Chapter 117

Meanwhile, in the president's office, Aidan was seated on his chair. He tapped his slender fingers on his phone screen and raised his brows slightly. I guess that woman has a conscience, after all. At least she bothered to ask if I'd had dinner. He gazed at the time and rechecked his phone. He stared at the set of numbers on his screen, and massaged his temples with two fingers for a while before he decided to dial the number. At that very moment, someone knocked on the door.

He quickly threw his phone aside before picking up his documents and a pen. "Come in," he uttered as his expression turned stern. The door was pushed open, and Mia's voice filled the room a few moments later. "President Pearson…" she muttered. He glanced in her direction before lowering his pen and glaring at her with a hostile look on his face. "What are you doing here?" he asked flatly.

Mia explained the reason she was there before she continued. "Everything that happened in the past was my fault, President Pearson. I promise I won't make the same mistake. If you could just give me one chance, I swear… I'll make good use of it."

"Why should I give you another chance?" he asked.

"I…" She bit her lip.

"I told you—I don't like manipulative and sly people. Do you really think I don't know how you previously went to Leanna and convinced her to get a divorce with me?" he uttered in a harsh and forbidding voice. Mia thought that they had resolved this matter in the past—she hadn't expected him to bring it up again. His words came to her as a shock, and she stuttered for a long time before forming a proper sentence. "I was doing it for your own good, President Pearson… I heard that you hated her, so I—"

"Forget it." Aidan interrupted her. "Whether or not I hate her is none of your business."

Mia wasn't willing to drop the topic just yet. "But President Pearson, it's true that Leanna faked her pregnancy to get married to you. I know you don't like when others threaten you and make decisions for you. So, I just wanted to help you resolve this issue. If Leanna weren't guilty and hadn't used such unethical means of getting married to you, she wouldn't have agreed to the divorce right after I uttered a few sentences," Mia pointed out.

Aidan's expression turned

"President P—"

her bottom lip as she turned to leave. Her face

face. He had a sudden realization—Leanna didn't ask for the divorce just because Mia showed up. She always had this thought, and Mia simply allowed her to speak up. She has always played the role of a good wife in our marriage, but that's just an act. That's why she can turn and leave without any hesitation. I've given

reason to let her in. She had no choice but to wait outside the front entrance, where there were benches for her to sit. She gave Jonathan a call with the intention of getting him to come down and collect the food, but Jonathan didn't pick up her phone call. The weather

and her gaze followed Mia's figure, only looking away after Mia got into the car. After a long while, Leanna let out

her nose, which had turned numb from the cold. She walked to the nearest trash can and left the food container beside it, but she had only turned and taken two steps before turning back around to retrieve the container. Regardless, food is still

How can you be so dumb, Leanna? You know how much that b*stard, Aidan, hates you. Why do you keep allowing yourself to be fooled by what things seem like on the surface? He's only doing all of this for the child in my

up to move around as she felt like she was still rather full. She had just opened her bedroom door to head downstairs when she felt someone grabbing her

already pinned both her hands above her head. He managed to hold her tight in his arms. At the same time, she knitted her brows in pain—he had bitten her bottom lip a little too hard. Blood seeped out from the wound on her bottom lip as

eventually turned him off. He took a few steps back before pinching her chin. His words were like hail thrown in her face as he parted his thin

such an odd… fetish of waiting for someone outside their room in the middle of

spent the whole night waiting for you, huh!" he retorted. Leanna felt like he was complaining after he made a mistake. She had prepared supper for him and braved the cold wind to send it to him while he had a lovey-dovey night with Mia in his office. How dare he say such a thing? Who is he to question me

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