I'm Sorry My Love Novel

Chapter 213

Chapter 213 A Long-Term Plan In the private room. The moment Aidan stepped into the room, the temperature seemed to drop several degrees lower. The air was tense and rather uncomfortable. One of the men seated around the poker table muttered, “What’s with President Pearson?” Oscar glanced at the man knocking back glasses of alcohol on the couch. “My guess is he got bitten.” What? “That wild, huh? I didn’t hear about President Pearson getting close to any woman recently, though,” one of the other men commented. Oscar smiled knowingly without saying anything. Just then, the door opened again, and the perpetrator who did the biting came in. He looked toward the door and was taken aback when he saw Leanna walk in. He didn’t think that Aidan would’ve been able to bring her here.

Aren’t they at loggerheads right now? After catching Oscar’s eye, Leanna nodded lightly in greeting. Then, she walked over to Aidan and sat down beside him. Oscar quirked his eyebrows and looked away. “Who’s that? She’s quite pretty. Is she a new model or celebrity that President Pearson’s investing in?” someone asked. Oscar shuffled the cards and answered off-handedly, “President Pearson’s ex-wife.” Everyone was dumbstruck. Didn’t Aidan hate his ex-wife? He finally managed to get a divorce, so why were they hanging out together again? All this while, Aidan sat in his corner without talking. Leanna sat there in silence as well. In any case, he only said that she needed to accompany him to the poker game. He didn’t say she had to do anything. She glanced at the people around Oscar.

curious as to why Aidan joined them today. Was his appearance here really going to be useful in aiding the company projects that had been affected? Just as she began to sense the strangeness of it all, Aidan’s voice called out to her. “Want a drink?” She withdrew her gaze and looked at him. Half of his face was in the shadow. She couldn’t tell what he was thinking or feeling. All she could see was his taut lower jaw. She was startled for a moment, but she quickly came to. “I’m not drinking tonight.” Aidan seemed to chuckle in the darkness as he downed his glass with a visible gulp. After setting the glass down, he walked over to the poker table. As soon as he approached,

was not going to lose her hard-earned money to these evil capitalists. Even Aidan couldn’t say anything to that. Oscar chuckled and assured her, “It’s fine. President Pearson likes doing charity. Just recently, he started tree-planting projects all over the city under the guise of protecting the environ—” He faltered right before getting to the last syllable when he felt an icy pair of eyes sweeping across him. Leanna

said in response. Perhaps it was thanks to being around a gambling addict like Jethro that Leanna had never shown any interest in poker games. She didn’t know what was fun about it. Throughout the whole game, she was like a mindless robot that carried out Aidan’s instructions to the letter, doing whatever he told her to. However, ever since she sat down in the chair, the tides seemed

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