The first thing Leonica noticed as she walked towards the entrance of her Villa, was dropping temperature at night as winter was quickly approaching.

The second thing being Arvan's serious face as she stood in front of him, hands tucked into the pocket of the over coat Grace had insisted she wore before stepping out.

"You sure chose to best time to show up," She joked, taking note of how her breath seemed to take a misty form before disappearing. "What is it you need, Arvan?"

"I wanted to drop this off," Reaching into the pocket of his coat, Arvan pulled out a small brown envelope and handed it to her. "It's the final document to reinstate the cooperation between our companies."

"That's quite thoughtful of you," Leonica said as she examined the envelope. "But, is that really the only thing you came all the way to my house for, Arvan?"

The man stared at her, as If he was contemplating whether to speak his mind or not.

"I saw the articles, Leonica," He said at last, watching as she slowly nodded her head, silently mouthing the word 'Oh'.

"Surprised, weren't you?" Leonica chuckled. "Who would have thought your ex wife would turn out to be my half sister."

Now that she said it out loud, it sounded more ironic to her. Her life really sounded like a yarn ball, constantly unraveling with something new.

"Leonica," Arvan called out softly, drawing her attention away from her thoughts and for the first time since knowing him, Leonica saw Arvan looking truly hesitant. "I know this might be bad timing considering all that's going on around you, but I just want you to know, my feelings for you, wasn't prompted because of the resemblance between you and Irene. You two may look alike, but I learnt that you're completely different persons and-"

"Arvan," Leonica cut him off, smiling at how he had rambled on. "You've explained this before, haven't you?" She reminded, stepping forward and taking his hands on hers to assure him that she truly understood. "It never really bothered me."

"So you were okay with the fact that I might have fallen in love with you because of your sister's face?"

"But you didn't," Leonica flashed him a smile that damn nearly had his heart jumping out of his chest. "And from the looks of it, those sweet feelings are gone now, aren't they?" She gently shook his hand, waiting for his answer.

Of course they weren't. He couldn't just erase the feelings he had for her in three months.

He was more fond of her than he was of that one gold fish he had back in college, and even that took him almost a year to get over when his girlfriend took it after their breakup.

tell her that. As much as he wishes his feelings would be reciprocated and that he'd be the one beside her rather than that blondie idol, he cherished

Leonica felt a sense of relief. She had feared than when Arvan spoke about

In fact, she felt more at ease around

and quietly

a soft squeeze on his shoulder,

that with time, his feelings

Stepping back, she held up the envelope that he had given her. "I'll have this processed by Monday, so

a

But the moment she turned

"Leonica?"

Arvan, offering him a smile. "Good

"Good night,"

trying to spot the movement she had seen, but it was

she thought as she slipped into her house, shrugged off her coat and made

her to pull up the footage for she and Arvan

She whispered in surprise, pressing the rewind button, going frame by

outfit, their face concealed by a mask, and holding what

sick bastard," She concluded, chuckling darkly

sent a spy to

was one way to keep tabs on her, a move every enemy needed against

to think I'd have something for him to use against me."

know, something to truly flush out his

exactly could that be. She wasn't sure what his true goal was yet, so throwing

it took was a few solid minutes of thinking before she came up with a side plan, adding it

Irene and Jamil had a plan, then all Leonica needed was to find a way to get under their skin and drive a wedge between the two, that way, their plan would

what better way to do it that using the

She mused, standing up and walking back

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