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.

not to apologize for the atrocious gimmicks you committed." Cassandra cut him

speak with Leonica. I know

resounded from the other end of the phone,

want to speak to my daughter? After what you did? The nerves

a battle with an

adult and have her confirm if she was

Cassandra said, suddenly made his

my daughter from now on."

what got to him but, his fingers tightened around the phone, causing it

Mrs. Romero. I need to speak to

not

Cassandra's voice rang,

by the court, in two weeks you'll be nothing but strangers. So, why not do us

running his palm down his face and trying to

abrupt stop when his nostrils caught whiff of something and a subtle, yet strong

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

was a sight that he did

be all his belongings, specifically the ones that

an accelerant to ignite the fire and Gabriel already had an idea who the

off int the process and trying to smack out the

widened 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

the fire burning his things, frustration beginning

out as he tried to calm himself down, though his mind was clouded with anger,

house brought Gabriel back to reality and he walked back into the house to retrieve

ID, feeling somewhat disappointed when it showed

been expecting to get a

straying thoughts and picking the

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