Classic Novel
Chapter 32
That Mu
"Is that anyway to treat someone who helped you?"
Leonica's brows furrowed at his question. "Helped me? You've done nothing but cause trouble, Gabriel." She retorted.
"Trouble? You say I cause trouble, yet I was the one who-"Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.
The rest of his words were interrupted by the sound of his phone ringing. Taking the device out of his pocket, the caller ID displayed a name.
'Angelina'
Leonica almost rolled her eyes upon spotting the name. Of course, his perfect little princess would come to rescue her damsel in distress boyfriend. "Answer it." She instructed. "There's no use keeping your fiance waiting over strangers like us.
"Turning und without another word, she meander into the crowd before Gabriel could
speak.
Gabriel, who had been standing, watching her walk away, finally answered his call.
"Hello?"
"Where are you?" Angelina questioned from the other side. "Are you busy?"
"Yes," He answered half honestly, after all, he had come to the amusement park with intentions of purchasing it, so this could somewhat be considered a business deal for his company and a relaxation time for he himself. "Oh," Angelina's ego flattered upon hearing his words.
"I'll call you when I'm less busy, is that okay?" Without waiting for her response, Gabriel hung up the call and shoved the device back into his pocket, about to go after Leonica and Ashely when the stall owner held him back.
"Hold up buddy, you forgot your picture." He passed Gabriel the picture he had Ashely had taken and scoffed. "Women right? They're really sensitive creatures, especially after giving. birth." Folding up his camera, he added. "But don't worry, buy her some flowers, an expensive drink and probably take her to the Eiffel tower, and all her anger would be quenched." He chuckled. "It works well for all wives."
W...wife? Gabriel's eyes creased, only now realizing that the shop owner had misunderstood the arguement him and Leonica that had gone down.
He was about to correct the male when his eyes caught the photos in his hand and they narrowed more than they already were.
His eyes specifically, were trained on Ashely's smiling face and now that he stared at the young male's face, he without a doubt, looked like a miniature copy of his younger self.
Almost as if he was looking at himself in a different timeline...
...It was clear, The resemblance was too uncanny.
Meanwhile, in the passenger seat of Leonica's car, Anastasia had her hand joined together in a begging motion as she continued to apologize.
"Leo, I'm really sorry. I had no idea they were going to run into each other." She apologized.
Just like the past five minutes, Leonica repeated the same words. "It's fine, you're not totally
at fault...!
It's my fault for not knowing he was going to around here, she thought and tightened her grip around the steering.
The rest of the drive back home was in silence. Anastasia departed shortly after they arrived home and Ashely sat on the chair, watching his mother take off her shoe, obviously in a bad mood. "Mommy?" He beckoned her over.
Leonica literally dragged her legs over and sat beside the boy.
"Yes darling?" She gently massaged his ruffled locks and chuckled as Ashely leaned into her touch like a pet receiving attention from its owner.
"Please don't be angry at kind mister." He began, pulling his eyes open and pulling away from his mother's touch to seem and sound serious. "He may seem like a bad person, but," He paused, fiddling with his fingers to build up the confidence to continue. "He's actually a good person. Infact, he has protected me twice." Ashely informed with a bright smile, stunning Leonica with not only his words, but with how much he seemed to have taken a liking to
Gabriel.
'Saved him? Twice?' She thought, but In that moment, all she could asked was, "Do you...do you like 'kind mister' that much?"
She wasn't sure the type of response she was awaiting from Ashely, but watching a smile suddenly spread across his lips while he nodded his head furiously, her chest tightened and the words that left the small child's mouth next, only caused it to tighten all the more. "Of course I do! I...I even wish he could be my new daddy, mommy."