After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

Leonica had left.

Gabriel felt a tingle in his chest and against his will, his lips turned downwards.

Leave? How could she just up and leave when she might be carrying his child! His heir!

Gabriel refused to accept that.

Exiting the room, he rushed down the stairs, intending to head for his car and drive to the one place he knew she would be, her parents Villa, when a shiny object on the center table caught his attention.

He walked over and picked it up, a bitter taste suddenly flooding his mouth as soon as he recognized the object.

It was the wedding ring grandmother had made him pick out for Leonica three years ago.

And beneath it was the black card he had given her to cover all her expenditures.

She had left them both behind and also signed the divorce documents quietly, it was clear to Gabriel what this message meant.

She has accepted their fate of becoming strangers.

Exactly what he had been pushing for the past few days...however, after learning that she might be pregnant...

Gabriel sighed out loud and undid his tie with one hand while the other gripped firmly on the wedding ring and black card.

He didn't like the way things were quickly spiraling out of his control and needed to fix it this. instance!

Dipping his hand into his pocket, Gabriel fished out his phone and in less than a minute, he had scrolled through his contact list and dialed Cassandra's number.

He waited for what seemed like an eternity, before the line was finally answered.

"Gabriel, what a pleasant surprise." Cassandra's voice dripped with sarcasms and he could almost image the elderly woman scowling. "Why are you calling?" she asked. "1-" Gabriel began.

to apologize for the atrocious gimmicks you

to speak with Leonica.

scoff resounded from the other end of the phone,

nerves you have!" She reprimanded. Gabriel could feel his

a battle with an elder. All he wanted was to

adult and have her confirm if she was

the next thing Cassandra said, suddenly

my daughter from

his fingers tightened around the phone, causing it to

you heard me correctly, Mrs. Romero. I need to speak

not

voice rang, clearly not happy at being

approved by the court, in two weeks you'll be nothing but strangers. So, why not do us all a favor and start practicing. Stay away from my daughter, Gabriel." Cassandra sneered and without giving Gabriel a chance to speak, she hung up. "Hello? Hello?" Gabriel tried to

gritted teeth, running his palm down his face

an abrupt stop when his nostrils caught whiff of something and a subtle, yet strong scent of burning fumes invaded his

to follow the scent to where it

sight that he

was a pile of what looked to be all his belongings, specifically the ones that Leonica had gotten him, and dwindling

accelerant to ignite the fire and Gabriel already

and Leonica's wedding picture. Without thinking twice, Gabriel rushed towards the small fire, taking his suit off int the process and trying to smack out the small flames. However, his

widened as the flames grew larger, his body moving on instinct and taking a step back to avoid any

feeling began to settle in Gabriel's chest as he watched the flames grow, burning off the corner of their wedding photo

on was the fire burning his things, frustration beginning to settle in at the result of the events that had spiraled out of

fists tightly and closed his eyes, breathing in and out as he tried to calm himself down, though his mind was clouded with anger, confusion and a lot of other

the house brought Gabriel back to

ID, feeling somewhat disappointed when it showed Christian's

else had he been expecting to get

his straying thoughts and picking the phone