Honesty to save Leonardo

At 10 am, Leonardo and I met with my lecturer, then we headed straight to the airport to take the flight to Portland. While in the car, Leonardo only often talked to someone on the phone, maybe it was someone he trusted in the office. he is so busy, busy, and I'm always sad because this is all caused by me.

"Okay ... the next message," Leonardo said and then hung up the phone. he sighed, then turned to me and smiled warmly, that smile seemed to seduce me, as if in awe because he could be so calm and kind to me as if I wasn't the source of the problem.

"What did he say?" I asked quietly.

"Three business partners withdrew their shares from my company," explained Leonardo, instantly making me dumbfounded, not expecting this bad news to come out right away, maybe it will get worse soon if I don't do something to save it.

"But everything will be fine, don't worry," he said again.

"but this is very bad for you, for your family too," I said worriedly. "I'll do something later..."

"No... it's okay."

I took my phone and immediately made an instant story. "Leonardo and I are going to the Airport..we'll do some clarification there... I hope some paparazzi can help us later, thanks!"

I took a deep breath, trying to get rid of hatred and also being afraid to speak up about what happened. This incident happened because of my mistake too, I will not let Leonardo or his family get into trouble just because I don't want to admit my mistake.

"Are you okay?" Leonardo asked.

"I should be the one asking if you're okay. You're in big trouble!" I asked back angrily.

"I know ... but I will take the positive side of this," he said with a faint smile but his face looked worried. "If they don't want to work with me anymore, then I will fight alone... with my money... no need from anyone else... after that, I don't need to difficulties, I don't need to ask for help from other people ... I have quite a lot of assets from my maternal and paternal grandfather," he continued with a stoic look.

"I know..." I took a shaky breath. 'But still, your reputation will be damaged and your company's performance will suffer if you are constantly known as a rapist ... that's not true at all,' I thought.

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After nearly 30 minutes, we finally arrived at the airport. and when we just got out of the car, we were immediately approached by a group of paparazzi carrying their cameras.

.'Oh my God, I'm pounding, but I have to be able to speak up, I have to save Leonardo and his family,' I thought anxiously, but that anxiety immediately disappeared when Leonardo held my hand.

."We'd better get in soon... ignore them," he said, bringing his face closer to my ear.

"No..." I shook my head.

"Why? They will interrogate us... this will make you uncomfortable!" he insisted.

I shook my head and immediately invited him to approach the paparazzi and I immediately showed a happy expression and embraced his arm.

"Georgina ..." Leonardo was worried, while I looked at the journalists who started turning on their cameras so that my eyes were a bit distracted, and immediately airport security approached us to maintain the situation.

"Leonardo, are you going back to Portland today? So what's on the news is true? Did you rape her until she got pregnant and you were forced to end your relationship with Zoe?" one of the reporters asked.

"Um..." Leonardo was confused.

"We're going back to Portland and the news that's on the internet isn't true at all," I said before Leonardo spouted his lies or things would just get worse.

"Then why did you get married so soon when you were still an apprentice? before that you even dated Sebastian and Leonardo dated Zoe? Very unlikely If all of a sudden you got married without something whereas before you were in contact with them?" one of the female journalists asked.

I sighed, trying to stay calm and think of the best answer so as not to make things worse.

"Come on... we'd better go..." Leonardo tugged at me but I pulled him back.

"Um..." I looked at the reporters waiting for my answer. ."Well... maybe this is a bit strange, but... but we did decide to get married because we were comfortable with each other. and we also got married after our relationship with our partner had ended so it wasn't a cheat... and our relationship with them ended a few months ago, but ...but we never published.it's privacy... so we don't think it's important to publish. an apprenticeship or education issue, it has absolutely no effect on us. I can even continue my education because getting married is not an offense..." I made up a bit of a lie.

"But in that post, Sebastian said that Leonardo had raped you, and now you are pregnant ... we want to know the actual chronology because the post is very synchronized with your hasty marriage."

"I told you, we are comfortable with each other....so... I think you know what you guys will do if you are comfortable with the opposite gender... so... there was no rape at all... we did it based on love," I said a bit awkwardly, feeling tired but had to go on the play.

"Leonardo is a good man... he's not a rapist... and maybe Sebastian said that because he was annoyed with me or misunderstood... because our relationship didn't end in a good way," I said again.

"So it's true, you married because you were already pregnant?" one male reporter asked. huh, this is so tiring, and it's like Leonardo doesn't want to talk anymore.

"Yes ... she is pregnant," Leonardo said suddenly. ."That's why we're getting married soon... and you don't need to get any more information out of us, because we're married, we're a legal couple, and we have the right to maintain our privacy... let's just end this because I don't want to miss my flight and my wife tired...she needs rest, poor the baby..."

I nodded, relieved at Leonardo's answer, even as he called me his wife and said I needed to rest, like a sign that he was a good husband.

"Leonardo, but we need one more answer to one question," said one male journalist.

Leonardo took a deep breath.

"From this misunderstanding, it looks like your reputation is getting worse. We see that several companies have announced that they are terminating their cooperation with your company. What are you doing to handle all of that?" asked the reporter.

"I didn't do anything... because actually personal matters are different from work matters, and if they want to leave my company then so be it... maybe because they are tired or they don't want to join my company anymore, I won't force them to come back... that's their right," Leonardo answered with a flat look.

"And once again I confirm, he did not rape me .. not at all!" I said firmly, then turned to Leonardo and looked up while stroking his cheek. "We love each other, and we are happy for our marriage," I said then tiptoed to kiss his lips, I hope this is enough to make everyone believe that he is good.

Leonardo returned my kiss with a faint smile, and suddenly I felt awkward and immediately ended the kiss, looking back at the journalists who certainly captured this moment.

'Well... our explanation is enough to make everyone understand, now we have to go, pray for the best for us, and our future baby," Leonardo said with a smile, his mood immediately changed after I kissed him.

"Congratulations, and thank you!"

the journalists congratulated us, and I just smiled while Leonardo immediately embraced my waist from the side and invited me to continue entering the airport hall to check-in.

I breathed a sigh of relief, occasionally glancing at Leonardo who was calling someone. .huh, even though I want him to praise me for what I did just now, or maybe I don't deserve praise because he already has a bad image, even after losing several business partners.