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?

nod, choosing to buy her words even though it was painfully clear that she was just doing all it took to get away from him. "Buddy," he turned his

but none the less, nodded his head

relief wash over her and she quickly picked Ashley up, placing him by her

"Leonica," She turned around to see him holding up his phone in one hand and a smile on his face

briskly walked out of the house, app

you doing,

From Him

as he stood in place even after Leonica and

spoke to Leonica had completely vanished, leaving him with a look that screamed focus as he tried to filter his thought, dig deeper than the rosy scent of Leonica that seemed to fill his head and Ashley's tiny loveable: voice, all in a bid to pin point the face that had flashes through his mind the moment the pain

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

settled in his 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 the exact feeling her felt

when he had decided to ask Leonica all about who she was, the female made

"A bad memory."

dripped of her tongue as she spoke, eyes narrowed dangerously at the

alone was enough to give him the gist of the situation. Whoever this girl was, she was

that, Gabriel couldn't stop his mind from wandering back to

familiar, he thought as he approached the table and plucked out the picture, only to stare at it, hoping that something

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

answer was almost inaudible as he answered lowly,

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 always had a

Gabriel more than he

week since he had woken up and once again, he was repeating the same mantra, asking himself why be felt so upset

she had wriggled out of his hold was almost as if she was trying to get lose of burning chains that had been tied securely