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…"

"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 during his investigations. He can decide what to do with

what to say to that. A moment later, Aidan said, "We

them, and no matter what happened, they had to make the trip. The ring was just a catalyst

started working. Before she came back, Leanna told the people in

work, and her bad mood was turned

day of Pearson

to take tons of photos as the celebration this time was the grandest of them all. Aside from the main company's employees, everyone from the subsidiaries was invited as well. The guests here were

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

they entered the hotel through a side door. The moment

even the company's ninetieth-anniversary celebration was as

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

Aidan used to be on

death. Do you really

Neither can live while the

over, he wants everyone to know he's the boss. He doesn't care about his brother. Family means nothing in the world of aristocrats while power

take over. He beat the Pearsons up so badly,

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