Almighty Father System-Chapter 13: Glimpse Of Past.

Chapter 13: Glimpse Of Past.

Leo finished the formalities and then left the school, he was told to come and pick up Lily at three in the afternoon, and it was still only ten in the morning.

So, Leo decided to head out to the shopping mall and buy a few cosmetics and perfumes for his wife. Just as he came out of the school, his phone rang.

Looking at the unknown number, Leo accepted the call while waving down a taxi across the road, and asked, "Yes, who is this?"

From the other side a calm voice greeted him, "Hello, am I talking to Mister Leo Cardinal?"

Leo affirmed and the other party continued, "Greetings, Sir. I am Lewis Ross, General Manager of Wagoner group."

Leo replied, "Hello, Mister Ross. Anything I can help you with?"

Lewis Ross asked heartily, "Well, Sir, the head office has authorized me to sign the authorization document as you are the new shareholder and board member. Also, in the Sunshine Nation, you are the biggest shareholder so they asked me if you have any instructions."

Leo got in the cab and said, "Well, if I am correct, your office is located in Angkor City, right? If you have time, then you can send someone from your side to find me at Atlas Kitchen in the Sundial Mall. I will be having my lunch there. As for instructions, well, Mister Ross to be frank with you, I am aware of the company policies, so it does not matter what I say, the final word belongs to Mister Alam, and I would be happy with the steady inflow of my annual dividends."

Lewis Ross was humbled by the straight ideas of this guy. He then said, "Yes, Sir. I will be sending my assistant over to you to sign the documents."

Leo suddenly recalled something and asked, "Well, I do have one favor, I wonder if I have any privileges as a shareholder? Like any discount on the vehicles manufactured by the Rings?"

Lewis Ross replied, "Well, I would have forgotten had you not asked me, you can go with my assistant, she will arrange the vehicles for you from the nearest dealership and it will be on us, apart from the limited addition ones, I hope you understand."

Leo obviously nodded and then the taxi zoomed through the traffic. Shortly after, he came to the Sundial Mall, and went straight to the cosmetic shops. He did not splurge, because he knew that Snow would not like that.

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He picked a few eyeliners, then a compact foundation pack, a couple of nice perfumes, and then some lipsticks. After a few minutes, he made his way to the Atlas Kitchen.

He came to the door, this was a moderately high end place, and Leo had been a frequent visitor in the past. An attendant came to greet him, and Leo said, "Table for two, if someone comes looking for me, please guide them. My name is Leo Cardinal."

The greeter nodded and then he led Leo to the table in the corner. There were not many guests at this hour, and a soft piece of classical music was playing in the background, soothing the nerves. Leo had just sat down, when a surprised voice called him out, "Leo, is that you?"

The young man turned to look at the side and found a young woman, dressed in loose but fashionable garbs. He looked at her and said, "What do you want with me, Alina?"

Alina approached his table and asked, "Is this how you greet old classmates?"

Leo looked at her and said, "That is something you should ask your husband and not me, or did you forget how he humiliated me back then?"

Alina choked up and took a deep breath to calm down and said, "I am no longer together with him."

Leo raised his eyebrow and then snorted, "What does that have to do with me whether you are with him or not? You stood there in silence watching him as he made me beg and humiliated me. None of you are worth talking to in my eyes. Please leave."

Alina clenched her teeth and just when she was about to pick her bags and leave, her face turned pale and she sat down on the chair across from Leo. The young man obviously noticed the bulging belly, but it had nothing to do with her.

Alina calmed down after a few minutes, and said, "I have long wanted to tell you that I apologize for my mistake, but I never found the opportunity to. As you can see, I am pregnant and this is my ninth month. I will leave the city after giving birth to the child, and never come back here. I know that asking you to forgive me is too much, but I will still do it because I do not want my child to come and bear the results of my karma."

Leo sneered and said, "Now that you are about to give birth you realize what you did wrong? Then what about me? What wrong did I do? What was Snow's fault? What about my child? Who suffered for the past three years?

What about the time I was confined to the bed because your boyfriend trampled on my spine after my parents' funeral? What about all that I suffered? You want me to act like a bigger person but if you knew what I felt like when I could only see my child from a distance without any hope of ever touching her, you would know what I have been through because of your selfishness.

Alina, give me one good reason to forgive you, and if it is really a good one, I promise I forgive your actions."

Alina looked at Leo with red eyes, the young man did not speak loudly, but it was the calm in his voice that made her understand how cold Leo had become. She closed her eyes and calmed her mind, as she said, "Leo, if you cannot do it for me, then do it for your best friend, Jimmy Shelby, your best friend. He is the father of this child."

Leo opened his eyes wide and asked, "What did you say?"

Alina sighed and said, "After what they did to you, I was disgusted by them and started distancing myself. One night, my drink was spiked and they took me to that bastard. It was Jimmy who broke inside and saved me. He also thrashed that worthless crap, Carole.

After that he took me away. For one year, we both did not set foot in Angkor City. Then Carole's family moved their business to the Pinnacle City.

When Jimmy found out about what happened to you and Snow, he almost went crazy in rage. It was his mother who stopped him from coming over, they tried to look for you, but you and snow seemed to have vanished.

It is one of Jimmy's biggest regrets that he could not help you that time, but you know his condition. Only last year his business managed to gain a foothold and thus we decided to have a child. I am here for the delivery and then I will leave."

Leo asked, "Where is Jimmy?"

Alina replied, "He will be coming over tomorrow."

Leo nodded and then took out a pen from his pocket and wrote a line on the tissue paper. He slid that tissue to Alina and said, "Give it to Jimmy and come meet me on Sunday then we'll talk."

Alina looked at the tissue and there was a phone number written on it. Leo said, "Alina, if you tried to warn your old flame about me, I will destroy you, regardless of everything that you have said just now, I will make you regret ever crossing me."

He said that because if this woman really was deceiving him, it would affect his family and he did not wish to disturb the hard fought peace they have attained now.

Alina left the restaurant and shortly after an office lady walked in with her high heels. Leo had just placed an order and was thinking about what happened just now. He did not expect to come across someone from his past. However, then thinking about it, in Angkor City, this encounter should not be that surprising to him.

The attendant on the front came beside Leo and said, "Sir, this lady is looking for you."

Leo raised his head and nodded as he stood up. He gestured to the lady to sit down, and said, "I apologize for the commute but I had things to do."

The lady shook her head and replied, "Director Cardinal, please do not embarrass me like this. I am just doing my job. Please take a look at the documents and then we can go over to collect the vehicles."

Leo nodded, and picked up the dossier placed on the table by the lady. He gave it a thorough read and then used his pen to sign the name at the end, and he smiled, "Thank you for your aid."

The lady smiled and replied, "Congratulations, Sir."

Leo said, "We can have a light lunch here and then we can take the car. How many vehicles are allocated to my quota?"

The lady replied, "Five vehicles, Sir. No special editions."

Leo nodded and told her the three vehicles, he said, "Among these three, please have the dealership prepare one before 2 PM, I would like to pick up my daughter in the car she likes. The other two can be delivered to my home later."

The lady nodded and quickly dialed a number to make arrangements. The food was served, and Leo began to eat. He did not mind that he was eating with someone else, because he never touched anything that the lady ate. In his mind and heart, only his family was important, the rest were insects that were to be manipulated for gains.

This was not because he had a system, but because in the past when he and his parents used to help everyone, that practice led them to suffer so much that they were reduced to corpses and he almost died. So, Leo decided to never do the same thing in the future.

Leo did not mind becoming a villain in order to protect his family and his own happiness. This world did not deserve kindness without reason.

This is the Antagonist that caused Leo to suffer so much, and he will introduced in the distance future. For now, just a little glimpse at what he suffered.