Chapter 695 No Real Feelings

The moment Leanna got into bed, Aidan pulled her into his embrace. She looked at him. "What is it?"

"I did tell you that you can buy any jewelry you want, didn't I?"

"W…" Oh, I see. A moment of silence later, she said, "So you know."

Aidan grunted. "There's going to be an auction at the charity dinner for the celebration, and the ring's on the list."

Leanna froze. "But I thought the ring was in Joseph's hands."

"He's trying to strike a deal with Pearson Group."

Leanna frowned. "He did ask me to put in a good word with you, but I refused. I can't believe he still got what he wanted."

"He came to you because he knew I wouldn't agree to work with him."

"But Justin agreed."

They stayed silent after that. Joseph's goal was obvious. He didn't come to Highside for business. His goal was Aidan, or to be precise, Pearson Group, and Aidan's departure from the company gave him the chance he needed. One's a Woodley, and the other is a victim of that fiasco. Leanna said, "Should you tell Justin about Joseph's…"

arm around Leanna. "He knows what he's doing." A momentary pause later, he said, "I'll tell Jonathan to at least leak the Woodley scandal to Justin

that. A moment later, Aidan said, "We should get

they had to make the trip. The

to the studio and started working. Before she came

better the moment she went to work, and her bad mood

the day of Pearson Group's celebration

the grandest of them all. Aside from the main company's employees, everyone from the subsidiaries

year-end galas could gather people like this. Thanks to that, the reporters had been staking out the hotel a day before so they could get the best spot to take pictures. At six-thirty, the guests were starting to show up, and it was an even grander scene than any red-carpet

but they entered the hotel through a side door. The moment they walked into the lobby, they heard

the company's ninetieth-anniversary celebration was as

you know? The president just got switched out. Of course, he wants everyone to know

and Aidan used to be on good terms,

Do you really think they can still be

live while the other

taken over, he wants everyone to

I wonder why Aidan let someone else take over. He

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