed it, Leonica would have thrown her arms around Arvan's neck and pulled him into the tightest, happiest hug. However, etiquette didn't and speaking from a standpoint, her stand point of view, she and Arvan weren't that close, yet.But the smile on her lips, which grew wider as she spotted that Arvan had changed several of the original co

Seating with his hand arranged on his laps, Gabriel tried to keep his cool. Although word on the street had it that Benjamin was weak and sickly, his aura had not wavered and he remained the same formidable for on the battle field. That aside, seating like this, steaming cup of coffee in between both males, was a rare occurrence for Gabriel.Even during his marriage with Leonica, he hadn't gotten the chance to seat with Benjamin this way, so today, was definitely something new.Taking a sip from his coffee, placing the cup down afterwards, Benjamin was the first to break the silence. "We're both business men so I'll be straight forward. What do you plan to do by coming back into my daughter's life?"Gabriel shook his head. "Nothing, Sir. All I want is to have legal rights to be in Ashley's life...to be his father?"His answer, earned a loud snort of mockery from Benjamin. Gabriel winced at the familiar sound, mentally noticing where Leonica had gotten it from. "You want rights, to be