After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

"Hey, this isn't your fault. Don't cry now." She gently soothed. "Your daddy's going to wake up soon, I'm sure of it, so please don't cry."

"B-but mommy, what if daddy wakes up and... And doesn't love me anymore." Ashley voiced out the fears he had held close to him for a while now His fears that his father would abandon him after his incident. "You can't say that, Ashley, and stop thinking like that. Your father loves you, more than anything else in the world."

"Even more than you?" He questioned.

"Especially more than me." She replied, not caring that it would be a lie.

Ashley's fears were slowly subsiding as he processed his mother's words. He was about to thank her when a nurse came into the room, informing them that Leonardo was here to pick Ashley as per the usual time.

"Go on ahead." She encouraged him. "I'll be with you at home as soon as I ensure your daddy's okay."

"You promise?" Ashley asked, holding up his pinky.

Leonica hooked hers around it with a smile. "I promise."

With the promise sealed, Ashley climbed into the bed, kissing his father's head goodbye before he hoped off and scurried away with th

When they had finally left, Leonica allowed her face to fall. She stared at Gabriel, the rise and fall of his chest the only sign et lite be luut

"If you don't wake up soon, I swear. Leonica passed, trying her best not to allow the tears gathering in her eyes to fall.

take Ashley and leave. And this time, you'll never find us. So you better wake up soon if you don't want that to happen." She whispered and hung her head, chuckling wistfully at the fact that she was talking to someone who couldn't even respond Why

Gabriel's condition remained unchanged. Seated in a cale with Owen, Leonica drank her coffee with little to no interest. It was the first coffee slie had had in day, yet she wasn't even enjoying it as much as she usad enjoyed her coffees "You've barely touched your coffee Owen observed, his eyes fixated on the

mood Came

uqpiestioned.

didn't like the fact that someone could so easily read her expression or the fact that Owen had spoken about Gabriel's condition, whichever one of the two it had been, suddenly caused her

asked. "Can't hang out

don't feel like talking. Now if you don't have anything better to say to me, I might just as well take my leave." She said and was just about to stand up when Owen brought out a small envelope and placed it on the table, passing it to her, "What's this?" She questioned. "A commission letter from Doctor La Croix and her team. I pulled a few strings and they agreed to take a look at Gabriel's condition.

She thought as she opened the letter and read through it confirming that it was indeed true. "You're a

bitter about the fact that the smile wasn't meant for him "I'm always here to save your ass, so you better

always be there to save yours."

and watched as her eyes shifted back to the envelope, the smile

love him? He blurted out, the sudden question catching

him with a

make your life a living. hell, yet you still choose to stick

""You don't?"

"Nope."

did you

people who are good are supposed to do, right?" Leonica replied. "They're supposed to help those in need, and I know for a fact that Gabriel's a person

of who they were." Owen challenged,