After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant-Chapter 139 Melvin Romero.

“The name of Mr. Rodrigo’s accomplice is Melvin Rome-“ Kennedy attempted to repeat his words, making sure that his employer had heard the information he intended to pass across, but abruptly, Leonica interrupted him.

“No.” For a second, he was confused, not being able to decipher the emotion that had coated her voice, making it change from its usual soft melody. “Something must have gone wrong with that scan. Some sort of error, but it can’t be Melvin.” She stated, firmly refuting what her assistant had told her.

She was sure about it, because unlike Kennedy who was new to the family, less than 6 years, she who had always been part of the Romero family had witnessed the demise of Melvin Romero.

She had seen his body which had been burnt from head to toe by the fire that had engulfed the private school they both attended years ago.

She witnessed his burial, watched as dirt was thrown on his coffin as he was lowered into the ground. Cried for him.

She was there. Not Kennedy.

“But Ms. Romero-“ Kennedy began only to once again end up being interrupted.

“It can’t be Melvin Romero Kennedy,” Her voice was filled to the brim with certainty. “Are you even listening to yourself. Melvin Romero, is dead and last I checked, dead men don’t work.”

“I very well understand Ma’am-“

“If you do, then you should also know You’ve got the wrong guy.” She stated, voice firm, a tone that indicated that it was the last thing she’d say on the subject. “Run another test on Rodrigo’s accomplice and this time around, get me a freaking accurate result.”

Silence befell the other end of the line and even without seeing his face, Leonica could tell that Kennedy had something to say. Fortunately, he swallowed it up and decided to obey his employers command.

“I understand Ms. Romero. I’ll have the latest report sent to you by tomorrow.”

“Good.” And with that, the call was ended and Leonica slumped back onto her bed, another tired sigh escaping her lips as she started up at the white ceiling, trying for force her mind away from the information Kennedy had just dumped on her.

It wasn’t true, she assured, biting her bottom lip at the weird feeling that settled in her stomach each time she considered the possibility of the scan having been correct.

If Melvin was indeed alive... Shouldn’t she be happy? So why was she worried?

Was it because if he we’re alive, breathing somewhere out there, he was Rodrigo’s accomplice?

It couldn’t be.

“I don’t believe it.” She whispered to herself, eyes still glued to the roof as she repeated the same words. “I won’t.”

Melvin was dead. She had seen his body, mourned him for years, and at this point, she wasn’t going to believe otherwise unless she saw him stand in front of her, in the flesh.

With a sigh, she allowed her body relax, sleep quickly washing over her. But just as she was falling asleep, she could’ve sworn she heard the sound of a message popping up on her tablet.

~•~

The next day, Leonica started the day with her usual routine. The dream about Melvin, which bothered her more than before thanks to Kennedy’s information, followed by her morning routine before she settled by the dining table.

Grace greeted her briefly, placing her plate of toast and a glass of juice on the table in front of her before turning her attention to Ashley.

“Young master, you have to eat your salad.” She began with their usual morning argument.

Ashley hopped onto his chair with a stubborn look on his face. “I’m tired of eating that!” He argued.

Leonica took a moment to watch him, smiling at his stubbornness. The smile however, faded when she recalled the doctor’s words.

Ashley’s time had reduced and if he didn’t get the surgery in time, it’d affect his daily lifestyle.

Just the thought of that had her appetite waning. She dropped the toast down and wiped her mouth.

“Huh, aren’t you hungry mommy?” Ashley asked. freewēbnoveℓ.com

Shaking her head, Leonica gently pushed the plate towards him. “No, in fact, you can have this.”

Ashley’s eyes quickly lit up as he stared at the delicious toast, a rather different food from the bland salad his nanny had made him eat for so long.

“Really?!”

Leonica nodded, a smile on her lips as she watched him grab the toast without hesitation and take a hung chunk out of it.

Yeah, there’s no point making him eat the salad if it’s not really helping with his healing process, she thought.

Her attention was pulled away from Ashley when her phone vibrated. She looked at it and instantly smiled when seeing a text message from Owen.

[Hey baby, how are you?] His message read.

She wasted no time responding.

[Good, just had breakfast with Ashley. How are you?]

Owen’s response was immediate.

[Good. But I’m pretty sure I can be better with a kiss from you.]

His message made her chuckle and she glanced at her son who was busy with his own breakfast before responding.

[You’re getting cocky Owen Lee.] Although she replied that way, She actually didn’t mind the cockiness. It was part of Owen’s charm.

Owen’s reply came.

[And you like it, future Mrs. Romero Lee.]

She bit her bottom lip and chuckled, quickly replying with:

[I do.]

But a second later, she decided to delete the message, realizing it might be too much and instead replaced it with; [Wanna come over later?]

[Is that even a question.]

Satisfied, she smiled.

Oh, how she enjoyed talking with Owen. Time spent with him was a blissful distraction from all the ruckus going on in her life, namely Ashley’s news and Kennedy’s mismatched information.

In fact at this point, she honestly won’t be surprised if she found out that she had a long lost sister somewhere in the world.

“I’m done mommy.” Ashley announced.

“Alright, go grab your bag.” He nodded and hopped of his chair, coming back seconds later with the bag hanging off his back.

Leonica stood up and scooped him up in her arms. “Let’s go now shall we?”

“Mhm, let’s!”

Smiling at her son’s antiques, Leonica began to walk towards the door when she remembered something. “Oh, Grace, could you help me plug my tablet, I think it’s dead.”

The nanny nodded her head. “I’ll do just that. Have a good day Madame and young master.”

~•~

After dropping off Ashley, Leonica had decided to head into work early, because truthfully, engrossing herself in work seemed more appealing than doing nothing and allowing her mind ponder over what Kennedy had told her.

And speaking of work, she still had the thing on Rodrigo to take care of. While Kennedy is busy identifying his accomplice, it’d be wise for her to start figuring out various reasons why Rodrigo had gone to the family vault.

For that, she need to do some intense digging.

A few hours later, she was doing just that when the landline somewhere in her office rang.

“Kennedy,” She called her assistant, wanting him to answer the phone in her stead as she was far too engrossed in what she was doing.

Only did she look away when her office remained void of the assistant’s voice, the ringing landline being the only source of sound in the room.

“Kennedy?” She tried again, but just like before, the assistant did not respond.

Of course he wasn’t here.

With a sigh, she placed her laptop down and walked towards the landline on her desk.

“Leonica Romero speaking.”

“Hello Ms. Romero?” The voice of her receptionist responded back. “There’s someone at the reception requesting an audience with you.”

Leonica’s brows furrowed. Audience? She didn’t have any appointments scheduled for today, and she wasn’t expecting any.

“Who is it?”

“That’s the thing, Madame, I’ve tried to ask him, but he’s a little... Difficult.” The receptionist informed.

“Difficult?”

“Yes, I believe you should come down and see for yourself, Ma’am.”

“Alright, I’ll be right there.” With that, the call ended and she stepped out of her office.

Her receptionist was already waiting by the elevator when she stepped out. “Where is he?” She questioned.

“This way.” Her receptionist gestured for her to follow her and together, they headed towards the direction of her office’s reception.

“He’s just inside, Ma’am.” Her receptionist explained and held her hand out, pointing in the direction of the reception.

Leonica thanked her and proceeded to the reception. Once there, she paused and glanced at the man seated there, back facing her.

“Who are you and what do you want?” She inquired, wanting the stranger to state his business and get it over with.

The man didn’t answer and when she moved closer, his appearance had her heart almost stopping.

“M...Melvin?"

A smirk tugged at the corner of the man’s lips and he stood up, towering intimidatingly above her. “Hello sis.”