Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 212

Aidan used his businesslike tone and said, "There's a poker game happening tonight. Come with me."

Leanna was startled for a moment, but she nodded. "Alright."

"So, we can get dinner now, right?"

Leanna laughed dryly and passed the folder back to him. "Do whatever you want, President Pearson."

He leaned back into the seat and closed his eyes.

Less than two minutes later, Leanna's phone started ringing.

It was a call from Elijah.

She cast a glance at the man beside her. She didn't know if he was actually asleep or just faking it, but after a moment of hesitation, she decided to answer the call.

"Leanna, I heard about everything from Zoe. Do you need my help?" Elijah asked.

Her instinctive response was to say no. The word was on the tip of her tongue when she suddenly changed her mind. "Yes, please. Thank you."

Beside her, Aidan slowly opened his eyes.

After hanging up, she turned around and looked straight into his deep, brooding eyes.

He looked away and stated plainly, "We're here. Get off."

Leanna wanted to stick to her resolve and skip dinner, but it was torture for someone who had skipped lunch to sit and watch someone else eat.

She took a deep breath before heading out of the restaurant to buy something for herself.

Aidan stared at her as she walked off. There was no expression on his face as he asked, "What goes on in that head of hers?"

Jonathan, who was standing beside him, didn't know what to say.

Her intentions were obvious. She was keeping a distance between them.

No matter what Aidan did to create opportunities between them, chances were they weren't going to amount to much.

Leanna's thoughts were rather simple. Since she couldn't avoid seeing that b*stard, she decided to just deal with the situation head-on.

Aidan stood up and followed her out the door.

She had just sat down at a table in front of the convenience store to dig into her to-go meal when the box was snatched out of her hands. Her cutlery disappeared as well.

She was perplexed and a little disgruntled. "Weren't you having dinner, President Pearson?"

"The food was lousy."

the food at such an expensive

you eat it then?" he retorted

to roll her eyes, but she held back the urge and stayed

didn't say anything further. Then, he took the cutlery and began eating the food he had stolen

as if she was

back into the convenience store to get more food. When she came back out, she

He pressed his tongue against his inner cheek,

head back inside the convenience store to buy a bottle of water when a cup of warm water set

looked up at the

the payment

off to the Rolls-Royce parked beside the road

him before looking down at the cup of warm water

a point. He

make a fuss since the money is from my

mind, she took the cup

…

arrived at Patheon

never dreamed that she would be here with

past, whenever she came here, she would relive the humiliation and despair that had gripped her

this time, she felt nothing at

was the catalyst for her to let

nearby area. She didn't know what

couldn't stop herself from asking, "Aren't you heading in,

about

"What⁠—"

ever saying anything as soon as she uttered the first word, but it was too late to

so coolly, "Once upon a time, in that spot over there, someone held my hand

Of course.

this was

enough, it was never a good idea to keep the conversation going

the first to admit that I'm not a good man,

his conscience would

that person bit the

wanted to roll

ever heard of the fable about the

Enough is enough.

Pearson, can you just… shut

glanced at her and commented off-handedly, "I'm talking about Jonathan. Why are you

and

assistant with a downright remarkable work ethic, Jonathan begrudgingly took a step forward and said, "President Pearson's right, Miss McKinney. At the time, I

him with a straight face as she waited to see what he came up with this

continued, "As for why I was here, well, it's a long story. It starts