After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant-Chapter 119 Lake Or No Lake, You Mean Nothing To Me.

Alistair heaved a heavy sigh, his eyes following Owen’s retreating form as he entered his room.

“He’s too naïve.” He muttered under his breath, his hand coming up to rub his forehead. “What am I going to do with him?”

As if his prayers had been answered, his phone suddenly buzzed, and his boss’s name lit up on the screen.

‘Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.’ He thought, picking the device and answering the call.

“Yes sir?” His voice was stern, and he stood straight, like he would if he was speaking to him in person.

“Is the rumor true?” The voice of the CEO of SG Entertainment boomed.

Alistair flinched at the harshness of his voice. “Not at all.” He persuaded, wishing the CEO didn’t hear how his voice dipped when he lied. “You know the press is, Sir.”

The other end was silent and Alistair wiped the bead of sweat forming on his forehead.

At last, the CEO spoke. “Give the phone to him.”

His demand caught Alistair off guard. “Pardon?”

“I know you’re in his apartment, so before I come over there, give him the fucking phone.” He repeated, this time with more venom.

Alistair swallowed and glanced in the direction Owen’s bedroom. Just then, the male’s head stuck out. “Everything alright?” He questioned his manager.

Alistair hesitated, but knowing what was good for Owen, he nudged the phone towards him.

“Who?” Owen asked once he understood his gesture. But Alistair remained silent.

Owen sighed and took the device, bringing it to his ear. "Hello?"

The other end of the line was silent for a few seconds before Owen heard the familiar voice. "Owen, are you having fun? Ruining my company’s image?"

Clenching his jaw and unclenching it at the anger brought by the ridiculous question. Owen reminded himself that the CEO of SG entertainment was always one to easily believe rumors and that aside, he needed something from him.

The CEO of S.G entertainment was the very same person he wanted to go and visit. The one person who despised him yet was the only person capable of smoothly fixing this situation.

"Not at all, Sir," Owen replied, his voice calm and collected, a complete contrast to the raging inferno within. "The rumors are just the usual lies the press spreads."

"Are they really?" The CEO challenged, and Owen gritted his teeth, trying his best to stay calm and collected.

"They are."

Silence.

"Owen, let me remind you, that as the CEO of the agency, I am fully capable of ending your career with just a snap of my fingers." The CEO’s voice was threatening. "I do not plan to let this one slide, so I expect you have a way to solve this?"

"Indeed, I do. But we’ll need to see and talk in person." Owen informed, scoffing internally as he knew that request was next to impossible.

The CEO of S.G entertainment was, in his words, always busy. He had no time for frivolous things, or anything as a matter of fact, not even his own blood.

So, with that being said, it came as a surprise to Owen when said man answered.

“Alright,” His voice was sharp, and the annoyance was clear, but that wasn’t what caught Owen’s attention. It was the fact that he had agreed. “Tomorrow, 6 pm, at my office.”

“Really?”

“If that’s what it takes to save my company’s reputation, then I’m more than willing to make time in my schedule. I hope the plan you have, won’t be a huge disappointment, son.”

And with that, the call ended.

Owen pulled the phone away from his ear and stared at the black screen for a long moment before turning towards Alistair who was already looking at him with an expression of pity.

“You okay?”

The idol, feigning a happy smile, responded. “Of course, why wouldn’t I?”

Alistair didn’t look the least bit surprise, but he withheld himself from prying further, after all, if there was one thing he had grown to known about Owen, then if was the fact that said Idol didn’t like when people pried into his matter.

Especially when it concerned his father, the CEO of S.G entertainment; Taehyun Lee.

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Driving from Owen’s apartment all the way to her house, Leonica had seriously pondered the males words.

It came as a surprise to her each time she remembered the feeling of his lips on her forehead and her cheeks warmed slightly.

She couldn’t believe how bold and forward the younger male was. But then again, he was no longer the same person she had tutored in the library of his mansion.

Now, Owen was an adult, a rising star who had millions of girls falling for him.

‘Then what does he see in me?’ She questioned, pulling into her driveway. ‘Surely there’s a ton of beautiful and talented women around him, and yet, he chose to set his sight on me. A divorcee, with a son.’

She didn’t understand his feelings and couldn’t help but feel guilty, and a bit of disgust at herself that if she entertained the idea of a relationship with him, she might just as well know that she might be sealing his fate of meeting younger woman.

Making a happy family, something she couldn’t achieve.

With a sigh, she killed the engine and got out of the car, not even bothering to lock it. She made her way towards the door and was instantly welcomed by the sight of Gabriel leaning against her door frame.

“Leo, we need to talk.”

Leonica’s eye twitched and she had to hold herself back from lashing out on him. Who did he think he was to just show up at her door. Forget the whole process of helping him regain his memory, his attitude back at the flowery had pissed her off. Instead of exchanging words with him, she brushed past him, typing in the code to her house.

“No, we don’t.” She said as the door opened, and she entered her home, not caring if he followed or not.

“Leo,” He called, and Leonica sighed, turning around and looking him dead in the eye.

“What? What do you want this time around, huh?”

Gabriel looked surprised by the sudden tone of her voice, but considering how she had gone off on him back at the flowery, he quite understood.

It took seconds before the shock wore off soon and Gabriel’s expression turned grim.

“Answers.” Came his response.

Leonica sighed out exasperatedly, placing a hand on her hip. “Answer? Of course you always want answer. But tell me this, is there one thing I haven’t answered?”

“Yes, there is.”

“And what is it, hmm?” She challenged, head tilting to the side as she awaited his Ludacris answer.

Had her anger been directed towards someone else and not him, Gabriel would have taken his time admiring how hot she looked in that stance.

But sadly, it was, and he didn’t have that time.

Hesitantly, he began. “... That day, when I fell into the lake, later spring of 2012, we’re you the one who pulled me out?”

His question caught Leonica off guard. Between the fact that he remembered something from all those years ago that she barely did and the fact that he even remembered something, at all, she was speechless.

She could only stare at him, mouth agape as her gaze bore into his, looking for any signs of trickery. But, when she found none, her expression crumbled into something he couldn’t quite pin point.

“You remember?” She asked, muttering a half disappointed ‘Oh’ when he shook his head.

“Not everything.” Came his response. “Little by little, I believe it’s coming back. But that’s not the matter. The main matter at hand is, did you pull me out of the lake?”

Leonica was hesitant, she licked her lips, parted her lips, claimed them shut and her gaze shifted downwards before answering. “I didn’t.”

Gabriel’s expression quickly darkened at her lie. “You did.” He took a step closer as he pressed.

Her head snapped up and she glared at him. “How would you know? You don’t even remember a thing. Not our marriage, not even your own son.”

Her words stung, but instead of focusing on it, he focused on the matter at hand. “I’ve seen it. Remembered it.” He pressed on, taking two more steps closer.

Leonica was now more than aware of his steps and took several of her own back.

“You were there, you pulled me out.” He insisted.

“Stop!” She demanded, her voice sharp.

Gabriel obeyed, stopping right in his tracks and stared at her.

She took a few moments, composing herself before responding.

“Fine,” She started, her voice now back to a normal tone. “I pulled you out of the lake that day. But what’s the point of bringing it up now?”

“There is a point-“

“No.” Leonica interrupted him, shaking her head. “There is no point. This is just you making a huge fuss out of nothing.”

“Nothing?” Gabriel asked as the side of his lips pulled up into a frustrated smile. “Our past, our history, it’s nothing to you!” He yelled, his frustration getting the best of him. “Is it?”

“Yes.” Leonica shot back, chuckling as the words left her lips. “That’s exactly what it is to me, Gabriel. Nothing.”

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Gabriel could feel the blood boiling inside of him, but as much as it angered him, it also hurt him.

“You’re lying.”

Leonidas shook her head at his denial, looking him straight in the eyes as she answered. “I’m not.”

And her eyes held nothing but the truth. But for some reason, Gabriel refused to take it. Almost as if the other side of him, the side he had forgotten, was refusing to accept her words.

He chuckled, shaking his head. ”You are, because what we had can’t become nothing to you, overnight.”

Leonica narrowed her eyes. “What we had? Gabriel, you don’t even remember it. The hell of a marriage I had to suffer for two year. The humiliation you put me through because of your stupid mistress. I became a laughing stock in the eyes of society because of your damn obsession with loving that so called savoir of yours.” She growled, taking a step closer to him. “What we had, as you say, was nothing more than a means so make your grandmother happy. So don’t you dare stand here, in my own house and talk to me like we had some fairytale marriage.”

Gabriel stood silent as she took another step closer, the tips of her heels bumping into his.

“And the moment you sent your attorney with those divorce papers and contraceptive, I promised myself that it would mean nothing to me. And not even the amount of love I had for you could have changed my mind.”

The confession that she had loved him, didn’t surprise him. After all, the past him, had already figured that much out.

“So, lake or no lake, you and I, meant absolutely nothing to me.”

Her words cut him deep. Like a dagger being driven into his heart and the pain, was worse than when he had woken up, only to remember nothing.

Gabriel swallowed, trying to form the right words, but his throat felt dry and his mind was blank.

Leonica could tell how much she had hurt him, his expression said it all, and she held that expression close, taking it as retribution for all the pain he had caused her.

No amount of ’sorry’ or fake ’I love you’ could make up for the pain she endured.

The past her had known this, but slowly, she had began forgetting it, consoling herself with the fact that As Gabriel had lost his memory, he had now become a different person.

But what happens the moment he regains his memory?

He’d go back to being the same person he had been.

And only a fool would crawl back to someone like Gabriel. Sure, he was handsome, impressive in some areas and had made sacrifices for she and Ashley, but all that didn’t make up for the pain and scares he caused.

The least they could amount to was her forgiveness, but not her heart, the realization of today’s conversation had craved that moral into her soul.

A fresh wake up call from all the hormonal feelings she had been having, as she would call it.

Drawing a deep breath in, one she instantly regretted as the scent of his perfume filled her nostrils, she spoke. “Well, I’m glad we had this talk,” She took a step back and turned on her heel, walking away from him.

But she stopped just before she entered the hallway, looking over her shoulder at him.

“And the next time you decide to show up unannounced at my home, remember this, the past and whatever feelings I once held for you, mean nothing to me now.”