After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant
Chapter 72 Wanting Her Back.

Chapter 72: Chapter 72 Wanting Her Back.

“Just go home, please.”

Seated in front of her room vanity mirror, Gabriel’s words replayed in Leonica’s head like a haunting tape.

For some reason, she couldn’t get it out of her head. Perhaps it had been his tone? Or the anger that she had expected to come, more than prepared herself to receive, but never did? Or perhaps was it the expression on his face?

Or all three of them?

Whichever it was, it haunted her mind over and over again, throughout the entire freaking day.

Heaving a sigh, she pulled off the last of her jewelry and looked in the mirror just in time to see Ashley poking his head through the threshold of her door.

“Mommy?” He called out in a small voice, testing his mother’s mood as he had stood by her door for nearly ten minutes, observing as her mood deteriorated every now and now, and only ever growing the guts to call out to her when he felt his eye lids getting really heavy.

Putting on her best smile to mask her inner troubles, Leonica turned around in her chair. “Hey honey, what is it?” She asked, beckoning him over with open arms.

Ashley wasted no time in rushing towards her and soon settling in her lap. When his hands were firmly wrapped around her neck, black bunny stuffy placed in between them, he answered.

“Can I sleep with you tonight mommy. I don’t want to sleep alone.”

Leonica chuckled at his cute action. Slowly, her hand went up and gently stroked the back of his head. “Of course, you can.” She answered.

“Really?” Ashley asked with a growing smile.

“Really.” Leonica responded with a smile of her own before she stood up, carrying the child in her arms until they were close to her bed.

Only then did she place him down on the cushion and tuck him underneath the blanket.

“Do you want me to read you a story?” She asked.

Ashley lazily shook his head, declining the offer since he was already far too sleepy.

“Alright,” Leaning down, she gently pecked her son’s forehead. “Go to sleep now.”

Ashley didn’t need to be told twice. In a matter of seconds, he was already off to his dream world, soft snores reaching Leonica’s ears. She chuckled softly after seeing his sleeping face, but the smile on her lips faded the instance she recalled what happened today.

Unlike her, Angelina would never have the joy of watching her child sleep.

Sad, Leonica thought as she gently got up from the bed and reached for her phone. She scrolled through her contact list for a few seconds before finding Gabriel’s number and dialing it.

Sure, she may never have liked Angelina, not even once, but that didn’t mean she was never going to call to check up on her.

As evil as she brands herself, she can never seat back and watch anyone suffer to the point of death, not even her enemy.

A few seconds, along with a few rings had passed before Gabriel finally picked up.

“Leonica? What do you want?” His voice sounded raspy, making Leonica gulp unintentionally.

She took one look at Ashley’s sleeping form before moving some distance away, not wanting to disturb him. Then she asked. “Angelina, how is she?”

At the other end, Gabriel chuckled. “You ask that now?”

“Was I not to?” Leonica fired back, already regretting her choice of calling to check up on the very same person who had tried to frame her.

Curse her good heart!

“Let me ask you something?” Gabriel began, pausing for a few seconds to make sure she was on the same page as him, before he continued. “Did you, do it?”

The vague question had Leonica’s brows knitting. “Do what?” She questioned.

Silence settled on the other end for another few seconds, of which Leonica was able to assess that Gabriel was in a club, probably drinking away his frustration once again.

A bad habit that he never could kill.

“Did you... push Angelina?”

Leonica’s eyes twitched at his question. Here she was, worrying herself over Angelina’s well-being and Gabriel was suspecting her.

“You think... I pushed Angelina?”

“Didn’t you?”

“Of course, I will.” Leonica snapped a little too loudly than she had intended, but at this point, she really didn’t care.

Gabriel sure had some balls to think that she’d stoop so low. Pushing Angelina? Ironic!

“Now you tell me, why the hell do you think I would do something like that?”

“Jealousy.” Came Gabriel’s answer no more than a second later.

“What? You think I was jealous? And I what? Decided to kill an innocent child? All because I was jealous?” She scoffed angrily. “Your arrogance is so freaking high that it blinds you, makes you stupid and right now, I’m in no mood to deal with your stupidity.”

With that, she cut the call, surprising Gabriel who stared at his phone in shock.

“She hung up on you?” Lloyd peered over his shoulder at the ended call and chuckled. “Fuck, she must really hate you.”

His words, even though it was simple, caused Gabriel to go into a thinking spree.

Why did she hate him so much? What had he done for her to hate him so much? One second it seemed like he was taking a step forward, into her life and before he knew it, she had taken ten fucking steps backwards, drawing another freaking stupid line in the sand, why?

The thought of that alone annoyed Gabriel and just as he chugged down another glass of alcohol an uproar of screaming girls caught his attention.

“What in the-”

“Owen Lee,” Christian nudged his head in the direction where more than one girl had gathered. “Rising super star. Heartthrob. Lover of the century, he’s what all the noise’s about.” He explained, answering his friend’s unanswered question.

Lloyd took a sip from his drink before he looked in the direction Christian had pointed at. “Ah, that guy? Yeah, he’s popular, handsome too. He’s worth the noise. Wanna know something else?” He nudged Gabriel with his elbow. When Gabriel looked over at him, he continued. “Word has it that he’s got a superpower; stealing your woman.” He made a hand gesture, adding a much-needed effect to his words. “Who knows Gabe, if you’re not fast enough, someone like him just might steal Leonica’s heart.” He joked.

“Don’t you ever shut up?” Gabriel growled, infuriated by his teasing.

He already had Arvan, an honest pain in the butt to rival with, now here his useless friend was, saying that someone other than that pest of a human might try to steal Leonica’s heart.

He didn’t need something like that!

“Ah, his pissed,” Christian clicked his tongue to the top of his mouth as he lowered his glass. “Might want to stop teasing him, Lloyd.” He warned.

“And why should I? I’m just telling the truth, am I not, Gabe? Don’t you want to hurry up and claim your damsel before someone gets a grab at her?”

Lloyd joked, expecting Gabriel to remain silent, something he usual did to swat off his friend’s useless teasing, but much to his and Christian’s surprise, The noirette spoke.

“I do.” He confessed; dark eyes glued to the transparent body of his liquor glass. “More than anything right now, I think I actually want Leonica back in my life, no matter what she comes back as.”

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