Emma pulled away from his hold and rushed off to her house, not wanting any issue of any form because she wasn't sure what was going to happen if she stayed there. Leonard smiled a bit and walked into his office. He had made his intentions known to her and he was sure that she felt the same way but was just trying to hide away so that they wouldn't fall into any error of any sort.He heard the front door shut slightly and he knew that Emma had escaped. Without further Ado, he made sure that he rushed off to catch her before she left. Emma was about to round the corner when she saw Leonard walking towards her. "Come back, it's late." "I'll get a cab, don't worry about that." She responded and he stared at her with a small smile on his face. It wasn't any issue at all. "Thanks for coming to check up on me." She said softly.Leonard didn't waste time in making his decision. He swept her into his arms and the gateman began to laugh. Emma was very embarrassed and she hid her face into
"Who is speaking?" Leonard replied, he was not taking any chances."I want to propose a business to you.""I'm all ears." He replied and stared at his phone softly thinking about how to make sure that he got other things in order. Like making sure that he flushed out certain people who were not fit to work with him ."I want to reinvest in your company and set it afloat and I would have fifty percent of the company." "I don't want you to invest in my company. thank you very much for the offer." "You should reconsider this statement. Your company is going under and there is nothing that you can do about it." "I am not interested, take your deal somewhere else." "I don't want you to allow your ego cloud your senses." Leonard's brain quickly clicked and he realized that he was probably being pranked. "Is this what my brother put you up to? To try to take me away from my company. Tell him that he should take it to heart. He's been kicked out of the company for what he did." "I don't
Ava was up the next morning and decided to go wake up her father immediately. She didn't know where he was after checking his room and finding out that he wasn't present. She took a detour and went to Emma's room, surprised to see Emma sleeping and her father watching over her.It was perfect. Mommy and Daddy. She didn't know why she liked her aunty so much. She giggled and this caught Leonard's attention. "Darling, what are you doing here?" He asked her and she smiled at him softly. "I came to look for you. Is Aunt Emma sick?" "Oh, no. I just came to wake her up but she looked too cute." Ava's nose scrunched up in confusion."Daddy, do you like my aunt?" She asked him.Leonard discovered that anytime she was serious, she referred to her as her aunt. " What happened to you calling her your mom?" He asked her purposely to change the subject." Well, she's my aunt and my mom, I can call her anyone I like. She doesn't mind it. Or do you think she does?" "Oh, obviously not. She doesn'
Leonard swung into action, slipped his feet into slippers and carried his daughter out of the room. He also reached for the keys on the table and rushed off immediately. He didn't want any excuse for her to encounter harm. "Oh my goodness." Emma muttered when she saw him rushing out. " What happened to her?" She followed him but he shook his head. "What do I do?" "Lock up dear." He said and she ran back into her room, took a quick shower and made sure that she locked up the whole windows and doors, carried the keys and locked the main entrance."Let's go!" Leonard said and they all rushed off. Their hearts were palpitating as Leonard drove. The only ray of hope that flickered in his mind was the fact that she was still breathing if not he would have almost ran mad. This was the only person that loved him unconditionally. At the hospital, Leonard rushed out of the car and started to race to the reception. "Make sure that my baby is okay." He orders and the nurses nod before colle
The door swung open and the doctor walked out, "Mr Leonard, Miss Sophie, I need to conduct an emergency test for Miss Ava. We need some blood.""Oh? I can donate it. Mine matches hers." Emma offered but the doctor shook his head. It was just a few weeks ago that she donated blood for her"I need to see you in my office." He says staring pointedly at the parents and Emma felt a bolt of disappointment at the subtle sidelining. She would never have expected it but she guessed she had to embrace that reality. Try as she might, she wasn't Ava's mother.The parents followed the doctor quietly to his office and motioned to the chairs opposite him. "So, what's wrong with my daughter?""She has an immune disorder that's hereditary. I want to know how long you've had it." The doctor said and Leonard stared at him blankly. "What immune disorder?" He repeated after the doctor. He didn't have any of that and was wondering where all of these were coming from."Won't you say something, dear wife?"
To say that Ava was disappointed was to say the least and immediately Leonard walked in he noticed that something wasn't right, trying to find out what that was a tedious task because everyone was hellbent on saying that they were fine when in reality they weren't"Ava, darlin. What's wrong with you? You look sick and pale. I thought the doctor said you were recovering?" He glanced at Emma discreetly, asking what happened.Emma simply shrugged because she didn't want to be the one who broke the news to him that his daughter had found out about her paternity and that was what was happening right there. She knew that it would crush him badly and that he would want to really hurt her estranged sister. She was a preacher of peace and not war contrary to what her sister thought and it wasn't going to be the same again if she allowed Leonard take laws into his hands. Leonard was shocked when Ava began to cry. He was just returning from a meeting with Estelle that took a toll on his mental
"What's the latest news?" Leonard replied, switching back to work mode immediately. Emma cradled Ava's head softly and continued stroking it. "It would be okay, I guess." "Why don't we speak outside?" Estelle suggested not wanting Ava to hear what's happening. " She's too little to handle the information." She whispered."I can hand..." She trailed off, remembering that her father had taught her not to interrupt adults when they were speaking unless it was absolutely necessary."So, what happened?" Leonard inquired from Estelle immediately he shut the door and she sighed. "When I got into work today, I heard that some of the workers had begun a protest demanding for their salary and acting as though we had refused to pay them after settling them with the first installment. This made me know that there was obviously someone behind it and it's none other than our beloved brother. The funny thing is that I was not able to locate Antonio." "Why did he abscond then? Were you able to ge
Antonio paced his living room, with a cigar in hand and a glass of scotch in the second hand while he muttered words underneath his breath. Mark, his friend, was busy staring at him with a smile on his face. He didn't know that he was busy tipping Leonard with information. "So, tell me, why are you pacing?" Antonio stopped suddenly and swiveled around with his cigar in his hand and a glare at his friend who was not seeing the reason in acting the way he was doing. Didn't he know that it wasn't an easy feat to achieve all he did only to have them crashing down on him and it was all his brother's fault. "Why shouldn't I?" "I think you're going to wear a hole in the carpet. Why don't you just calm down and state your issues so that we can know where exactly to begin the judgment from? I don't subscribe to things like this. You're smoking, which you never do." His friend eyed me. Antonio heaved a sigh and threw the blunt into the ashtray beside him, unfortunately, it landed far away