Standing outside with Owen's jacket around her shoulder, Leonica sighed out and watched her breath turn visible before it disappeared.

Today had turned out to be much of a success than she had imagined.

She chuckled, To think all her fears was all for nothing.

The feeling of her phone vibrating pulled her away from her thought. She reached the the device in her purse, a thin smile finding it's way onto her lips when she saw it was a message from Gabriel. [Hey, how are you?]

It read.

[I'm fine. Is something the matter?] She replied, waiting only a second for his reply.

[Not at all, just wanted to check up on you. How's your ankle doing?]

Leonica stared at his message for a few seconds and could chuckle. Memory loss sure did a number on him.

The Gabriel she was used to didn't even care when he abandoned her on the road on the day of his grandmother's funeral, but now here he was, asking how her sprained ankle was doing.

Delightful. She could get used to something like this. But not to used too it, after all, she still had to put some distance between both of them, else he'd misunderstand the situation. And that she didn't want. [My Ankle's doing fine, thank you for asking.] She typed her reply and sent it, watching as yet another of his reply came back seconds later.

[That's nice. I have work to get back to, I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening.]

She sure would, Leonica thought as she heard the footsteps of Owen approaching.

She shoved her phone into her purse, making a mental note to try and improve the relationship between she and Gabriel as could parents, since he was making several efforts to be a better person. "Done?" She asked as Owen pecked her cheek and took her hand.

"Yes, I've left the message for my father." Owen replied earning a nod from Leonica.

For a few seconds, they both fell into a comfortable silence, walking side by side.

"Well that was a success." Leonica mused, breaking the silence. "A major one, I might add."

Owen hummed, not quite sure what else to say.

His father's approval was something he had always looked forward to getting from the man and now that he had gotten it, he wasn't quite sure how to feel.

Where was excitement that he always imagined? Happiness? Relief?

All those emotions were nowhere to be found, and in their place, was a heavy weight, a sense of disappointment that Owen couldn't understand.

"Owen?" Leonica stared at him with concerned eyes. "Are you okay?"

He was. Of course he was, he just couldn't seem to sort out his feelings towards his father.

He didn't hate the man, but he didn't love him either way.

"I am," He answered, smiling reassuringly at his Fiancée. "Just thinking."

face as if to pick up the slightest change

looked forward to

a glance at Leonica as he said, "It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders, but I don't

deep down, you've already known he'll approve." She answered and Owen glanced at her for a moment, seeing the

a small smile gracing his lips. Yeah, that was a

fingers. "I'm gonna be here with you all the way, so we take our time figuring

echoed and pulled away from the drive way, driving his way back to

just return home, luce mia." He looked over at Leonica and

Owen? I'm already stuffed from all the food Philip your maids

hummed in thought.

was about to speak up, her eyes caught the car

a while, she thought with a frown. Ever since the intersection and

Leonica's mind shifted to Jamil, recalling the spy he had put on her. She should have suspected something from the very start, seeing as he had been quiet for the past few days. "Hey Owen," She called the male's attention just as she looked away from the mirror, not wanting to alert. "Slow down a bit,

he was told. "Did I go to fast? Are you feeling nauseous?" He asked, but his question fell on deaf ears and Leonica was to busy watching the car

in relief when

He asked in

any more unnecessary worry. After all, the person

asked, the eagerness in his

"Yeah, let's go."

~~

herself enjoying the show at the theater more than she had imagined. By the closing scene, she had long forgotten her thought about

curtain's closed and the

officially over,

their hands, along with

a standing et

given for the

who had given a great

onto Owen's arm

her expression. "I only offer my wife the best." He

of yourself, lover boy." She

face, their lips mere inches away as he

before she could even retort, Owen pecked

shall we?" He pulled open the

the sound of a car engine turning on and for

wrong, luce mia?" She shook her head at Owen's question and slipped into the

She lied, knowing

"Let's get you home."

but didn't look away, keeping her gaze fixated on the

a similar looking car from earlier, appeared

Leonica called, her voice sounding more serious that it previously did.

looked at her weirdly but did as

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