There was a knock on Gabriel's office door, momentarily distracting him from the paperwork on his table.

"Enter," He called. The door was pushed open and Billy, poked his head through the crack.

"Sir, sorry for the interruption, but I've got something urgent for you."

Gabriel glanced at the papers in his hands, before nodding. "Come in."

Billy did just that and shut the door behind him. Walking towards the male's desk, he placed a white envelope on the table.

"A while ago you asked me to look Into the individual whom had been digging into the Romero family's past," He stopped, waiting for his boss's reaction before continuing.

Gabriel, picked the envelope and opened it, pulling out the contents and his brows arched the moment his eyes landed on the picture in his hand.

"Who is he?" He asked, looking up at Billy.

"His name is Jamil Vanadas," Billy explained. "He's the current CEO of Herox Media and owns several branches and subsidiaries in the Middle East of Mexico and further investigation showed that he and Ms. Romero were quite...close in high school." Gabriel narrowed his eyes. "Close? As in best friends?"

Hesitantly, Billy shook his head. "Not exactly, but they were more than just friends, they were...well, lovers."

"Lovers?" Gabriel asked calmly, but the look in his eyes was anything but calm.

"Yes. And," The assistant quickly scrambled to change the subject before the air became any more tense. "It is suspected that Mr. Jamil is the mastermind behind the recent events."

"How is that?" Gabriel questioned, finally tearing his eyes off the photo in his hand and looking at Billy.

"Like I said earlier, Herox Media owns many subsidiaries, which includes media, a few of the news articles published recently, were all published under IP addresses linked to the company."

"Hmm," Gabriel hummed as he placed the papers down. "Good job Billy. Please tell me when you have more information."

"Of course sir," The man bowed, but before he could leave the office, Gabriel asked.

"And Doctor Bailey? Have you been keeping an eye on him?"

"Of course, Sir, I've kept an eye on him as you requested."

"Good. Be sure to inform me if he tries to reach across to Leonica."

Billy hesitated in answering. He for one, wasn't a huge fan of keeping tabs on strangers phone calls, but at this point, with Gabriel's recently weirdly developed attitude, it was clear to him that his obedience was the only thing keeping his job intact. One wrong move and he could say goodbye to his cushy job and hello unemployment.

So he simply nodded his head.

"Yes sir."

Even though Leonica had been aware that something of sort was going to happen, she found handling the press's constant interview invites, media's unrelenting probing in her life and everyday watchful eyes, more annoying than she had thought. If anything, she could tell her father was having it the worst, not knowing how much his family and family name would be affected after this whole thing was over.

letters, some from the shareholders of his other businesses, some from the employees, and others from

not once did he show how affected he was, because his

quiet, keeping everything

Leonica cared, she had other things to think of, namely the press conference she was currently getting ready for. "Here madam, this

as the lady finished the final touches to her hair. The

it shined and her makeup was just as

was a plus for

artists which had

madam. It was an honor to do your

smile. "Please, the honor is

knock was heard at the door and Kennedy, who

starts in

"Understood, thank you, Kennedy."

at the mirror one last time, before

offered as Leonica walked towards the door. "You're going to do

a soft smile as

conference Hall was buzzing with reporters

took a deep breath, steadying herself,

thank you all for

voice, the room became dead

grow, before continuing. "As you may already know, I'm here to speak on the behalf of my family, to clear up as many things as

indeed, the

murmurs, but Leonica paid them no mind. She kept her mind straight, sticking to the script she had taken

Rosewood was

but that's not to say that we won't welcome her into our family. In fact, as I speak, she's already settled into our family's home. We're

all, isn't it hard to accept the sudden appearance of a stranger?" Leonica chuckled and shook her head. "To us, she isn't a

didn't know this and they happily gobbled up

gone by when another reporter rose her hand. "How is the

first, but she too, is warming up to Irene and

of murmurs followed and a few more questions were

her watch and realized it was time to wrap

said this

the conference began,

wondering what exactly happened? Did Mr. Romero

moment Florence finished, the room was filled with a deafening silence. Everyone's eyes were glued to Leonica,

of everything she had planned for, Florence

ulterior motive for being so accepting of your father's

by chance, have a grudge against the Romero family? Or, are you perhaps trying to impose something?" Now all eyes were on Florence. The female was taken aback, not expecting her questions to be turned back at her, and

head. "Of course not, I'm just doing my job as a reporter and making sure that Ms. Irene's story

deserves, so, please respect the Romero

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