By the time Leonardo had finally appeared in his office, it was already forty minutes later.
Midway through, Kate gave Leonardo a call, but the latter did not answer.
When Leonardo came in, Kate came to him angrily and asked, “Where have you been?”
“Meeting.” Leonardo walked around her and straight to the back of his desk.
Kate’s gaze changed as she probingly asked, “You only went to a meeting earlier?”
Leonardo looked at her, his expression almost inexplicable. “State your business.”
Kate did not notice anything off. To her, Leonardo had always had this mercurial air about him, and she was used to that.
She walked to Leonardo’s desk and said, “I haven’t seen Rosie for a few days now, and I miss her a little. So, I went to your house today, and I have something that I want you to listen to.”
As she spoke, she pulled out a recording pen from her bag and placed it before Leonardo as she pressed the play button.
There was a buzz in the recording before the conversation between two women rang out.
“Are you with Leonardo just for his money and power? How much money do you need to leave him?”
“Even if I am after Leonardo’s power and money, why would I leave him because you offer me money? Won’t it be better for me to stay with him and be the mother of his child?”
“But, how much money are you offering me to leave Leonardo? If the amount is to my liking, I might consider it.”
Kate was sure that Leonardo could tell whom the voices belonged to.
She turned off the recording and said loudly, “Leonardo, you heard it yourself. These were the words spoken by Summer. If I was willing to pay her, she would leave you. Is this the kind of woman you want?”
In Kate’s view, a man would be disgusted when he heard a woman say such a thing.
Furthermore, Leonardo was the president of Emerson Group and had the highest decision-making power in the corporation.
A man like that could never tolerate his woman only having eyes on his wealth and power.
Kate had everything planned, but she forgot that Leonardo had never been on the same page with her.
She had thought that Leonardo would certainly be disgusted with Summer upon hearing the recording.
However, Leonardo simply asked, “How much money were you planning to fork out for Summer to leave me?”
It was obvious that Kate did not know that Summer had also lost her memories.
Kate’s expression changed a little. “Leonardo, what do you mean?”
Leonardo’s expression was still impassive, yet Kate inexplicably felt a sense of terror.
If she did not answer that question well, something even scarier, even crueler could await her.
Leonardo slightly curled his lips as a chilly intent formed between his brows. “I asked you a question first. Answer it.”
“I was just bluffing. I didn’t expect her to be so gullible.” Kate had gotten smart now and did not directly answer his question.
Leonardo’s voice suddenly lightened a lot. “You don’t like Summer. That’s why you stopped the search and rescue team from rescuing her during the explosion on the island, am I right?”
“I was just anxious about your injury back then. You were very seriously injured. You are my brother. Of course I have to take care of you first. Moreover, didn’t Carl and the rest go to rescue Summer, and isn’t she all right now?”
Kate had initially felt a little guilty, but as she got to the end, not only did she no longer feel any guilt, she felt that she was in the right.
Leonardo suddenly laughed, but the laughter was as cold as his expression.
“Didn’t you say before that I have no relationship with Carl, and if I had no relationship with him, why would he go and rescue Summer?”
“Summer is friends with Carl and the others. Isn’t Summer good friends with that star?”
Kate was very nervous deep down, but she wanted to try her luck to make one final struggle.
“Kate, you’re taking me for a fool,” Leonardo said this as a declarative sentence.
Kate’s expression turned pale. “Leonardo…”
Every excuse, every reason she had, they were riddled with holes.
Leonardo revealed a tinge of impatience in his eyes, as he lowered his head to look at the documents before me as he casually said, “I’ve given you a chance, yet you never spoke a word of truth. Get out.”
There was no anger or reproach in his tone, as though he were talking to a subordinate… No, his tone when he spoke to Tim was much more congenial.
Kate wanted to defend herself again, but the moment she opened her mouth, and felt like something was stuck in her throat, and not a word could come out of it.
She turned and left. The moment she closed the office door, she covered her face.
Her eyes twitched as tears flowed out.
She was the proud young lady of the Emerson Family, she was an existence of reverence by many, she could not cry…
Inside the president’s office.
Leonardo’s gaze fell upon the recording pen on the desk.
Kate had left in a hurry earlier and did not take the recording pen away.
Leonardo reached for it, and listened to the recording once again.
A moment later, he sneered and put the recording aside.
…
Kate’s sudden visit did not affect Summer much.
Kate hated her so much, yet she did not know why Kate hated her.
At times like this, losing her memories seemed like a good thing for her.
When she got to the kitchen to cook, Rosie drove her toy car to the kitchen.
Rosie had gotten extremely close to her recently.
She heard the movement and turned to look at Rosie. “Why did you come here?”
Rosie sat in her toy car, blinking as she said, “I want to help you.”
“Okay.”
As Summer said that, she put a small stool before the small sink, and took out green veggies and tomatoes for Rosie to wash.
When Summer was cooking, Rosie stood by the side watching.
When she saw Summer put something into the pot, she would mutter out what she wanted to eat, as if she was quite peckish.
That little glutton.
When she served the dish, she took out Rosie’s bowl, and let the latter carry it to the dining room.
Rosie happily did so, and after placing it on the dining table, she looked at Summer with a face that was awaiting praise. “I’ve put it on the table.”
Summer picked up a chicken wing and handed it to her. “Your reward is a chicken wing.”
That was the scene Leonardo saw when he got home.
Rosie was holding her small bowl as she held and gnawed upon the chicken wing with a mouthful of grease while Summer was taking photos of Rosie all over the place.
Leonardo handed the maid his suit and walked over.
Rosie caught a glimpse of Leonardo and called out to him with a muffled voice, “Daddyyy.”
“Okay.”
Leonardo responded to her before turning to look at Summer.
Summer felt that his gaze at her was a little strange.