After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant (Leonica and Gabriel) novel Chapter 198

No, she was worried because she didn’t know where or who begun it. Was this another stunt to bring her family down, or was it….

She shook her head. No, thinking like that was not healthy.

She wasn’t going to assume the worse just yet. And hopefully, her mother wouldn’t.

Putting her phone down, she decided it was time for a shower. Perhaps she could call Owen, after all, his voice always had a way to calm her down.

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Three hundred and fifty two thousand views in less than a day.

Irene smirked at the numbers written underneath the article that would soon bring about the end of her so-called Father’s demise.

“Looks like the media is having a field day with this,” Jamil commented from where he sat, his eyes glued to his phone as he too monitored the comment section. “I told you this was the right move.”

“Yeah,” Irene replied, not once tearing her eyes off her screen. “We need to spread more rumors, so that when we officially release the news, Benjamin would have no other choice but to come clean.”

“And when he does, he’d have no other choice than to accept you into the family. That’s when the real work begins.”

“Yes,” Irene nodded, a smile on her face as the thought of ruining her bastard of a father and the rest of his family became even more exciting.

“I can’t wait.”

Jamil mirrored her smile which grew more after he spotted one comment.

[Crazy news, but it has to be true, after all, I just ran into Leonica Romero and she seemed tongue tied. Probably doesn't want to ruin the reputation of her family anymore than this news would.]

He chuckled after reading the comment. "Looks like this is going to be easier than expected."

Leonica woke up the next day to the sound of her phone rumbling hard on her bedside stool. She groaned and turned on her side, blindly searching for the vibrating device until she found it.

Without looking, she wiped on the answer icon, or at least hoped she did and pressed it to her ear.

“Hello?”

“Leonica,” Her eyes finally opened at the sound of her father’s voice and she pulled the phone away from her ear for a few seconds to glance at the caller ID.

It was Indeed her father. Why was he suddenly calling her?

“Father, why are you calling so early in the morning?” She asked, rubbing her eyes to rid the sleepiness, while she glanced at the time.

It was just ten minutes past seven, quite early for her to be awake on a Sunday morning.

“Come home Leonica, there’s something important we need to discuss.” Benjamin answered, his voice sounding stern.

“Something important?” She repeated, her brows knitting together. It was only after a few seconds that something clicked in her head and she recalled the article that stranger had shown her yesterday, that along with the many more she had read.

“Oh,” She mused, already getting out of bed. Of course it had reached the eyes of her father. What about her mother? Had she seen them? How was she feeling? “Certainly. Just give me a little time, I’ll be there right away.”

The line went dead after that. Leonica couldn’t even bring herself to frown. She knew how her father behaved in serious situations, never being his usual sweet self.

But that begged the question; what was so serious about a false tabloid?

Or was it perhaps something else?