On the morning of the first working day of the following week, Alicia walked into the compound with a smile on her face and walked up the stairs to Leonard's office. She had put on her best attire and had gotten there as early as she could. "Come in, " Leonard said to her when she knocked and greeted her warmly with a smile as she walked into the room, "Alicia, I am glad to see you today, you look ready to work. ""Thank you sir, I want you to know that I take this very seriously and I intend to put in my very best into any work you wish to assign to me, " Alicia replied solemnly. "That's good, because I am going to be frank with you, I have got a lot of work for you to do today, but don't be alarmed it's just how it is, as a newbie there's a lot you need to learn regarding the job regardless of how long you wish to continue the work, even if you are only going to be working here till the end of the year or less there are things every intern must know, " Leonard replied, "I believe

"Oh, I'm sorry sir. I'll just come back later." Emma replied and shut the door gently before marching straight to her seat. This was ridiculous. Had he suddenly forgotten her so soon? Was that how people behaved? Well she had finally been scared, maybe now she would finally become sensible? An ecstatic Estelle approached her brother's office when she heard that the financial issues had been resolved, all thanks to the infamous Alicia.She had passed before returning to Emma's desk when she noticed that the lady didn't greet her which was quite unusual.She tapped Emma's desk making her jump in fright. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there, Miss Estelle." Estelle stared at Emma carefully. Her eyes were a bit watery, her cheeks puffy not from overfeeding but...had she been crying? She wondered. Was something wrong with Ava? If something was wrong, Leonard wouldn't be here, so it couldn't be that. She concluded."Are you okay?" Emma nodded sharply, "Yes, I am. I am okay just that someth

Estelle didn't say anything for a minute and both ladies stared at each other as they waited to hear what was going on. "Let's have this conversation in the room." Estelle said and she followed her immediately. "I don't want to make you angry or anything, but I think that you should be aware of what is going on." She began and Emma stared at her a bit confused as to where this conversation was heading to. "Okay?" "Now, I don't understand what's going on, but I saw something which I would want you to explain to me." Emma still stared on in confusion wondering what was actually going on. "Can you please tell me what is going on?" " Yeah, I can. What is going on is that, I saw that you sold our idea to our rival company but I wanted to ask you first before my brother knows." Estelle replied, watching for the smallest tick in her countenance and she froze. " What?" " I don't know... That's what the camera says." Emma cocked her head sideways, " That's impossible. What cameras?"

" What do you mean by that?" " Exactly what you heard brother. She's living with her boyfriend. He's ready to make sure that she gets the best treatment since the person she was slaving for didn't appreciate her." Estelle continued lying, enjoying the display of various emotions on Leonard's face. A few things managed to get to him, but he was fuming afterward. He wanted to smash the unfortunate being that had the guts and temerity to have anything to do with his Emma. Goodness, gracious. What made her his Emma. He was sure that she was probably also wondering what happened to him. If he was being honest, he overreacted and it was a problem to him because that meant that he had probably lost her for good and a stupid man was out that ready to snatch her away. " You don't need to frown. She's not yours and I would certainly not accept this if I were her because it's annoying to say the least. You called her various names without confirming that it was true. Only a woman with a lot

Leonard received a call immediately he arrived at his office that morning and hissed when he checked the ID caller. It was Mr. Griffin and he was a bit annoyed at the way he had been calling him." Hello, Mr. Griffin. How can I help you?" "I heard what my daughter did.""Okay," "But you can't send her to prison. That's impossible." He said and Leonard chuckled. " Let's have a discussion about this. I promise you. I understand everything that happens and I don't blame you but it would soil my daughter's image. How would you even think about sending her to jail without contacting me first." "Mr. Griffin, if you would just go straight to the point, I think we would all be better that way. But I really don't have the strength for this kind of argument today. What do you propose to do?" "I will compensate you for the damage my daughter has done. Tell me the value of that contract and I'd either send half the payment to you or help you get another one. Which do you prefer?" "Send my fu