After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

"Is...was that why?" He questioned with a softer tone. "For whatever reason, you shouldn't have done that, Leonica. I still deserved to know the truth."

"Oh don't play holy saint with me," Slapping his hand off her neck, she sneered at him. " Before you go about drilling me about my choice of concealing Ashely's identity, first remember that it was you who didn't want me baring any of your children. Oral contraceptive, remember?"

Gabriel did and the mention of it brought a sting to his heart.

Start Over Wan Me?

"That was... At that time, didn't know you were pregnant, Leonica."

"Oh yeah? And what if you did? Would you have cancelled the divorce and thrown Angelina out of your life?" She asked pointedly, but deep down, some part of her hoped to hear a specific answer from him.

However, seconds passed and Gabriel hadn't responded. His silence told her all she needed to

hear.

Nodding her head, she felt a familiar sting behind her eyes, but forced the tears back.

"Yeah, thought so." Taking a step back, she swallowed thickly, making sure her voice was steady enough before she spoke. "You don't have to worry, I won't stop Ashely from meeting you anymore, after all, the treatment requires your assistance. But get this straight, I will ot stand by and watch you try to take him from me. If worse comes to worse, I will fight back."

Watching her turn to leave, Gabriel felt sour about how the conversation was ending. He had demanded to talk with her so that they could settle things...for Ashely's sake. Yet, here they were, fighting like tom and freaking Jerry.

Under normal circumstances, Gabriel would have gotten satisfaction from seeing Leonica angry, heck, her furious face even some times turned him on. But that wasn't the case for today's argument And no matter how much he tried to ignore that nagging feeling in the back of his mind, it kept telling him that if Leonica were to walk away and things were to end like this...it would be the end.

The end of her and him.

And that, he couldn't allow.

Stepping forward at a swift speed, he startled Leonica by wrapping his arms around her from. behind.

"Let... let me go, Gabriel." She demanded and began struggling. However, her struggles and whatever next word she wanted to say, died down the moment Gabriel spoke.

"If I gave up on my engagement with Angelina...would you consider starting over with me, Leonica?"

His Dysperate Plov

His Desperate Ploy.

Those words felt like a sweet, yet poisonous drink being served to her, because no matter how dreamy they sounded, in the end, she was going to end up getting hurt.

Hurt by getting her hopes up.

Hurt by believing his words.

Hurt by allowing feelings she had buried resurface.

But what if those words weren't fake?

a bug in her

his chest. Maneuvering so he was now standing in front of her, the Noirette gazed down at her stiff expression, certainly thrown off guard by his question. But

meant every last one of the word he

He pressed in a whisper like tone, hot breath fanning

was going on in her mind, but the same couldn't be said for her brain, which seemed to completely shut down

-

his cologne a mix of cedar and tiny bit of fresh fruit-, was a smell she

the intensity of

when combined with the intensity

Leonica was no exception.

her in anticipation of her

noticed she hadn't refused his presence no matter how close he got, Gabriel couldn't stop himself and at the last moment, he lowered his head, albeit slow, and captured her lips in a searing kiss. Her

grown to the size of saucers, and she didn't move, didn't

her rapidly beating heart which seemed to

muttered into the kiss. "You, me and Ashley, we can still make this work. A family, we can

Family.

in her head and had her finally moving,

was flushed red, and her breaths had become rapid and uneven, but she forced her brain

looked up at him. "Don't you dare...try to fool me, because that's not going to work." She spat,

for a second. However, she was smarter than his

that really the best

you, I would never take a bite out of your bait. Any smart person would know that you can't end you engagement with Angelina because she's carrying your

had played on her feelings, once

thought made

at her in utter

Angelina? Carrying his child?

the hell did she

"Wait, what are you...?"

you are, thank goodness." Anastasia rushed into the restaurant,

knowing and nasty look at Gabriel

her hands,

"Ashley woke up."

words, her eyes widened and the next moment, she was dashing towards the elevator with Anastasia following right behind. Gabriel was no slower, and soon, they were all pushing their way into Ashely's room. The said boy who had been having a brief and little chat

His Dyfperate Flor

at the sound of many footsteps and people practically barging

was his mother, followed by aunt Ana,

more than enough to bring a

Gabriel." He beamed weakly up at them both, making grabby hand

towards them.

at his son's

feeling?" He gently asked, frowning at the sight of