After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant
Chapter 61 Aftermath.

Chapter 61: Chapter 61 Aftermath.

"Alright Kiddo, that’s a wrap." Packing up the last of his medical equipments, Doctor Bailey gently patted Ashley on the head, the boy reacting to the affection the exact same way he reacts to his mother’s touch. "Everything is perfect, and you have your father to thank for that."

"My father?" The boy perked up at the mention of his dad. "You know my father?" His eyes shone as he looked at the doctor who found his reaction rather cute.

Holding the clipboard close to his chest, he nodded. "Of course I do. Mr. Bryce is your father, right?"

"Mr. Bryce?" Ashley questioned, looking more confused than a few seconds ago.

At this point, Doctor Bailey wasn’t sure if he should continue speaking. But nonetheless, he chuckled uncertainly. "Yes, Gabriel Bryce. That’s your father, isn’t he?" Immediately he asked that question, the doctor slapped his forehead. "Ah, how stupid of me. Who am I to ask a kid for such answers when the test proved that he is the biological father." He spoke to himself, however, Ashley heard every single thing and he wasn’t all too pleased.

"Gabriel is my father?" He asked again, this time around, sounding more angered than confused.

"Of course he..." Doctor Bailey paused in his words immediately he noticed the reddening expression on Ashley’s face.

Shit, what was wrong? He thought.

Weren’t kids meant to be happy when they find out their father’s identity?

Of course that could have been the case, but not for Ashley who felt like everyone was keeping things from him. Gabriel and his mother especially.

He was no fool, little as he may be, he knew how children were created, so if that was the case, his mother knew Gabriel was his father and Gabriel himself, knew he was his father.

Yet they kept this from him.

They lied to him and watch him grow up without a complete family.

They allowed him suffer the ridicule and bullies from his classmates for years.

And they knew all this!

"Liars." Hanging his head, the child muttered.

Doctor Bailey didn’t need a soothsayer to tell him that he had fucked things up, the aura coming off from Ashley was more than enough to tell him so.

But before he step forward to sooth Ashley or perhaps try to fix the mistake he had made, The hospital room door pulled open and Gabriel returned from seeing the child’s grandparents off.

The moment he stepped inside, he could instantly sense the thick atmosphere hanging in the room. Looking between the doctor and Ashley who still had his head hanging low, he questioned. "Is everything alright?"

"Well...Mr. Bryce, you see, the thing is..." Doctor Bailey stuttered on his words, not sure how to proceed.

"Ashley, is everything alright? Was the injection too painful?" Gabriel questioned as he walked towards the bed and placed his hand on Ashley’s shoulder.

However, the response that he got was nothing like he could ever phantom.

"Don’t!" The boy flared up in an instance, shrugging Gabriel’s hands off. "You’re a liar!" He accused.

"L-liar?" Gabriel questioned, confused.

How was he a liar?

"You lied to me, you and mommy!"

"What are you talking about, Ashley?"

"The doctor said you’re my daddy, yet you and mommy lied to me. You guys said my daddy was up in space. You both are bad people, liar!"

Gabriel froze up upon hearing Ashley’s words. He didn’t need to question how exactly the child knew, since he already blurted it out.

Taking a second, he glared at the doctor who quickly bowed his head in an apologetic manner.

"Ash, please listen to me,"

"No! You and mommy you’re both bad people, I don’t want to listen." The young boy protested and in that moment, the door to his room once again slid open and Leonica stepped inside, sensing the thick tension hanging in the room.

"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. The sudden water works scared her just as much as it did Gabriel.

"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!"

Hearing this, her reaction was no different from Gabriel’s own, except this time around, when Gabriel nudged his head in the doctor’s direction, wordlessly ratting him out as the culprit, Leonica’s glare was far greater than Gabriel’s own.

At this point, Doctor Bailey was more embarrassed about his action than sorry.

"Baby, listen to me-"

"No, I don’t want to talk to mommy!" Ashley protested and shoved himself under the duvet.

Gabriel sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose while Leonica turned towards the doctor giving him a look that said it all.

Look what your big mouth caused; that was the look.

"Mr. Bryce, Ms. Romero," Doctor Bailey stepped forward after gathering the courage, internally wishing for the ground to open up and swallow him when both parties looked his way. "Well, you see...a situation like this, with children, it’s best to talk with them, gently." He added. "And besides,.creating a healthy environment would go a long way to help Ashley recover...so please," Seeing the not so pleased expressions on Gabriel and Leonica’s face, he knew it was time to bail. "As his mother and father," he pointed at them each. "I trust you can take care of this. I’ll take my leave and give you lot some space. Excuse me then." Packing up his belongings, Doctor Bailey bowed once, both in an apologetic manner and in a dismissing manner, before he scrambled out of the room.

Now alone with their child, Leonica and Gabriel sighed together, glancing at each other for a few seconds before the former decided to fix the situation.

Stepping forward, she gently placed her hand on Ashley’s covered body. "Ash... Ashley darling, please listen to mommy. You see i-"

"No! I don’t want to listen to you!" He objected. "You’ll just lie to me again." He muttered in a low voice but Leonica very much heard it, causing her expression to fall.

Seeing that things were slowly spiraling out of control, Gabriel decided to step in before anyone else got hurt.

"Ash...Ashley please don’t blame your mother, she’s not at fault..." There was a pause, Gabriel hesitating before adding. "I am."

Leonica looked towards him at this, not expecting him to actually have come clean.

Ignoring the look she was giving him, Gabriel carried on. "You see Ashley, you shouldn’t blame your mother, she didn’t mean to keep you away from me it’s just that, we were playing a simple game."

"A game?" Ashley stuck his head out of the duvet upon hearing this.

Gabriel nodded. "Yes, a game. The game was supposed to be that Mommy and Baby hides while daddy finds them. It was meant to be a very fun game," he forced a chuckle. "But sadly daddy isn’t good at finding. I’m Sorry Ashley, I’m the one to blame because I was to slow to find you."

"Really?" Ashley asked, some sort of hope blooming in his chest at the fact that he hadn’t been abandoned by his daddy, nor disliked and it was just a silly game gone wrong.

"Really." Gabriel responded with a faint smile while Leonica simply nodded her head. "Do you...do you hate daddy for being slow?" He questioned, fearing the child’s answer even though his expression didn’t show it.

"No!" Ashley responded with a relieving smile. "But...next time, let’s play another game. Daddy’s bad at this one."

Gabriel chuckled, much relived than seconds ago. He nodded his head, moving towards Ashley who made room for him on the bad.

"You’re right, let’s play something else another time. I’m too bad at this one." He admitted, cradling the child in his arms.

Ashley giggled softly and rested his face in his father’s chest, relishing the feeling.

He now understood what his classmates meant. Indeed, being carried by his father was different than when he was carried by his mother.

As Ashley cuddled into Gabriel’s chest, Leonica caught herself smiling at the scene. Immediately she noticed her expression, the smile disappeared.

There was nothing to be happy about. She reminded herself, hating the way they had lied to Ashley about the entire situation. She was no saint, but lying to Ashley never sat right in her mouth.

But perhaps, this time was for the best.

Yes, if it meant Ashley wasn’t going to be hurt, then lying to him was a small price to pay. Hopefully someday, during his older years, he’ll forgive her.

Minutes after Ashley bought into their small lie, Leonica and Gabriel managed to coax the child to sleep. Making sure that he was fully asleep, Gabriel gently slid off the bed while Leonica tucked him under the sheets. Once that was done, she sighed and turned towards the stretching noirette, recalling that she wanted to speak with him.

Set their conditions and all straight with Ashley.

Walking towards him, she tugged on his shirt’s handle in a way that Gabriel found extremely cute, and then nudged at the door with her head, indicating that they needed to speak in some place that wouldn’t disturb Ashley’s sleep. In other words, outside.

Gabriel nodded his head and followed her outside.

Closing the door, Leonica faced Gabriel about to speak when the sound of Approaching footsteps interrupted her.

"Ah, Mr. Bryce, Ms. Romero, just the two people I was looking for." Doctor Bailey announced his presence.

"Hope nothing’s wrong?" Gabriel addressed him before Leonica could.

"Not exactly. Follow me to my office for a bit, would you. Both of you."

Once again, the two exchanged glances before nodding. The walk towards Bailey’s office was fairly quiet. Only when they were seated in their respective places did the doctor begin to speak, breaking the minute long silence.

"I ran an examination on our last test with Ashley," He placed the said result on the table, pushing it towards them both.

"All good I hope?" Gabriel questioned.

"Not exactly," His response had both their brows dipping. Seeing their expressions he quickly added. "But not something that can’t be fixed."

"Explain to me." Leonica demanded.

Doctor Bailey sighed, bracing himself for whatever reaction would come out before he began. "Well you see, after my last and current examination with Ashley, I noticed that the child suffered an aftermath from the accident."

"Aftermath?" They questioned.

"Yes, but like I said, not something that can’t be fixed." Pointing at the result, he explained. "A bone marrow fracture had been caused by the hit endured from the accident. For now, it’s nothing threatening, but further examinations show that it might...no, will expand and grow to be a liability to the child’s life in the future. However, this can easily be fixed."

Leonica eagerly shifted in her chair, more than ready to do anything and pay any amount to save her only child. "How doctor?"

Doctor Bailey looked between them before announcing. "Ashley would need a bone marrow transplant in the future, so, medically, it’s suggested that you and Mr. Bryce, conceive another child."

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