After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant-Chapter 155 The Devil Always Finds A Way.

Rodrigo was the palest white Leonica had ever seen. His eyes, coated deep with disbelief, darted towards the cell phone that was in her hand and in one swift movement, he had snatched it from her hand.

“You... What are you doing?” She questioned, but Rodrigo paid no mind to her, instead, he focused more on getting away from her grabby hands and in the process, answering the phone call.

However, much to his dismay and ironically, relief, when he glanced back down at his phone to confirm if the call had been answered when he answered Leonica’s phone, he was met with the phone still ringing.

“I said what the hell do you think you’re doing?” Leonica repeated as she snatched her phone from Rodrigo, ending the call before facing him. “How dare you snatch my phone and answer my call without my permission. Do you have a death wish?” She asked, glaring at him with so much malice, it surprised him.

He didn’t say a word, rather, he continued to stare at her.

In that moment he wasn’t sure whether to feel relieved that Leonica wasn’t Tyche or stupid that he had even doubted the Goddess of wealth to begin with.

Be it either of the two, He still didn’t like Leonica’s sudden involvement. It was rubbing off him with the wrong vibe.

“What were you doing back at that restaurant?” He questioned with a gaze of scrutiny.

Leonica snorted at his question and folded her arms. “What? Am I not allowed to go where I please? Or was there something back there that I wasn’t supposed to see?” She asked.

Watching the subtle twitch on Rodrigo’s face, she knew that she had hit the nail on the head.

Oh how stupid Rodrigo is. Did he honestly believe that she hasn’t caught up to his plans, Leonica could only chuckle at the thought.

Rodrigo automatically translated the sound of she chuckling as an act of mockery. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist, reminding himself that soon it would be him who would be laughing while Leonica and her stupid family were left with nothing to their name.

But however good he thought he had schooled his expression, Leonica could read it with ease.

She shook her head in disappointment. “You know what, you don’t need to explain yourself. Everyone is entitled to their privacy. You keep to yours and I’ll keep to mine.”

Rodrigo arched a brow at her response, a little taken aback by how easily she had brushed off his behavior, but he wasn’t given up to a second window to recover when Leonica stepped forward and jabbed her finger into his chest.

“But listen and listen good, dear uncle, the next time, you lay hands on what belongs to me without my permission, I will make you suffer the consequences. And believe me when I tell you that you do not want to know the consequences, because they are not pretty.”

Rodrigo was about to respond, already having cooked up a response, when the feeling of his phone vibrating in his hand drew his attention away.

He glanced at the screen to see it was a call from ‘Tyche’.

Damn, she really just had to call at the perfect time, he cursed in his head, but ultimately decided to answer the phone while Leonica prepared herself to leave.

As she walked away, she could only think of one thing.

She had made the right choice of giving the phone to Megan when she sensed Rodrigo was chasing after her.

That had been a close one, but fortunately, she had managed to dodge a bullet and it seemed the heavens had taken her side, and were helping her in keeping the secret.

She was in the process of thanking the heavens when her phone Began to ring again.

It was Gabriel.

She swiped the answer icon and placed the device to her ear.

“Gabriel, Hi.”

“Hey Leonica, I called you some time ago, you answered but didn’t say anything. I assume the network was bad?”

Glancing back in the now crowded place where Rodrigo had stopped her, she answered. “Yeah, something of sort. Is everything okay?”

“Yes, I just wanted to inform you that your brother visited me at the company today.” Gabriel said and for some reason, be could imagine Leonica tilting her head in the usual way she did each time she had a question to ask.

And she was.

“Leonardo?” She asked in confusion. “Why did he visit you?”

“It wasn’t Leonardo,” Gabriel corrected. “His name was Melvin Romero, so I assumed he’s your brother.”

Ah, Melvin!

Leonica nearly face palmed herself for forgetting she had another brother who had very suddenly risen from the grave.

“Ah, yes he is.” She said, not really bothered with what Melvin had discussed with him.

“He wanted me to withdraw the termination contract and lawsuit against the company.” Gabriel went on to explain.

“Did you?” She asked.

“I refused.”

A smile tugged at her lips upon hearing his plain response. At least this time around, he was on her side.

“I see. Thank you for the update, Gabriel. I’ll talk to you later.” With that, she hung up and headed home.

When she arrived home, she was surprised to not only see Megan, but also Anastasia, both seated on her couch and looking at her like she had committed something abominable and in the middle of them, sat an innocent looking Ashley.

Walking towards them with concern, she asked. “Hey, what’s going on?”

Anastasia was the first to speak up. “When we’re you going to tell us that you’re Tyche Smith?” She asked and Leonica was once again, confused.

“I... What?”

“Ashley told us.” Megan answered, looking more hurt and baffled than Anastasia. “Since when do you keep secrets from us, Leo? And why do we have to be finding out the important details of your life from your kid?”

Leonica looked at Ashley who only smiled at her. She could only shake her head at his antics.

“Okay, calm down.” She began, taking a seat and placing a hand on her hips. “First of all, I didn’t keep this from you because I wanted to, I did it because I couldn’t afford the risk. Secondly-“

“Not something you could afford risking, but your friendship with us is?” Anastasia questioned.

“No.” Leonica quickly denied. “And that was never what I meant. What I mean is that I’m afraid someone would take advantage of this.”

“Someone? We’re your friends Leonica, not your ex husband who’s ready to backstab you at any moment.” Megan pointed out, her words a tad bit too harsh, but truthful.

“I’m aware of that, and now that I think about it, I should have told you or at least dropped hints.” Leonica admitted. “I’m sorry.”

Anastasia nodded, accepting her apology, but Megan was a whole different level of upset.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” She questioned. “You know, since I was impersonating you, I could have made a mistake.”

“But you didn’t!” Leonica quickly pointed out, stepping forward to take Megan’s hands in her. “You killed it out there. Believe it or not, that whole deal wouldn’t have gone through without you.”

Megan’s cheeks were dusted pink, but her anger had lessened. “Really?”

“Yes,” Leonica said and hugged her. “Thank you so much, Meg.”

The rest of her anger slowly simmered down with the hug and soon, she was hugging Leonica back.

“Keep something like this from us again and I’ll break your legs.” She threatened.

Leonica chuckled half hearted at the threat, taking the words of their groups eldest seriously as she responded. “Deal.”

~•~

Meanwhile, at Romero Empire, things weren’t quite going smoothly. Rodrigo returned to the company to find Melvin scavenging through papers and different work files, trying to find a way to solve the mess he had created.

It was clear that Melvin was trying to make a miracle happen before his inauguration party.

He wanted to surprise his father with how well the company had turned out under his watch.

However...

Rodrigo smiled.

That day, it would be him who’d be doing the surprising.

“You’re finally back, Uncle” Melvin said, spotting him the moment he entered. “I thought you were going to waste yet another day as Vice president, doing nothing.” He said in an undermining tone that did not go past Rodrigo.

But before the older male could ask the meaning behind his words, Melvin had already gone back to diving for a solution, mumbling under his breath about how he would find a way out of this.

And then he recalled Rodrigo’s conversation during the family dinner. “How’s the deal going with that company of your?” He asked.

Rodrigo smiled. “It’s going perfect. In fact, we’re almost done. I went to do the final pitching to them today.”

Melvin looked surprised. He was surprised that Rodrigo was actually getting something done.

Maybe he was changing.

“That’s quite nice.” He complimented. “But before I forget, what deal is this again and which company are we going to be dealing with?”

Rodrigo chuckled and walked over, patting Melvin on the shoulder. “I want that to be a surprise. Let’s keep it for your official inauguration.” Sinking into the chair beside him, he added. “Now, how about your big uncle helps you out here?”

Melvin looked surprised for the umpteenth time, but quickly schooled his expression.

“I wouldn’t mind the help. Thank you.”

“My pleasure.”

Rodrigo offered him a smile and got to work. Melvin delayed a few seconds, wondering if his uncle was actually changing.

Would he have to discuss this with Leonica?

For now no, he thought. All he’d do is observe.

As he got back to work, soon getting invested, Rodrigo casted him a side glance, a sly smile tugging at his lips.

There were only two people to blame for the Romero family losing their company.

Firstly, Leonica, she had kicked him out of the company.

Secondly, Melvin, who at first had shown potential to get him what he wanted if manipulated correctly, but was now turning out to be nothing more than a liability.

If they had remained in his clutches, none of this would have happened.

But now, it was clear that Leonica had turned against him and slowly, Melvin was also turning against him, both of them laughing and ridiculing him.

But soon, he’ll be the one to have the last laugh.

After all, the devil always finds a way.