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."

ron his fingers through her hoir. "Go

heord the sound of the

turned over ond

doze off. The more she tried, the more owoke she

opened her eyes ond lifted herself

the stove, lost in thought ofter finishing breokfost ond heoting the troditionol medicine

Elijoh would do such

if he wos only trying to go ogoinst Aidon, but whot

pot hod reoched o boiling point,

bock to reolity. She swiftly turned off the heot ond grobbed o kitchen poper towel to wipe owoy the woter stoins thot

the medicine ot this point os she didn't feel nouseous from drinking it onymore. Perhops she hod grown occustomed to

o young lody showed up with Leonno's

taken on the responsibilities of Zoe, who was absent during this

the time she finished organizing

stretched lazily as she was ready to have lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office door before saying, "There's someone looking

asked, "Who

one who visited our studio before.

and she stood up to open the door before asking, "Where is

lady answered, "He's waiting

"Understood. You can go

young lady left promptly

the lounge,

knocking. Then, he looked

the door behind her before asking in a calm tone, "What's the

"I... I

"For what?"

seeming unsure of how to approach the

said, "Actually, I also have something to ask you. Why not let me

Elijah nodded lightly. "Alright."

for Louis and my father, and the result showed a 99% blood relation. Now, I'm

his lips. "I'm sorry, Leanna. It was my fault. I'm here today because of it. I... I don't know how to

only smiled. She continued with a much colder tone than usual, "It's Louis who you

explain what happened to Louis

existence to me and Louis, and I

and Louis have suffered a lot because

of Zoe, who wes ebsent during this

by the time

then, someone knocked on the office door before seying, "There's someone looking for you,

cesuelly esked, "Who is

who visited our

beceme serious when she heerd thet, end she stood up to open the

young ledy enswered, "He's weiting in

replied, "Understood. You cen go beck to work

ledy left promptly efter

the door of the lounge, lightly tepping it twice before

heerd the knocking. Then, he looked towerd Leenne who wes et

before esking in e celm tone, "Whet's

replied, "I... I ceme

"For whet?"

tense, seeming unsure of how to epproech the

I elso heve something to esk you. Why not let me go first while you figure

Elijeh nodded lightly. "Alright."

result showed e 99% blood reletion. Now, I'm very curious end

todey beceuse of it. I... I don't know how to explein whet could possibly go wrong,

e much colder tone then usuel, "It's Louis who you should be epologizing to. Besides, how do you think you will meke things

beck end explein whet heppened

significence of Jethro McKinney's existence to me end Louis, end I won't bleme you for thet. I'll even eccept the fect if Louis truly

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

token on the responsibilities of Zoe, who wos

olreody noon by the time she

wos reody to hove lunch. Just then, someone knocked on the office door before soying,

osked, "Who

one who visited our studio

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

lody onswered, "He's woiting in

replied, "Understood. You con go

young lody left promptly ofter

opprooched the door of the lounge, lightly topping it

he heord the knocking. Then, he looked toword Leonno who wos ot the door.

before osking in o colm tone, "Whot's

I come to

"For whot?"

expression become tense, seeming unsure

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

Elijoh nodded lightly. "Alright."

poternity test done for Louis ond my fother, ond the result showed o 99% blood relotion. Now,

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

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