After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

hley off at his school. The Leonica drove straight to her company after dropping Ashley she took notice of the fleet of securities lined up by the entrance.

he moment she arrived on her company's premises,

Kennedy, who as usual, was waiting by the entrance for her, received her with a bow. "Good Morning, Ms. Romero "

"Morning Kennedy. What's all this about?" She gestured towards the four men in black standing guard in front of the entrance. Before he could answer, they parted at the middle and Leonica watched a familiar figure walk towards her, hands tucked in his pocket. "Arvan," She smiled, greeting him lightly. "I see you got yourself more trustworthy guards."

"The last ones were utter disappointments." He wasn't joking, seeing as his ex wife had been able to make her way into his house without him knowing. "How are you doing, Leonica?"

"Best shape." She offered him her best smile, but he did not fail to notice the dark circles underneath her eyes as they turned and headed Inside. "What are you doing here, anyways?"

At her question, Arvan paused the instructions he was giving to his guards and flashed her a look. Quickly, Kennedy appeared by her side and whispered in her ear.

"You have a contract signing with Senator Richardson today."

Contract signing, of course! How could she have forgotten that today was the day she and Arvan would make their cooperation official.

"Leonica," Arvan began but she cut him off with a smile while reaching for the elevator's button.

"Old age." Her excuse was so weak that it had Arvan even more worried.

Old Age? He would have understood if she said the stress of single parenting was getting to her, but old age? Leonica didn't look the least bit like her age mates. Even today, dressed in long brown suit pants, white inner and a brown neutral blazer, she looked more stunning than most, if not all twenty nine year olds that Arvan knew.

When they finally stepped into the presidential elevator alone, since both assistants had to take the regular employee elevator, he asked.

"Is everything alright with you?"

"Peachy," Leonica responded with a nod. "I happened to overwork myself last night." She quickly added upon seeing that he wasn't buying into her words.

Arvan nodded but he was far from convinced. Even at that, he decided not to push any further when the elevator dinged open. As they walked towards the conference room, Leonica changed the subject, asking after Daisy,

"She good." Arvan responded as he held the door open for her. She thanked him while stepping in. "However, she's been going on about a sleep over?

"A sleep over?" She mused..

"Yeah, know anything about it?"

Leonica shook her head when he asked, letting him know that she knew nothing about the children's plans.

With a sigh, the conversation temporarily came to a close when their assistants walked In, each carrying

g the official documents that needed each of their signatures before their cooperation was made public to the entire business words.

Arvan was the first to finish signing. He once again examined Leonica's face in the few seconds window.

It was clear to him that she had lost a night or two of sleep.

He couldn't help but wonder what had happened? And why had she refused to tell him anything about it?

Not that he had any right to know her every where and how in life, he thought and sighed at the fact that even after two month of telling Himself that he was going to be a friend and a friend alone, he clearly still had romantic feelings for her. "All done!" Leonica's voice had him blinking away the unpleasant thoughts and they exchanged the contracts, sealing the deal at last. "As for the press conference-"

once everything's been arranged "He offered her his

had been rather rude, not even bothering to ask about his wellbeing, whereas he had

most private corner of Leonica's favorite café near her company, each mursing their cup

speak, merely enjoying each other's company. But it was obvious that Arvan wanted

his eyes did not meet hers and instead, kept flicking down, like a child waiting to tell their parent something they knew

before placing her coffee down and stretching her hand flat across the table. "Arvan," She called. "Is

was so welcoming that Arvan nearly forgot that he wanted to keep

to divert the topic from his bottled up feelings. "How's things with Owen?" The question came out before he

when Leonica broke the news to him, no, more accurately, Ashley had broken the news to him, going on about how he was getting a new daddy and Leonica confirmed her relationship

filled with enough

to show how his chest constricted painfully.

to just anyone, but I guess that's the effect Owen has on him as my boyfriend." She chuckled lightly and took a

Boyfriend, huh.

He

the actor of his favorite anime character, should that really be much of a surprise." She added, a fond look crossing her features as she recalled her son's interactions with Owen a

good, right?" He

coffee down before standing up. "I need to ease myself for a moment. Would you excuse me?" "Go

business, but just as she flushed the toilet, about to step out, she heard a female voice that

stop.

did kind of provoke him," A voice answered her. "I mean, it's not every day you get someone serving you and you call them a maid.

with that staff?" Irene asked, a hint of shock coating her

quickly responded,

about Irene, at least not personally, but it was clear to her, both

had never really repaid Irene for that trashy article she had released that caused her more trouble at

right time

report it to

s will still

stain from her gown. "Those maids w be the same, incompetent pieces of shit and that manager will always try and please me. "Ah, is that so?" The other woman's voice lowered, not

ready to snap at the person for eavesdropping on her conversation, when her eyes widened upon

lips held an amount of animosity that

hand, remained indifferent to it. "Ms. Rosewood, didn't expect to

demanded and the other woman, a

you." She deadpanned, the look in her eyes revealing how she really felt about Irene's presence. Disgusted. "You should watch your language

"Why you-

She arched her brow and moved around her, heading straight for the sink. "You

roll off her tongue smoothly

like that,

what you're saying, Rosewood," Leonica warned and flashed her a smile. "Remember what I told you about that

to Irene's staring companion as she looked Irene in the eyes. "I'd watch that

silence, a thousand thoughts running through her head as Leonica took a step back and scanned ber. "And rather than giving that poor waiter hell, you should thank him. He made

the last word rolled off her lips, Leonica spun around and left the bathroom, leaving

table, she couldn't help the wide smirk that stretched her

something happen?" He asked as she took a

nothing noteworthy at

anything. He'd already decided to distance himself from her, he shouldn't bother trying to pry information out of her, but damn if it didn't feel right "Alright." He finally settled on that answer. "But if you wanna tell me anything, you know