In a cafe, Zoe was sitting casually with two friends while enjoying their respective drinks. She was silent by playing on her cell phone while waiting for a message or call from Leonardo since earlier she did not get a response from him.
"Maybe he's mad at you," said Celine, a brown-haired girl wearing a black suit with open arms.
Zoe shook her head. "I don't think so... we weren't fighting and before he just said that he would be busy today. But What is he doing at this time?
"He's the CEO, sometimes the CEO can be very relaxed when relying on people he trusts, but if there's a problem, he won't be able to relax either," said Olivia, a reddish-black-haired girl who wore a red dress with open sleeves. she glanced at Zoe worriedly. "That's a risk..dating a CEO and you should have known that a long time ago... you guys have been dating for a very long time," she continued.
"Yeah..."
"You should just marry him instead of living your life in limbo just because you want to pursue a career as a model." Celine gave a suggestion, then continued to eat the strawberry cake which was completed by white cream.
"He always wanted to get married, but I refused," Zoe replied.
"That's so stupid!"Celine exclaimed. "if I were you then I would accept his proposal. Of course, it's easier to live a luxurious life without working than having to work hard to be a model, but not necessarily gain fame... I know modeling agencies sometimes have a dark side. some like selling someone and partly professional as well... there is a negative side and a positive side," she continues.
"I think so," Zoe replied with a faint smile.
"Oh, my God!" Olivia was surprised when she saw her cell phone.
"What is it?" Zoe asked.
"Zoe ... I know this man and he mentioned Leonardo in his post," Olivia said with her lips trembling as if she was very scared.
Zoe frowned strangely at Olivia's expression. She immediately took her cellphone and saw an Instagram post from an account named Mr. Sebastian _Gereldton which showed a photo of Georgina with him and then on the second slide was a photo with a broken heart. there was also a caption in the post and she started to read it.
__I love you very much and plan to marry you someday. But what happened broke my heart, and even though I know you're just a victim, I can't stay with you while you're pregnant with his child. I want to marry you but I can't be the father of a child who is not my biological child ... this feels very broken when I want to be with you but fate forces me not to be with you ... I hope that a man named Leonardo will take responsibility because it should be like that. I let you go not because I'm cruel, but because..he should be responsible because he was the one who stained you that night.
"Isn't she Georgina, Stefanie's sister?" Olivia asked while glancing at Zoe who was focused on organizing her cell phone.
Zoe swallowed her saliva, immediately her heart was messy, and tightened her chest like it was congested with a mind filled with questions.
'What is meant by the baby in the womb? what does it mean to desecrate Georgina? does this mean that Leonardo has already raped Georgina and then Georgina got pregnant and her boyfriend doesn't want to be responsible while Leonardo should be responsible?' she wondered to herself, suddenly imagining that before Leonardo lived in an apartment, he lived in the Mansion with Georgina and even went to work, always together.
Celine glanced at Olivia. "Better let her calm down," she whispered.
Olivia was silent, and suddenly Zoe returned her cell phone.
"I have to go," Zoe said, getting up and carrying her black branded bag.
"Where are you going? Do you think that Leonardo is your boyfriend? Isn't there a lot of Leonardo's names?"
"I don't know what to say but I have to find the truth now," Zoe said and immediately walked out of the cafe.
Olivia looked back at the post and noticed Georgina's beautiful face with such a sweet smile and wearing a pink dress with a beach background.
"I think it's very natural that he suspects Leonardo because Georgina is also doing an internship at Leonardo's company," said Celine worriedly.
"But Leonardo may be meant to be another man... maybe a college friend of hers," Olivia replied with a shrug.
"but she's not in college... I mean she's not in the city where she's studying... She hasn't been mingling with her friends in about 2 months... and now she's pregnant after about 2 months of internship at Leonardo's company ..." Celine spoke while thinking to come to her conclusion.
Olivia paused in dismay remembering Zoe who had previously been so confident that Leonardo would propose to her.
"If indeed what the man mentioned is Zoe's boyfriend, then she will be very disappointed... I can't imagine that..." she said while shaking her head.
"Let's just wait for further news..." Celine went back to eating her strawberry-flavored cake.
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Zoe walked in a hurry until she arrived at her car and immediately got in.
"What should I do now?"
she was confused, looking ahead while imagining what if Leonardo had already impregnated Georgina. Should their relationship end? it felt like, she was sorry for making him wait, but she also hated it if he raped Georgina.
"Why? Why did he rape her? Was he drunk or dissatisfied with me, or maybe he was secretly attracted to her?"
Drett ... drettt ...
Zoe immediately took her cell phone and saw an incoming call from Leonardo.
"Hello?"
"Can we meet?" Leonardo asked from the phone, sounding limp.
"Yes, we do have to meet!" she replied curtly.
"Okay ... I'm heading to your apartment."
Zoe immediately hung up the phone, then rushed to drive her car back to the apartment.
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At the mansion, Georgina was sitting with her mother and Camille. The atmosphere was still tense, each of them imagined what Leonardo would face when he met Zoe.
"Poor Zoe," Regina muttered worriedly. "She's Stefania's friend, she's also quite close with Georgina, with our family... but in the end...."
"She will hate me, it's like I took Leonardo away from her," Georgina replied languidly.
"This is really bad, but... we can't do anything... Leonardo really has to marry you, forget about her," Camille replied worriedly, looking at Georgina who rested her head on Regina's shoulder.
"I know ..."
"This is indeed a disaster, but it's also a blessing for me," Camille said, Georgina and Regina looked at her in astonishment. "I don't like Zoe... but I appreciate her love for Leonardo... I don't want to disturb their relationship. .but I've often wished that it was you who would be Leonardo's wife, and that's true now… though… albeit in the wrong way," she continued with an awkward smile.
"I think so. Georgina is better off with Leonardo than Sebastian," Regina replied.
at once Georgina lifted her head from her mother's shoulder. "But this isn't good for us. We kind of hurt our partner whom we love..."
"This is fate..." Regina shrugged her shoulders. ."You should also find a way to not get pregnant after he raped you...mommy thinks you're an adult, you know about contraception."
"Mom?" Georgina looked at her mother in astonishment. "Why are you blaming me?"
"Yeah... since you should be good at anticipating it... you're not a teenager anymore..."
"But Leonardo was wrong!"
"Okay, yes....he's wrong. but you're also wrong...You can drink a lot of wine that night, or maybe buy a pill in the morning.... because the sperm will experience fertilization with the egg after 24 hours... you have enough time to stop that... actually," Regina said carefully heart. "Mommy doesn't blame you...but when you become a victim, you should try to bring yourself in a safe position, not to become a victim more," she continued.
Georgina fell silent, feeling slapped by her mother's words. .'she's right... I should have been careful, I should have bought birth control pills.... maybe if I did, my relationship with Sebastian wouldn't end, maybe Leonardo wouldn't have to be my husband either,' she thought sadly.