Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 212

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."

such an expensive restaurant

eat it then?"

but she held back

say anything further. Then, he took the cutlery and began eating the

so mad that she felt as if she was just

lips and went back into the convenience store to get more food. When she

He pressed his

throat felt a little dry. She was about to head back inside the convenience

up at the man standing beside

Aidan said, "Consider it the payment for the meal. You can

parked beside the road right after

eyed him before looking down at the cup of warm water on the

He did owe me for

since the

mind, she took the

…

arrived at Patheon

she would be

odd. In the past, whenever she came here, she would relive the humiliation and despair that had gripped

she

was the catalyst for her

staring coolly at a nearby area. She didn't know what he

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

just thinking about

"What⁠—"

soon as she uttered the first word, but it was too late to take it

explained ever so coolly, "Once upon a time, in that spot over there, someone

Of course.

knew this

was never a good idea to keep the conversation going with

a good man,

conscience would eat him

that

to roll

you ever heard of the fable about the

Enough is enough.

her teeth. "President Pearson,

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

and Jonathan

"President Pearson's right, Miss

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

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

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