After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant

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"What the hell is happening?" Someone, one of the guests who weren't busy with their respective partners on the dance floor, whispered Leonica's exact thought as she stared at each of the hands presented in front of her, one out of three waiting for her to place her hand in theirs and make a pick. "Who do you think she's going to choose?" Another person asked in a whisper, sipping on their wine as they watched the scene play out with interest.

"I know we aren't meant our poke our nose in their matter, but I can't help but wonder. All three men are dashing. So who's Ms. Romero going to pick? The whispers, once little, slowly rose as more people's attentions were drawn to the scene, soon, the voice's reached Ashley's ears. Stopping his currently clumsy but very much enjoyable dance with Daisy, the younger boy turned in the direction where all eyes had been looking. The first thing he noticed was his mother backed against the comer like a confused rabbit, sweating under the growing eyes of its spectators and ready to dash at any given moment The second thing he noticed was the three familiar men standing in front of her.

"Daddy, Arvan, Owen.' He counted them one by one, trying to understand what was happening, Daisy, who had sensed his confusion, perched beside him. Bringing her voice down, she whispered. "I think my daddy, your daddy, and that strange man is trynna ask your mommy to a dance." Ah, so that was what was happening! Ashley nearly laughed at his slow thinking, inwardly slapping himself on the head. How could he have been so ignorant? Well, he'd make up for that. From where he stood, it was clear to him that his mother was confused, not sure whose hand to accept and if he knew better, which he did, Ashley was sure that his mother wasn't going to choose his father's hand. He was aware that his daddy had done something bad to upset his mommy, she had made it known many times, including tonight.

And if he law better, which once again, he did, then Ashley knew his mother was either going to pick Arvan or Owen's hand. But he wasn't going to let that happen. As much as he loved either of them, he loved his father more and needed to help him.

Turning to Daisy, Ashley pulled her close and whispered his plan in her ears. Once he was done, they pulled apart and nodded at each other before striding off in the direction Leonica was, comered by the three mon "Leonica, would you. Arvan began once again after a while of silence, but before his words could be completed, Daisy suddenly showed up and placed her hand in his open palm, pulling him slightly in her direction "Daddy, I want to dance with you!" She said excitedly while pulling him towards the dance floor. Arvan muttered a few incoherent words of protest, which Daisy didn't pay attention to as she looked over to her friend and gave an awkward wink The wink was almost like his go ahead signal, no, in fact it was his go ahead signal, because the moment he received it from Daisy, Ashley increased his pace, cutting in between his father and Owen in the blink of an eye and before either men could react, he took his mother's hand and placed it in that of his father's, stopping Leonica before she could place her hand in Owen's hand.

The gesture surprised Leonica and she looked down at her son who innocently smiled up at her before slowly pushing her and Gabriel into the dance floor. "Dalsy and I just finished our dance mommy, daddy, now it's your tum" Ashley was saying as he gave them both one final push towards the dance floor and clapped his hands together, indicating a job well done.

However, as soon as they had mixed with the other couples on the dance floor, Leonica slipped her hand out of Gabriel's, feverishly cleaning it against her dress in a bid to get the feeling of his skin against hers off.

The gesture didn't go unnoticed by Gabriel, as well as the fact that she was looking around, trying to see if anyone was keeping an eye on them before intending to slip off the dance floor.

"You can't leave," She paused at the sound of his voice and looked over at him, brows meeting at the center of her face. "Not if you don't want to run Ashley's day, that is." He added, nodging his head in the direction where said child stood.

Leonica took one look in the direction and grimaced at the happy look she saw on her son's face. It was obvious that he was expecting them to dance together. He'd probably even stand there through the entire dance Leonica didn't like the idea of that and grimaced once more when she realized that Gabriel was right. If she intended on ruining Ashley's day, then why not, she could waltz her way off the dance floor and not even consider dancing with her ex husband, but then she'd have to see Ashley saddened for the rest of the night. And if she didn't want that, then she'd have to suck it up and dance with that sex husband. All in the bid to see her son happy.

Motherhood swas unfair at times.

While Leonica was trapped momentarily in her head, pondering the choices at hand even though the answer was inevitable, another bout of slow musie glided through the speakers. Gabriel looked around at the fresh set of dancers settling on the dance floor before he offered his hand to her. "Shall we?" Leonica glanced at his outstretched hand, and then at Ashley who still had his eyes on them, blooming smile on his lips as he imagined his parents dancing together like Cinderella and the prince. The main characters under the spotlight.

With a sigh of utter defeat, Leonica returned her hand into Gabriel's waiting palms and wordlessly got in position to begin the next nightmarish three mites of her life.

With 'A thousand Years, by Christina Perry" playing through the speakers, Gabriel gently placed his hand on her lower back, entwined his fingers with hers and pulled her body closer, closing the distance she had purposefully put between them. Lovea's body one upalnost instantly at the feeling, but slow, as it recalling all of the times she had danced with Gabriel when they had been mariol, her body welovesd and ewed into his and almost as it en command, every step he took, she already knew it, like a worksheet designed by her For the first tsince the beginning at their dance, Iconic looked at Gabriel ilirectly, praying that he had not noticed the stupid actions of her body Sing the ghostly outline of a smile across his face told her that he had actually noticed now again grimacing, Leonica cursed at her body tot doing the opposite of her unind. But now, she had to deal with it and stop complaining "Two minutes." She soled herself and fully, mind and body, eased into the dance routine, All she needed to do was endure tee the next two minutes and then she'd be out of his hold and free from these tamting thoughts in her mind.

Their dance together loolood natural and perfect to the outside eyes that those who had been secretly watching begm to whisper, spraising their But nether Gabrielleonica paid attention to the whispers, Both of them were tested equally in the dance, keeping intense eye contact with every move they made. As they danced, surroundings blurred and fixated on each other alone, they were aware of the pair of brown eyes that had been watching them to the past mine, and right now, said pair of eyes were narrowed in amoyance, as her fist was clenched tightly, teeth grinning together, creating a painted sound to the ears of those beside her.

Angelina's blood boiled in jealousy as she continued to watch and soon, she couldn't remain on the side lines anymore. With a part of her brain whispering to her that Gabriel still had feelings for her, buried somewhere deep in him that could only be awakened by the amount of jealousy she was terling, she grabbed a random man's hand and pulled him onto the dance floor, not too far from Where Gabriel and Leonica were dancing Only when she was positioned on the dance floor, fingers laced with her partner, did Angelina notice that the random person she had dragged onto the was actually Owen "We meet again." He uttered, flashing his usual charming smile as they settled into the rhythm of the song Angelina smiled back, although he could tell her mind wasn't a hundred percent with the current situation. His suspicion was confirmed even more when he caught her frequently stealing glancing in the direction behind him. Taking the opportunity given by the song, he spun her around and caught glance of where, or rather, who she was looking at. He wouldn't lie, sering Leonica dancing with Gabriel Bryce, seeing how perfectly they danced together and realizing that could have been him, stirred a wave of jealousy within But as quickly as it had come, it was gone as he forced himself to focus more on his dance partner and the question he wanted to askber.

"Say, Ms Fernandez." He began, but Angelina cut him off.

"Angelina, if you would." She said with a dazzling and meek smile, that Owen obviously would have fallen for, if his heart hadn't already belonged to someone else.

Smiling, he nodded. "Angelina, would it be alright if I asked a few questions? About the figurine you gifted to Ashley, that is " Angelina's smile faded the moment she heard this. "T-the Ligurine? She asked Owen nodded. "Yes, the figurine. Happen to know a thing or two about the figurine company itself, so I was just wondering, would you care to tellhow you actually got it?" *How I got it? I've told you before, a friend who works in the company hookedup." She bed.

"A Friend, as in Michael?" Who exactly was Michael? Angelina wondered but right now, she didn't have the tto make guesses and nodded her head.

Her answer however, did the opposite of what she wanted it to do.

Instead of calming Owen's suspicions, it raised them; almost confirming if one could say. Seeing the smirk on his lips, Angelina knew she had fucked up and quickly tried to pull her fingers out of his. "What are you doing? The dance's still going on." Owen said as he tightened his hold around her waist and fingers and smiled at her. "You're not planning on running away, are you?"

Leonica caught sight of the two from where she was dancing with Gabriel and noticed the strange atmosphere ibut between them. She couldn't help worry abour Owen's wellbeing, after all, he was with Angelina and he had cto the event as Ashley's special guest. Her thoughts were interrupted by the feeling of Gabriel's finger against her chin, turning her face back to his "Your dance parmer is the only person you should focus on, Leonica." He told her.

*Etiquette demands I do so. If you know me, Gabriel, then you'd know I'm not one to follow rules." Leonica retorted, smiling.

"So you'd much rather focus on another man, than the father of your child?"

"I don't see anything wrong in doing so." Leonica replied, giving a nonchalant shrug as Gabriel spun her around and pulled her backtonim, ve hand settling around her waist, tighter this taround. Leonica ignored the change in his hold and added. "Just because you're the father of my child, doesn't make you the man who I'd spend the rest of my life with." Her words caused a site of irritation inside Gabriel, just like she had wanted. But instead of snapping like Leonica had expected, Gabriel suddenly smirked.

"Not if I can do something about it." Before Leonica could decipher the meaning of his words, Gabriel had pulled her closer and pressed his lips against hers. The salt and sudden feeling of Main Charaktern Linder The Spotligh his lips on hers had taken her by surprise, rendering her speechless, but not reaction-less. Quickly, she shoved him away and distanced herself, glaring hard at him while he stared at her with a neutral expression, behaving as if what he had just done was a normal something.

And this angered Leonica to the point that she felt speechless and couldn't really muster any real