After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant (Leonica and Gabriel)
Chapter 77

"If you don't mind me asking how exactly do you two low each other?" Alistair asked as they each sank into their respective seats.

"We had a brief meeting earlier today," Leonica vaguely explained, eyes still trained on Owen. "Dotside of the boutique."

"Oh," The agent smiled. Is that so? Well, that makes things even better. Business goes smoothly when communication is made ahead of time." Own Lee

"I couldn't agree more." Leonica finally turned her attention away from Owen and instead, towards his agent.

The negotiating time was rather short, but efficient, thanks to Alistair, and they were able to reach an agreement in a matter of minutes.

"Thank you very much for choosing us." Leonica said, extending her hand to the agent, who returned her gesture.

"No, the pleasure is all ours." He grinned, stepping out of his seat and turning towards his artist. "Owen-"

"Just a second," The blonde held his index finger out to his agent and rose to his feet, eyes trained especially on Leonica as he walked up to her. He was silent for a while, eyes searching hers before he spoke. "You don't... remember me anymore, do you?" Leonica furrowed her brows, confusion evident in her expression. "I'm sorry, what? Am I meant to know you?" She questioned.

And only after she had asked that, did a certain realization hit her.

Disregarding their earlier encounter, she could have sworn that she'd heard Owen's voice somewhere else. Not just his voice, but his accent and way of speaking, it all sounded extremely familiar to her.

But just where had she heard him?

Do You Really Want To Risk it?

-Thirty minutes earlier-

Leone had just finished sorting through the first batch of attending guests when Grace glided down the stairs alone. She glanced up the stairs, expecting the little demon to rush down in his usual energetic state, but he did. ""Where's Ash?" She asked when her son was nowhere to be seen

"The young master fell asleep right after his bath." Grace informed as she descended the last flight of stairs and picked up the dusting reg she had dropped off before going upstairs, about to resume her duties. When she noticed Leonica's unwavering stare on her, she asked. "Should I have stopped him? Perhaps I should have kept him awake so he could sleep better at night?"

"Uh, no. Not at all. It's just," There was a pause in her sentence in which Leonica chuckled to herself. "It's not every day you see Ash fall asleep right after a bath."

Understanding the reason for her long stare, Grace nodded her head. "Indeed. The Child must have been really exhausted." She reasoned, reaching for the television remote and turning it on

The device blared to life, displaying the cartoon channel Ashley had been watching late into the night yesterday. Leonica had seen the cartoon a couple of times but never really paid attention to it and right now it was no different.

She took one look at the television and buried her head back into the guest list. Unlike her, Grace hung around, folding her arms in front of her as she briefly watched the show.

"Yeah, it seems so. You know when he came back today, he couldn't stop going on about are... are you watching that?" Leonica questioned the moment she caught a glimpse of Grace, who was visibly engrossed in the cartoon she was watching However, Leonica's voice was enough to snap her out. "Ah, forgive me, Ms. Romero, this has become a force of habit. This is Ashley's favorite cartoon, and we watch it together a lot when you are not around. She explained with a subtle bow.. "Ashley's favorite cartoon? Leonica thought, trying to spot the weird booking bunny her son had introduced as his favorite character. And she did.

"Shall I une into something else or turn it off. Some music would help you concentrate rather well."

Grace had once again picked up the remote when she spoke up. "No wait!"

"Yes Madam?"

"Leave it." she instructed

Grace, who had partially overheard the conversation going on between the mother and son, smiled "Of course, Madim. She said and placed the remote. back where it belonged. "I still have a few things to finish up, so I'll take my leave now." She said and bowed, walking away, but glancing over her shoulder one last time to see Leonica focusing greatly on the cartoon.

Precisely on Ashley's favorite character, Sucky Bunny

-Present time

Leonica snapped her finger as soon as the memory resurfaced in her mind. "Ah! Of course, that's why you sound so familiar!"

Owen's lips visibly stretched into a smile, and he took one step closer to her. "So, you do re-"

"You're the voice actor that played Sucley Bunny in Ruckus House, right?" Leonica questioned, very much confident after having watched her son's favorite cartoon for thirty minutes straight and memorizing all the characters, Sucky Bunny to be precises. However, the response she got from Owen wasn't what she had expected. His smile instantly faded and if she had looked hard enough, she could have seen the spark of delight burn out in his golden hues. "What?"

"You're the voice actor for the cartoon Character 'Sucky Bunny', right? Leonica repeated, this time around, glancing between the super star and his agent whose expression was contrary to his.

"Wow Ms. Romero, you're correct. But, how exactly did you know Mr. Les voiced that cartoon character? Alistair questioned.

Leonica's expression was once again filled with confusion as she chuckled and asked. "Was I.. was I tot meant to know?

"Well not exactly, it's just that when Mr. Lee took on that job, it was kept a secret from the public and till date, not many people are aware that it was him who did the voice acting" Alistair explained. "You must be a big fan?" He assumed

Leonica quickly shook her head with a breathy chuckle. "No, not at all" She had said those words so freely that she hadn't expected it to hurt the artist himself. "But my son is at least he's a fan of the character Sucky Bunny," Her face once again scrunched up at the character's name, but she was quick to get rid of the expression. "Does does that count?"

Alistair chocked and was about to answer her question when Owen beat him to speaking.

"You.. you have a son?" he asked with a confused expression.

"Yeah, I do. Ashley is his name." She answered.

"That's odd, I never saw any article about you being married, Ms. Romero," Alistair voiced.

"That's because I'm not." Leonica said with a thin smile that she forced. "I'm a single mother."

owen quippest. When Levnica booked his won, she could have sworn that his overs stood up like that of a happy peppy. No, to be more precises, he suckkenly looked so happy that he looked like a happy puppy who its owner had just given a full treat. "And your son, Ashley, was it? You say he's a tau?

"Yeah? Well, his Laverite character is Sucky Bunny. He kept gelinge and on about how he wanted that hunny to appear at his birthday -" She chuckled at the memory but before she could finish, Owen internpteller.

"I'll come." He antuneet

"To Ashley's bistful panty, Erwem.

Levnica tilted her head to the side, narrowing her eyes as if to size the artist up from head to toe, before asking. "And why would you do that?

"Isn't it obvious," Doven pointed at himself with a laige grin that reminded Leonica of the character he had voiced. "I voiced Ashley's favorite character. What better gilt would there be other than the real deal itself. And besides," He suddenly rested a hand on the table and leaned in closer to Leonica's face. Almost like an instinct, she withdrew her tace, huwever, nor having to raise her bead as the male towered over her. "It I stop now, how are you supposed to remember."

Leonica blinked in contusion at his words, but after some time, she sighed and pushed them aside, not thinking too much about it.

In this short span of time, Doven had managed to slip her phone out of her hubl, typed in his personal number and handed it back to her. "That's my personal phone number." He intermed, goring Mistair who was behind him, grumbling about the number of times he had been warned not to give out bis personal wanber.

Leonica retrieves her phone and vaguely smiled at it. However, the smile faded as soon as a text message entered her phone.

Leonica, we need to talk, Can we please meet up?

It was Gabriel and Leonica sighed after reading the message.

As much as she wanted to turn his request down, she couldn't. After all, Ashley's subsequential treatments required his cooperation. And knowing the Type of person Gabriel is; Petty and arrogant, a horrible combination if you asked her, she was more than a hundred percent sure he could use her action against Ashley if she decided to ottend him.

And right now, she loved her son more than she disliked him.

(Alright, Location? She replied.

Her text was read immediately, and a response came. After ensuring that she knew the place Gabriel had asked to meet it, she shoved the phone into the pocket of her suit pants and fixed her attention back on Owen who was getting a round of scolding from his agent "I'll have to take my lewe now." She announced, causing the dun to stop their squabble. "Since the negotiations are done and decided, I believe that wouldn't be a problem."

"Of course," Alistair confirmed, offering her a smile as well as his hand for a departing handshake. "Have a pleasant day Ms. Romeru." "Same too you."

"Bye Guseju!" Owen waved and didn't hesitate to grin at Leonica's confused face as she walked out of the