After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant (Leonica and Gabriel) novel Chapter 212

"Two big wins in less than twenty four hours, I gotta congratulate you, Irene." Jamil praised after having listened to Irene's story.

The blonde held her chin high, smiling proudly because she knew today's outcome had only occurred because of the action she made. "What else did you expect." Walking to her bed, she sat on it. "Now that we have One of my father's most expensive client within our grasp, all we need to do is turn him against Leonica and with the public's option of her right now, that shouldn't be too hard."

"Indeed," Jamil agreed. "But don't forget, the reason why Benjamin gave that contract to you is because he wants to change the public opinion of Leonica. The public may think otherwise about her, but the Romero family clearly still loves her."

Jamil's words, although a simple reminder, peppered Irene more than it should have.

Why would her father still care about Leonica. She was his first daughter. It was her mother that he loved with all his heart, not Cassandra.

So why was it that he still loved Leonica rarely after the video she had published on the internet?

She clenched her jaw. All her effort and all the money she spent on getting that video, she wasn't going to let it go to waste. Never!

“Irene,” Jamil’s voice snapped her out of her thoughts. “Don’t overdo it, Leonica is smarter than she looks and the moment she realizes that we’re planning on taking over the entire Romero fortunate, it’s going to be over for us.”

“For someone who only wants a girl, you sure do worry too Much, Jamil.” Irene teased. “But worry not, I know how to play this type of game, it ain’t my first time.”

“You better be as confident as you sound, because might I remind you, if I don’t get Leonica, I won’t keep you around any longer.”

“I’m aware,” Irene scoffed, not letting Jamil’s threat affect her.

“Good. Then, I’ll be looking forward to hearing good news from you.”

“Yeah yeah,” She waved him off, not bothering to say goodbye before ending the call and scoffing.

Who was he to threaten her.

Getting up, she quickly buried Jamil’s unpleasant threat in the back of her mind, heading for her bedroom door as she dimmed the occasion fit for a glass of wine.

~•~

Ah, so that’s how it was.

Leonica clicked her tongue as she clicked her screen off, having watched the entire interaction between Jamil and Irene.

Irene’s goal was the family’s wealth and Jamil’s, her.

She shuddered. What a psychopath he was, willing to destroy an entire family for his one sided infatuation.

Well, as irritated and disgusted as she was when watching the camera feedback from her phone, a small side of her couldn’t help but be grateful.

She knew when she saw Irene sauntering out of their father’s office in joy, that she was up to something, most definitely going to inform Jamil if the development.

So she too wasted no time in leaving her father’s office, pulling out her phone and watching their interaction.

Now who says voyeurism is always a bad thing.

Now that Leonica knew Jamil and Irene’s goals, she knew which and which steps to take.

And her first step, she thought as she watched Irene walk down the stairs, humming blissfully to herself, was to get Irene kicked out of her family.

And what better way to do that than pulling on the sensitive strings of her emotions, painting her the black sheep then turning the entire family against her.

She may share half the same blood as her, but when it came to keeping her family safe, Leonica could bring herself to be ruthless, even towards her own sibling.

“What? Got something to say?” Irene asked the moment she caught Leonica staring. The younger sibling simply shook her head, a blank expression on her face.