After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant-Chapter 154 Negotiations.

Billy welcomed Gabriel the moment he arrived at the company. He escorted him upstairs and led him into the visitors office where Melvin Romero was already seated.

As he approached, Melvin stood up and quickly bowed his head. He remained standing while Gabriel sat down, this giving him a few seconds window to study the male in front of him.

He was every bit of the rumors he had heard. Intimidating, intellectual, and Godlike looking.

For a moment, he almost couldn’t believe that Leonica had been married to him. But then again, she was Leonica, she, just like him, is on a different scale.

“Hello, Mr. Romero I presume?” The sound of Gabriel’s voice had pulled him out of his thoughts and he quickly nodded in a composed manner.

“Yes. Hello, Mr. Bryce, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you.” He greeted.

“You as well. Please have a seat,” He gestured towards the chair and Melvin sat down. “So, what is the matter brings you to my company, Mr. Romero?”

Going straight to the point, Melvin thought and chuckled internally. Gabriel was indeed a real businessman, not bothering to ask his relation to the company nor Leonica.

Or perhaps he already knew.

“The purpose of my visit today had to do with the termination contract and lawsuit that was sent to Romero Empire a few days ago.” Melvin began.

“Yeah, and what about it?”

“As the Current CEO, I’d like to negotiate with you.”

Gabriel was surprised and arched a brow at the male. He was the current CEO? Not Rodrigo? Now this was certainly something interesting.

“Negotiate?”

“Yes,” Melvin confirmed, nodding his head. “I took the liberty to personally go through the accounting books and tallied everything. So, it’s safe to say I’ve found an easy way out of this for both you and I.”

“An easy way? Is it that, or are you just trying to avoid getting sued?” Gabriel asked, folding his arms. “And word on the street has it that Romero Empire has been losing investors as of late, are you sure this isn’t a ploy to have me withdraw.”

“In some ways, it is.” Melvin answered honestly, watching as Gabriel studied him with a neutral expression. “But that’s not the only thing I hope to achieve. Your extended cooperation with the company would also be nice.” Saying that, he gently bowed his head. “Please withdraw the termination contract and lawsuit.”

There was a long silence as the two stared at each other, but in the end, Gabriel was the one to break the stare off.

“I refuse.” He simply stated.

Melvin looked up, surprise written all over his face.

“Refuse?”

“Yes. I won’t withdraw the termination contract and lawsuit.” Gabriel reiterated, not missing the way the younger man’s brows furrowed in frustration.

“But, why?” He questioned.

Gabriel took a few seconds to think of his answer, even if he didn’t need to. Melvin was even more surprised when the intimidating aura suddenly vanished around him as he smiled subtly.

“That is my personal reason.”

Melvin’s confusion grew even more and he didn’t know how to respond to such a statement.

“Personal reason? But-“

“I’m sorry, Mr. Romero, but if that’s all you came here to say, I’m afraid to tell you that this abrupt meeting is over.”

Raising to his feet, Gabriel was about it leave when Melvin spoke.

“You won’t withdraw the contract and suit, not even for Leonica?”

Gabriel turned to meet his gaze at this. The look in his eyes showed that he was certain that Gabriel would budge.

Sadly for him, he had miscalculated.

“No. Not even for her.” With that, Gabriel left the room, leaving a frustrated Melvin behind.

He could practically feel the disappointment and frustration wafting of Melvin as he walked away and this made him smile.

He wasn’t going to budge for Leonica because this was all for her. She had asked him to do all this.

She wanted her company back, so he was helping her get it.

“Billy,”

The assistant was quick to respond. “Yes, sir?”

“Call the law firm and put more pressure on them to get the court papers ready.”

“Right away, sir.” As the assistant scurried off, Gabriel got the idea to call Leonica.

It was best to inform her of Melvin’s little journey to his office.

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“Stop!”

Hearing Rodrigo utter those words was like a sudden throw off from her game for Leonica who had been seated a few seats away, quietly watching the transaction, until it was brought to a halt.

‘What is it this time?’ She thought to herself, already knowing that the male would be up to no good.

As if sensing her questioning gaze, Megan, who in this case was impersonating Tyche, looked at Rodrigo with a puzzled gaze.

“Is there something wrong, Mr. Rodrigo?” Megan asked, her voice a tad bit dipper and laced with the Romanian dialect she had practiced all night, as Tyche’s usually was.

Rodrigo took a few seconds to gather himself before responding.

“Yes, there is.” He responded, looking back and forth between her and the documents he had given her. “I have a few questions.”

“Please go head.”

“You,” He paused, as if trying to think of a proper way to frame his question. “Are you married?”

Megan was caught by surprise, but she didn’t show it. Instead, she simply gave him a look and laughed.

“Mr. Rodrigo, I’m afraid that’s a bit of a private question, don’t you think?”

“Well, I’m simply curious. The rumors pegged you as Mrs. Not Miss, and I assume those rumors originated from somewhere.”

Megan didn’t know how to respond. For the life of her, she didn’t. How the hell was she meant to know if The Almighty Tyche Smith was married or not.

And as far as the world knows, her identity is still a mystery.

“If you must know,” Megan started, pausing a bit before continuing. “I’m married, but the status of our marriage is a bit...”

“A bit?” Rodrigo probed.

“Complicated.” She answered, not bothering to give a reason. “But that doesn’t concern you, does it?”

“It doesn’t.” Rodrigo confirmed. “I was simply worried because I didn’t see a ring on your finger. You know how the business world is nowadays, anyone can impersonate anyone.”

Once again, Megan, or Tyche as Rodrigo knew her to be, let out a hearty laugh. “You need not to worry about that when dealing with me. No one on this earth has the balls to impersonate me. And if they do, I’ll simply chop if off when their caught.”

Rodrigo couldn’t tell whether she was joking or being serious, so he laughed along. “You’re quite the interesting person, aren’t you?”

“Why thank you, but I’d prefer it if we got back on track. We don’t have all the time in the world.”

“Oh yes, sorry.” He apologized and once again slid the paper towards her. But just as he watched her look back down, about to sign, the sound of a single camera shutter, caught his attention.

He whipped his head around and Leonica ducked her head down in the spur of the moment.

Fortunately, there was no sign of a person from where the camera sound came from. But just as he was about to turn back, he spotted the familiar build a few seats behind.

“Mr. Rodrigo,” The sound of Tyche’s voice had him looking away and she slid the paper back to him with a smile. “This is completed.”

He took the paper back, noting that she had placed onto a written check of 1 Billion dollars.

“I’ll pay off the remaining 1 billion after the inauguration.”

Rodrigo’s smile twitched but he nodded. “Perfect.” He said, pulling out the companies new originals and signing on it to prove that he had signed the agreement. “Now that everything is done, all that is left is your inauguration like you say. How does this week Saturday sound?” He asked, feeling a smile tug at his lips when he realized that was the exact day Benjamin was hosting the party for Melvin’s supposed inauguration.

“Friday it is. And as we speak, I’ll start making calls to get the media coverage. See you then.”

“Goodbye.” He said, standing up and shaking her hand as she left. But just as he too was about to leave, he noticed that Tyche had forgotten her bag behind. Picking it, he decided to call her.

He found her number rather efficiently, but the moment he called the number, the ringing sound came from behind.

Confused, he turned around, to see the familiar silhouette stepping out through the back door and the ringing sound disappeared along with them.

Them? He thought, trying to think about why he found a total stranger familiar. But then it clicked.

It wasn’t a stranger, it was Leonica!

Although she had covered herself rather well, he could tell by the figure.

Rodrigo had had his doubts from the very beginning, but he had been willing to keep quiet.

But now, not anymore.

If he was right, and he was certain he was, then Tyche Smith was nothing more than a scam.

Without wasting a second longer, Rodrigo rushes through the back door and chased after the figure, making sure to keep dialing the phone number until he caught up to the figure and spun them around by the shoulder.

Even though he had his doubt, Rodrigo’s face completed paled when he saw that the figure he had chased was indeed Leonica!