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…"

and wrapped his 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 during his investigations.

to say to that. A moment later,

matter what was waiting for them, and no matter what happened, they had to make the trip. The ring was

she came back, Leanna told

felt better the moment she went to work, and her bad mood was turned around. Still, there

the day of Pearson

photos as the celebration this time was the grandest of them all. Aside from the main company's employees, everyone from the

even the other 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

a side door. The moment they walked into the lobby,

ninetieth-anniversary celebration was as grand as

switched out. Of course, he wants everyone to know he's the

that Justin and Aidan used to be on good

Sienna's death. Do you really think they can still be

Neither can live while the other

under a facade of serenity. Now that he's taken over, he wants everyone to know he's the boss. He

take over. He beat the Pearsons up so badly, they

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