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 into the darknight, the light of the

as quickly, he shook

to be taken away from you and then you realized that, you had to do something to prevent

he instantly became

the only way to achieve it. To make Romero Empire mine, permanently." She

that what she had just said was an utter

as she had tried to school her expression this time around, he could read her like a book and he knew that the

She was insecure.

what, was the big

you

the question out before he even knew

second, her eyes grew wide,

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

actions and prove him wrong, but then closed shut,

she was never going

rest her elbows against the railing, whereas he watched her. "There's n to

reassurance rather than words that she already law, she did this because

she insecure about? Her

question, so what

ust stared at her

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

at Cronica, be

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

never possible for them

Your

Hostility Caused

an unrequited love, Owen knew it all to well because during his second year of high school,

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

and even his own mother had been glad. They treated the boy like he most delicately was

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 made him jealous. joom as Lesnica rxboyfriend, fall

sateen years old, he thought that getting girlfriend of his

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

one day, his girlfriend had broken up with him after

at that moment as even he knew that was

his mother joining him later, after realizing

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

and return

words were exactly what had kept him going. He had held onto the hope that one day, Leonica would realize his feelings, atrept And by the grace of God, things had turned out

of a surprise seeing as Leomica shume brightly, attracting lots of

yet, seeing it happen, witnessing the way Gabriel's gaze had shifted from one of curiosity, to that of longing, had a feeling

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