"Yeah. I'm going into the office." She said, an idea suddenly popping into her head as she spoke. She hesitated, but after a second long pep talk, she spat it out. "Wanna meet us and grab some breakfast?" "Breakfast?" She nodded her head, knowing fully well that he couldn't see her.

"Yeah." As she waited for his answer, she bit down on her lower lip and tapped her finger on her thigh.

"Mhm, that sounds like a great plan." He responded, and just like that, she felt the air in her lungs return. "Would it be okay for me to pick you up from the office?"

"Yeah, yeah that can work."

"Alright. Two hours, would that be okay?"

"Yes, that would be perfect."

"Alright. Leonica whispered and cut the call, looking at the screen and sighing.

"What are you doing?" She asked herself, her brows furrowing and her finger pressing against her temple.

She was doing it again, letting a man into her life. But then again, Owen wasn't just any man.

She knew him.

He wasn't Gabriel, he was different, and she wasn't going to let her past experiences dictate her life.

"Letting yourself go, is a good thing." She reminded herself, looking at her reflection. "You can't live forever, afraid of being hurt. That's no way to live. If you keep doing that, you're gonna lose people. People that matter."

She shook her head and turned away from the mirror, heading downstairs for breakfast, which she didn't intend to stay long for.

"Good morning, Ms. Romero." Grace greeted and placed a plate in front of her, a cup of freshly brewed tea beside it.

"Good morning." She replied, picking up the cup and taking a sip, the warm liquid instantly warming her.

As she ate, her phone buzzed again. She picked it up and groaned when seeing it was a message from Kennedy.

She opened it.

[Ms Romero, there's a problem]

narrowed the message and she placed her cup down,

1, using both hands to type a response.

[What is it, Kennedy?

before Kennedy replied. [Earlier this week, you had requested 1 do a background check on

up by the eerie feeling

replied after the rest of Kennedy's words had taken

few seconds went by. A minute, two minutes and yet

texted again, growing slightly

Kennedy couldn't bring himself to

and it wasn't as bad as

growing more and

She instructed as she stood up, grabbed her keys and headed for the doormat, slipping on her heels and rushing out

ma'am." Grace

didn't hear her, her mind too focused on the fact that Kennedy still hasn't replied and the fear was starting to become

there was yet to be a reply and Kennedy

narrowed her eyes and instead of going straight

"Good morning Ms. Romero."

help me find out if Rennedy's arrived

into her computer. "According to the security system, he came in an

Leonica was looking around, her phone buzzed. It was a message from Kennedy. [Ms. Romero, I won't be able to come to work today. I'm sick, I apologize.] Leonica's eyes narrowed and as she read the message over r

few feet away, his gaze hard and cold

of eyes

pulling her attention away from him and onto the

saw Stuart walk away, his steps slow and steady as

Is everything okay?"

Stuart had walked off in, and then back at the

few matters to take care of, inform me if you

told her that

hurried off

before he walked off.

on his lips b Her eyes twitched at his action. For a few seconds, she remained rooted in her spot,

ignored them

after him, the more

anxiety y rose and the faster her

storage room, a place Leonica never liked visiting, the door was open, the light

deep breath,

a large room, boxes upon boxes of files stacked

of place not even Stuart

hadn't hallucinated the

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