“It’s been a while, hasn’t it?” Melvin, or the man who looked exactly like Melvin, asked and turned towards Leonica, his cold and emotionless gaze scanning her body before settling on her face."Y-you're," Leonica took a step back, her entire face scrunched up in disbelief. "How are you..." She couldn't bring herself to ask how he was alive.Each word that came past her lips came in the form of a stutter or jumbled up nonsense. The lookalike laughed, and Leonica caused her brain for automatically thinking this lookalike, this fraud, was her brother.He wasn't. He couldn't be."You look pretty shocked kid sis, that isn't any way to welcome your big after so long.""Who are you?" Leonica asked, schooling her expression. She wasn't so easily going to fall prey to this stupid prank.That's right, this most certainly was one of Rodrigo's schemes. He must have gotten someone to get a face job to look exactly like her dead brother.All because...She paused and her mind placed two and two to

Leonica narrowed her eyes at her father’s words. He wanted them to have a talk? In this situation?“What’s there to talk about dad?” She questioned and When her question was met with silence from her father and a pleading gaze from her mother, she glanced between the two and scoffed. “Don’t tell me you honestly believe he's the same Melvin we knew?”“He’s your brother, Leonica.” Benjamin insisted softly.“Like hell he is!” Leonica was quick to flare up. “He's with Rodrigo the very same person who tried to take your company.”“And the same person who saved your brother.” Her father countered, confusing Leonica for a second.Rodrigo saved Melvin? Sure, she was currently aware that Rodrigo was with Melvin, but never for once had it occurred to her that he might have been her brother’s savoir.The look on her face was enough to convey her confusion to her parents and Benjamin could only but sigh.“Before you’re quick to condemn your brother, have you ever for once wondered how he survived

Setting with anger, Leonica was near about to smack the smile off Melvin's face when she heard her name being called from being her.Her entire demeanor seemed to change the moment she turned around and spotted Owen carrying nylons of what she *ssumed was food.Melvin of course, didn’t fail to notice the shift in her character. His eyes gravitated from his little sister towards the blonde boy who was staring speechlessly at him.Did she have a soft spot for this blondie? He thought, resisting the urge to tilt his head as he studied Owen from head to toe.“Owen, what are you doing here?” Partially forgetting her brother’s presence, Leonica sauntered towards Owen, offering him a smile as she gently held his forearm.“I thought it would be nice to surprise you ahead of time,” Came Owen’s response, but Leonica could tell he wasn’t one hundred percent focused on her. When she followed his line of sight- once again recalling that she had been dealing with Melvin- she groaned.“Hyung, nice t

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

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