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President."

"Leonica," Benjamin called, pulling her attention towards him. "I am not asking you to leave, I'm just requesting that you step down from your position, and let your brother run the company. If you still want to remain in the company, then you can have the position of Vice Leonardo's role, how ironic!

Leonica without second thought was about to turn the offer down when Melvin beat her to the punch.

"I don't think that would be possible, dad." All head turned towards him. Wearing his usual graceful smile, Melvin added. "I'd like uncle Rodrigo to have that position, seeing as he is my benefactor."

And that about broke the Camel's back. With one swift movement, Leonica was up on her feet while the chair she had been seating on, crashed to the floor. "This is absurd and I refuse to seat here any longer and listen to it."

Without giving her parents a chance to react, Leonica swiftly stormed out of the room, leaving her parents and Melvin in the garden.

Leonica was beyond fuming at this point. As she drove to her apartment, her grip on the steering wheel was so tight that her knuckles had begun turning white.

Just the audacity of her brother and her father, had her seeing red.

She had proven herself worthy in other to become the CEO and even worked her butt off to maintain that seat. In a matter of five months since she bad returned, her hard work had skyrocketed Romero Empire, bringing it out of the doldrums Rodrigo had sank it into, and now, all because of Melvin, she was being kicked out.

Just thinking about it gave her a splitting headache. And just as if the universe decided to pardon her, a call came in and much to her delight, it was from Owen.

With a flick of a button, she answered the call and immediately Owen's voice flowed through the speakers.

"luce mia, how have you been?"

"Not well." Leonica answered honestly, trying her best to not let her emotions slip.

"How so?"

She hesitated before answering. "...Dad's giving the company to Melvin."

"Well that's unexpected."

"Yeah, and he wants me to step down from my position as CEO and be vice president instead. But plot twist, Melvin wants me to hand the VP role to Rodrigo." "Rodrigo?"

"My scheming Uncle. I'm sure he's behind all this." She sneered. "And for that reason I can't let the company fall into Melvin's hand. I'll do whatever it takes to keep it out of his hand, even if it means returning it to its previous state."

The other end of the line was silent for a bit as Owen choose his next words carefully before asking. "You can't, or won't?"

"What?"

Leonica heard Owen sigh, followed by the sound of papers being flipped closed. She assumed he had been rehearsing some of his lines when he decided to call her.

"I'm not against you, luce mia, you know that. I will stand by whatever decision you make, and support you, but, are you certain about your choice?"

"What do you mean?"

"You love the company, right?"

"Yes,"

"Then are you certain about your choice, or is this anger and the fear of losing what you love talking?"

Owen's words struck her like a knife, forcing her to think back to the events that had occurred back in the mansion.

Was she really ready to let the company she had saved from destruction go, or was she merely making a decision because of anger and fear?

"Leonica,"

Owen calling her name snapped her back to reality and she was quick to respond.

"I can't let the company go Owen, it's one of the only reason why I am who I am."

"No, no, no, there's so much more in you than the CEO of Romero empire." He countered. "And you should know that, if anything, that should be what drives you, so, don't worry yourself, because one way or another, you'd find a way to fix this and I'll be beside you every step of the way."

Leonica couldn't help the small smile that graced her face, and a tingle in her heart.

"Thank you Owen."

"Anytime Luce Mia." She could almost hear the smile in his voice. "Now, as much as I'd love to continue hearing your voice, I have a role to rehearse."

"Right, I apologize for taking up your precious time." Leonica playfully said.

"It's alright, but if you wish to apologize, then how about Lunch in your office tomorrow?"

Leonica smiled, knowing full well that was Owen's way of asking her out on a date even during their busy schedules. "Alright. It's a

date."

"Then I'll see you then. Bye luce mia."

"Bye."

When the line went dead, Leonica finally allowed herself to breath.

hadn't even realized she was holding

with the problem. She has faced troubles far more tedious than this and

straight to her

did.

day after tomorrow on her bedside calendar, giving herself a hand made reminder that

she grabbed her tablet off her nightstand

to the office, Leonica was glad to note

the thought that she had a lunch date with Owen today, Leonica could not tell, but

her smile dropped

notice her and a

are you doing here?" She demanded as she

tone, choosing to smile and

"What the hell

I'll soon be running would be more welcoming. Then again, I guess we both have

She hissed, not caring if

and when Leonica didn't say anything, he continued. "'Starting now, you my lovely sister, have 48 hours to vacate your position, else it would be forcefully stripped from you." New

was near about to smack the smile off Melvin's face when she

change the moment she turned around and spotted

food.

notice the shift in her character. His eyes gravitated from

she have a soft spot for this blondie? He thought, resisting the urge to tilt his head

what are you doing here?" Partially forgetting her brother's presence, Leonica sauntered

her. When she followed his line of sight - once again recalling that she had been dealing with Melvin- she groaned. "Hyung, nice to see you again." Owen tasted the water even though he knew Melvin wouldn't recognize him. Heck, even Leonica who had spent hours with him back in the days barely remembered him, so there was absolutely no guarantee that Melvin would. As

his arm a light squeeze and when he briefly glanced down at her, he could tell by her eyes that she didn't

question. If that's what she wanted, then so be

of Leonica's." His alternate answer

He mused, once again gauging his sister's reaction around the male

can leave." Leonica fixed him with a cold gaze, drawing his attention

down when he was near Owen. "It was nice meeting you, Owen.

encounters, yeah, he wishes, Leonica thought as she watched

wrong time?" Owen's voice

faintly smiled upon seeing

head, she took a portion of the

a glance behind him almost as if trying to see if Melvin had truly left. "Hyung's changed."

first time since, well since a day before yesterday, she found herself trying to remember how

she gave up and Shrugged.

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outside, he was once again picked up by the same black car

inform him of the development. To say Rodrigo was pleased would be an understatement, but all the excitement and fuss seemed to die down when Melvin informed him that it's the Vice

isn't what we agreed on." His voices his

"I know it wasn't, but Leonica seemed suspicious of me. She was more than

surprise. "I did no such thing. This is simply you taking back what belongs to you, all the while fixing the wrong your

had fired him for having someone tail her and spread that Video at

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rumor that

could say it was thanks to the reliable men

Melvin's perspective, with all the data he

guileful sister had played the clever card. She dealt with such

didn't. "But we don't want to overdo things, now do we? I promise to elevate your status further once we have the company in

this was more than enough to pacify Rodrigo's anger. For the moment

of Owen he had fetched after having silently hacked into the company's CCTV feeds. Humming in thought for

reason at all, I just ran

they going to prove to

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"No one's a

course!" Melvin could practically hear the grin in his voice. "Good job, once

call you during spare time." Ending the call, he placed his phone down and focused on Owen's picture, actually now finding the male's face familiar the

then thinking back to the way he

a cruel one, charming yet another wrecking ball."

the tablet, he looked at another profile - a smaller profile -

a spoonful of custard pudding in her

with his temple proper against his knuckle while his elbow rested on the couch top, Owen watched, his lover, a slight smile on his lips. Only after a while did she notice his stare. But unlike in the past, she

felt his tongue touch the flesh of her cheek and lap up what she assumed was crumbs of her pudding. "Delicious." Owen offered her an innocent smile which expanded

Cute.

find this funny?" Leonica questioned, getting ready to pounce on

held her index finger, which

threat did little to nothing when it came to scaring Owen. She only realized this when his grin seem to grow rather than seize and just when she tried to flee, his hand caught her waist and jerked her forward, causing her to lean

return to her heart and this time around, it had her heart beating wildly, making her cheeks flush red like a damn high school girl who was about to get a

it and silently groaned when the door to her office suddenly flew open and Leonardo

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affairs separate?" He asked, turning the other way as if he wished to forget what he had just seen. "And what happened to knocking." Came Leonica's challenging response as she slid off Owen's lap,

my fault... can I turn around?" He

gathering what he had Leonica had used to

behavior. "Not after you just tried