After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant
Chapter 70 Ruined Herself.

Chapter 70: Chapter 70 Ruined Herself.

The next few seconds after that, played out in a slow and soundless motion in Leonica’s mind.

On the floor, Angelina’s mouth was wide open, possibly wailing in pain, yet the white-Ette couldn’t seem to hear any sound as her mind tried to think up the fastest escape route for the obvious ploy Angelina had dragged her into. Her eyes on the other hand, were mostly trained on Gabriel who was approaching them with an expression that screamed panic, instead of the female on the floor in obvious pain.

Gabriel was by her side in seconds and his eyes met Leonica’s, but only for a split second, before he looked back at his bleeding fiancée on the floor.

“Argh! It hurts! Someone please...help me!” Angelina’s voice faded in, snapping Leonica’s attention towards her.

Her eyes widened upon seeing the stream of crimson that was pooling behind her, tainting her lovely blue spring gown. Gabriel soon spotted the red pool, and just like Leonica, his eyes grew wide. But unlike her, he did not remain in one spot.

Quickly, he stepped forward and without caring for the fine material of his shit, scooped Angelina up into his arms.

“Ah...Gabe...riel, it hurts.” Angelina sobbed.

“I know. I know, just bear with me. We’re going to the hospital now.” He hushed, pushing past Leonica before she even had the chance to explain the situation to him.

Standing still, she watched from the glass windows as Gabriel rushed towards his car, placed Angelina in the back seat, rounded it, entered the driver’s seat and then finally drove off.

Once his car was out of sight, she sighed. “That crazy bitch did it again.” She muttered.

Glancing back at where Angelina had fallen, crimson pool gathering, Leonica contemplated her next move. Going home was a rather nice option. She could go back and cuddle with Ashley for the rest of the day...and ultimately fall into Angelina’s trap, or, she could go to the hospital and play the kind soul Angelina would not have expected; somewhat evading her plans but also standing a chance to face Gabriel’s anger.

A few seconds of thinking went by before Leonica clicked her tongue to the top of her mouth, and the decision was made.

Going to the hospital was the best option. Not mainly because she wanted to avoid Angelina’s trap, but because, pathetic as it may sound, she wanted to make sure the child Angelina was carrying was okay after a fall like that.

*~*

Throughout the drive to the nearest hospital, as she had suspected, was filled with Leonica tightening her grip on the steering wheel, a habit she did each time she was either tensed or worried over something. And right now, it was both.

Pulling into the parking lot of the hospital, she rushed out of her car and into the hospital. The receptionist at the counter was too busy, sorting a couple of files to notice her approaching, so when she unintentionally slammed her palms against the marble countertop, the poor female flinched in fright.

“I’m looking for Gabriel Bryce.” Leonica announced. “Did he happen to check into this hospital a couple of minutes ago?”

The receptionist held a finger up, while her other hand tinkered away on the keyboard and after a few seconds, a minute at tops, she announced. “Ah, yes. Yes, he did.”

When her sentence ended there, Leonica shot her a raised brow. “Where is he?”

“Oh,” Tinkering with the keyboard for a few seconds more, she informed. “The lady he rushed in with was just rushed into the second ER, west wing of the hospital.”

Muttering a barely audible ‘thank you’, Leonica took off in that direction, internally thanking her stars that she had gotten the hospital right.

As she approached the ER, she began to hear voices which brought her footsteps to a slowing halt.

“...the situation, isn’t really the best. And there’s only one way to save Ms. Fernandez.” An unfamiliar voice spoke. Leonica guessed that it belonged to the doctor.

“And what is it?” The other voice that spoke belonged to Gabriel.

There was a moment of silence during which Leonica completed her steps, turning the corner in time to catch the doctor’s expression, tentative and reluctance ridden, before he spoke. “We’ll have to perform surgery and... have her uterus removed.” The doctor announced, surprising both Gabriel and Leonica.

Thankfully, her hand had gone up fast enough, covering her lips before a gasp escaped her mouth. But that still didn’t stop Gabriel from noticing her presence.

“...Alright, let’s do that.” As Gabriel spoke, his voice was full of hesitance, after all, he knew Angelina was going to be angry at him because of this move he was making, but that didn’t matter to him at the present time, what did, was saving her life.

“I understand. I’ll have a consent form prepared immediately. Once you’ve signed it, the surgery can commence.” The doctor said and bowed. “Please excuse me.”

Once the doctor was finally gone, Gabriel turned around and his eyes twitched when he saw the expression on Leonica’s face.

Guilt...was that guilt?

“Gabriel-”

“What are you doing here?” His question cut her words shut.

“How...how’s the baby?”

“The baby? What about Angelina, don’t you want to know how she’s doing?!” Gabriel snapped. But Leonica was already prepared to take his anger, so she did not so much as flinch and remained silent.

Seeing her indifference towards Angelina despite the situation, Gabriel’s temper rose. “Get out.” He pointed towards the way she had come. “Leave, now.”

“Gabe-”

“Angelina would need her rest as soon as she recovers from the surgery, and she won’t be able to get that if you’re here. So, please leave. Now.”

*~*

The next few hours after the operation felt extremely long. By the time Angelina was coming around, it was sometime in the late evening.

Stirring slightly in the hospital bed, she groaned in pain. “Mm, Gabe. Gabriel.”

“I’m here.” Gabriel was quick to stand up from the chair he had been waiting in and approached her. Taking her hand, he gently asked. “How are you feeling?”

“I’m fine,” Angelina offered him a strained smile that faded the instant realization hit her. She was in the hospital. “G-gabe?”

“Yes, Ange?”

“T-the baby...how’s my baby?” She questioned.

Much to her dismay, Gabriel remained silent and lowered his head. That alone told her all she needed to know.

Her child was gone. Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes and her grip tightened around Gabriel’s hand.

“No, Gabriel, what happened to my baby? Say something.” Despite her words, Gabriel remained silent. “Don’t remain quiet, was something damnit! Say something.” The last of her words jolted out in a broken sob, which soon led to a full-on crying spree.

Gabriel, who was never good with his words, could only but pull her into his chest as she cried. He couldn’t fully understand her pain, but the least he could do was comfort her as she cried.

Her sobs had dragged on for close to thirty minutes and Gabriel remained by her side, comforting her and readying her for the more painful bomb.

Just as she had lost her child, she had also lost her ability to bear children.

When he was sure she had cried enough, he gently pulled away and wiped her cheeks with the pad of his thumb. “Angelina... there’s something else I have to tell you.”

“Wh... what is it?”

“In other to make sure that you survived, the doctors had to perform a surgery on you and they... had your uterus removed.”

“What?” Angelina was stunned by the news, just as Gabriel had expected. “My... uterus?” Her hand trailed up the hospital blanket covering one third of her body and squeezed her stomach. It felt empty, a feeling that brought tears to her eyes against her will.

How had things come to this? She lost both her baby and her will to be a mother...her will to bear any child for Gabriel all because of...Leoinca.

“This is all her fault...” She muttered.

Gabriel only caught the last of her words and asked. “What did you say?”

“That woman...this is all that woman’s freaking fault! This is all Leonica’s fault!”

Her out roar completely surprised Gabriel. At this moment, she looked like a mad boar ready to kill anything that stepped in its way, only I this case, the only thing it wanted to kill was Leonica.

“An... Angelina calm down. I’m here, it doesn’t matter whether you can have children or not. I’ll take care of you.”

“What did you just...say?” Angelina asked with creased brows. In the past, those would have been the words Angelina would want to hear, but right now, they weren’t.

“I said-”

“I fucking heard you,” She sneered. “And do you think that’s what I want to hear?! Of course not, but since you don’t know what to say or do, why don’t I tell you. Kill her, Gabriel. Go out there and kill the fucking witch that killed our child!”

“That’s enough Angelina!” Gabriel fired back, finally shutting off Angelina’s rambling.

“Gabriel-”

“Not another word from you,” He held up his index finger. “I’ve kept quiet and played the fool for far too long, but enough is enough.”

“What are you talking about, Gabriel?”

“That child, did you honestly believe I didn’t know it did not belong to me? Huh, Angelina Fernandez?”

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