But much to his surprise, she placed her drink down and suddenly opened her arms, beckoning him in for a hug, which of course, be accepted. congratulations Leon," He whispered as they hugged

Leonica smiled, "Thank you, Mel"

He waved her goodbye as they separated and Leuciica, well she tried finding Owen, her dearest fiancé. And she did find him, only that he was swarmed by fans and potential investors, which surprised Leonica, seeing as this was an inauguration party, not a meet and greet.

When he spotted her through the small crowd, she pointed towards the balcony and mouthed; take your time, I'll wait for you, and then made a beeline for the balrany

It was a chilly evening, but the wind that blew in the atmosphere was cool, relaxing

Leaning against the railing, Leonica took a deep breath, filling her lungs with the cold evening air before slowly exhaling

Tonight was a night to remember.

And she had done exactly that.

She couldn't wait until Monday came, because then, she would officially be the President of Romero Empire.

Returning to her busy world and leaving her idle one behind was something she had dreamt of for the past week

Exhaling once more, she heard the sound of footsteps behind her and was more than sure that Owen was finally joining her. Planning on teasing him a bit, she turned around, only to be surprised to find Gabriel standing close. le was

"What... What are you doing here?" Leonica asked. She couldn't really hate herself for stammering, seeing as she had been caught off guard by how close he standing

"I saw you walking in here and wanted to congratulate you, on becoming the new president." He said softly, but the baritone of his voice was louder than ever dur

to the close proximity

Leonica realized this and stepped back quickly distancing herself "Well there isn't really any need for that," She smiled "but thank you"

Gubnel nodded and stepped beside her, leaning his elbows on the railing as he stared into the darkness of the night.

Very much like his life, he bitterly thought, but quickly pushed the thought to the backot his mind, choosing instead to have a conversation with Lepnica.

So, now that you're back in the company, what do you plan on doing?"

"Restructuring, "Came her answer as she too leaned against the railing "Nothing too elaborate of course. Perhaps change a few miles, weed out a tew investors an open new secrets now that I'm the owner"

Gabriel nodded to her words. "And your brother, Melvin? What's going to happen to him?"

Leonica shrugged. "I'm not sure. Why'd you ask?"

Gabriell was silent for a few seconds before answering. "I couldn't help but notice how trendly you are towards him. He wasn't really an opponent to begin with now was be?

"Not at all. Leonica honestly answered. "Now that I think about it, I could have easily gotten the company back without doing something this elaborate Gabel's brown creased and he tumed to look at her. "Then why did you do it?"

as she stared

think, but just as quickly, he shook the thought away, and focused

the point that every single day, you feared it was going to be taken away from you and then you realized that, you had to do

when she glanced at Gabriel, he instantly became

way to achieve it. To make Romero Empire mine,

what she had just

to school her expression this time around, he could read her like a book and he knew that the answer to

She was insecure.

what, was

you

out before he even knew

caught her off guard and for a split second, her eyes grew wide, a sign of surprise, before her

stated, his eyes not leaving hers. "Aren't

mouth gaped open, ready to defend her actions and prove him

she was never going to

rest her elbows against the railing, whereas he watched her. "There's n to be scared for. Nat Melvin,

thought, realizing how her words sounded more like words of reassurance rather

she insecure about? Her

the question,

ust stared at her

had so many questions t to ask, but decided against them and just To passerbys, his gaze looked like one filled with curiosity and wonder, but to Owen who stood by th could tell the type of gaze he had fixed on Leonica.

at Cronica, be

woman he slowly found himself falling in love with, even though he knew it was new It was the gaze of

never possible for them

Your Surprise

Caused By

Owen knew it all to well because

hos unrequited love towards Leonica when she bought home some tanned skin looking guy, claiming he was her boyfriend sily, but he

mother had been glad. They treated the boy like he

first time Owen had ever been hostile towards anyone. He refused to be in the sam way. That was just how much his unrequited love at that time had

with the belief of a sateen years old, he thought

her boyfriend, but even then, his feelings didn't disappear and seeing Leanica with. that pretty boyfriend of hers

had broken up with him after saying these words, "It's clear that you love

denying her claims at that moment as even he knew that was

that day and sat outside, his mother joining him later, after realizing the tumoil he was

and had told him, "just wait and ser. You might end up

and

the grace of God, things had turned out exactly like that. But there was only one problem, Gabriel nyce, the person who was now on the other end, experiencing the unrequited love honer

Leomica shume brightly,

the way Gabriel's gaze had shifted from one of curiosity, to that of longing, had a feeling of

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