"You stay out of this." She sneered.

Gabriel filted his head at her words. Several locks of his hair fell out of place as he looked he looked her from head to toe, before asking. "Or what Clenching her jaw and fist as well, Leonica was About to respond when Ashely beat her to it.

"Mommy, I...I want to eat ice cream.

"Huh?" Leonica was caught off guard by his sudden demand but quickly recovered. "Sure baby. Come to mommy and we'll go have ice cream." "N-no. I want to have ice cream with Arvan and Daisy and...and Gabriel included!" Ashely protested, pumping his fist in the air.

To say Leonica was surprised by his words was an understatement. And to say her jaw hadn't hung open would be a blatant lie. "You want to what?" She questioned.

"Have ices cream...with everyone." Ashely repeated. "Can we please do that mommy?" He pleaded, quickly switching to his puppy dog eyes. Leonica's lips parted in an action to refuse his request, but seeing the look on his face, she pressed them together and hesitantly nodded her head. "Sure...that can work."

"Yay!" Ashely wasted no time in expressing his excitement. Quickly, he wriggled out of Gabriel's hold and took Daisy's hand. "I know the way, come on Daisy."

"Ashely slow down." Leonica called after the running duo and intended to chase after them when a hand on her shoulder stopped her. "Arvan?" Looking over her shoulder, she questioned the hand's owner.

"I'll take care of those two," he began, eyes fleeting towards where Gabriel stood for a

Lobuunter

before coming back to meet hers. "You seem to have a few things to

understood what Arvan meant. She indeed had a

she thanked Arvan with

arm with a smile of

in front of him, Gabriel clenched his

Adodent

Accident.

of reassurance, promising to watch after the kids while she stayed back and settled a thing or

to chase

had gone and if not for the vague and confusing question he had just spoken, Leonica would also

away from the empty spot, shifting

win your previous project?

mental image of Gabriel's words, or rather, a mental understanding of Gabriel's words began to form in her head and she steamed red; not from the embarrassing thought but rather from anger. Did Gabriel...that bastard, honestly think that the way she had won her previous

so low of her, but then again, after recalling all the shit he had said to her five years ago, and how he has treated her, believing that she was nothing but disgrace to his family name and not suited to be with him, and comparing it to now, what he was saying,

someone degrade an acquaintance of hers who has been nothing but good to her. "Get your heads out of the gutters, Gabriel," Leonica reprimanded as soon as she was able to pull herself back to reality, clicking her tongue in disbelief at his vulgar thoughts. "Not everyone thinks like you, Arvan certainly. He's a gentleman, considerate and rather sweet, something that shameless and heartless isn't

out to wet his lips as he calmly nodded. However, despite the expression on his visage, Gabriel was far

the inside.

Arvan had without a doubt, annoyed him. Not only that, it made

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