After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant
Chapter 52 Enough Is Enough!

Chapter 52: Chapter 52 Enough Is Enough!

All at once, different thoughts filled Leonica’s head, her eyes clouding with tears at the scene while her legs threatened to give out from beneath her.

But she didn’t give in to their urges, instead, she took shaky steps towards her unconscious son. Dulling out Daisy’s cries for her friend and Arvan’s voice saying incoherent words, she gently sank to her kneels, careful not to shake Ashely’s body too much as she cradled him.

In the background, Gabriel had just finished calling the nearest hospital and no less than five minutes later, an ambulance arrived at the scene, prying Ashley out of Leonica’s hold, to which she bitterly allowed.

Gabriel who was just as shaken up by the situation, turned his eyes away from the ambulance for a second, fixing it on Leonica who looked very much like she was about to have a panic attack and break down at the same time.

His feet moved quickly, without his consent, even with his content, he wouldn’t have stopped, and in seconds, he was beside her, catching both her shoulders in time to stop her from sinking to the floor.

"Hey, Pull yourself together." His eyes searched her tears stricken face as he spoke. "Breaking down like this wouldn’t do Ashely any good, so..." Gabriel hesitated, not too good at comforting someone, especially when that someone was his ex wife. But at last, he found the right words to add. "You need to be strong for Ashley."

He’s words was like a little wake up shot to Leonica. Her mind became clear And quickly registered what she was meant to do.

Stepping out of Gabriel’s hold with a nod of her head, she swallowed and scanned the surrounding areas for her car, trying to recall past the foggy haze in her mind, where she had parked the expensive hunk of junk. “My car... I... I need to get to-“

“I’ll drive you,” Gabriel interrupted, offering his service and who was Leonica to refuse in her situation.

Nodding in agreement, Gabriel led her to his car that fortunately was parked on the other side of the road. As soon as they were both buckled up, he pressed the gas, speeding past other cars and nearly breaking traffic rules, several times.

By the time they arrived at the hospital, the ambulance had just pulled into the parking lot and Ashely was being rushed into the hospital.

Despite her scrambled head, Leonica made a mental note to remember the shortcut Gabriel had taken, it had spared them greatly.

Rushing into the hospital, she quickly spotted Ashely being wheeled on a stretcher towards a closed door and in seconds, she was beside him, fingers tightening around the white iron rails of the stretcher.

“Ashley, please be strong for mommy.” She spoke just above a whisper, wanting so badly to reach out and touch her unconscious son, however not getting the opportunity as he, along with several nurses and a doctor of high expertise entered the operating room and she was forced to stay back.

With fresh set of tears pricking at the corners of her eyes, Leonica watched as the operation sign turned red, indicating the long hours of wait had began.

Positive ones, she hoped as she sank into a waiting bench and buried her face in the center of her palm, vaguely taking note of when Gabriel sat beside her, but not bothering to look his way.

The said male couldn’t clearly see her face, but her entire being right now, reminded him of how he had seemed when his parents had gotten into the accident that claimed their lives, during his younger years.

He couldn’t say anything to comfort her, but that didn’t stop him after much consideration, from gingerly placing his hand on her back, gently rubbing it up and down.

A simple action, one that might not have meant much to any other person, but for Leonica, it was different. So different to the point that it made the tears she had been holding back, rush out in full force.

As the tears ran down her face, she muttered incoherent apologies for her behavior, whilst trying to wipe her face, but no matter how many times she tried to dry her cheeks, they always ended up getting wet again.

It was truly a sight to see for Gabriel, but certainly one that did not please him. He had always wanted Leonica to pay for what she has done to Angelina, make her suffer and regret her actions, but contrary to those thoughts, seeing her sob and tremble like this, Gabriel’s chest felt tight and he couldn’t hold back.

Gently taking her head, he buried it in his shoulder, pulling her closer as he continued to draw soothing circles around her back.

At first, Leonica froze up at his actions. Her cries had ceased for a mere second, before she felt his pats and they came back, and her body gently relaxed in his hold.

There was no words spoken between them and for the next twenty minutes, Leonica remained in the familiar embrace, gently sobbing. Only after she had calm down did she gently ease out of the hug.

Gabriel was about to ask if she was okay, or at least he made an attempt to ask so, but before the words could flow out of his mouth, sounds of approaching footsteps caught his attention.

Arvan had just arrived at the hospital after dropping Daisy off. He felt it was only right that he came in person and apologize since in a way, he was partially responsible for the accident, after all, he had promised to watch the children and took his eyes off them for a split second to pay the bill, allowing Daisy the opportunity to drop her favorite hairpin in the middle of the road and try to reach for it.

The rest was as it happened.

He quickly spotted Leonica and Gabriel seated in a waiting area and approached them. Gabriel turned in his direction at the sound of his approaching footsteps while Leonica seemed to deep in thoughts, head resting on Gabriel’s shoulder, too notice his presence.

“Leonica, I’m so-“ he began, but Gabriel interrupted him.

“Not now,” He said with a tone barely above a whisper, as if he was trying to avoid disturbing Leonica. “Whatever you want to say, I’m sure it can wait. Right now,” he glanced down at the top of Leonica’s head, before continuing. “I think she needs a little space.”

He turned back to face Arvan. “Alright?”

Arvan nodded his head. Despite not wanting to admit it, Gabriel was right. With the state Leonica was in, she needed as much space as possible.

“You’re right. I’ll leave for now.” He announced, taking one last look at Leonica before turning with his hands in his pocket and walking away.

Gabriel’s eyes didn’t not leave until he had stepped out of the hospital and disappeared around the corner. Only then did he glanced at the operating sign which was still red and sighed.

They sure had a long wait ahead of them, not that he was complaining. He’d wait as long as it took as long as Ashley came out fine.

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The operation had dragged on For hours longer than Either Leonica and Gabriel could have imagine. During the fourth and final hour, Leonica had regained small of herself.

Despite not wanting to, she was about to thank Gabriel for lending a shoulder of comfort, which she never knew he could, when the doors to the operating room opened and Ashley was wheeled out.

“Congratulations, the operation was a success and the boy, is now out of danger.” The doctor announced as he took off the last of his gear.

Gabriel felt relief after hearing this and The dull look on Leonica’s face slowly vanished as a smile made its way to her lips at the good news.

“However,”

‘However?’ Her smile flattened at the continuing words from the doctor. ‘However’ was never a good word to begin a sentence with.

“The boys currently in a sleep coma, it’s nothing threatening and he should wake up in a couple of hours, max a day.” He informed.

That was approximately three hours ago.

The operation had ended since then and Ashley was wheeled into his private ward. Gabriel had stayed inside for a while to watch Ashely, before noticing how Tired Leonica had looked and against his better judgement, decided to get her something to build her energy.

Currently, he was walking towards Ashely’s room, cup of hot coffee in his hand. Just as he turned the corner leading to the room, he spotted Christian draping a blanket over Leonica’s shoulder and handing her a cup of coffee.

Leonica accepted it with a tired smile and a little ‘thank you’ unaware of how her actions caused Gabriel’s jaws to clenched.

Firstly at the banquet and now here. Enough was enough.

Dumping the coffee into a nearby bin, Gabriel approaches the trio, namely Leonica, Christian and Anastasia who had arrived during the final hours of the operation.

Christian sensed the aura radiating off his friend the moment his eyes landed on him. He was about to question this, but Gabriel best him to speak.

“Christian, we need to talk. Follow me.” He demanded and turned around, walking away before his friend could question what about.

Passing Leonica one last look of sympathy, Christian followed after Gabriel.

“Hey, what are we talking about?” Trying to match his friend’s pace, he asked.

Much to his dismay, Gabriel ignored his question and continued to lead him to his location of choice. Only when they arrived in the confines of an empty room did Gabriel speak.

Questioned to be precise. “What are you feelings towards Leonica?”

The question caught Christian off guard. “What?”

“Don’t play dumb Christian. Don’t think I haven’t noticed it all. You dances with her at the banquet,” He pointed out with a gesture in the air that indicated that even Christian’s own bed partners didn’t have that honor. “and you don’t hesitate to defend her, so give it to me straight, do you like her?”

“What? Why would you think that?”

“Why wouldn’t I Christian? Give me one reason why I shouldn’t?”

“Because I don’t freaking like her?” Was what Christian wanted to retort, but seeing the expression in Gabriel’s face, jealousy ridden and all, something clicked in place.

Something that Gabriel hadn’t realized but he had and thus, he viewed this as a good opportunity to help make Gabriel realize what he wasn’t realizing.

Taking a step forward, he shoved his hands into his pocket and looked Gabriel in the eyes while asking. “And what if I do?”

As much as Gabriel would like to say he was caught off guard by Christian’s confession, he wasn’t, after all, he already knew in his heart that Christian was taken some sort of fancy to his ex wife.

But that didn’t stop him from being furious at his friend.

Not only because he was betraying his trust as a friend, but also because he was...

Because he was what? Going after Leonica?

Why should he be angry about that, hadn’t he planned to move on with his life?

So why?

Puzzled by his own thoughts, Gabriel was speechless. Seeing this, Christian scoffed.

“See, you’re not even sure about your own heart.” He mocked. “Tell me this, Gabe, who is it you truly love? Is it Angelina or...” Christian trailed off, but he didn’t need to complete his sentence for Gabriel already knew who the other party was.

Now in cases like this, Gabriel would not have hesitated to call out Angelina’s name. But the moment he was about to say her name, Leonica’s face miraculously flashed in his mind, causing his eyes to narrow.

Why was he thinking of her face when the person’s name he was meant to say was Angelina. After all, it was her he loved...right?

Seeing as Gabriel had once more fallen into silence due to the conflict in his inner mind, Christian couldn’t help but scoff.

He was so unsure of his heart that it was showing on his face.

“You really are troublesome, Gabriel,” He shook his head and later took a step forward, clapping the younger male on the shoulder. “Here’s a piece of advice, again. Take sometime and search your heart and figure out who it truly yearns for before it’s too late.”

With that he walked off, leaving Gabriel in the room he had brought them to. The male himself stood still for a few moments, thinking his friend’s words through before shaking them off and walking away.

Why did he need to search his heart for an answer when it was already obvious who he loved.

It was...Angelina?

Right, she’s been the one who he’s always loved.

Nodding at the obvious, or rather tweaked truth, Gabriel pulled open the door leading to Ashely’s room and stepped in.

His eyes scanned the spacious room, landing on Ashely’s bed and the boys sleeping form. IV drips and hospital machines followed next before he finally too notice of the whispers coming from a far corner of the room and spotted Leonica speaking with the head doctor beside the window.

“For now, the boy’s out of danger,” Gabriel heard as he advanced closer, gaining into the doctor’s attention as Leonica had her back facing him. “However,” his steps halted expecting the bad news.

And it did come, but just not in the form he had expected.

“From here on out, Subsequent treatments would be carried out on the boy to ensure speedy recovery and for that to happen, the hospital would need his biological father to sign an agreement and be brought in for an examination.”

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