After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant
Chapter 79 The Devil Turning Saint.

Chapter 79: Chapter 79 The Devil Turning Saint.

The air in the room had suddenly turned stiff after Ashley’s words. But the boy remained smiling, clearly not knowing the meaning of the glances his parents exchanged.

Had they just heard right? Ashley, saved by Angelina? The very same Angelina Fernandez they knew? Scheming, witchy and all?

Uh-uh, no way in hell that actually happened. But it was also clear that Ashley wasn’t lying. The bundled demon of joy looked far too innocent to be lying. At times Leonica even feared that the kid didn’t even know how to lie and now was no different.

So, it was either his brain was still a bit muddled from the entire experience or the doctors had given him some sort of shot that messed up his entire mind and made him mouth speak all kind of rubbish, or perhaps both.

Leonica chugged her son’s strange behavior and unreal words up to the two. Chuckling, she gently brought his hands down. “Ash, Honey, tell me, do you feel alright? Do I.. need to question the doctor about your shots?”

“Nope.” The child was quick to shake his head. This time around however, he didn’t miss the glances his parents exchanged. And as much as he was glad that either of the two wasn’t trying to bite one’s head off, he couldn’t ignore the waves of misunderstanding that was shooting out of their eyes.

Oh, but it wasn’t towards one another. With each glance in her direction, the waves were being directed toward the brunette Aunty who had saved him.

“Ash, are you sure about what you’re saying?” Gabriel was the one who asked this time. Both he and Leonica were questioning their son about the woman who had saved him, the very same woman who was in their midst but had not been given the chance to speak for herself.

And against his better will, that one nagging sensation in the back of his mind that Ashley was still too young to understand, telling him to keep quiet, Ashley spoke up. “Yes daddy. You see my school had gone on an excursion today. We went to the zoo,” Gabriel glanced at Leonica for confirmation and she gave him a subtle nod, indicating that she knew of the trip. “but on our way back, huge irons suddenly feel from the sky?”

And that was when Ashley lost them. Huge Irons? Falling from the sky? How exactly was that possible?

“The construction site nearby had a scaffolding malfunction.” Angelina spoke up for the first time, voice low and innocent, which died further as Leonica and Gabriel turned to look at her, showing an indication that they acknowledged her presence for the first time in long minutes.

But they did not say anything, rather pondered her words.

Scaffolding malfunction? Was that what Ashley meant? Makes sense seeing as he had mentioned Irons falling from the sky, Leonica thought as she turned her attention back to Ashley, urging him to continue the rest of his story.

“Teacher Harper was able to get my classmates out of the way, but,” Now was the part when he felt guilty. Slowly, he brought the stuffed bunny his mother had bought for him back in Colorado, out from behind him and presented it. The toy looked roughed up, as if someone had taken it and tossed it in the sand, wrestling with it until it was dirty enough and then gave it back to the kid. “Betty fell behind. I couldn’t leave her and went back... but then, the iron fell but Aunty over here shielded me.” He explained with a frown, expecting some sort of scolding from his parents.

But Leonica and Gabriel were too stunned by the revelation to even scold him.

Angelina had actually saved Ashley?

Seeing the look of astonishment being thrown her way, Angelina scrambled to explain. “I... I know its hard to believe and I don’t ask that you thank me or owe me anything, after all, it’s the least I could do after everything that I’ve done. And even if you refuse to accept my apology in that form then I’m okay. But... I couldn’t have just sat by and watched a child get hurt when,” She touched her stomach with a saddened. “I myself had just lost a baby.”

Gabriel’s expression softened at her words. But Leonica, oh no she wasn’t buying one shit. So many things seemed far too coincidental to be a coincidence. Firstly, what the heck was Angelina doing around Ashley’s school and secondly, a scaffolding.

That construction site had been going on for months without one mistake and only a naïve person would believe that the mistake so happened to have occurred today.

Sadly Gabriel was one of those people.

“I would be a liar if I said this isn’t surprising. But thank you, Angelina.” He said and offered her a smile.

She didn’t hesitate to offer one of her own back and glanced at Leonica who had just finished picking Ashley up but never once took her gaze off her.

“Yeah, thank you, Angelina. I’ll have my assistant take care of your medical bills, so don’t worry yourself.” Leonica said with her usual vague smile. Except this one had something mixed with it that made Angelina look away.

‘Ah,’ Leonica thought, narrowing her eyes at the brunette.

“Mommy?” The sound of Ashley’s voice interrupted her thoughts.

She looked down at him and smiled. “Yes darling?”

“Can Aunt Angelina come to my birthday party?” He asked.

That was all it took to wipe the smile off Leonica’s face and like an instinct, that one gut feeling that always pushed her in the right way, Leonica was about to refuse. Her lips had already parted, words forming on the tip of her tongue, when Gabriel suddenly beat her to speaking.

“Of course,” It took only a second, like a whiplash, to have Leonica’s head snapping in Gabriel’s direction, anger evident in her eyes. But of course, being the person he is, Gabriel ignored... managed to ignore the look Leonica was giving him and focused on his son. He took a few steps forward and ruffled the child’s hair. “Angelina had a trip to a faraway place, but because you want her at your party, I’ll have her departure pushed back.”

“Really?!” Ashley asked black eyes brimming with delight.

Gabriel nodded his head and glanced at Leonica, a smile pulling at the corners of his lips as he asked. “Do you disagree?”

“Do you mama?” Ashley joined his father in questioning, except he sounded more expectant of her answer.

A positive one, Leonica knew and for that reason, she couldn’t say what was truly on her mind and instead silently glared at Gabriel.

Their encounter ended a few minute after that, but Leonica couldn’t seem to come to terms with Angelina’s foreign actions. When they got home, Ashley noticed Anastasia’s Mercedes AMG coupe parked in the driveway and quickly jumped out of the back seat.

“Aunty Annie’s here!” He exclaimed as he ran up to their house porch, leaving his school bag for his mother to bring in, while he furiously rang the door bell until Grace opened the door and he launched himself inside.

“Aunt Annie!” Ashley exclaimed once again as he spotted his godmother in their kitchen pouring herself a cup of juice as Grace had gone to answer the door.

She hadn’t fully comprehended his presence when he launched himself into her arm, causing some of her juice to spill.

“Whoa, Ash, is that you?” Anastasia questioned with a chuckle.

“Yup, I’m back.” The child announced the obvious.

“Welcome back.” Anastasia said and ruffled his hair, her attention later being drawn by Leonica who had just stepped into the kitchen. “Hey Leo,” She greeted with a wave, giving the younger boy enough chance to slip out of her hold and head for the freezer.

“Hey.” Leonica returned the wave before asking. “Why are you here?”

“Meg’s been trying to reach you all afternoon,” Her words caused Leonica to reach for her phone, only to realize that it had died off right after the call that had informed her of Ashley’s situation. Anastasia lowered her voice to a whisper before she added. “The final touches for Ashley’s cake are done.”

“Thank you- Ashley what did I say about taking treats from the freezer without washing your hands?” Leonica gently scolded as she caught the child in the middle of his action.

Ashley merely giggled and ran off with the chocolate chip brownie in each of his hands, causing Leonica to sigh out in exhaustion.

Anastasia took notice of this, along with the fact that something was bothering her friend. “Hey,” She gently tapped her shoulder. “Is everything alright?”

Leonica thought of playing Anastasia’s worry off, but decided against it. “Not exactly.” She confessed as she shook her head.

“What is it? Talk to me.” Anastasia demanded in all seriousness.

Leonica hesitated, wetting her lips and looking around as if the walls had ears before speaking. “It’s Angelina.”

Anastasia frowned at the mentions of the she devil. “What did she do this time around? Did she try and hurt my Ash-”

“No.” Leonica interrupted. “She didn’t. Rather she... saved him.” She spat out the rest of the words, expression contorting into that of confusion as she still couldn’t come to terms with the brunette’s actions.

“What?” And so couldn’t Anastasia.

“Says she couldn’t seat back and watched Ashley get hurt. But, I don’t trust her, Anastasia.” She said the last part in a low tone. “I don’t know what, but I can feel that she’s up to something. And to make matters worse, Gabriel allowed her to attend Ashley’s birthday party.”

Anastasia went quiet for a while before she sighed, clapping Leonica’s shoulder afterwards. “It’s alright.” She assured. “Attending Ash’s party or not, I’ll keep an eye on her. Whatever she’s up to, she won’t ever be able to achieve it, so you just focus on getting Ashley’s birthday ready. Alright?”

Leonica hesitantly nodded. “Alright.”

But despite saying that and offering her best friend the best forced smile she could muster, she couldn’t help but worry about Angelina’s sudden change in attitude and her plans for the future.

If she had any.