After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant
Chapter 90 Worthy Enough To Deserve Her Love.

Chapter 90: Chapter 90 Worthy Enough To Deserve Her Love.

Those words were enough to have Leonica racing out of the company without second thoughts. Leonardo was confused, but during the drive, she had taken the initiative to explain the call to him.

“Well, did they say what the bad news was about?” He questioned as they got closer to the hospital. Currently, they were stuck in a traffic that looked like it hadn’t moved for the past two hours, but in reality, they had only been there for five minutes.

“No. And I never said it was bad news. They never said it was bad news, just an emergency.” She tapped her finger on the steering wheel as she corrected and waited for the traffic to free. At some point, she contemplated jumping out from her car and just jogging the remaining mile or two to the hospital.

She could make it; after all, what was a little stress for Ashley’s safety.

Was the emergency even about Ashley? Fuck, she should have asked questions before hanging up the call and skidding to the lift. She cursed in her mind.

“Hey, calm down.” Leonardo said and reached for her right hand, giving it a gentle squeeze to get her to calm down.

Leonica appreciated his efforts, but she couldn’t calm down. “I can’t Leo. What if Ashley’s the emergency? What if something happened to him?” She asked.

“It can be something totally unrelated, Leonica, calm down, okay?” He said and squeezed her hand one last time.

When she took her brother’s advice, drew in some breath and calmed down, the traffic had begun to lessen up. Quickly, she stepped on the breaks and drove the remaining mile to the hospital. She parked her car and rushed out, ignoring Leonardo’s calls from behind, telling her to slow down.

Stepping into the hospital, her eyes scanned around for any signs of Doctor Bailey, but instead, she spotted Gabriel talking nearby with a hospital nurse. Figuring that he might have gotten the same call and now having more reason to worry over Ashley’s safety, Leonica approached him.

The sound of her nearing footsteps had alerted Gabriel. He halted his conversation with the nurse and looked over his shoulder at her just as she reached him. Now beside him, Leonica quickly noticed signs of stubbles on his jaw and how disorganized he looked from usual.

Strands of his hair brushed freely in his face, rather than being perm back like usual. His tie hung loosely around his neck and the first two buttons of his shirt were undone. Those were all things Gabriel disliked and wouldn’t do on a normal day.

All these little details weren’t anything too bad, but were something that could be noticed if you knew Gabriel well enough. Like she does.

Knowing it was caused by the whiplash of the things he had said in the press conference and as a result, stocks and investments had dropped and he was now trying to handle it, Leonica couldn’t help but feel a little, just a little worry, after all, he had held that press conference to alleviate the press from coming after her any further.

But with the situation at hand, she quickly pushed those worries aside and asked. “What’s going on?”

Gabriel shook his head. “Not sure.” He answered and as if knowing the next question she was going to ask, he added. “But thankfully it’s not related to Ashley.”

His words brought instant relief to Leonica. Her body language became less tensed and she relaxed. Gabriel equally became relaxed after watching her relax. Then from behind her, he caught sight of Leonardo approaching and narrowed his eyes in confusion.

Last he heard, Leonardo was off somewhere in the mountains. When did he come back? And why was he here? Accompanying Leonica perhaps?

As normal as that sounded, it didn’t sit well with Gabriel. Having Leonica rely on any other man than him didn’t sit well. Blood brother or not. Casting the thoughts aside, he fixed his gaze back on Leonica.

She looked at him after feeling his eyes on her for quite some time. “Is something the matter?”

Gabriel shook his head. “No, not at all. I just wanted to find out if you... got the flowers and gifts I sent?”

Leonica’s mind went back to the basket of pink Daffodils and the gifts that had come along with it... and the letter card. And she blushed after recalling the words she had read on the card.

~I hope you can forgive me for my mistakes and give me a chance.~

Those words were so much like the ones he said during the press conference.

“Sending me gifts are pointless, Gabriel. Don’t waste your time.” She said, cleared her throat and looked away.

But that didn’t discourage Gabriel. In fact it encouraged him, because Leonica of two months ago, when she had first returned, would have smashed those gifts in his face, insulted him and then proceed to burn those gifts... like she burnt his dresses five years ago. All in all, it was a good sign, probably sign that she was warming up to him? Forgiving him perhaps?

Ha, wishful thinking. She had just told him not to waste his time. But despite that, he wasn’t going to give up.

“As pointless and time wasting as it may be, I don’t intend to stop. Not until you’ve forgiven me. And even then, I don’t intend on going back on what I said, Leonica. I will do whatever it takes to become worthy enough for you to love me once again. Worthy enough to know I deserve that love.”

Leonica remained quiet, not out of speechlessness, but rather because she wasn’t sure of the words that would come out of her mouth the moment she decided to speak. But even remaining silent was risky because she could feel and hear her heart beating and hoped that Gabriel won’t be able to hear it too as he stared at her.

Thankfully, Doctor Bailey showed up at that exact time, saying her from the pain of staying silent or saying something that she was sure to regret later.

That was just the effect Gabriel had on her.

“Mr. Bryce and Ms. Romero, I apologize for making such an alarming call, but rests assure, all is well. There’s just seems to be a little issue.”

“What is it?” Leonica was quick to ask, wanting nothing more than to dump the matter of Gabriel’s confession, again, and move on.

“Shall we discuss that in my office?” Doctor Bailey asked and glanced between the two who nodded their head. “Great. This way,” He said and pointed towards the direction of his office, about to start walking when he noticed Leonardo following. “Oh, and you are?”

“Family.” Leonica beat the man himself to the punch. “He can come along?”

“Are you sure?” Doctor Bailey asked.

Leonica didn’t hesitate to nod. “Yes. Whatever it is you want to tell us, I trust him with it.” She said and glanced at Gabriel, waiting him to make an input.

He caught her stare and the meaning within it, but chooses to remain silent. The words he wanted to say were sure to upset Leonica and he didn’t need her getting any angrier at him that she already is all because he didn’t like how much she relied on Leonardo. Who was not her blood brother, might he point out.

“Very well then. This way please.”

Dr. Bailey leads the way to his office. Once they were all in, he motioned for Gabriel and Leonica to take a seat. Leonardo stands a few feet behind, wanting to give them, Gabriel in particular, at least a little bit of privacy.

With every one sited or standing, together in general, Doctor Bailey Began. “Ms. Romero, Mr. Bryce, thank you for coming in. I intended to discuss this privately with you, but it seems otherwise now.”

Gabriel shakes his head, waving off the doctor’s concern. “It’s fine. You can go on ahead.”

Doctor Bailey nodded and fished out a brown envelope. While he was busy doing this, Leonica glanced over her shoulder and flashed her brother a smile, which he returned the gesture with a supportive one of his. Gabriel didn’t fail to notice the connection between them once again, and a twinge of jealousy crossed his face.

The next second, Doctor Bailey spoke up. “Alright, so the reason why I called you both here is because something in the physical tests from last time caught my attention. In Ms. Romero’s test to be precise.”

Leonica’s eyes narrowed at his announcement. “Something wrong in my test, what is it?”

Doctor Bailey pulled out a white paper from the brown envelope and placed it on the table for all to see. “We’ve conducted several tests, and unfortunately, it appears that Leonica isn’t physically fit for either IUI or IVF.”