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.

apologize for the atrocious

Leonica. I know she's

from the other end of

to my daughter? After what you did? The nerves you have!" She reprimanded. Gabriel could feel his temper rising, but kept

engage in a battle with an elder. All he wanted was to speak with

have her confirm if she was carrying his child

said, suddenly made his temper

from my daughter from now on." She said, her

his fingers tightened around the phone, causing it to crack under

don't think you heard me correctly, Mrs. Romero. I need to speak to Leonica

not

a fool?!" Cassandra's voice rang, clearly not

two weeks you'll be nothing but strangers. So, why not do us all a favor and start practicing. Stay away from

gritted teeth, running his palm down his face and trying

his nostrils caught whiff of something and a subtle, yet strong scent of burning fumes

of the air, Gabriel began to follow the scent to where it was strongest, his

sight that he

of the lawn was a pile of what looked to be all his belongings, specifically the ones

was obvious someone had used an accelerant to ignite the fire and Gabriel already had an idea

rushed towards the small fire, taking his suit off int the process and trying to smack out the small flames. However, his attempts proved futile as the small flame seemed

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

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

that moment, it felt like he had lost his grip on reality, the only thing he could focus on was the fire

he tried to calm himself down, though his

phone ringing from the inside the house brought Gabriel back to reality

the caller ID, feeling somewhat disappointed when it showed

expecting to get

swallowed, ignoring his straying thoughts

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