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?"

and he watched, in silence, as she stared into the darknight, the light

couldn't help but think, but just as quickly, he shook the thought away,

the point that every single day, you feared it was going to be

he instantly became lost in

Romero Empire mine, permanently." She concluded with a confident smile on

then, Gabriel could tell that what she had just said was

he could read her like a book and

She was insecure.

what, was

you afraid?"

question out before he even knew

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

eyes not

and prove him wrong, but then

she was never going to admit

said in a nonchalant tone, turning back to rest her elbows against the railing, whereas he watched her. "There's n to

realizing how her words sounded more like words of reassurance rather than words that she already law, she did this because of her

she insecure about?

were definitely out of the question, so what was it that

ust stared at her

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. I by the balcony

at Cronica, be

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

never possible for them

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it all to well because during his

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

mother had been glad. They treated the boy like he most delicately was going to the

the sam way. That was just how much his unrequited love at that time had made him jealous. joom as Lesnica rxboyfriend, fall with

thought that getting girlfriend of his own would erase

but even

day, his girlfriend had broken up with him after saying

claims at that moment as even he knew

had gone home that day and sat outside, his mother joining him later, after realizing

him and had told him, "just wait and ser.

them and return

held onto the hope that one day, Leonica would realize his feelings, atrept And by the grace of God, things had turned out exactly

of a surprise seeing as Leomica shume

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

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