That one eerie feeling, did, in fact not go away.That was the first and probably the only thing Leonica took notice of as she woke up.Staring at the ceiling, she once again tried to re*ssure herself, giving a short speech to herself. Telling her mind that she was only feeling this way because of the temporary happiness Owen provided to her life yesterday.Speaking of happiness, she thought, vividly recalling their date yesterday and how it had ended. She blushed and quickly hopped out of bed, hoping to distract herself from the heat rising to her cheek as she got about her daily routine.It was a Saturday morning, so thankfully, she didn't need to wake Ashley up for school. Leaving the child in bed and leaving Grace with the responsibility to prepare breakfast as usual, Leonica took a refreshing bath and got dressed in a comfortable work wear, intending of going into work today to finalize things with the entertainment sector of her company and make Owen an official employee of that
Resting against his car, outside of Romero Empire, Owen patiently tapped his feet while pressing his phone close to his ear.“The caller you’re trying to reach is currently out of service. Please try again another time.” The robotic voice rang into his ear for the umpteenth time.He pulled the phone away and ended the call, glancing up at the company empire in front of him with squinted eyes.It wasn’t like Leonica to be late to an appointment, talk less of having her phone switched off for ten minutes straight.Perhaps her battery ran flat and she’d running late in a meeting. He tried to *ssure himself.But no matter how much he tried to *ssure himself, he couldn’t ignore the feeling of worry bubbling in his chest.“This is odd.” He muttered and tried her number one last time. When it didn’t go through, he pocket the phone and matched into the building of Romero Empire.His eyes spotted the receptionist almost immediately and he walked up to her, tapping the pad of his index finger o
"So what you mean to tell me is that Ms. Leonica Romero was kidnapped by the CEO of C&D industries?" The man with a mustache, cloaked from head to toe in Norway's original police uniform, asked Owen as they stood in the security office.Owen narrowed his eyes, looking weirdly at the man in front of him. Had he honestly just asked that question after watching the footage he was just shown?"Yes." Owen muttered, biting his lower lip in order to not lose his patience with the man. "Are you not going to do anything?"The mustached officer looked at his partner. They both shared a look before he placed his hand on his waist holder."Sir, I'm sorry to have to inform you that, but there's nothing we can do." He said and Owen's brows twitched."Excuse me?" He said, a sharp edge to his tone."An official report has to be made and an investigation opened and only then will we be allowed to move forward. Until then, the most we can do is send a team to look for her.""So what? Leonica's gonna re
The gun had gone off, the sound loud and clear, resonating loudly against the murky walls of whatever house Stuart had trapped her in. Leonica clammed her eyes shut, expecting the pain to come sooner or later, but it never did and the only thing that hit her body was Owen’s body.She peeled her eyes open at the contact and blood drained from her face when she saw that the waist side of the white Hoodie Owen was wear was slowly turning crimson red.All at once, it clicked in her head. He had been shot!“O-owen?” She sputtered, holding onto him as panic took over her quicker than she could ever have imagined.“I-I’m fine.” He groaned when his hand touched where the bullet had hit.“No you’re not. You’re bleeding!” Leonica pointed out the obvious, from the corner of her eyes; she caught Stuart laughing and turned towards him with a harsh glare.“He’s bleeding.” He parroted in a funny manner, laughing even harder at his own joke.“You sick b*stard!” Leonica spat, labored breath p*ssing th
The gun had gone off, the sound loud and clear, resonating loudly against the murky walls of whatever house Stuart had trapped her in. Leonica clammed her eyes shut, expecting the pain to come sooner or later, but it never did and the only thing that hit her body was Owen’s body.She peeled her eyes open at the contact and blood drained from her face when she saw that the waist side of the white Hoodie Owen was wear was slowly turning crimson red.All at once, it clicked in her head. He had been shot!“O-owen?” She sputtered, holding onto him as panic took over her quicker than she could ever have imagined.“I-I’m fine.” He groaned when his hand touched where the bullet had hit.“No you’re not. You’re bleeding!” Leonica pointed out the obvious, from the corner of her eyes; she caught Stuart laughing and turned towards him with a harsh glare.“He’s bleeding.” He parroted in a funny manner, laughing even harder at his own joke.“You sick b*stard!” Leonica spat, labored breath p*ssing th
The days following the incident with Stuart had turned out more stressful than Leonica could have ever imagined. For one, she had to pay several visit to the prescient, laying complaints, answering questions and undergoing investigations. After that, she had to tally her matter with her parents and boy was that not easy.Despite how much Leonica had tried to re*ssure her parents, C*ssandra to be precise, that she was alright, she wasn't hurt or anything, the older woman still fussed over her. In a way, Leonica understood, seeing as something similar had happened, claiming a member of their family. So she decided not to put up much fight, and instead just allow her mother to worry over her.The other people she had to tally her matter with were Leonardo and Anastasia. Between her parents and them, Leonica wasn't sure which of them had worried more about her.When Leonardo found out about the entire thing, he was enraged, and although the anger wasn't directed at her, she had still fear
In light of Owen’s discharge from the hospital, Leonica and Ashley had arranged a short trip to a once in a century festival that way taking place in the heart of Oslo.Throughout the ride towards Owen’s place, Ashley was hyper, bouncing up and down in the back seat. As much as Leonica wanted to lecture him on seating still, she opted not to, letting the child have his way for now.It was sort of a compensation for the way her decisions had messed up his life.Speaking of decisions, she thought as she adjusted her mirror above, fixing it so that she could see Ashley from behind.“Ash,” She called out, looking away from the room in time to see the child looking back at her on the mirror. “You okay, buddy?” She asked. “About your dad and I’s decision?” She added.Just like before, when she had explained the entire situation to him, Ashley flashed her a big smile. “I’m fine, mommy.” He re*ssured. “I understand mommy and daddy can’t be together and that doesn’t bother me, as long as you b
The doorbell above Mega-Me jingled as Leonica and Anastasia walked out, small carton of cake in the latter’s hand.“You sure this is perfect?” Anastasia questioned, visibly worried about the cake she had chosen for her mother. Her worry went as far as making her taking yet another peak into the cake box. Although the beautiful pink cherry cake was eye catching and definitely delicious, she wasn’t too sure it was her mother’s type.Bethany, her mother, was a bit, no, overly picky when it came to cakes.From beside her, Leonica sighed. “Anastasia, the cake’s fine. I know Bethany, she’s gonna love it.” She tried to re*ssure.But Anastasia just wasn’t buying it. She was about to take yet another worried look into the cake box and probably contemplate going back into Megan’s shop to swap the cake, or just ditch the cake idea in whole, when a familiar voice sounded out from in front of her.“Anastasia?”She raised her gaze from the cake box, a scowl appearing on her face when she saw that i