Chapter 51 Accident.
Arvan left shortly after his little speech of reassurance, promising to watch after the kids while she stayed back and settled a thing or two with Gabriel.
Chloe was dismissed as he crossed over to the opposite side of the road to chase after the kids, and now that they were alone, Gabriel wasted no time in speaking.
“So this is how you do it?” His gaze remained trained on the direction Arvan had gone and if not for the vague and confusing question he had just spoken, Leonica would also have been staring off in that direction.
“What?” Her brows narrowed in confusion as her eyes found his side profile.
It didn’t take Gabriel long before he peeled his gaze away from the empty spot, shifting his body so that he could face her completely.
“Is that how you got to win your previous project? By using him? His connections?”
“What?” Leonica repeated, even more confused now. However, a mental image of Gabriel’s words, or rather, a mental understanding of Gabriel’s words began to form in her head and she steamed red; not from the embarrassing thought but rather from anger.
Did Gabriel...that bastard, honestly think that the way she had won her previous projects was by sleeping with Arvan? Selling her to him for connection?
A small part of Leonica felt hurt to know that Gabriel thought so low of her, but then again, after recalling all the shit he had said to her five years ago, and how he has treated her, believing that she was nothing but disgrace to his family name and not suited to be with him, and comparing it to now, what he was saying, it was like a simple walk it the park.