And just like that, the line went dead, leaving Leonica for a bit, to ponder over her mother's sudden call, before abandoning her task with the tablet in a bid to attend to her parents. 'I'll simply check it once I get home. She told herself as she walked downstairs, instructed Grace to take Ashley to school and kissed the child goodbye.

On her way to the family mansion, she pondered her mother's weird behavior and only one answer came to mind.

Melvin.

She increased the speed of her car, silently hoping that wasn't the case.

When she arrived at the family house, as usual, she was greeted by Alan, the family butler.

"Good morning, young Madame."

"Morning Alan. Where are my parents?"

"They are in the garden." Alan inform and with certainly, Leonica now knew that something was off.

Making her way there, her suspicions of something being off were confirmed when she saw her lovely mother, supporting father and seated in the middle of them, Melvin.

"You, what are you doing here." She matched forward, ready to pry him from the midst of HER parents, but much to her surprise, her father stood and gently blocked her path. "Leonica," He began in the serious tone that Leonica very much hated. "Your bother... Melvin, has told us about everything. Including the conversation you both had yesterday and I think this would be the perfect opportunity to straighten things out. So seat, let's all have a talk." Step Down Form Being CEO.

Leonica narrowed her eyes at her father's words. He wanted them to have a talk? In this situation?

silence from her father and a pleading gaze from her mother, she glanced between the two and scoffed. "Don't tell me you honestly believe he's the same Melvin we knew?" "He's your brother, Leonica." Benjamin insisted

"He's with Rodrigo the very same person who tried to take your

saved your brother." Her father countered, confusing Leonica

with Melvin, but never for once had it occurred to her that he might

enough to convey her confusion to

condemn your brother, have

into a once

busy focused on his sudden return?

one look at her parents revealed that they

the Villain.

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and without waiting for a reply, moved

she was

looking in Melvin's way. Much

a free chair, far from where he sat and Leonica

mention male, almost as if asking for his permission before he continued. "Apparently the fire that burnt down the school years ago had started from his room. He managed to escape, but the aftermaths resulted in a coma that lasted for years. During that time,

the one who had found and nursed Melvin back to health and all

to therapy, which he had only recently cleared and decided to come back home. So Leonica, don't be

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