"Now tell me, did anyone visit while I was away?"


    4. Ah, but there was a parcel drop off for you once rushed to where she had dropped the small brown box, while Leonica watched her in confusion. Aparel? She wasn''t expecting one


    Secondster, the maid returned with a small box that had been neatly wrapped. The sender, was unknown?


    Leonica stared at the box for a minute, wondering who could have sent her something like this, when suddenly, her mind went to one particr person.


    Could it be him?


    Quickly, she took the box and toe it open, eyes widening when she saw the prettiest red gown,plete with a pair of high heels.


    This, it had to be owen. Her suspicion was confirmed when she called the blonde and the first thing he said was


    "Did you get it?"


    "It''s bowtiful," Leonica said with a smile. "But what is it for?"


    "My shot is wrapping up in a few days, remember that dinner you offered we get?"


    "Yeah?" Lronica was suddenly grinning from ear to ear at this and Grace found the sight quite amusing. Perhaps she had been wrong.


    "I''m going to be a bit selfish and switch it up a bit."


    "Switch up a bit?" she asked.


    "yeah, but it''s going to be a secret. Do you trust me, luce mia. "


    She did "Iwon''t have agreed to be your fiancee if I didn''t?"


    could sense Owen grinning because of her answer. "It''s settled then. I''ll see you in Saturday, love."


    "I''ll be waiting." And just like that, the call was over and Leonica had a bright smile across her face.


    "It''s from Mr. Lee assume?" Grace asked.


    "Yes. Mease put it away for me, would you?"


    Grace nodded and picked the dress, sneaking a peak at it onest time before covering the book "He has a keen eye, the dress is pretty, just like it''s owner." *Thank you Grace, but you''re not getting a sry raise." Leorica teased and the older woman could only shake her head.


    you read far too deep into people''s actions, Madame. It was a simplepliment."


    "Uh-huh. Was all the young woman said before her phone started ringing and the ID caller read ArvaEL.


    Leonica''s brows dipped. It was unusual for him to call thiste.


    "Arvan, hey," She answered the phone, pressing it to her ear while she unbockled her heels, giving her toes the much needed relief they craved. "Is everything alright."


    "Hey Leonica. Yeah, everything''s okay. I just need to speak to you."


    "Oh," Although she was slightly taken aback by his words, her eyes found the clock hung on her wall. "Ah, well it''s alreadyte, would it be alright to discuss whatever it is over the phone?


    "No," There was a pause. "I''m in front of your house, pleasee outside Leonica"


    He Sent A Spy To Watch Her


    The first thing Leonica noticed as


    The second thing being Arvan''s ser


    he stood in front of him, herts fucked in the porket of the ottivat


    "You sme chose to best time to show up, helend, taking note of how her bath seemed in tekemisty from bete disappearing "What is it you need "wanted to drop this off," Peaching into the pocket of histout, Arvan pulled out a small town eming and handed it is her "p''s the final documera ku


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    thoughtful of you, Leonica said the examined the envelope.


    The man stared at her, as If he was contemting whether to speak his miradorast


    vely Phang you calle all the way to thy honde for, Arvant


    "I saw the articles, Leonice," He said atst, watching as the slowly nodded her head, uently mouthing the word ''ont "Surprised, weren''t you?" Leonica chuckled, "Who would have thought youre wife would mouth be my half siste Now that she said it out loud, it sounded inore irunic to her. Her life trally sounded like ayer hall, exstantly interveling withi


    "Leonica," Arvan called out softly, drawing ber attention


    besitant


    from her thoughts and for the firtime since knowing him, Lebrina Ann Jooking truly


    low this might be bad timing rendering all that''s going on around you, but I just want you to know, my feelings for you, wenn''t promigrert benen


    of the resemnce between you and Irene. You two may look alike, but I learnt that you''re


    "Arven," Leotica nut him off, smiling at how he had rambledon. "You''ve exined this before, haven''t your she reminded, stepping forward an hands on her to assure him that the truly understood. "It never really bothered me


    "So you were okay with the fact that I might have fallen in love with you because of your sister''s faced


    "But you didn''t," Leonica shed him a smile that damn nearly had his heart jumping out of histheit. "And from the looks of it, those sweet feelinigyan gone


    aren''t they?" She gently shook his hand, waiting for has answer


    of course they weren''t. He couldn''t just use the feelings he had for her in three months,


    He was more fond of her than he was of that one gold fish he had backin college, and even that took him almost over when his tend took in attes


    But of course he wa''t going to tell her that. As much as he wishes his feelings would be reciprocated at idel, he cherished their friendship end wouldn''t dare to let things be ankwart between tham


    "Of course they are," He lied, mirronng her smile.


    man that blonde


    Weirdly enough, Lesnica felt a sense of relief. She had feared than when Arvan spoke about his feelings, things would eventually end up like they did with turtel a couple hours prior


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    So much so, that she wanted to hug him and thank him for not pushing his feelings on her and quietly soming it out, much thinking how it was far toote to do so


    Instead, she offered him a soft squeeze on his shoulder, silent message that she was grateful for their friendinip.


    Arvan could only but smile, hoping that with time. His feelings would inde


    "Now then," Prepping back, she held up the envelope that he had given her "1


    Arvandanaged a thin smile.


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    this processed by Monday, so expect a call from Kennedy.


    "Then, I''ll be heading back inside," Leonica began walking back when suddenly, side movement caught her attention. But the moment


    direction, the movement steeled


    Strange, something had definitely just moved now?


    "Ah." She looked backar Aurven, offering


    smile: "Good night..


    ding and her eyes searching, trying to ipot the movement she had seen, but id was to no limit


    slipped into her house, shrugged off her coat and made a


    I deteitaly wasn''t sering things,


    to pull up the footage for she at


    where she had teeti motacked.


    prise, pressing the rewind button going frame by frame at the gut was eatyviable


    It was a prsion dressed in a dark outfit their fece nonrealed by a muck, and holding what serinant ai


    "jamii, you sirkbastard. She concluded, churkding darcy as she shook her head.


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    thing for time against her koukayow, Mimething to truly thich out his intentions before his


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    All it took was a few solid minutes of thinking before she came up with a side n, adding it her already effective master n and her puppet was none other than


    If he and jail had a n, them all Leonica needed was to find a way to get under their skin and drive a wedge between the two, that way, their n would be eastly fodled and their partnership would end.