Leonica's eyes narrowed at his words. "Kennedy? Get to work would you. She dismissed with a were of her hand.

Kennedy chuckled at her and walked out of the office, carrying his tablet along. However, less than a minute hadn't passed when he stuck his head into her office again. "We can discuss it over a hot cup of coffee, Ms, what do you say?" Leonica smiled. "Kennedy, get back to work or else you won't even have a work to slack off from."

Kennedy feigned surprise, chuckled and then left. But as quickly as he had disappeared and closed her office door, it had opened again. Leonica was about to explode at him for his sudden nature to gossip, but when she looked up, she was surprised to see the person standing there wasn't Kennedy but Leonardo.

"I flew halfway across the globe because you called sounding desperate and the situation did indeed look desperate, but looking at things now, it's safe to say you've handled it perfectly with your charms. So why bother myself? Leonardo teased as he walked closer to her table and opened his arms for a bug when she stood up.

Leonica gladly accepted the hug from her adoptive brother, squeezing him tight. Although they were not siblings by blood, Leonardo was still someone she relied on as much as she had done with her real brother. He had treated her like a real sister as well, always being there for her in time of need. And without even knowing it, he had saved her life like that

A

few more seconds of heartfelt hugging went by before Leonica pulled back, smiling broadly, "You said your research didn't conclude until tomorrow." "Well, what can I say, my family is more important that scrap knowledge can always pick up from where I left off." He said and gently patted her head. He looked around once again, spotting the gifts and recalling the press videos he had seen. "But, it seems like you've got everything covered over here. Was there really any need for me to come all the way here?" He teased. Leonica playfully swatted his arm. "Of course there is." She sank down into her chair after rounding the table and Leonardo sat across from her. "Things may seem fine now, but in the future I'll be putting one third of my energy into the IVF procedure and things may get stressful with the company. That's when you come in."

"So what, I'm gonna be like what, second in command?" Leonardo joked and watched as his sister laughed and nodded her head. But he could only bring himself to smile.

When Leonica noticed his distressed demeanor, she asked. "What's wrong?

He hesitated, "I'm sorry for missing your call, Leonica. I was in the mountains and they had no signals and the call couldn't go through. But that's still no excuse for me not being here for Ashley when he got into the accident. I'm sorry."

"Whoa whoa whoa, there's no need for you to be apologizing, Leonardo. It wasn't your fault and I know you're going to say 'I should never have gone o that dumb research trip maybe then I could have been there for him, but don't you dare. I won't permit it because that trip is your dream, Leonardo. You've scarified so much for this family since Melvin left, too much if you asked me and your dream isn't going to be one of the things you'll sacrifice, alright?" Alright." He forced a smile and Leonica returned the gesture, except hers was more genuine

With that matter out of the way, they both eased up a bit and discussed Leonardo's coming back to the company. She had saved Rodrigo's former spot on the board for him in case something like this ever occurred.

In the middle of their discussion, Leonica's phone began to ring. She placed their conversation on a hold briefly and answered the call after confirming it was from Doctor Bailey.

"Doxtor Bailey, Hello." "The greeted as soon as she pressed the phone against her ear.

he has an urgent matter at hand, but he asked

in the Alana's voice had Leonica rising to her feet and

To Deserve Her

second thoughts, Leonardo was confused, but during the drive, she had taken the initiative to explain the call to

the bad news was about?" He questioned as they get closer to the hospital, Currently, they like it hadn't moved for the past two hours, but in reality, they had only been there for five

stuck in a traffic

she corrected and waited for the traffic to free. At some point, she contemplated jumping out

after all, what was a

Fuck, she should have asked questions before hanging

reached for her right hand, giving it a gentle squeeze

his efforts, but she couldn't calm down. "I can't Leo. What if

something totally unrelated, Leonica, calm down, okay?" He said and squeezed her hand one

Quickly, she stepped on the breaks and drove the remaining mile to the hospital. She parked her car and rushed out, ignoring Leonardo's calls from behind, telling

signs of Doctor Bailey, but instead, she spotted Gabriel talking nearby with a hospital nurse

his conversation with the nurse and looked over his shoulder at her just as she reached him. Now beside him, Leonien quickly noticed signs of stubbles on his jaw and how disorganized

neck and the first two buttons of his shirt were

these little details weren't anything too bad, but were something that could be noticed if you

had said in the press conference and as a result, stocks and investments had dropped and he was now trying to handle it, Leonica couldn't help

hand, she quickly pushed those worries

question she was going to ask, he added. "But thankfully it's not related to

Gabriel equally became relaxed after watching her relax. Then from behind her, he caught sight of Leonardo approaching and narrowed his eyes to confusion Last be heard, Leonardo was off somewhere in the mountains, When did he come back? And why was he

man than him didn't sit well.

after feeling his eyes on her for quite some time. "Is something the

wanted to find out if you got the

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