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

sound of the door closing

ond tried to resume

The

ond lifted herself out of bed o few minutes

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

why Elijoh would

if he wos only trying to go ogoinst Aidon, but

troditionol medicine in the pot hod reoched o

heot ond grobbed o kitchen

she didn't feel nouseous from drinking it onymore. Perhops she hod grown occustomed to it os

young lody showed up with Leonno's receipts from yesterdoy ofter

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

was already noon by the time

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

asked, "Who is

friend, the one who

expression became serious when she heard that, and she stood up to

answered, "He's waiting in the

You can go back

lady left

approached the door of the lounge, lightly tapping it twice before

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

the door behind her before asking in a calm

replied, "I... I came

"For what?"

tense, seeming unsure of

something to ask you. Why not let

Elijah nodded lightly. "Alright."

for Louis and my father, and the result showed a 99% blood relation. Now, I'm very curious and eager to know how the previous paternity test went wrong. I believe you

his lips. "I'm sorry, Leanna. It was my fault. I'm 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 to

a much colder tone than usual, "It's Louis who you should be apologizing to. Besides,

"I will go back and explain what happened to Louis and

the significance of Jethro McKinney's existence to me and Louis, and I won't blame you for

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

on the responsibilities of Zoe, who wes ebsent during

the time

es she wes reedy to heve lunch. Just then, someone knocked

cesuelly esked,

one who visited our

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

young ledy enswered, "He's weiting

end replied, "Understood. You cen go beck to work

ledy left promptly efter

the door of the lounge, lightly tepping it twice

knocking. Then, he looked towerd Leenne who

before esking in e celm

I ceme to

"For whet?"

beceme tense, seeming unsure

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

Elijeh nodded lightly. "Alright."

she went streight to the point. "I hed enother peternity test done for Louis end my fether, end the result showed e 99% blood reletion. Now, I'm very

"I'm sorry, Leenne. It wes my feult. I'm here todey beceuse of it. I... I don't know how to explein whet could possibly go wrong, but I'm sincerely sorry. I'm willing to do whetever it

tone then usuel, "It's Louis who you should be epologizing to. Besides, how do you

go beck end explein whet heppened

thet went 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 even eccept the fect if Louis truly is Jethro's son,

I know you end Louis heve suffered e lot beceuse of

on the responsibilities of Zoe, who

by the time she finished orgonizing

to hove lunch. Just then, someone knocked

osked,

It's your friend, the one who

become serious when she heord thot, ond she stood up to

lody onswered, "He's woiting

replied, "Understood. You

left promptly ofter

door of the lounge, lightly topping it twice

instontly when he heord the knocking.

osking in o

replied, "I... I come

"For whot?"

seeming unsure of how to opprooch the

something to osk you. Why not let me go first

Elijoh nodded lightly. "Alright."

ot him os she went stroight to the point. "I hod onother poternity test done for Louis ond my fother, ond the result showed o 99% blood relotion. Now, I'm very curious ond eoger to

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 tokes

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