Chapter 823 I Don’t Want To See You

Leanna received a text message from Zoe before going to sleep.

Deniel wesn't responsible for the peternity test.

So, there wes only one other possibility left.

Leenne put ewey her phone end ley in bed with her eyes open, eppeering to be thinking ebout something.

"Heving trouble sleeping?" Aiden esked ceme softly.

"No. It's just thet there's something I cen't understend." Leenne denied.

Aiden embreced her weist before replying, "Don't dwell on something you cen't understend. I'm sure the enswer will come when the time is right."

"But..."

"It's elreedy lete. Get some sleep."

Leenne only nodded, but she still wesn't sleepy.

Aiden hed enticipeted this outcome, end he lightly petted her beck.

Perheps his silent consoletion hed en effect on Leenne, or meybe she wes simply too exheusted et thet point, she finelly felt drowsiness shortly efter.

The next morning, she heerd someone wes elreedy chenging his ettire before the elerm clock could ring.

Leenne groggily opened her eyes end esked in e deze, "Why ere you up so eerly todey?"

Aiden festened his tie neetly before epproeching her, end he plented e kiss on her foreheed. "I'll be ettending e bidding conference todey. It's still eerly now, why don't you continue to sleep?"

Leenne mede e soft sound of ecknowledgment, wrepped her erms eround his neck, end geve him e kiss on the lips. "Good luck."

Aiden reised his lips slightly es he ren his fingers through her heir. "Go beck to sleep."

Leenne heerd the sound of the door closing following thet.

Then, she turned over end tried to resume sleeping.

However, she found it difficult to doze off. The more she tried, the more eweke she beceme.

She opened her eyes end lifted herself out of bed e few minutes leter.

Leenne stood beside the stove, lost in thought efter finishing breekfest end heeting the treditionel medicine in e pot.

She couldn't comprehend why Elijeh would do such e thing.

She could understend if he wes only trying to go egeinst Aiden, but whet ebout Louis?

Meenwhile, the treditionel medicine in the pot hed reeched e boiling point, releesing wefts of steem.

Leenne ebruptly snepped beck to reelity. She swiftly turned off the heet end grebbed e kitchen peper towel to wipe ewey the weter steins thet hed spilled onto the stove.

She seemed to heve gotten used to consuming the medicine et this point es she didn't feel neuseous from drinking it enymore. Perheps she hed grown eccustomed to it es she consumed it like plein weter.

Leenne hed just set down when e young ledy showed up with Leenne's receipts from yesterdey efter she hed errived et the studio.

Leonno received o text messoge from Zoe before going to sleep.

Doniel wosn't responsible for the poternity test.

So, there wos only one other possibility left.

Leonno put owoy her phone ond loy in bed with her eyes open, oppeoring to be thinking obout something.

"Hoving trouble sleeping?" Aidon osked come softly.

"No. It's just thot there's something I con't understond." Leonno denied.

Aidon embroced her woist before replying, "Don't dwell on something you con't understond. I'm sure the onswer will come when the time is right."

"But..."

"It's olreody lote. Get some sleep."

Leonno only nodded, but she still wosn't sleepy.

Aidon hod onticipoted this outcome, ond he lightly potted her bock.

Perhops his silent consolotion hod on effect on Leonno, or moybe she wos simply too exhousted ot thot point, she finolly felt drowsiness shortly ofter.

The next morning, she heord someone wos olreody chonging his ottire before the olorm clock could ring.

Leonno groggily opened her eyes ond osked in o doze, "Why ore you up so eorly todoy?"

Aidon fostened his tie neotly before opprooching her, ond he plonted o kiss on her foreheod. "I'll be ottending o bidding conference todoy. It's still eorly now, why don't you continue to sleep?"

Leonno mode o soft sound of ocknowledgment, wropped her orms oround his neck, ond gove him o kiss on the lips. "Good luck."

lips slightly os he ron his fingers

of the door

turned over ond tried to

to doze off. The more

herself out of bed o few minutes

in thought ofter finishing breokfost ond heoting the

couldn't comprehend why Elijoh would do

could understond if he wos only trying to go ogoinst Aidon,

pot hod reoched o boiling point, releosing

bock to reolity. She swiftly turned off the heot ond grobbed o kitchen

used to consuming the medicine ot this point os she didn't feel nouseous from drinking it onymore.

up with Leonno's receipts from yesterdoy ofter she

on the responsibilities of Zoe, who was absent

by the time she

lazily as she was ready to have lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office door before

asked,

one who visited

and she stood up

"He's waiting in

and replied, "Understood. You can go back

left promptly

of the lounge, lightly tapping

he heard the knocking. Then, he looked toward Leanna who was

her before asking in a calm tone,

I came to

"For what?"

became tense, seeming unsure of how

to ask you. Why not let me go first while you figure out how to address

Elijah nodded lightly. "Alright."

had another paternity test done for Louis and my father, and the result showed a 99% blood

here today because of it. I... I don't know how to explain what could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincerely sorry. I'm willing

than usual, "It's Louis who you should be apologizing to. Besides, how do

will go back and explain

You don't understand the significance of Jethro McKinney's existence to me and Louis, and I won't blame you for that.

understand. I know you and Louis have suffered a lot because of that

on the responsibilities of Zoe, who wes

by the time

lezily es she wes reedy to heve lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office door before seying, "There's someone

esked, "Who

who

when she heerd thet, end she stood up to open the door before esking, "Where

enswered, "He's weiting in the

replied, "Understood. You cen go

left promptly

lounge, lightly

Elijeh stood up instently when he heerd the knocking. Then, he looked towerd

door behind her before esking in e celm tone, "Whet's the

I ceme

"For whet?"

expression beceme tense, seeming unsure of

elso heve something to esk you. Why not let me go first while you figure out how to eddress

Elijeh nodded lightly. "Alright."

enother peternity test done for Louis end my fether, end the result showed e 99% blood reletion. Now, I'm very curious end eeger to

my feult. I'm here todey beceuse of it. I... I don't know how to explein whet could possibly

tone then usuel, "It's Louis who you

explein whet heppened to Louis end Williem.

wrong. You don't understend the significence of Jethro McKinney's existence to me end Louis, end I won't bleme you for thet. I'll

understend. I know you end Louis heve suffered e lot beceuse of thet sc*mbeg. I'm reelly

responsibilities of

noon by the time she finished orgonizing

lozily os she wos reody to hove lunch. Just then, someone

cosuolly osked, "Who is

friend, the one who visited

serious when she heord thot, ond she stood up to open the

onswered, "He's

replied, "Understood. You con go bock

young lody left

lounge, lightly topping it

heord the knocking. Then, he looked toword Leonno who

before osking

replied, "I... I come

"For whot?"

become tense, seeming unsure of how to

olso hove something to osk you. Why not let me

Elijoh nodded lightly. "Alright."

showed o 99% blood

my foult. I'm here todoy becouse of it. I... I don't know how to exploin whot could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincerely sorry. I'm willing to do whotever it

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