After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

I Really, Really Love You.

Gabriel learnt the hard way that it was harder to sooth the pain of a broken heart by just staying in his office and staring at the landscape of Oslo while hoping that Leonica would walk right through his office door and tell him that she was just pulling a prank on him.

The truth was, that wasn't happening. Not anytime soon.

So here he was, sitting on a bar stool in a pub, drowning his sorrow away with alcohol.

The bartender had already given up on him, choosing to let the male drown in his own misery instead of telling him off.

Gabriel raised the beer mug to his lips, taking another sip, hoping that the alcohol would magically erase the fact that he had just screwed up and chased away the best thing that had ever happened to him.

His grandmother sure would be disappointed from up above, he chuckled at the painful truth.

Lilia has loved Leonica so much. On multiple occasions, when she had enough strength to move around, she would request that Gabriel come visit her in the garden, only to talk about how much of the ideal daughter in-law Leonica was.

And she was right, Leonica was the best daughter in-law, even after the she passed away and Gabriel seemed swarmed with work, she had been the one taking care the funeral preparations and still managed to take care of him at that moment.

A sigh escaped his lips as he placed the empty beer mug on the table and tried remembering when everything had gone wrong.

After a while, he could pin point the exact date through his alcohol blurred memory.

Everything had began going down hill the day he got a call from Angelina. She had just returned to Oslo after several years, but had no one to pick her up.

Obviously, he wanted to volunteer, but Leonica, who at that time, he had thought was being too noisy in his personal life, had objected, reminding him of the promise he made to his late Grandmother, which later led to him kicking her out of the car, something he greatly regretted now that he thought back to it.

After that, he had successful picked Angelina up, but a couple of rogue children who had been running around, knocked her into the airport's decorative fountain. Gabriel who tried to pull her out, ended up slipping and falling in the fountain with her, getting soaked in the process.

He offered for her to dry off at his place after they had both gotten out, and now that he thought about it, that was the one move on his path that caused things to escalate at a rapid.

Leonica returned home after that and misunderstood things between he and Angelina, and he didn't make much effort to clear things up and even dared to hit her.

Chuckling, he shook his head at his own past action. "Gabriel, you stupid stupid fool," He mumbled, reaching for the new beer mug the bartender had just served. "You lost her, and it's all because you were an idiot."

The bartender didn't comment on his words, but chose to clean the glass that he had in his hands.

"Why didn't I realize earlier? I should have listened to grandma. I should have loved Leonica." He repeated over and over again as he drank one glass after another.

After a while, the bartender had to step in. "Sir, it's getting late, is there someone I can call to come get you."

Gabriel muttered and seconds later, Leonica's face popped up in his mind. "Leonica. I want to talk to Leonica," He said as he reached for his phone in his pocket, scrolling through his dialer

it as it rang. For a split second, he had been sure that she wasn't going to answer, but on the forth ring, the phone

hear me?"

the other side, but Gabriel could hear the shuffling

shouldn't have treated you the way I did when we were married. I shouldn't have brought Angelina into our house and I shouldn't have raised my hand against you, Leo and I sure as hell shouldn't have gotten Billy to watch you. I'm so fucking sorry, so please come back to me, or let's start over. Please,

He responded, his

Owen." The male spoke

Leonica?" He asked, fully aware of what it meant for Owen to have Leonica's phone

answer. "Today had

he was the cause of it, Gabriel thought and

trying to keep the

seconds before Owen softly replied. "I'm sorry, but you

were considered harmful to her and at the this point, he was sure that he fit under the category

rival in love, and I sure as hell aren't open my eyes and hand Leonica over to you on a silver platter. Though I doubt she'd allow that. She'd probably have my head before I can pull

Gabriel and Owen

your best to make up with her, or don't. It's

the line went

the phone down, but held it close to his ears for a long while, thinking hard about Owen's words. Did he...really have a chance to make

with Anastasia beside him when he

phone disturbed him and he was quick to answer the call, hoping that

He answered, his voice hoarse, as he glanced at the digital clock on his night stand.

your sleep sir, but a friend of yours happens

from his face, sighing loudly when he saw the number calling belonged

glanced back at Anastasia, confirming that she was still sleeping. "Alright, I'm on my way, please

he stood up and began to get dressed, but

as she sat

waking you up,"

apology before answering her question.

en

"What?"

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gotten into a fight, she's the only reason why I can imagine him being this way." Lloyd replied, pulling his

"I'll go with you."

shook his head. "Go back to sleep. I'll handle this

hesitated. "Are

I'll be fine. I'll be back in an