After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant (Leonica and Gabriel) novel Chapter 132

As soon as that thought crossed her mind and she turned the corner, she bumped into someone, immediately activating fight or flight. But even then, she was wise enough not to scream. 

“Hey, hey calm down. It’s me.” A familiar voice said, grabbing both sides of her shoulder and stilling her before she could throw any real tantrum. 

Leonica pulled her eyes open at the familiar voice, relief washing over her when she saw Owen in front of her. 

“Hey,” He flashed her a small smile that could barely be seen in the dim setting, before gently pulling her into a hug 

“What are you…doing here?” She questioned after they had pulled back 

“Here to save you, isn’t it obvious.” He whispered, glancing behind her to make sure her attacker hadn’t caught up. “You have questions, I know, but I’ll explain once were out of here. Your safety is number one right now.” He shot her a firm nod which she returned, except hers was albeit sharing. 

Taking her hand, he turned around and led them through the way he had come, quietly jogging. Leonica stared at his back all the while, pondering about how ironic it was that he was the one who had called the fire department and helped her when she rushed in to save Gabriel from the burning house. He was still the same person who had shown her the needle, saving Ashley. He even went out of his way to contact a world class doctor to help Gabriel, all for her. And now, here he was, rescuing her from something that didn’t concern him whatsoever. 

Had the situation not been so bad, Leonica was sure she would have encased the younger male in a hug, a kiss if she wanted to be too much. 

Once again, her thoughts were interrupted as Owen’s jog came to an abrupt end. She was about to question why he had stopped when her eyes caught sight of the obstacle in front. 

Clicking his tongue, Stuart walked out of the shortcut right next to the exit, metal weapon pointed in their direction, “Mr. Lee, don’t you know it’s rude to gate crash on a party you weren’t invited to?” 

Leonica tensed up when she saw what Stuart was holding was a gun. Was that the so called ingredient he had gone to get? A gun? That fucking psycho actually had a gun?! 

“Now come on Princess, a snarl like that isn’t something suited for a face like yours.” Stuart taunted and despite behind pulled behind Owen, Leonica did not hesitate to snap at him. 

“Fuck you, Stuart. 

“Careful there,” He warned, flicking the gun between both their bodies. “Because in you and me, I have the gun. And I can use it as please,” 

“I don’t think it has gotten that far,” Owen spoke up, hand steadying at eye level while he cautiously watched Stuart who turned to 

glare at him. 

“This is between her and me,” He paused. “On second thought, you’re now part of this; after all, you’ve seen my face.” 

“He’s not part of this!” Leonica spoke up, ignoring how Owen’s grip tightened on her hand in a way to tell her to shut up. “This is all about you and me.” She said, taking every word slowly so that Stuart can properly understand. 

Her attempt seemed to work as he slowly lowered the gun. Leonica sighed out in relief, which was short lived as Stuart began to laugh, raising the gun back up. 

“Yeah, right.” He said and without any form of reluctance, pressed down on the 

trigger. 

Rain Of Liberation. 

The gun had gone off, the sound loud and clear, resonating loudly against the murky walls of whatever house Stuart had trapped her in Leonica clammed her eyes shut, expecting the pain to come sooner or later, but it never did and the only thing that hit her body was Owen’s body. 

She peeled her eyes open at the contact and blood drained from her face when she saw that the waist side of the white Hoodie Owen was wear was slowly turning crimson red. 

All at once, it clicked in her head. He had been shot! 

“O–owen?” She sputtered, holding onto him as panic took over her quicker than she could ever have imagined. 

“I–I’m fine.” He groaned when his hand touched where the bullet had hit. 

“No you’re not. You’re bleeding! Leonica pointed out the obvious, from the corner of her eyes; she caught Stuart laughing and turned towards him with a harsh glare. 

“He’s bleeding.” He parroted in a funny manner, laughing even harder at his own joke. 

“You sick bastard!” Leonica spat, labored breath passing through her clenched teeth. “You will pay for this.” 

Stuart feigned a scared expression, taking a few steps back and cowering a bit to emphasize the point of his actions. “Oh look, I’m so scared,” And then he dropped the act and strengthened up, pointing the gun once more at Leonica. “And who’s going to make me pay? You? When you’re dead or alive?” He chuckled. “Thad fun taunting you, Princess, but at some point, the joke gets old, and this one is way past its expiry date. So, seeya-” As he positioned the gun back in Leonica’s direction, the rest of his words were cut off by the sound of wood breaking against something and Leonica watched with wide eyes as he fell to the ground. 

“He talks too much.” Stepping over his body and dropping the rest of the wood to the floor, Gabriel allowed his eyes examine the situation. Relief washed over him as he realized that Leonica was unharmed. 

So, he did make the right decision by choosing to follow Owen 

As if knowing he was part of the subject on Gabriel’s mind, Owen groaned, holding onto his gunshot wound in pain. 

Leonica’s attention was quickly snapped back to him, but before she had looked away, Gabriel could have sworn she offered him a smile 

“Hey, hang in there for a bit.” She soothed, placing her hand over his own which was pressed right against his wound. She tried to focus more on the warmth of his hand, rather than the sticky feeling of the blood, as she spoke reassuring words. “Everything’s going to be alright now, okay?” 

Owen managed to ned his head. Gabriel, who had been watching the scene, appeared by Leonica’s side, gently taking Owen by his under and raising him. “We have to get him to the hospital.” He said, steadying Owen on his feet. “That gunshot was pretty loud, I’m sure the police would be here anytime soon. 

“I hope so.” Leonica muttered and stood up, at least she tried to, but she nearly collapsed to the floor under her wobbly legs. “Shit!” She cursed, reaching for the wall to steady herself. 

Gabriel glanced back at her, gauging the situation before asking “You alright?” 

Leonica tried her balance one last time and when she was sure she wasn’t going to crumble to the floor, she nodded her head. “Yeah” Gabriel nodded his head and watched as she scrambled over to the other side, putting Owen’s hand over her shoulder. With each step that they took, Owen groaned from the pain and Leonica whispered soothing apologies to him. 

Gabriel felt his jealousy soar, but reminded himself that for the betterment of this situation, he needed to keep it together. 

“Hey, um Gabriel?” Leonica began, her voice was deadly low, almost a whisper. Had it not been for how quiet the house was and how close he was to her, Gabriel would not have heard her call. When he looked at her, raising a questioning brow, she continued. “I don’t know how you did it, but thank you. For back there and right now.” 

He flashed her a smile. “It’s alright. It’s the least I can do.” 

“Argh!” She 

Nodding gently, she opened her mouth to add in something else, but the words died on her lips when she suddenly felt a harsh her hair and felt herself being pulled backwards. 

ch pull on 

“Argh!” She cried out in pain as her body hit the floor. 

“Leonica!” Gabriel wanted to rush to her, but froze when he saw Stuart standing in front of her, silver blade held in his hand. 

“This bitch, you’re giving me more work than I’ve planned for.” He grumbled and touched his forehead as it stung When he looked at 

his fingers and saw blood, his face contorted in pain and without so much as a warning, he kicked Leonica in the stomach. “Look what you did.” He said, but quickly turned around when he heard Gabriel approaching 

Gabriel stopped just as he held the knife up and shook his head. “Don’t think of sneaking up on me a second time, pretty boy.” He 

rotted. 

“You need to stop this.” Gabriel said, taking his eyes of Stuart and glancing in Leonica’s direction. She was squirming on the floor in pain, but slowly began to recover. “The police would soon be bere and the moment you’re caught, its game over.‘ 

“That’s if I’m caught.” Stuart said as he took a step forward, a sinister smile on his face. “And you know, it’s a good thing you’re here, all of you,” He pointed the blade mainly between Gabriel and Owen “That way, I can truly avenge Angelina, after all, it was all of you who fucked her life up. ”