After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant
Chapter 60 What Are Your Plans.

Chapter 60: Chapter 60 What Are Your Plans.

Seating with his hand arranged on his laps, Gabriel tried to keep his cool. Although word on the street had it that Benjamin was weak and sickly, his aura had not wavered and he remained the same formidable for on the battle field. That aside, seating like this, steaming cup of coffee in between both males, was a rare occurrence for Gabriel.

Even during his marriage with Leonica, he hadn’t gotten the chance to seat with Benjamin this way, so today, was definitely something new.

Taking a sip from his coffee, placing the cup down afterwards, Benjamin was the first to break the silence. "We’re both business men so I’ll be straight forward. What do you plan to do by coming back into my daughter’s life?"

Gabriel shook his head. "Nothing, Sir. All I want is to have legal rights to be in Ashley’s life...to be his father?"

His answer, earned a loud snort of mockery from Benjamin. Gabriel winced at the familiar sound, mentally noticing where Leonica had gotten it from. "You want rights, to be his father?" The older man questioned. He shifted his coffee aside and leaned on the table, entwining his fingers as he questioned. "Tell me something, Gabriel. Do you think five years of absence from a child’s life can easily made up the moment you decide you want to start playing family?"

His words, meant to deter Gabriel from whatever determination he had suddenly taken on, did the opposite and angered him. "And who’s fault is that?" He shoot back. "I would have found Ashley and given him that family he deserves if you hadn’t stopped me from finding him all those years ago. It was you who made sure that every route and search I began ended up futile."

"Me?" Benjamin shook his head, leaning back into his chair with a sigh. "I had nothing to do with that, Gabriel."

"What?"

"Exactly what I said. The one you should blame for not being able to find Leonica and Ashley for the past five years, is your incompetence and your lack of Knowledge towards Leonica. Even though you both had been married for two years, you know very little about her and even when clues we’re sticking out in plain sight, you failed to take them, allowing yourself to be blinded by the wrong person." Taking one last sip from his coffee, face scrunching up in distaste as he now realized the sugar added was far less than what he took, Benjamin concluded. "If you knew Leonica well enough, you’d have known that Colorado was her favorite state. She always longed to go there."

Pushing his chair back, he rose to his feet and stopped by Gabriel’s side. Ignoring the fact that the male looked like he was thinking his entire life’s choice, which he was, Benjamin spoke. "I’ve never for once liked you, Gabriel, but because of your grandmother, an important person to me, I agreed to marry Leonica to you. This time around, because of Ashley, I’m willing to give you a second chance. But bear this in mind, if you were to hurt either of them, I won’t hesitate to show you the power I posses and fight back." With that, he walked off, leaving Gabriel with his thoughts.

*~*

Arriving at the company, Leonica was greeted by Kennedy who didn’t look the least bit pleased.

"I assume my uncle has caused quite the ruckus." Handing her car keys to him, she spoke.

Kennedy greeted her first before responding. "He’s called for another meeting with the shareholders, ma’am."

His words made Leonica sigh. What had she warned those stupid people about in the past?

"Where are they?"

"Second conference room on the nineteenth floor." Kennedy responded, pressing the numbers when they entered the elevator. "Ma’am do you need me to prepare any thing? Things needed to take care of them?"

"That won’t be necessary." Leonica waved the brown folder Arvan had given her in Kennedy’s face. "I already have that covered."

"Yes Ma’am." Kennedy couldn’t hide the smile that made it’s way to his lips at his employer’s competence.

When the elevator arrived on the nineteenth floor, they stepped out and made their way to the conference room. The shareholders present, Rodrigo alike, had been whispering underneath their breaths, making arrangements for the new president, Rodrigo in this case, when Leonica stepped in silencing them all.

"Trouble on an early Monday morning." Sinking into her chair, she shook her head. "Those of you who failed to heed my warnings shall be replaced after this meeting. Don’t forget to see Kennedy and have your capitals returned to you."

Her words caused murmurs to rise amongst the shareholders, but some, if not many called her words a bluff, after all, if she couldn’t hold up to her own end of the deal, and from the looks of it, she hadn’t secured a contract with Bryce Empire, not meeting the terms, she could no longer remain president and that seat would officially be vacated to Rodrigo, hence she had no power to replace them.

"Have I made myself clear?"

Only a few people responded.

"Alright, lets proceed." Bringing out the contract arvan had given her, Leonica places it on the table, watching as Rodrog collected it ans hia face morphed into confusion.

"This...what is this?" Rodrigo asked in confusion.

"Tyats me keeping up my end of the deal." Leonica announced with a smile. "That right there, is a conteact between romero Empire and Richardson industries. The benefits are ten times better than what Gryce empire promised us." As she announced, whispers began to fill the room, shareholders now indeed fearing and regreting their words.

Rodrigo was one of those people. He gulped in fear, eyes shaking as he read the conteact in his hands.

How could it be possible? Richardson industries was was of those other companies that was well sort after, so how was Leonica able to gain a contract?

"Dear Uncle, i kept up to my end of the bargain," Leonica began, smiling from ear to ear "that means you lose. Hope you’re ready to keep up the end of your bargain?"

Hearing this, Rodrigo panicked. "Leo...Leonica my dear neice, please calm down. There’s no need to take thing this far." Rushing to where she was seated, the sleazy geezer took her hand. "This...all this was simply an act...thats right, an act to push you forward!" He announced. "Now look, with this, you were able to secure such a perfct contract. And its all thanks to me!" He coaxed.

"Quite right," Leonica responded, surprising the shareholders, but this gave some of them hope. "Sine you had hand in this, there’s no need to be so harsh. I spare you." She smiled. "You’ll be demoted to a mere employee. Vacat the managing director seat as of this moment, Rodrigo."

Turning to the rest of the shareholders with that same smile, she announced. "Now, those of you who had talked rubbish, no, rather those of you who participated in this shenanigans, you’ll be replaced effective immediately."

*~*

Leonica could still remember their faces of disbelief, their screams and pleas not to be replaced as she walked into the walls of the familiar hospital.

’Serves them right.’ She thought with a smirk, pulling the door to Ashley’s room open only to find her son with a sad face.

"What...what’s going on?" Gently closing the door behind her as she steppes inside, Leonica looked between her son and Gabriel who had a grave look on his face.

"Mommy, you’re a bad mommy." Ashley pointed at her, water in his eyes.

"Honey? What are you talking about?" She rushed to his bedside, wanting answers from the sudden attitude change.

Ashley barely wiped his eyes before he answered. "You’re one of those bad people who didn’t tell me that Gabriel’s my daddy!"

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