After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

Wanting Her Back.

"Just go home, please."

Seated in front of her room vanity mirror, Gabriel's words replayed in Leonica's head like a haunting tape.

For some reason, she couldn't get it out of her head. Perhaps it had been his tone? Or the anger that she had expected to come, more than prepared herself to receive, but never did? Or perhaps was it the expression on his face? De all there of them?

Whichever it was, it haunted her mind over and over again, throughout the entire freaking day.

Heaving a sigh, she pulled off the last of her jewelry and looked in the mirror just in time to see Ashley poking his head through the threshold of her door. "Mommy?" He called out in a small voice, testing his mother's mood as he had stood by her door for nearly ten minutes, observing as her mood deteriorated every now and now, and only ever growing the guts to call out to her when he felt his eye lids getting really howy.

Putting on her best smile to mask her inner troubles, Leonica turned around in her chair. "Hey honey, what is it?" She asked, beckoning him over with

open arms.

Ashley wasted no time in rushing towards her and soon settling in her lap. When his hands were firmly wrapped around her neck, black bunny stuffy placed in between them, he answered.

"Can I sleep with you tonight mommy. I don't want to sleep alone,"

Leonica chuckled at his cute action. Slowly, her hand went up and gently stroked the back of his head. "Of course, you can." She answered.

"Beally?" Ashley asked with a growing smile.

"Really," Leonica responded with a smile of her own before she stood up, carrying the child in her arms until they were close to her bed,

Only then did she place him down on the cushion and tuck him underneath the blanket.

"Do you want me to read you a story?" she asked

Ashley lazily shook his head, declining the offer since he was already far too sleepy.

"Alright," Leaning down, she gently pecked her son's forehead. "Go to sleep now."

Ashley didn't need to be told twice. In a matter of seconds, he was already off to his dream world, soft snores reaching Leonica's ears. She chuckled softly after seeing his sleeping face, but the smile on her lips faded the instance she recalled what happened today. Unlike her, Angelina would never have the joy of watching her child sleep

Sad, Leonica thought as she gently got up from the bed and reached for her phone. She scrolled through her contact list for a few seconds before finding Gabriel's number and dialing it.

Sure, she may never have liked Angelina, not even once, but that didn't mean she was never going to call to check up

1 her.

As as she brands herself, she can never seat back and watch anyone suffer to the point of death, not even her enemy.

A few seconds, along with a few rings had passed before Gabriel finally picked up

"Leonica? What do you want?" His voice sounded raspy, making Leonica gap unintentionally.

She took one look at Ashley's sleeping form before moving some distance away, not wanting to disturb him. Then she asked. "Angelina, how is she?" At the other end, Gabriel chuckled. "You ask that now?"

"Was I not to?" Leonica fired back, already regretting her choice of calling to check up on the very same person who had tried to frame her.

Corse her good board!

"Let me ask you something?" Gabriel began, pausing for a few seconds to make sure she was on the same page as him, before he continued. "Did you, do

The vague question had Leonica's bees knitting. "Do what? She questioned

Silence settled on the other end for another few seconds, of which Leonica was able to assess that Gabriel was in a chib, probably drinking away his frustration once again

A bad habit that he never could kill-

"Did you....... push Angelina?

at his question. Here she was, worrying herself over Angelina's well-being

I pushed

"Dain't you?"

little too loudly than she had intended, but at this point,

think that she'd stoop so low.

do you

Came Gabriel's answer no more

jealous? And I what? Decided to kill an innocent child? All because I was jealous?" She scoffed angrily, "Your arrogance is so treaking high that it blinds you,

over his shoulder at

simple, caused Gabriel

like he was taking a step forward, into her life and before he knew it, she had taken ten tucking steps backwards, drawing another freaking stupid line in

"What in the "

one girl had gathered. "Rising super star. Heartthrob. Lover of the century, he's what all the noise's about."

the noise. Wanna know something else?" He nudged Gabriel with his elbow. When Gabriel looked over at him, he continued. "Word has it that he's got a superpower; stealing your woman." He made a hand gesture, adding a much-needed effect to his words. "Who knows Gabe, if you're not fast enough, someone like him just might steal Leonica's heart." He joked. "Don't you ever

already had Arvan, an honest pain in the butt to rival with, now here his useless friend was,

need something

tongue to the top of his mouth as he lowered his glass. "Might want to stop teasing him, Lloyd." He warned "And why should I? I'm just telling the truth, am I not, Gabe? Don't you Lloyd joked,

to hurry up and claim your damsel before someone gets

do." He confessed dark eyes glued to the transparent body of his liquor glass. "More than anything right now, I think I actually

Claim

Play

Life Jacket.

despite Gabriel's audacious accusation, Leonica couldn't stop her Mary-Sux like mind from still pondering about Angelinia wellbeing Seated in her office, the Dipped through yet another file with an absent mind, heaving a sigh at the end. Kennedy who was seated in a chair in the far comer of her office, nearly swallowed by the heap of files, generated from half of the work Leonica had unintentionally neglected over the days,

obvious that something was on her mind, and Kennedy, more than anyone, knew that the mornent something plagued his employer's mind, she was either slow at work,

that she definitely

bury his nose back into his work, or

everything alright,

voice snapped Leonica out of her daydreaming and she instantly realized the

set soon. "Yes, Yes, I'm fine." She responded with an undertone sigh. "I just.. I'm just thinking of something" "That much is obvious," Kennedy rose up from his seat, walking toward the coffee machine and putting a fresh brew to set.

muttered just as the

"Pardon?"

took it, and several more into his. Holding the cup in his hand, he walked toward Leonica's table and dropped it down. "With all due respect Ma'am, whatever is on your mind seems to be affecting work, immensely." He nudged his head in the direction of the trash bin. "Wouldn't it be best to sort

was in, as far as she was alive, it was good enough to close

them on your table before you return." The assistant completed her sentence.

a smile and turned

smiled at the familiar

knew her name, after all, her face was constantly being pasted on newspapers and billboard adifs. HL Could i book a visit

shortly after, she turned away to type on her keyboard "Ms. Fernandez just finished her daily dosage so she's free for visitations. She read out the Information shown on the

glancing back and forth between the paper in her hand and the members written on the door. After what felt like a little

a deep breath, she knocked on the door before sliding it open and stepping inside. Instantly, her eyes found Angelina, who seemed to have just completed a call and sheepishly hid the phone

Leonica. "What are you doing

and quietly dusted it aside, tal closest table. "I can see you're doing well," She mused,

to place the fruit basket she had picked up on her way here,

after seeing Leonica's lace, didn't even notice that. "What, did you expect me to be dead?" she glanced at the fruit basker and scoffed. "And what is that? Is that your way of

at all," Leonica answered with a shake of her

that? You act like a saint, but I low your kind of person, Leonica." She stepped forward, closing some distance between them. You're awoll in sheep's clothing. A saint pretending to be a devil.

it was just about what it took to snap

heard me. That old witch must obviously have been blinded by your little act

stopping in front of Angelina with a serious gaze "Grandmother had given you a chance. Eight years ago, she presented you with one, but you blew it. You chose your selfish greed over Gabriel and abandoned

flexed her jaw and clenched her fist. Leonica's retort had obviously deflated whatever balloon she was about to inflate, but she wasn't about to admit defeat.

into Leonica's chest. "Are a fiancé stealing bitch and a murderer. Let this knowledge

off her face. "That, was

rolling her eyes in a manner that made Angelina want to rip the your doing, Angelina. You pulled that stunt,

smile to her lips. "But I must say, I admire your determination to keep Gabriel. However, I'd be lying

face turning