Billionaire's Hidden Princess by Alegna Ciee (most popular novels txt) 📖

Chapter Thirty-Six: Learning His Past

Leticia feels more motivated to carry out her duties that morning.

In anticipation for her lunch date with Livius, her head is on cloud nine the whole time. She also finds herself smiling all giddily from time to time.

This is one of the improvements that she noticed about herself as well – she has gotten a bit more comfortable with a considerable amount of people around. Her social anxiety is still there, though. She just grew used to the attention, but not that part when people would walk up to her out of nowhere.

“Thank you so much for helping me carry these, Gabriel,” Leticia beamed at her companion while walking down a hall full of people with a pile of folders in hand.

“You’re welcome, Ms. Selene. Your department is really packed with paperwork like this. What are they?” Gabriel trailed off, looking down at the stack of papers he’s carrying with both hands.

“Most of them are drafts and samples of new designs that are about to be handed to the higher-ups for screening. To be honest, I’m quite fortunate to see the raw looks of this company’s future masterpieces.”  

“You really are enjoying this, huh…? Glad to know that you also don’t mind passing these crowded halls. Have you already gotten used to it?”

“I have… Sort of. I’m still avoiding places that are too crowded.”

“Hmmmm… That’s a relief.”

“Huh?”

A little puzzled by his uncalled-for remark, Leticia swerves her head to the side and looks at him quizzically. If she didn’t hear wrong, Gabriel is relieved that she is still being the scaredy-cat that she is.

“What do you mean by that, Gabriel?” she asked, making him perk up in surprise.

“O-Oh, it’s nothing,” he hastily blurted out, dropping the subject as fast as it came up.

For some reason, Leticia senses how a layer of enigma starts to cloak around Gabriel right at that very moment.

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Hours later, the much-awaited lunch time finally came.

With a blithesome smile on her face, Leticia treads the path to her boyfriend’s office, imaginary flowers and sparkles hovering all over her all the while. The way she looks so blooming doesn’t make it hard for people to assume that she’s a girl in love.

What pleases her this much is that fact that she needs no Visitor Pass this time around. She can now walk in and out of his office without arousing people’s suspicion. This gets her feeling a bit proud of herself since she really thinks that she’s able to take a step closer to Livius somehow.

“I mean, I always feel the gap between us whenever I visit his workplace back then. Now that I was able to pass this area through my own efforts, I feel like I’m more worthy to stand by his side,” she mused silently to herself.

Now, indeed, Leticia may be all sunshine and rainbows as she makes her way to Livius, practically bouncing and leaping as she strolls down the hall.  

That’s until she finally reaches his office and takes a peek inside.

The view that greets her has dampened her mood almost instantly. That’s because what comes along with the sight of her boyfriend sitting behind his desk is the presence of this beguiling beauty.

A beautiful blonde woman in red crimson dress is together with Livius inside his office at this very moment.

She’s standing before him with her back facing Leticia. Going by her voluptuous figure and imposing aura alone, she can already tell that she’s a stunning woman.

“I came ‘cause you’re not answering my calls and messages, President Apollon,” she complained with her arms crossed, a frown marring her frame.

“Am I obliged to? How did you get my phone number, anyway?” he asked with palpable iciness in his voice.      

“Don’t treat me like some stranger! I was your previous marriage interview partner! My father is a member of the Board of Directors!”

Not even a minute in and she already lost her temper.

Leticia feels like she’s eavesdropping on a private conversation right now. Even then, she can’t help but be both intrigued and caught off guard by this new revelation.

“So, Livi used to have marriage interviews, huh?” she thought out loud.

 “Ms. Selene?”

“Kyaa!”

All of the sudden, someone suddenly called her from behind. She jumped at this in surprise before frantically swerving around. There, she finds a somewhat familiar face.

Ian appears before her out of nowhere, sharing her moment of nonplus.

“Oh, I’m sorry for surprising you, Ma’am… And I believe I haven’t introduced myself properly before…” he trailed off right after he recovered from his surprise, spreading a small amicable smile.

“My name is Ian. I work as President Apollon’s secretary.”

“I-It’s a pleasure making your acquaintance, Sir Ian. I’m Leticia Selene,” she greeted a bit timidly.

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