After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant
Chapter 57 His Compensation.

Chapter 57: Chapter 57 His Compensation.

Gabriel shook his head. "For now, no."

"Understood." Bill said, bidding His employer goodbye seconds before ending the call.

Now standing alone in the hospital’s hallway, Gabriel briefly replayed the entire day’s event in his head and sighed. Twenty four hours and a whole Hella lot had happened.

If his life were to be animated into one of those weird My story animated videos that Angelina forced him to watch almost weekly, Gabriel was a hundred percent sure that their viewers would call it a bluff, make believe even.

The thought made him chuckle quietly to himself. However, the sound died amidst the sound of approaching footsteps. Turning his head gently to the side, Gabriel’s expression quickly became dark the moment he spotted Arvan walking down the hallway, Daisy tagging along at his side.

"What are you doing here?" He questioned the male as soon as the duo of father and daughter had gotten within hearing range.

"Where’s Leonica?" Arvan was quick to fire his own question, evading Gabriel’s own.

Seeing him play smart, Gabriel’s hands clenched at the side and his aura flared. However, Arpan stared at him with a nonchalant expression, unfazed by whatever trope he was trying to put up. He wouldn’t be standing in the spot of Senate if be tucked his tail between his legs and fled each time some glared at him.

But that aside, he genuinely had nothing to be running from. Gabriel’s imagination was a wild place a d whatever he was thinking, was in fact not the reason why Arvan was here. Like every normal adult involved in the unfortunate incident, Arvan truly felt guilty about what had happened during the short time he bad taken his gaze off The children. He wanted to apologize, in person, but wasn’t sure if he was actually welcomed at the hospital. That’s when his princess in shining armor swooped in.

Daisy, like the angel she is, had been extremely worried about Ashely and pleaded times without number that the pay him a visit. And who was Arvan to say no.

So, here they were, but Gabriel obviously didn’t know that and thought the worst the moment he asked after Leonica.

"Leonica’s whereabouts is none of your business." He spat in a nasty manner, unaware of the way Daisy flinched at the tone of his voice. "Here’s a warning, from one father to another, keep yourself away from Leonica and Ashely."

The moment those words left his mouth, a loud wail escaped Daisy’s lips. She seemed to have been holding herself back for quite sometime but now, hearing Gabriel tell her father to stay away from her friend and his mother in such a scary manner, caused a way of emotion to overtake her small mind.

"Wah! I’m sorry! I promise never to put Ashley in danger so please don’t let him hate me. Please!"

Hearing the sound of her cries seemed to simmer Gabriel’s anger down.

"Does...does Ashely not want to see me anymore? I’m sorry, please don’t let Ashely hate me!"

"Whoa, what’s going on here." Legnica who had been alerted by the smaller child’s cries from inside Ashley’s room, stepped out and rushed to her. Bending at her level, she gently wiped her wet cheeks. "Daisy, shh, why are you crying?"

"Because...because Ashely hates me." She sobbed.

"What? Who said that?"

At her question, Arvan so wanted to point at Gabriel, however, he contaled the urge and instead tried to calm his daughter down with Leonica’s help.

A minute a d a half later, Daisy cries had reduced and Leonica had succeeded in wiping her cheeks.

"Don’t cry anymore, Daisy. Ashely doesn’t hate you?" The white-Ette reassured.

"Really?" Daisy looked up at her with the shiniest pair of golden eyes that made her heart instantly warm up.

"Of course." She offered a genuine smile and rose to her feet, patting the child on her head. "As a matter of fact, Ashely’s even looking for you, right now."

"Really?!" Her announcement caused a smile to light up the girl’s features.

Legnica nodded her head. "Yeah, so how about you go in." Walking back to the door, she pulled it open slightly and with her head, nudged for Daisy to step in.

The younger girl hesitated, fiddling with her fingers and doubting Leonica’s words.

What if Ashely indeed hated her?

What if he screams at her when she steps in? Or worse, blames her for the accident?

All those thoughts put fear and doubt in her small heart, however, they faded away the instance her eyes landed on Ashely and realized how happy he was to see her.

"Daisy!" The young boy exclaimed with utter joy, happy that his friend was safe. If not for the IV wires and all connected to him, he would have leaped out of the bed and encased the younger girl in a hug.

However, all those wires didn’t stop Daisy from charging at him, hopping onto the bed and capturing him in a hug.

Legnica watched the heart felt moment with a s,ilemon her lips, only turning away at the sound of Arvan’s voice.

"Thanks for calming her down." The male said with a smile as he tames a few steps towards where she was, totally ignoring Gabriel who had resumed glaring at him.

"It’s no big deal." Legnica waved him off, returning hid smile with one of her own that soothed his heavy chest. But damn did it make Gabriel wanna blow a fuse.

Seeing them all smiley and friendly was never something he enjoyed, and today was no different.

"Shouldn’t you both know when to limit your conversations? Especially when the father of your child is standing right here?" He called out making sure to put great emphasis on bis words as he spoke about Ashely’s paternity.

His words, no doubt gained the attention of the two interacting figures who took a break from their conversation and glanced at him. Out of the two, Arvan was somewhat, no, genuinely caught off guard by his words and Leonica, well she was pissed as usual.

"Limit our conversations?" She scoffed, a sarcastic smile hanging from her lips. "Why would we? After all, this has nothing to do with you. Right?" She folded her arms and despite her tired expression, managed to look just as stubborn as she normally does. "Just because you’re Ashley’s father doesn’t give you the right to interfere with my personal affair and dictate who I should and shouldn’t speak to."

Her words and attitude was like a match stick thrown into a sea of gasoline, triggering Gabriel’s anger and causing the vein on his temple to throb.

Taking a step forward, he was about to he was about to lecture her about her attitude, when the door to Ashley’s room lid open and Daisy meekly poked her head out. All three, or rather, the two speaking adults quickly fell silent, turning to face the child.

"What is it, Princess?" Arvan asked, head tilted at his daughter.

"Uh," She hesitated before pointing her tiny index finger at Gabriel after having gathered enough courage. "Ashely...Ashely wants to see you." She informed.

Hearing this, Gabriel does not waste another second out of the room. However, before stepping in, he threw Leonica an annoyed look that she had become familiar with during the past few weeks.

"I’m so sorry about that." She took the courtesy to apologize to Arvan once they were alone.

The male offered her a smile, still surprised after learning that Gabriel was Ashley’s biological father.

Sure, just like every other person who could see, Arvan could see the tension between them, but never would he have guessed that they produced a coco-felon together.

"It’s fine." He shrugged, suppressing the questions that roamed his mind concerning Leonkca and Gabriel. "I kinda deserve it." He added.

Leonica was a bit, no, she was greatly confused by his words, but before she ask what he meant, Arvan reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a brown envelope, handing it to her.

"So I hope this can compensate for it."