Chapter 41
Leonica! He instantly recognized her voice and wondered what she was doing here.
But that didn't quite matter, what in fact did right now, was help. He needed help.
Pulling himself together, he waited until her shadow was in his view, and when the time was right, he grabbed her, pulled her into the room, shut the door, and pinned her against the wall, using his strength and her surprise against her. Banyu
Leonica was still surprised by the attack. Her minds swirled in several direction, trying to piece information together before she started struggling against the person who had pinned her against the door.
A flash of the moonlight from the curtain blown by passing wind revealed who her attacker
was.
Puzzled and angered, Leonica fought hard against her with strain.
"Gabriel, you-"
Her words were cut off as Gabriel smashed his lips against.
The kiss was a rough one, demanding and forceful, yet gentle at the same time. It was a
strange mix of emotions that had her feeling weak and had her body reacting against her will.
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Mmm...mmm,"
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Her struggle turned into muffled moans as she felt Gabriel's tongue forcefully pry open her lips and enter her mouth, his hand moving from her wrist and trailing down her sides, caressing her waist before finding the hem of her dress. Her body jerked the moment she felt his hand touch her thigh.
"Gabriel, stop," She demanded, turning her head to the side to avoid his lips and placing her
hand on his chest.
"Gabriel, s-stoo this rig-ah"
She moaned, the last part of her words
sucking on the sensitive skin.
cut off when he began attacking her neck, nibbling and
Her legs were already weak, but the more he pressed his body against hers, the more her knees threatened to buckle.
"N-no stop..." She protested.
Squeezing her eyes shut and fingers tightening around his shirt, she bitterly thought. 'I'm not Angelina.'
"Leonica, ah,"
Gabriel's voice was hot against her ear as he spoke, but that wasn't what had shivers running down her spine and settling in the deepest part of her stomach.
It was the fact that he had called her name, not Angelina's or some other bed warmer of his. This surprised Leonica and by the time she had recovered from that shock, Gabriel had picked her up and landed her on the bed, hovering above her. His hands worked on their own accords, riding her gown up to her stomach, to revealing the
Did it Pur
operational scar she had endured in other to have Ashely.
Seeing the scar, Gabriel's expression softened and his hand gently caressed it, sending new waves of pleasant shivers up Leonica's entire body.
"Did it hurt?" He asked, hot breath fanning her skin as he leaned down and gently kisses her
stomach.
Leonica gasped...no, she yelped, surprised by his action. It was vague yet gently, almost as if he was handling some sort of delicate object.
As
s crazy
as the situation may have seemed, Leonica allowed herself soak under his touch for the briefest second and coupled with recalling the amount of pain she had to go through alone. while birthing Ashely, she couldn't control the amount of tears that pooled in her eyes. "Did it hurt, Leonica?" Gabriel asked again, looking up at her through his lashes as he peppered the scar with kisses.
Leonica opened her mouth to respond when she for once took notice of his expression. His face seemed flushed and red, almost as if he had been drugged.,
Had he been drugged? Was that why he was doing this?
Thoughts running through her mind, she didn't notice that Gabriel's lips had travelled downwards, kissing her stomach and the scar before moving even further down, till he reached her thighs. "G-gabriel, we shouldn't do this. Y-you need to stop- Ah!"
Pulling her underwear far aside enough, Gabriel didn't hesitate, his tongue darted out, licking her clit before slipping into her folds.
"Ahhh," Leonica couldn't help but arch her back and moan out at the sensation.
"No,"
She couldn't allow herself to get lost in this feeling, not again, not after all he had done. Not
when he was about to have his own child with another woman.
'You're just going to get hurt in the end."
She bit down on her lips, fingers tangling in the sheets beneath her.
'No, don't give in. No, don't give in.' she repeated those words in her head, trying to pull away from Gabriel, but his grip, as well as his knowledge of how to handle her body, had her failing.
A few minutes more and the effects of the wine she had gulped down before finding him, started to take effect, making her feel all fuzzy and weakened.
"Ga...briel."
"Leonica,"
His voice was husky, filled with want, need, desire, lust, and so many other things, had her body rendering to him against her minds will.
Or perhaps it was the effect of the alcohol, either one, somewhere in the back of her mind, Leonica was sure she'd regret her action the moment she woke up.
And she did.
Staring at the pieces of clothes on the floor and the reoccurring memories of the night before in her head, Leonica suppressed a scream, and instead pulled on her hair.
Stupid her, how could she have allowed herself to make such a mistake? Was she still the same stupid woman?!
Berating herself inwardly, the White-ette quietly slipped out of the bed and gathered her clothes, slipping them on and without glancing back at Gabriel who was still peaceful sleeping, slipped out of the room.
As she rushed out of the room, scurrying down the hall with intentions none other than getting away, Leonica failed to notice the one spiteful eyes that had watched her every movement, burning red with anger and hatred. Angelina.
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Hickeys.
Hands balled and jaws clenched tightly, Angelina stood off in a corner, fuming from head to toe as she watched Leonica meander out of the room, hair a mess and fresh hickeys decorating her back and neck, ultimately clarifying that the plan she had spent days crafting, had fallen into the wrong hands.
And it was all because of that Bitch called Leonica!
She had ruined everything, stolen the opportunity away from her when she had spent thousands on the drug she diluted Gabriel's drink with.
She had waited patiently, bought the drug from a friend of hers who assured her that one night was all it took for her to get pregnant with Gabriel baby, with thousands of dollars and at the right time, decided to strike, but all because of Stellar dragging her away from a talk, she had lost the opportunity.
Slowly advancing from her spot, Angelina moved towards the room Leonica had stepped out from and with much hesitation, peeped into it.
Her heart skipped a beat at the sight, for Gabriel was indeed resting on the bed, hair messy and clothes completely gone.
He had slept with her.
Angelina didn't need the evidence before her to confirm that fact, the hickeys on Leonica's: body, the disarray the bed was in, the scent of sex in the room, and most importantly, Gabriel's own naked state, made the evidence all the more clear. They had fucked.
Swallowing the urge to scream and her own hatred towards Leonica, which had reached a new high since seeing her step out of the room, Angelina slowly pulled the door and stepped inside, kicking aside Gabriel's discarded suit near the door. Walking towards the bed, hands in her hips, Angelina glanced around, thinking of ways to salvage the situation before Gabriel woke up from his sleeping state.
The first thought that crossed her mind was strip and slip into the space beside him, but considering Gabriel's incredible memories and The hickeys on Leonica's neck, she wasn't too sure that plan would be exactly smooth sailing.
The second though that crossed her mind however, made the corners of her lips tug up into a mischievous smirk.
'Well, why not?'
If her plan to get pregnant by Gabriel's seed failed, then the least she could do was prepare hard evidence that they had indeed slept together
She'd make him believe he got her pregnant, and once the news spread, it was sure to be all over the press, and that was a guarantee ticket into his life.
Yes, the idea was brilliant and there was no way it would fail, but in order for the plan to work, she needed to act, and fast, before the sleeping beauty rose from his sleep.
Gabriel had expected to wake up to a hangover worse than a concussion, but much to his surprise, he woke up feeling much more refresh than he had in the past five
years.
Stirring in his bed, he hugged the duvet and inhaled the scent attached to it that reminded him of the dream he had dreamt about.
In his dream, for the sake of Ashely, Leonica had decided to forgive him. With open arms, she welcomed him back into her life and embraces, offering herself to him afterwards. Gabriel hadn't hesitated. He took and savored it all, the look on face as he pleasured her, her voice. calling out his name, and her smell, her taste.
All the sensations he had long since forgotten, they had returned to him in his dreams, reminding him of the pleasure and comfort he had lost five years ago.
It all felt so surreal, and now, waking up to her scent, and this sound of running shower, Gabriel had for a moment believed he was still in his dream.
That was until the sound of running shower disappeared and the door opened and Instead of, Leonica, Angelina suddenly stepped out. "Gabriel, you're awake!"
She sounded surprised to see him awake, but that wasn't the only thing that caught his
attention.
No, what did was her outfit.
She wore nothing but a towel wrapped around her torso, barely covering the important parts and all around her neck were visibly marks of fresh love bites.
What the hell had happened the night before?! Why was Angelina here and not...Leonica?
Had he...had he perhaps imagined everything that happened last night?
No way, Gabriel knew who he smelt, and felt and it wasn't Angelina...
Right?
Sitting up in bed, he rubbed his temple and tried hard to recall what had happened, but nothing came up.
Perhaps it was indeed Angelina he had slept with but due to his fuzzy mind and memory, he had accidentally mistaken her for Leonica.
Gabriel had no idea how long he sat there, staring into space, but when Angelina finally broke the silence, he realized that he hadn't responded to her greetings, and was now seating beside. him with a puzzled look. "A-are you okay? Are you feeling better after...last night?" Angelina asked in a coy manner, fingers tightening around the towel When Gabriel's gaze met hers and then swept to the curves of her neck.
His mind was telling him, a thousand and one times, that the person he had slept with was Leonica, but the hickeys present on Angelina's neck was a fresh slap out of his imaginative thinking. The person her had slept with was Angelina, not Leonica.
Sighing to clear his head, Gabriel buried his face in the center of his palm.
"I'm sorry, Angelina," He muttered.
"Huh?"
"I'm sorry," Repeated, removing his hand and looking up at her. "About last night...I was drunk and took advantage of you, I'm sorry for that."
Containing the smile that threatened to break into her lips after witnessing the success of her plan in motion, Angelina quickly shook her head. "N-no, it's fine, like you said, you were drunk, I know you didn't mean to- "Whether I meant to do it or not, it's only right that I take responsibility for my actions." Gabriel cut her off. "Angelina," He called, reaching out and holding her hand.
Angelina's heart nearly leaped out if her chest.
"From this moment forth, no matter what happens, I promise to take responsibility."
And those were the magic words she had been looking for. Allowing the smile to bow make it's way to her lips, Angelina rejoiced in the inside.
Now that Gabriel believed that they slept together, she could easily get pregnant with another man's child and claim it was his.
"Thank you, Gabe," She whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him into a hug, one which he accepted and returned.
After a few minutes, they parted and Angelina excuses herself, claiming that she needed to turn into work as she had gotten a call earlier in the day.
Gabriel nodded watched her head into the bathroom. When she came out dressed, he had already put in his trouser.
"Do you have everything?" He asked, walking towards her.
Hickey's
Angelina's eyes gravitated towards his exposed chest, she drooled for a bit before snapping herself out and nodding.
"Yes, I have everything." Getting on her toes, she pecked his check, to excited with her success to notice the fact that Gabriel had flinched when she kissed him. "Well, I'll get going now. I'll drop by later to see you, okay?" Simply nodding his head, Gabriel agreed. "Yeah, do so."
Walking her towards the door, he closed the door behind her, about to get dressed to leave himself, when something on the floor caught his attention.
It was shinny.
Walking closer to the object, Gabriel bent down and plucked it off the floor, holding the object which he now knew was a golden bracelet, up for his eyes to examine.
As the jewelry swirled between his fingers, cold and shinning, his eyes caught the initials written on the inside.
L.R.
'L.R?' He repeated in his mind, looking the bracelet over once more.
It certainly didn't look like something Angelina would wear. So who could have....
The thoughts stopped in his mind as soon as they entered. Getting up, he walked to his phone and called his assistant.
"Bill, where are you? I need you to look into something."
Meeting With The Shareholders.
Black face cap and mask concealing her identity, Angelina jogged out of the hotel that had been used for Stellar's birthday event and onto the other side of the road where a car sent from her company had been waiting for her.
When she slipped into the back seat, her manager eyes the marks on her exposed neck. Even in the dim atmosphere of the car, tinted windows and all, the marks were still overly visible.
"Ms. Fernandez...those..."
Following the directions of her manager's line of sight, the brunette chuckled. "Oh don't worry, this aren't real." Reaching into her hand bag, she pulled out fresh wet wipes and dragged the across her skin, cleaning off the makeup to reveal her unmarked skin underneath. Her manager stared at her, confused.
"You wouldn't understand," Tossing the wipes on the floor with one hand, she patted the innocent adolescent on the head with her other one. "Now tell the driver to take us to the studio, I don't want to arrive later than the scheduled time."
""Y-yes ma'am."
With that, the car began to drive away, while Angelina smirked at her lastest win.
Seating in front of her makeup mirror with a make up brush in her hand, Leonica felt a shiver run down her spine.
Who the fuck was plotting against her so early in the morning?
Swiping the brush against light powder, the White-ette brought it up to her neck, brushing it against the places that were red, freshly marked with evidence of her mistakes the previous night with Gabriel.
Staring at the red marks, Leonica gritted her teeth, filling yet another bile rise in the back of her throat. It was yet another urge to bend over on her toilet seat and puke out her entire yesterday's meals, just like she had done when she returned home, disgusted and angry at herself. After five years, no, seven, after seven who fucking years, how was it that Gabriel still had so much control over her body?!
One freaking touch and she melted like a fucking ice block placed in front of fire!
Nothing could have disappointed her much like her actions yesterday. Be it the effect of the alcohol or whatever her subconscious tried to use to make excuse, the fact still stood that she had sex with Gabriel, And for that, she was disappointed with herself. Pushing her thoughts aside with a sigh, Leonica was about to grab her concealer when the sound of her ringtone blared, making her flinch at the unexpected sound.
Cursing at how jumpy she had been feeling all morning ever since returning home, she reached for the device that was laying face down, her brows creasing in confusion when she saw the person calling was none other than her assistant.
'Did I forget something important?' She questioned, going over her schedule for the day in her head as she swiped on the answer icon and brought the phone to her ear.
Instead of her usual way of answering, she went straight to the point. "Yes Kennedy, what is it?
"Ms. Romero, good morning. I apologize for calling but your presence is required at the company."
Mentally done with her run through of her schedule, and realizing she didn't in fact have to drop by the company today, she questioned. "What for."
"Well, the thing is..." Kennedy hesitated to explain. Waiting for him to continue, Leonical placed her phone on loud speaker and placed it on her table, going back to her earlier work before he had called her.
"This morning, some shareholders showed up and they've been throwing fits ever since, demanding number of times to see you, despite me telling them that you weren't coming in today."
Leonica who had finished covering up the marks and was now reaching for her jewelry for the day, froze, eyes gravitating towards her phone.
"What? Why?"
"They refuse to tell me. I apologize Ms. Romero.
Thinning her lips, she waved her hand despite Kennedy not being able to see her. "It's fine. Take them to the conference room, I'll handle them myself when I arrive."
"Yes Ma'am."
And with that, the call ended, leaving Leonica to sigh to herself.
First her mistake with Gabriel and now those lousy shareholders, how much worse could her day get?
Picking out a simple pair of earrings, she placed them on, followed by her necklace and bracelet...
Huh?
Staring at her jewelry box with narrowed brows, eonica searched for the one bracelet she
always seemed to wear.
She was sure she had put it on the previous day, when she left the house. But it wasn't anywhere in the box.
"Did I take it off at the party?" She muttered to herself, searching the box for a few minutes before sighing.
If she couldn't find it, then she had lost it somewhere, and with the kind of bracelet it was - custom made and given to her by someone she cared for the chances of getting it back was
slim.
"Fuck, and I had to be so careless."
Pinching the bridge of her nose, she got up, grabbed her phone and bag and headed out, intending to deal with her problems one at a time.
First the shareholders, and then she'd find a way to recover the bracelet, if possible.
Arriving at the company, Leonica was greeted by the security guards and several employees on the first floor.
She greeted them back, a small smile on her face as she did so. She was about to make her way up the elevator to the eighteenth floor where the conference room was when Kennedy suddenly called out her name.
Having waited downstairs for her for the past hour, he quickly spotted her and strolled forward. "Ms. Romero,
Leonica turned around, a smile making its way to her lips once more. "Kennedy," She acknowledge the assistant before asking. "Where are they?"
"Conference room 2, floor eighteen." Kennedy responded, offering her the coffee he had. fetched go start her very much crappy day. Leonica accepted it with a tough, yet grateful smile and took a sip from it as he lead her to the elevator. "Any clue to why they want to see me?"
"No," He shook his head, stepping into the elevator with his employer. "They refused to tell me their reason. I apologize."
"You don't have to."
And then there was silence, both of them watching the elevator screen display the number of floors they were ascending, waiting for the elevator doors to open.
When the lift came to a stop and the doors opened, the two of them stepped out, and meandered for the conference room.
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Let's get this over once and for all.
Reaching the door, she pushed it open without any hint of hesitation and stepped in. All the shareholders present, about nine or ten, were instantly put on high alert at her presence, rising to their feet to greet her with a bow.
The only person who remained seated was Rodrigo.
What is
this all about?" Sinking down into her chair, she fixed her gaze square on who she was sure the gang leader was, Rodrigo.
He didn't hesitate to bare his fangs this time around. Tossing a file at her, the paper slid on the table, stopping before it could fall off the other end and in front of her.
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"Yes." Leonica answered, unbothered by whatever look he and the rest of the shareholders were giving her. "Do you have a problem with that decision.
"Do I..." Rodrigo chuckled as if finding her words funny. "Do I have a problem with that decision? Like hell I do!" Slamming his fist against the table, he rose to his feet.
"Are you the slightest bit aware of what you are doing?! This decision of yours, do you know how detrimental it would be to our company?!" He scolded, voice high with the intention of bringing her down in front of the present shareholder.
If he had most of them in his side, her seat as president would slowly become shaken.
"Your father and 1, we entrusted this company to you, Leonica, yet here you are, making decisions that could cost Romero Empire it's future, do you want this company to crumble?"
"Romero Empire would not crumble because of this one decision, rather it would become stronger." Leonica defended.