After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

Leaning down, Leonica used the pad of her thumb and wiped residue of ice cream off the corner of his lips. "How much Ice cream did you have?" She questioned. Ashley gave a giddy giggle at her question, but quickdy resumes his begging when he realizes he's about to be separated from his Infinite source of ice cream

"Please mommy, I wanna stay. Can't we just stay? I don't mind skipping school for one day." He begged.

"He can stay," Gabriel's voice sounded out from behind her.

Leonica willed herself to stay still even though every fiber in her body screamed that she needed to put distance between she and Gabriel.

"You both can stay." Gabriel added, concluding his previous sentence.

At this, Leonica whipped her head around, about to refuse, but she went mute the moment she realized how close Gabriel truly was Why was he standing so close! All the warning signs in her head went red and she stepped back, finally giving them enough space to put those red lights at ease.

If she had lowered her gaze any laterer, she would have seen how flattened and for the briefest second, disappointment sipped into the edges of his always collected expression

"No, we we need to leave." Leonica sputtered, taking a second to berate herself before adding in Ashley has school to prepare for "I can have Bill drive him to school tomorrow" Gabriel suggested.

"No!" Her answer came out rather too harsh and Leonica found herselt grimacing when she caught Gabriel's hurt expression. "That that won't be possible." She found herself trying to quickly make up a cover story. "You can't have Bill take Ashley because, we, you and I, we have to be somewhere tomorrow

Gabriel shot her a raised brow book; silently questioning, if she was hearing herself and Leonica slammed her eyes shut, praying that

he'd just back oft and let them go home betore she made a mess of herself any further than she already has.

But then again, she could easily grab her child, which by the way, was still stuck to her leg like a koala, and briskly walk out. But that would make her look rather rude.

But, why should she care if she looked rude or not?

Gabriel said with a nod, choosing to buy her words even though it was painfully clear that she was just doing all it took

breath, but none the less, nodded his head in

her and she quickly picked Ashley up, placing him by her side. "We'll be leaving now." She said and turned around, wanting nothing more than to step out

to see him holding up his phone in

walked out of the house, app the while mentally slapping herself with one thought rolling around

are you

Him You Pricey

Will called out to Gabriel as he stood in

that screamed focus as he tried to filter his thought, dig deeper than the rosy scent of

and he got that one feeling that would always wash over him when he found himself in the highest length of the Eiffel tower, seating down and holding a video call with Lila where she made a show of the foods she

gut, but would soon be consumed by anger the moment he realizes he can't get his hand on his grandmother's precious cooking, that was

who she was,

"A bad memory."

amount of venom that had dripped of her

gist of the situation.

his mind from wandering back to the features of

familiar, he thought as he approached the table and plucked out the picture, only to stare at it, hoping that something would happen again. Nothing, much to his

silently, finally spoke up. "Mr. Bryce is everything alright? Would you

Gabriel's answer was almost inaudible as he answered lowly,

Especially when it came to Leonica because she always seemed so on guard around him. Each step she took felt like she had prepared herself to walk on eggshells around him and each answer she gave him

all that seemed to irritate Gabriel more than he knew it was

it because they had been married? Or because they have a child together? He often questioned himself in the one week since he had woken up and once again, he was repeating the same mantra, asking himself

she had wriggled out of his hold was almost