I'm Sorry My Love Novel

Chapter 453

After finally breaking free from Aidan's shackles, Leanna walked to the kitchen. "What do you want to eat?" she asked. "Since I'm in a good mood today, I'll make it for you."

The man let out a chuckle at that. "Is it because you want to eat something yourself, or are you going out of your way to prepare food for me?"

She only ignored his question and urged, "Just tell me if you want to eat."

"Yeah." He gazed at her with his dark eyes. "I'm not a picky eater at all. I can eat anything."

Is that supposed to sound believable? she thought to herself.

She opened the refrigerator and saw that there were no ingredients that could be used. Fortunately, she still had a few boxes of pasta that she had bulk-bought last time to save trouble.

I'll cook pasta then.

As she was filling a pot with water, she happened to catch sight of her luggage in the living room. "Aidan, help me keep an eye out on the pot. Call me when the water starts to boil."

Aidan swiftly hummed in reply. Hearing his response, she turned her head in his direction, only to see that he was on the phone.

It was probably a work-related call, but she was sure it wouldn't be a problem for him to talk on the phone while watching the water.

She opened the suitcase and squatted on the floor to take out the clothes inside. Noticing how they were soaked in the smell of smoke, she carried them in her arms and put the clothes in the washing machine.

She only returned to the living room after pouring laundry detergent and turning on the machine.

Aidan was standing in the kitchen while wearing a white shirt and black pants with the buttons at his collar left undone. With one hand in his pants pocket and the other holding his phone, he continued to talk casually into the phone while occasionally glancing at the pot.

When he saw that the water had started boiling, he slipped out the hand in his pocket and lowered the temperature of the induction hob.

His conversation on the phone never ceased throughout the entire process.

Somehow, he managed to make something so trivial look natural.

Life suddenly felt miraculous to Leanna in this instant.

Aidan was the kind of person whom anyone would think was an arrogant man when they saw him for the first time. It was as if he was a warmthless person everyone feared approaching.

But contrary to his cold appearance, one would find out after getting to know him that he had a potty mouth, and he treated everyone equally. Anyone who stepped on his toe was bound to experience his sass.

Before Underwood Lane, Leanna always thought that Aidan was a superior being who looked down on everyone and everything else. To her surprise, he got along well with the neighbors at Underwood Lane.

Despite his expressionless face, everyone liked him,

Leanna remembered him saying that he, too, grew up in such an environment.

In that instant, she had a feeling that Aidan was not born cold-blooded and ruthless. According to Naomi, he was sharp-tongued since he was young. However, he had to bare his fangs to protect himself, growing up with the ogre-like Pearson Family.

Then little by little, he became the now-feared president of Pearson Group.

It seemed like life was a b*tch to everyone, in one way or another.

Just when Leanna was lost in thought, the person who was standing in the kitchen had already finished his call and was walking up to her. When he met her gaze, he smilingly teased, "Am I that good-looking?"

She snapped back to reality and, while grinning, let out a humorless laugh, "Are you only realizing today that you look better than the average person, President Pearson?" She threw those words right back at him.

Before he could speak, she walked past him and cooked the pasta in the pot after she opened the pasta box on the marble countertop.

The smile in the man's eyes deepened as he looked at the back of her torso.

After she made the pasta and brought it out, she realized that he was no longer in the living room, and there was the sound of water in the bathroom.

What a slowpoke, she thought before setting their plates on the dining table and getting two glasses of water.

Sitting there with nothing to do, she took out her phone and gave Zoe a call after carefully considering it.

"Zoe? Are you sleeping already?" she asked right after the call got through.

"Not yet. I'm watching the news. That devil Lloyd—I mean, Leroy—has finally shown his true colors! Tonight has seriously been such an exciting night. If I had known all this would happen, I should have gone and joined in the fun!"

"Fun?" Leanna chuckled. "More like f*ckery."

After a slight pause, she continued, "What about Daniel? Is he with you?"

Speaking of this, Zoe immediately started pouting. "He is not. He probably won't come to me anymore."

"Huh? What happened?"

"I haven't told you this because I didn't want you to worry. Alas! But now that everything's come to an end, I'm sure it doesn't matter anymore. Remember how Daniel pursued me back then? It was all an act. Llo—Leroy had someone tail Daniel back then, and since Daniel didn't want to cause you any trouble, he claimed that he was interested in me. That was also why he moved next to our studio."

"Zoe…" Leanna frowned, not expecting things to take such a turn.