After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

"So why didn't we?" He quizzed.

Leonica let out a sigh and glanced at her son. "It was important." She answered, hoping he wouldn't press the matter any further. "More important than me?" He questioned.

"Of course not," Leonica answered, shaking her head and leaning forward to stare at her son. "Never more important than you." Ather w words, Ashley looked away and downcast his eyes, a sign that he was upset.

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"Hey," Leonica called, tilting his chin up to meet his gaze. "Don't think that. You're very important to me, more than anything, okay? It's just." She hesitated, glancing in the direction where Anastasia stood, sipping on her cup of coffee while giving her the nasty look. She offered an apologetic smile, both to her son and best friend. "I had to help Owen on something"

Ashley's entire expression brightened at the mention of the familiar name. "Owen? Is something wrong?" He asked.

"No, not at all. At least not something I can't handle." She told him and once again placed a kiss on his forehead.

"Mommy can handle everything?" Ashley tentatively asked.

"Yeah, I'm Larissa, aren't I?"

"Including daddy?" He quizzed, the smile fading.

Now, at his question, Leonica fell silent, unable to come up with a suitable answer.

When can I see daddy? You said we'll talk about it today."

"And that we would." Leonica said as she picked the child up and places him on her lap. "You see," She paused and briefly thought of a way to break things easily to him. "Daddy sustained serious injuries before he had been hospitalized..." The rest of her words trailed off as Ashley gasped as his eyes watered.

"Is daddy dead? Is that why you don't want me seeing him?"

"What? No, of course not, your daddy is alright. It's just... He had amnesia."

"Amnesia? What's that?" He asked, his head tilted to the side in confusion

"It's a condition in which the patient can't recall memories." She gently said and watched as her words soaked in before adding. "You daddy can't remember a lot of things."

"Including me?" The child asked after his mother's words has sung in

you. In fact, he has

Leonica nodded her head. "Yes, but," She quickly added when she saw the tears gathering in his eyes. "He knows of you. In f a picture of us, from when you guys went gaming, remember that?" She asked. Ashley nodded his head.

"Yeah, well, daddy has a picture of us two, but doesn't have the memory of when it was taken. So he wants to meet you and try and create new memories."

"But what about his old memories? Doesn't he want them back?"

"That's up to him, Ash." Leonica told her child, who has suddenly gotten curious about the entire matter. "But, he still wants to see you. Do you want to see him?"

quickly nodded at her question. "I'll

"I'm sure you will. So let's go

attention to her. "It's high time you both head home. I'll love your company, but I'm not gonna get anything done with you both around." She said, nudging her head in the direction of her study which

up from her seat, placing her son on his feet and

Annie." Ashley greeted and hugged his

sweetheart, have a good sleep and behave for

off to retrieve his things,

really lucky I love the

Anastasia stated.

smiled. "I'll try to

you've got a lot

I'm aware." Leonica said as she leaned in and kissed her best friend's check, bidding her

For

into their car, the former stopping to wave her goodbye, to

drive away, she heard the sound of her phone ringing from her study. She moved towards it, mumbling underneath her breath how much

pile of growing client cases, the phone was on its second ring.

pondering, Anastasia answered the phone by

"She said once the phone had been pressed

voice that greeted her was one she was not expecting and very much not

that sure does have a nice ring to it." The familiar voice spoke, having

the wall in front of her, fighting her brain to remember where she had heard the voice. The answer wasn't too far away from her

"Riley?" She questioned.

Lloyd's answer, although he wasn't to pleased about the fact that she had addressed him by his

rather than his first.

the hell did a womanizer like you get my phone number? Anastasia questioned and he could almost hear the displeasure dripping from

he was in. "A womanizer, huh. That doesn't seem to bet the right title to address me with And It's a secret, one I'm not willing to disclose to you, yet." He teased. Anastasia scoffed and rolled

of coffee and sipping from it, only to make a sour face as she realized that it has long gone cold. "Now, what do you want? I have a shit load of work to do, so if you're looking for another

Did I say something to upset you?" Lloyd joked,

existence annoys me."

chucided. "That's not

don't care. Now, I repeat, what do

a halt at her question

stop

way of answering had Anastasia's brows furrowing. "Discuss what?" She questioned as she picked up her coffee mug and walked to

that have to do with me? Gabriel's Leonica's problem. As much as she would hate to admit that." She mumbled the last part, but Lloyd heard

she'll need help with him." He added, expressing the thoughts that had been running through his head ever

a few seconds, she added. "You really think Leo can't handle a simple memory loss? Heck, even Ash found his way of handling it." "Ashley knows about this?" It was Lloyd's turn to ask

her head, even though she knew he couldn't see her. "Leonica told the kid this evening." She sighed when

would have seen him nodding in agreement with her. Lloyd and Anastasia, well, Anastasia alone, didn't seem to like him, it was clear. But one thing they

she did it for two whole years, so it won't be any different to her right now. Memory loss or not. The person I'm worried about is Ashley. He's still a kid and something like this, I