The air in the room had suddenly turned stiff after Ashley’s words. But the boy remained smiling, clearly not knowing the meaning of the glances his parents exchanged.Had they just heard right? Ashley, saved by Angelina? The very same Angelina Fernandez they knew? Scheming, witchy and all?Uh-uh, no way in hell that actually happened. But it was also clear that Ashley wasn’t lying. The bundled demon of joy looked far too innocent to be lying. At times Leonica even feared that the kid didn’t even know how to lie and now was no different.So, it was either his brain was still a bit muddled from the entire experience or the doctors had given him some sort of shot that messed up his entire mind and made him mouth speak all kind of rubbish, or perhaps both.Leonica chugged her son’s strange behavior and unreal words up to the two. Chuckling, she gently brought his hands down. “Ash, Honey, tell me, do you feel alright? Do I.. need to question the doctor about your shots?”“Nope.” The child
The next few days had gone in a bliss of eventless hours. And soon, it was the day of Ashley’s birthday party.Standing in front of the mirror, Leonica examined the dress Ashley had insisted hard on her wearing. It was a black evening gown, opened at the back with moderate neckline and golden lining at the bottom which stopped at her ankle.At first glance, she saw nothing special about the dress and wondered why Ashley had been so insistent on her wearing it.“Mommy, it’s time to go~” Came Ashley’s voice from outside her room door and soon, the small child appeared, dressed in a black suit and pants, a befitting attire for his birthday party.It was then Leonica took one look at his dress and then back at hers in the mirror and chuckled. Now she understood why Ashley had insisted on her wearing the dress he had picked out. It was because he was wearing something to match her.The lapel of his tiny black suit had glitters of gold and so did his tiny bow tie, almost as if it was made t
“And any man would be a fool to know someone like her and allow her walk away, am I not right, Mr. Bryce?” Arvan asked in a care free manner, smiling and pocketing his hands at Gabriel's obvious irritated expression.Even without one knowing the subject of matter or the situation at hand, the tension hanging thick in the air, one that Arvan didn’t seem to be paying attention to and even if he is, he was doing a fine job at feigning indifference, was enough to spell everything out loud.A few seconds had p*ssed after Arvan’s words; seconds in which Gabriel held an intense eye contact with him, before he chuckled, lowering and nodding his head all the while.“Indeed. You’re correct, Senator Richardson,” Looking up, he offered Arvan a smile, nearly as meaningful as his past one. “For once, it’s safe to say we’re Seeing Eye to eye.”Like hell they were. Despite the smile on Gabriel’s lips, meaningful as it may look, Arvan was sure that the moment he turned around, the former male won’t he
As the Emcee’s voice echoed within the event halls, most, if not all of the guest, pausing their current activities to look in the direction of the entrance and watching as Angelina strode in with high and confident shoulders, they began to whisper the exact same question Leonica could have asked herself had she been an outside person, who had been aware of Angelina and Gabriel’s relationship, just like the rest of them.And soon, one of those outside people, C*ssandra Romero Namely, soon found her way over to her daughter’s side and tugged her aside by the arm. “What is that witch doing here?” She whispered through seethed teeth.“Mom, please calm down,” Leonica tried to sooth her mother after gauging her anger. Not that she could blame her, if she had been her own mother, she would have given her an ear full, and a long lectured and then saw to it that Angelina was escorted off the premises, immediately. But what could she do, it was Ashley’s request after all.“Don’t tell your moth
You know that saying ‘It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge’ and in this case, Ashley was the one going to suffer for the sorrow and wrongful doings Leonica and Gabriel had inflicted on her.It was only fair that way, taking something from them after they had taken several things from her. Leonica especially. Her ability to become a mother, the love of her life, her peaceful life, her status in high society and even her parent’s love when they had been alive.F*ck, now that she counted Leonica’s wrong doing, remembering each one of them like it was yesterday, Angelina felt like Leonica deserved to suffer more. Losing one thing was too simple for her. No, it was far too easy for Angelina to feel content. She wanted Leonica to feel the exact same pains she felt. The pain of losing her child, her ability to become a mother her status, the love of her life and her parent’s love if possible. She wanted Leonica to feel it all,
Between the fact that she was about hitting the daughter of Arvan Richardson, a man that she was well aware was not to be messed with and the death stare said man was shooting in her direction, more than enough to make her wish the floor opened up and swallowed her whole, Angelina to have realized the mistake she had committed while allowing her emotion get the best of her.She had broken character and messed up, bad.Her head snapped around, looking in the direction of the people who had gathered because of the commotion, whispering underneath their breaths and towards one another and then she looked behind her, where Gabriel and Leonica stood. The expression on Leonica’s face said it all, she wasn’t the least bit surprised about her three sixty change in attitude. Gabriel however, even though he wasn’t surprised, was left in a staring trance with a look of disbelief written over his face.‘F*ck Angelina, you just had to mess it all up!’ She shut her eyes and cursed herself inwardly.
“what the h*ll is happening?” Someone, one of the guests who weren’t busy with their respective partners on the dance floor, whispered Leonica’s exact thought as she stared at each of the hands presented in front of her, one out of three waiting for her to place her hand in theirs and make a pick.“Who do you think she’s going to choose?” Another person asked in a whisper, sipping on their wine as they watched the scene play out with interest.“I know we aren’t meant out poke our nose in their matter, but I can’t help but wonder. All three men are dashing. So who’s Ms. Romero going to pick?”The whispers, once little, slowly rose as more people’s attentions were drawn to the scene, soon, the voice’s reached Ashley’s ears. Stopping his currently clumsy but very much enjoyable dance with Daisy, the younger boy turned in the direction where all eyes had been looking. The first thing he noticed was his mother backed against the corner like a confused rabbit, sweating under the growing eye
Overnight, that’s how long it had taken for Leonica’s not so peaceful life, to take a sudden turn, for the worse.Now this wasn’t talk about Gabriel’s actions that night, no, the kiss had nothing but at the same time everything to do with what Leonica was facing and she had sworn that she would have a bone to pick with Gabriel concerning his constant actions projected solely to annoy her, once she has successfully sorted out the matter at hand.And what was the said matter that had caused her so much trouble in a matter of mere hours? Simple; Leaked photos of she and Gabriel kissing, or better yet of Gabriel kissing her. But no one knew that, at least those she hadn’t explained the situation to. People like those brainless outsiders, who even though were entitled to their opinion, couldn’t use their sense and type reasonable things in comment sections of articles.At first, their late night comments had started out as speculations, harmless ones. Someone, obviously too jobless for the