Chapter 10

"That's good news. You're pregnant—" Zoe came to her senses as her eyes widened. "Is it Aidan's?"

"Hmm."

"Sh*t! What are you going to do? Are you going to tell him about it?"

Leanna shook her head. "No. We're going to divorce anyway."

Zoe paused for a moment before asking, "Then… are you going to keep the baby?"

Silence dawned upon both parties, for Leanna did not know the answer to that question. When she found out about her pregnancy, her first reaction was resorting to abortion.

However, after ruminating on it, she figured that the baby had nothing to do with the bad blood between her and Aidan; the baby was innocent.

Every single time she closed her eyes, she could feel how that baby's life was dissipating from her body three years ago. She would not want to experience it twice, but if she ever decided to keep the child…

In the end, she answered, "I'm not sure yet. Let's talk about it after some time."

Knowing that Leanna did not wish to continue that topic, Zoe veered the subject. "Right, there's good news. The necklace and ring of the First Love collection have been receiving positive responses from our magazine team. There are internal reservations too! I'm sure that it'll sell like hot cakes once it's on sale. The only thing left is the bracelet… There's still one week left before the press conference. Do you think you can make it in time?"

"Yeah. I need three days at most."

Zoe heaved a sigh of relief. "You're pregnant, though. Can you handle the production yourself? You'll be exposed to chemical substances in the process. I think it's best to hand it over to the factory."

"It's alright. I can wear a mask and gloves."

"Then, you gotta be careful. Just inform me if you can't handle it on your own."

Leanna smiled. "Don't worry. There won't be any problem."

Coming out of the bathroom, she held her phone in hesitation for a long time before dialing Aidan's number.

Once the line got through, Mia's smug voice could be heard. "President Pearson is with me right now, so try not to make a fool of yourself."

"Oh." Leanna hung up the phone without a second thought.

On the other end, Aidan came out of the restroom and happened to see Mia shoving his phone into his clothes. He strode over to take the clothes and questioned indifferently, "Did someone call?"

Her eyes wavered. "N-No…"

He checked the contact history, only to see the incoming call from Leanna one minute ago. He lifted his gaze onto Mia, who explained, "President Pearson, Leanna asked for your whereabouts, but I covered for you since I know that you don't wanna see her anyway. I didn't tell her anything else."

He kept his phone while brushing off her silly ploy.

over while beaming with delight. "President Pearson, I'm glad that you're still here. I've booked a private

Clark is the protagonist of the

him

nod to the business partner, he exited the place and hopped into

driver inquired, "President Pearson, do you wanna go to the apartment or

down at his phone and his calm voice sounded, "To

"Okay."

the thirty minute ride when his phone suddenly rang; it was Leanna. Although he had answered the call,

sitting on

last, she questioned cautiously, "Are you… still

it took her a lot of courage to make this phone call. If she did not explain to Aidan about her situation, he might take the wrong

it felt nice to be able to get in the way of his affair with just

"Busy with what?"

remained silent for a while before steering the topic. "I'm sorry for today. Something urgent

I waited for an hour." His voice

sorry about it, but I really had something urgent to attend to. What about tomorrow? Any time works fine for me. Why don't

go on a business trip to

news. "Oh, then… let's talk after you're

a president as one's husband—one needed to book an appointment in order to sign the

the call had not ended yet,

by the sudden question.

himself impatiently, "I'm going to Gerland. Do

that the business partner in Gerland had once gifted him a few boxes of their local chocolate specialties, which were

he supposed that it would be better to dispose of the chocolate by giving

while, she responded, "No,

snorted coldly before

sleep, Aidan rang her this time. "Where's the

cupboard from the left. There's plenty of medicine in there. If you're

calm, as though he was

can wake one

the very next second and she pouted

gentle today. He's

she was told off by him, she wished she could force him to gulp down a few bottles of alcohol before he stepped

she had the heart but not the guts

than waking up the maids, Aidan kneaded his hurting temples and drank a glass of cold

lady's apparels that were left untouched for a long time. It had been a month since Leanna

Jonathan at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, "Other than money, why would a

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