The next day, Benjamin was surprised to see Leonica at the family Vila, holding the paper he had made Melvin deliver to her a day before.“Leonica?”“I’ll step down.” She handed him the paper and when he collected it and took a glance at it, he was surprised to see that she had already signed it.Masking his surprise, Benjamin cleared his throat. “You made the right decision.” Shoving the paper into the drawer of his study desk, he added. “I’m glad to see you finally came around.”Leonica’s expression was unreadable, her face blank, void of any emotions. “Yes, I am glad as well.”“As for the position you’d now be occupying in the company-““That won’t be necessary.” Came Leonica’s interruption with a cool smile on her lips. “I won’t be occupying any position.”Benjamin was confused by her words. “Why is that? Have you finally decided to settle down? Focus more on building your family?”Leonica involuntarily laughed. “Quite the opposite.” Before her father had the chance to decrypt her
The name Tyche- goddess of wealth- Smith was a name well known in the business industry. As far as Rodrigo had heard, she was a self made billionaire who had single handedly risen her fortunate to the top, yet till this day, she remained anonymous, only contacting those that she dimmed fit to be business partners.Which was why when Rodrigo got a call from a person claiming to be her, he was beyond excited, not caring that the time was a little bit too late for a business call."A business proposal you say?" He repeated her words, discarding the game of chess he had been playing with himself- making strategies for his latest plan- and walking to stand by the vast window that took up one third of the wall space in his study."Yes," Came the answer from the other end. "You see, as of late, I've been wanting to expand into certain territory. Grow my fortune far more than I have built it up to be." There was a pause as his caller allowed her words sink in. "By that, I mean, I wish to buy
Gabriel wasn't sure whether he was meant to be worried over the fact that Leonica had come to him for help? Or disappointment over the fact that she had only approached him with her benefit in mind?"You need my help? Care to elaborate?" He asked and Leonica readied herself to give the shortest and vaguest explanation she could come up with."A few days ago, I stepped down from being president of Romero Empire." Gabriel arched a brow. Well this was news to him. "Well, more correctly, it was taken from me?""Taken? By who?"Ah, now this was the question she didn't want to answer. Explaining her family history to someone who she didn't even dim as an acquaintance and only needed him for his cooperation, wasn't really her cup of tea.Seeing the look of hesitance that flashed across her face for a second, Gabriel was quick to understand that she didn't want to answer that question.He cleared his throat, steering into a new question. "So how does all this involve you needing my help?"Leo
The look of relief on Gabriel's face told Leonica all she needed to know.He was indeed happy, so happy that a subtle smile graced his lips, this in turn, had Leonica questioning internally, if her forgiveness was worth more than millions.Was he feeling that guilty about all the things he had done? Even though he didn't remember them all?Was he really the same Gabriel that suddenly began maltreating her? Or was he forever going to remain this Gabriel, the version of himself who her younger self had fallen in love with?Shaking her head, she dismissed the thought. She didn't need to think of things like that, not right now."Now that we've settled that," Leonica started. "About the contract,""I'll call my lawyers," Gabriel said, pulling his phone out and making a call to his lawyer's office.Leonica watched him as he spoke, and couldn't help but notice the softness in his tone and the relaxed stance his body held.It was a sight that was long forgotten as it had been a distant time
"It's just one dinner, how bad can it be."Stepping into the rather grand dinning Hall with it's tables full of foods, Leonica had to mentally face palm herself for being too naive and underestimating the level of her own curiosity.If there was ever a phrase that was able to describe how bad the dinner was going, it would be the saying 'the calm before the storm'.Leonica had to admit, she had seen her fair share of dinners- thanks to her parents and grandparents, but this one was a whole new level.The silence, the tension and the occasional awkwardness that followed after each time, one of them picked up their cutleries and made a small clanking noise was almost unbearable.She could have sworn that at some point, the tension between Owen and his father could be cut with a knife.And then there was her, the unwanted guest.She felt as if she didn't belong there and that feeling only increased when Owen's father, Taehyun, turned to his long time friend and business partners, who he
Just a few days ago, Romero Empire had a net worth of over ten billion, today, after so many investors have withdrawn their investment, it merely graced 3 billion dollars.So, looking at the figure in front of him, with that in mind, Melvin felt like a rock had just suddenly been dumped on his head.1.92 Billion dollars wasn't money to be played about with and the painful fact is that there was no way they could avoid this case as long as it was Gabriel Bryce filling for a suit."How the hell did this come about?" He questioned Kennedy, waiting impatiently for the *ssistant to give his response.His response however, came in the form of a paper. "Mr. Bryce's lawyer brought this along." He explained as he placed it down on the table in front of Melvin.Melvin, took one look at the content and less than a minute later, disappointment washed over him."What? What does it say?" Rodrigo asked as he inched forward, wanting to confirm that the company wasn't going into such a huge problem be
Leonica sat in the out door garden of her house, sipping on a cup of juice as she watched her second phone, waiting for the moment that it would ring.And it did.Smiling as she saw Rodrigo’s name flashing across the screen of her second phone, knowing fully well that her actions up until now had caught up to him and he was now buckling under pressure, she tuned on her Romania dialect and answered the phone.“Hello, Mrs. Smith I apologize for calling abruptly, but I just wanted to find out, does you offer still stand?”“Its alright Mr. Rodrigo, I was expecting your call. And yes, the offer still stands.”“Perfect,” Rodrigo said and Leonica could almost gear the sh*tty grin in his voice.Unfortunately for him, he won’t be smiling this exact was in a week’s time. So he best enjoy it while it lasts.“But we’ll have to make a few touches to everything.” He added, earning an arched brow from Leonica even though she was aware that he couldn’t see her.“Like?”“I still want power in the comp
“What are you doing?”The sound of Melvin’s voice from behind pulled her out of her little self indulgence. However, she did not rush to place the papers back, nor lock the vault.Instead, she did things at her own pace, only turning to face Melvin with a little tilt of her head after she had placed the papers back.“What?” She asked calmly, earning a look of confusion from her older brother.How could she afford to be so calm after he had caught her sneaking around in their father’s office.“I said what are you doing?” He repeated, taking the initiative to walk closer. “You were just taking something from father’s vault, weren’t you?”Leonica glanced back at the vault, then him, then the vault and finally at him, before answering. “Yes I was, got a problem?”Melvin was almost speechless, no, he was speechless at this point.Never had he received such a nonchalant response after a person had been caught doing something bad.But wait, what was she doing? And how sure could he be that i