After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant-Chapter 153 Impersonating Tyche Smith.
Chapter 153: Chapter 153 Impersonating Tyche Smith.
A smirkes tugged at the corners of Leonica’s lips and as she was alone, she didnt bother trying to hide it when it finally broke into a blooming smile.
"Tomorrow’s just peefect, i happened to have some free time on my hand."
"Great. I’ll waitnfor you at Holloway Green’s restaurant then."
"Alright." Leonica said and hung ghe call up, immediately calling someone else. The phone rang for a few seconds befor it was answered. "Hi, Florence." She fauxed a cheerful tone, trying her best not to sound intimidating in case she scared off the journalist before her work was done.
"Hi Nica, pleasure hearing fron you again. Do you got another story to drop for me?"
"No, i just called to give you some advice concerning the previous story i shared." She informed. "I noticed that up till now, you still haven’t posted it, which is a good thing, seeing as a major event including the Romero family is about to happen. You can post it then or a day before to get better popularity."
The journalist thought her words over for a few seconds before agreeing. "You’re right. But how am i meant to know when to do that?"
"That’s why you have me. To tell you the truth, I’m actually an employee of the Romero family, so i know when things like this are going to happen." She lied.
"Is that so? Well then I’d take your advice and wait a bit. I assume you’d be the one giving the signal on when to post."
"Yes i would."
"Alright then, ill hold back until then and expect your signal, Nica."
"Yeah."
With that, their conversation came to an end.
Once Leonica had hung up the call and gave herself little commendable words, she was onto focusing on the next little challenge in gaining the company.
Finding a skilled actor to play her role as Tyche. And that’s when it hit her, the fact that she had a beautiful red haired best friend who owned a cake shop, somewhere in Oslo.
Switching phones, she quickly found Megan’s number and dialed it. The phone was answered after the second ring.
"Leonica, what’s up?" Megan greeted, a cheerful tone in her voice.
"Hello, Megan. How’s work?"
"It’s doing well, the customers are getting a lot of orders and are requesting cakes from the latest recipe you provided." Leonica could almost hear the smile in her voice. "What about you, how are you doing?"
"Well," A small chuckle escaped her lips. "I’ve just been doing a lot lately. Listen, I was wondering if you’re free tomorrow. You see, I need your help with something."
"Of course, I’ll always have time for you, what is it?"
With those words of encouragement, Leonica quickly explained her plan for the following day to Megan, trying her best to keep the fact that she had stepped down from the CEO seat, away from her.
This was not because she felt ashamed or the need to keep her life private from the person she had known for years, but rather because she knew how much of a temper Megan had. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
Sadly, her best wasn’t enough and Megan soon caught on.
“I can’t believe your father did that to you.” She said, seriously pissed. “I swear to God, he needs a good spanking.”
“Now chill out there, Meg, I didn’t call you to hear you talk all about bitch slapping my father.” Even though he deserved it. “I just wanted to know, would you be able to impersonate someone for me?”
“It sounds illegal, but sure, I’ll do that.” Leonica smiled at her words of confirmation. That was another apple in the basket. “But one question.”
“Hm?”
“Who exactly am I impersonating?”
Leonica was silent for a second before replying. “Tyche Smith.”
Now it was Megan’s own turn to remain silent. When it reached for her to break the silent barrier, she chuckled. “Girl you must playing.” She said. “We ain’t talking about some bar chick or some library assistant, we’re talking about Tyche Smith. The Tyche Smith and you want me to impersonate her?”
Leonica nodded her head even though she knew her friend had no visual of her. “Yeah.”
“And... And what if she knows?”
“Oh she wouldn’t, trust me. “ The certainty dripping out her of voice surprised Leonica.
“How can you be so sure?”
“Trust me, she won’t find out.”
Megan sighed. “Okay then, I’ll try."
“Perfect! I’ll send you the date, time, previous conversations just in case and all the important details via mail.”
“Alright, thanks.”
“Thank you, I love you so much. Bye.”
“You too. Bye.”
Ending the call, Leonica released a deep breath and stretched her hand in front of her, the ring glistening on her finger.
This was the only step left. Once the meeting is over, Rodrigo will be taken care of and Romero Empire would be restored.
Then her life would once again return to its ruckus free state and she... Well she would finally be able to accept Owen’s proposal.
Smiling, she leaned back on her bed and stared up at the ceiling, allowing herself to drown in the peaceful silence that filled the house.
~•~
The next day, As Leonica was getting ready to go join Megan, her door bell rang. Whe Grace answered the door, she was surprised to see Gabriel standing there and with him was Ashley.
“Mommy!” The child raced into her arms in second.
“Hello, Ashley.” She greeted, holding him tightly in her arms. “What are you doing here?” She asked Gabriel, watching as he stepped forward.
However, his steps flattered when his eyes suddenly caught sight of a shinny object around her ring finger.
No, it wasn’t just any object, it was an engagement ring and Gabriel could bet his entire fortune that it had come from Owen.
Pushing the painful thoughts aside, he answered. “Ashley wanted to see you. He kept telling me how he missed his mom, so I decided to bring him over. Hi.” He mentioned the last part with a casual wave.
“Hi, and Thank you for bringing him back.” Leonica said, but her word for gratitude was far more sincere and she had meant it.
Gabriel could feel the genuine gratitude in her voice, earning a smile from him. “It’s not a problem. I was free today anyway, so I brought him over.”
Giving him a hug, she turned her attention back on Ashley. “Did you enjoy your stay at daddy’s?” The kid nodded his head furiously, showing how he had indeed enjoyed the entire stay.
“That good. Can you tell mommy all about this when she gets back?”
Ashley nodded and she pressed a kiss to his forehead before handing him over to Grace.
“Please take care of him, Grace.”
“I will.” She nodded and left.
Leonica gave Gabriel a single nod as she walked past. Although she really wanted to keep to the promise she had made, formatting certain things from your system takes longer.
And right now, it was taking her a longer time.
Gabriel watched her as she left, not quite understanding what was going through her mind.
He could never read her for some reason.
Once Leonica was gone, Gabriel got a phone call from his assistant. “What is it?” He asked after the phone had been answered.
“Sir, there’s someone at the company requesting your audience.” His assistant informed.
“Someone? Who is it?”
Other end became silent as his words and from hushed whispers being exchanged, he could tell his assistant was acquiring the name of his ‘beloved audience.’
After a while, he came back with a response. “Sir, he says his name is Melvin Romero.”
Gabriel froze up upon hearing the last name. Romero? Leonica had a brother? Wasn’t Leonardo her only sibling?
He was confused and his assistant could tell. “Sir, do you wish for me to ask him to come another day?”
Gabriel thought about it for a while and realized that he could score on this position. If this person was perchance related to Leonica, then he could find a way to get information of her in hopes to trigger the fragments of the lest of his memories.
“No, let him. In. I’ll attend to him personally.”
“Yes, sir.”
~•~
“Mrs. Smith, its nice to meet you in person.” Rodrigo said as he extended his hand out for Tyche. She took it and sat down, deciding to go straight to the point.
“I assume you have the originals?” Tyche spoke up.
Rodrigo narrowed his eyes, finding her voice different that when they had spoke on phone.
Never the less, he discarded those thoughts and pulled out the originals.
After sometime of reading, both the contract and his signing book, Tyche nodded her head, pleased with every thing she was seeing.
“This is perfect. Shall we proceed?” She asked.
Rodrigo nodded and watched as she pulled out a pen from her bag, and only then did he realize that as a married woman rumors called out to be, this Tyche Smith wasn’t wearing any from of ring.
Not even a wedding ring, nor was there any sign of a ring ever being worn on that hand.
Suddenly, Rodrigo began to feel like something was wrong and before things could go down a path he didn’t like all too well, he demanded.
“Stop!”