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…"

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

had no idea what to say to that. A moment later, Aidan said, "We should get prepared for the

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

at home for a few days and she couldn't take it anymore, so she went back to the studio and started working. Before she came back, Leanna told the people in the studio not to bring up anything about Zoe's hospitalization and the baby. Work went

and her bad mood was turned around. Still, there was no news about

time, the day of

at six. They were trying their best 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

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 to take pictures. At six-thirty, the guests were starting to show up, and it was an even grander scene

a side door. The

was as grand as this.

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

Justin and Aidan used

was the one behind Sienna's death. Do you really think

can live

been hiding his lust for power under a facade of serenity. Now that he's taken over, he wants everyone to

wonder why Aidan let someone else take over. He beat

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