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.

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

as soon as he speaks? Right then, everyone around the poker table came to a mutual understanding. Aidan was in a foul mood right now. They had better not cross him. True to Oscar’s words, after a few rounds, Aidan suffered heavy losses. He flicked the cards and turned to Leanna. “Come here.” She walked over to the table, and after hesitating for a moment, she said, “I don’t know how to play.” “I don’t have any money either,” she added solemnly after a slight pause. She 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 sat down in Aidan’s old spot. “I really don’t know how to play.” “Aren’t you supposed to be great at everything? I’m surprised there’s something you don’t know,” Aidan remarked coolly. Oscar cleared his throat to warn him to stop before going

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 to turn in her favor. She won several rounds in a row, and the atmosphere around the table became even more exciting, but she was getting drowsy. “Use that card.” It was unclear whether it was Aidan who failed to point at the right card, or if it was Leanna who misunderstood him, but when she took out the card that she thought Aidan meant and attempted to place it down on the table, someone caught her hand midway. His palm was warm and dry. The moment it wrapped around her hand, she felt as if she had been burnt. Her drowsiness vanished, and she immediately wanted to pull away from him. Before

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