Chapter 86 Disaster Overnight.
Overnight, that’s how long it had taken for Leonica’s not so peaceful life, to take a sudden turn, for the worse.
Now this wasn’t talk about Gabriel’s actions that night, no, the kiss had nothing but at the same time everything to do with what Leonica was facing and she had sworn that she would have a bone to pick with Gabriel concerning his constant actions projected solely to annoy her, once she has successfully sorted out the matter at hand.
And what was the said matter that had caused her so much trouble in a matter of mere hours? Simple; Leaked photos of she and Gabriel kissing, or better yet of Gabriel kissing her. But no one knew that, at least those she hadn’t explained the situation to. People like those brainless outsiders, who even though were entitled to their opinion, couldn’t use their sense and type reasonable things in comment sections of articles.
At first, their late night comments had started out as speculations, harmless ones. Someone, obviously too jobless for their own good, started a debate on if Angelina’s engagement with Gabriel had been cancelled because of Leonica’s interference. A few hours went by before that one comment began to have a huge impact on the entire story and without knowing the full story or even bother to hear her side of the story, which she didn’t even want to give, seeing as only she and she alone was entitled to the events that happens in her life, People all over social media tagged her all sort of names, ‘Home wrecker’ ‘Fiancé snatcher’ ‘Shameless mother’. Some of them even going as far as saying that Leonica should be stripped of her status in the business world, after all, someone who dared to commit such a disgraceful act in public didn’t deserve to hold a title in the business world.
Amidst all those hate comments, Leonica only saw a few people who tried to defend her, pointing out that people, outsiders especially, shouldn’t jump to conclusion before knowing the full story. But as always, the negative side of society was quick to gobble those defenders up.
Not that she really needed them. As grateful for their support and believe in her as Leonica felt, she knew she was innocent. The real culprit here was the person who released those photos to the press. Sure, Gabriel had committed the act, playing a huge part in stirring the waters, and obviously she was going to take that up with him, but even at that, who would have thought that some weirdo was lurking around the corner, camera position at an angle and photos ready to be taken at any moment.
Thinking about it now not only gave Leonica the creeps, it also angered her.
With yet another sigh, the fifteenth one if Kennedy had kept count right, she placed her tablet down, halting her patrol across social media and articles that were carrying her name all around.
It was a total mess and she wasn’t even sure the right action to take. Give a speech? Deflect the blame onto Gabriel? As much as she and Gabriel wasn’t on the same terms and as heartless as she may seem, Leonica couldn’t bring herself to do that.
If Gabriel suffers, Ashley suffers and then, she’d indirectly suffer. That was the motto she told herself each time she had the urge to set up a meeting and give a public speech.
And so far, the motto had restrained her from even giving the order to her assistant.