After Divorce, Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant-Chapter 129 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. “I had 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 nod 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.”

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

“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 totted.

“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 here 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.”

“Angelina?” Gabriel’s brows narrowed at the name. “She’s behind all this?”

“She doesn’t need to be. This is the right thing, after all.” Stuart said, taking another step forward while making sure the blade was pointed steadily in Gabriel’s direction. “And when I’m done with you all, she’d praise me. Love me.” He frantically laughed and took the first swing at Gabriel.

He managed to dodge it, but hissed when the second swing caught him near his shoulder.

“This, this is just the beginning. When I’m done with you,” He pointed at Gabriel, “I’ll kill him,” He pointed towards Owen who was leaning against the wall, trying to apply as much pressure as possible to his wound. And then with a sinister smile, he continued. “And then, I’ll kill her!” Just as he turned around to point at Leonica, she mashed the red bottle of fire extinguisher that she had managed to pick up, into the side of his face.

One hit was all it took and this time around, he was done for good.

“You were right, he talks too much.” Leonica told Gabriel as she dropped the fire extinguisher, crossed over Stuart’s body like he was a bag of dirt and walked toward Owen. “Hey, how are you holding up?” She asked, examining his face that was slowly losing color.

“Peachy.” Owen said, a strained chuckle escaping his lips which he immediately groaned at.

“Don’t strain yourself.” She scolded him and looked over her shoulder to find Gabriel tying Stuart up...with a rope?

She scrunched up her face. Where did he get a rope from?

Gabriel felt her gaze on him and looked up. “It never hurts to be careful.” He said as he stood up and dusted off his hand.

As he approached them, Leonica noticed the wound on his arm. “Are you alright?” She asked, sounding as concerned as she possibly could.

Gabriel glanced down at the wound. Although it stung a bit, he really didn’t feel a thing. God bless the adrenaline rush.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” He assured. “What about you? You took quite the hit back there.”

“I’m fine.” Leonica answered honestly but nudged her head in Owen’s direction. “But I’m not sure he is.”

“Yeah. Let’s.” Gabriel nodded his head and positioned himself at the other side of Owen while Leonica did the same.

Gently, they walked towards the door, but just before they could open it, the door was swung open and officers rushed in, guns ready to take out anyone they considered as a threat. But all that changed when they only saw three wounded people.

“Mr. Bryce? Mr. Lee?” The older looking Officer glanced between the two influential figures, stunned to see them here.

“Took you long enough.” Gabriel muttered. “Stuart Campbell is over there, take care of him and don’t make us do your jobs any further.” He instructed. Both officers glanced between themselves before adhering to his instruction.

“Ambulance was brought to the scene just in case,” The younger looking office of the two informed. “You can get treated outside.” He said and stuck his head outside, whistling for a medical helping hand.

In seconds, a team of medical personnel were in the building, rushing towards Leonica and Gabriel to help carry Owen out. Leonica watched them, relief slowly sipping into her body and as she took her first step out of the house, a single rain drop fell down on her face and many more followed after.

But unlike the other people trying to take shelter, Leonica remained in her spot and raised her head up to the clouds, allowing the beads of rain drop to wet her hair and soon her cloth, with a smile on her lips.

The fear and Dread she had once been feeling before slowly began to dissipate, washed away with the droplets of rain that rained down on her.

Rain of Liberation, she pegged it, chuckling freely at her own thought, because that eerie feeling that had overthrown the happiness she was feeling had finally disappeared.