big deal for Leonardo

Georgina's POV

knock knock knock...

The sound of a knock awakened my soul, making me immediately open my eyes and realize Leonardo was beside me, I even embraced his chest. Oh shit, How could this happen? Last night I didn't want us to be close and it turned out that I hugged him? or could it be that I'm already delirious about the expectations of the first night? If that did happen then it would be so embarrassing!

"Uhh..."

he squirmed, and I quickly let go of my grip before he knew it.

knock knock knock...

"Why don't you open the door?" he asked with eyes not yet fully open.

"I'm lazy," I said curtly, immediately turning my back on him. "I want to sleep again!"

"Hmm..."

He seemed annoyed, but he got up from the bed and immediately walked towards the door. I glanced at the door and saw that it was his father who came.

.'What the... why did his father come? does he know perhaps that our first night wasn't special at all?' I clucked angrily inside, remembering Leonardo's stupidity.

"Oh, Gosh? What should I do then?do I have to get back to Portland as soon as possible?" I heard Leonardo panicked.

finally, I kept staring at his interactions with his father I didn't hear clearly.

"but I have to take Georgina to her campus... she also has to finish her business with the Professor."

I was increasingly interested in their conversation until I immediately sat up and crawled to the edge of the bed to be closer to him and could hear him.

"Okay then ... for sure I will go to Portland as soon as possible ... I will think of a way to solve this problem," he said again, then his father left and he closed the door again. he turned to face me, making me immediately look away, suddenly did not want him to know that I was eavesdropping.

"You better get ready," he said as he walked towards the suitcase. "We will meet your lecturer. Then after that, immediately make a flight to Portland," he continued.

"What is the problem?" I ask.

"Look on the internet," he replied then walked to the bathroom with clothes. I immediately took my cell phone from the table near the bed then opened one of the well-known news sources on the internet, and at that moment I immediately saw a discourse that posted three photos, it's my photo with Sebastian, yesterday's wedding photo, then Leonardo's photo and Zoe, it even turns out that there is a photo posted by Sebastian that shouldn't be on his account anymore.

"What is this?"

I immediately read the description of the photos.

"The beautiful model Zoe Fransisca had to give up her boyfriend named Leonardo to marry another girl because he had raped her until she got pregnant. It turns out that the girl is Georgina, the girlfriend of Sebastian who is a talented artist. This fact is true because of Sebastian's post which gave information that Georgina is pregnant after being abused by Leonardo. although at that time Sebastian did not explain who Leonardo was referring to, the wedding that took place yesterday, was enough to explain that Leonardo was Zoe's lover, a wealthy businessman from Portland.

This scandal shocked the public, especially since Leonardo was known as an established and loyal man because he had been in a relationship with Zoe for 4 years. he is known for his wise and polite demeanor, so no one would have thought that he had not raped Georgina who was an apprentice at his company. this seriously damaged his reputation, and several businessmen with whom he worked threatened to divest them because they condemned what he did to Georgina. but there has been no clarification from Leonardo Georgina or Zoe or Sebastian, so many say that this is just a setup to destroy Leonardo's career, but there are those who sympathize with Zoe and Sebastian for having to give up their partners to marry with the others, as for those who felt sorry for Georgina because she had to endure the shame of getting pregnant before marriage, and had not even finished her apprenticeship.

some netizens also say that Leonardo should be in jail instead of marrying Georgina because marriage does not necessarily solve this problem, instead They are afraid that Leonardo will abuse Georgina, they don't seem to trust him as a polite and good man anymore..."

I stopped reading that caption and immediately felt shocked, and sorry for Leonardo because his name got so bad just to protect me.

'He's annoying but does he deserve all this? it was me who was wrong because at that time I seduced him for the first time, and I let his seed grow in my womb even though at that time I could have taken pills or done all sorts of ways not to make the seed develop,' I thought anxiously, imagining the mess that was being faced by her. Leonardo, then he also has to help me with my studies.'

"Hey ..." that voice immediately made me turn towards the door of the walk-in closet room and saw Leonardo who had just come out and had changed into a gray casual suit.

"You better call your lecturer, because we'll just meet him at his house, not on campus," he said in a hurry to take his shoes.

I fell silent, thinking instead of his reputation being damaged by his stupidity to save me.

"After meeting your lecturer, we will return to Portland... maybe 10 o'clock," he said again. "But if you want to stay here, that's fine... I'll pick you up when my problem is over," he continued.

"Is this going to destroy your company?" I asked worriedly.

he looked at me, then shook his head. "No... it's not going to bankrupt me. But if too many investors are going to pull out their shares, that means the finances in the company will be worsened, and I may have to sell some of my assets to fix it," he explained.

"Selling assets?" I was shocked, did not expect this to be so bad.

"Yeah ... but I'm going to try to convince them not to pull out their shares, which is why I need to get back to Portland," he explained again, then pulled on his shoes. ."If you can't come with me now, it doesn't matter since you either have to finish your business here or you might be more comfortable here..."

I paused, thinking if I was here, maybe I would face my family lecturing me because they are still disappointed in me for this mess. they started blaming me because I was silent after I became a victim of rape.

"I'm going to see my dad, maybe he'll be back in Portland at 8," Leonardo said again, then walked towards the door.

"Leonardo..." I suddenly called him.

he immediately turned to me, and I don't know what to say but I hate to see him in trouble like this.

"What?"

"um..." I swallowed hard, and my throat suddenly constricted. "um... you... I mean... are you going to be okay?" the question just slipped from my lips.

he even smiled at me. "Don't worry... I'm Okay," he said, then left.

I sighed, then lay down staring at the ceiling with mixed feelings. What's this? why does he seem like he doesn't feel sorry for defending me and finally getting into trouble like this? Should he be mad at me? Moreover, this all also started from Sebastian's post, and maybe that night we would never have had sex if Sebastian had not betrayed me.

I was confused, the image of Leonardo's smile seemed to haunt my head. I can't deny that he is kind, since the beginning of this problem he didn't blame me at all, he always defended me even guarded my honor, he didn't want people to be angry with me, but I still. being curt at him, I'm still proud to be nice to him, but he still smiles at me even though he's facing such a big problem because of me.

"What is this..." I sat up. "Could it be indirectly that I am like a disaster for Leonardo?... I can continue my education... my problem is only about my damaged self-confidence, but the problem at hand is bigger than me. I don't think it's fair if this is allowed to go on and on…no…it's unfair for him….I have to do something to save him from this misunderstanding!"