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."

at such an expensive restaurant be

it then?" he retorted

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

Then, he took the cutlery and began eating the food

she was just one step away from dying of

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

set the cutlery down. He pressed his tongue against his inner cheek,

She was about to head back inside the convenience store to buy a bottle of water when a cup of warm water set down in front

up at the man standing beside

it the payment for the meal. You can toss it

the Rolls-Royce parked beside the road right

eyed him before looking down at the cup of

point. He

a fuss since the money is

in mind, she took the cup

…

at Patheon

dreamed that she would

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

she felt

death was the catalyst for her to let go

her thoughts, Leanna noticed that Aidan was staring coolly at a nearby area. She didn't know what he was thinking about as she couldn't

had passed when she finally couldn't stop herself from asking, "Aren't you

about

"What⁠—"

she uttered the first word, but it

a time, in that spot over there, someone held

Of course.

this was

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

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

his conscience would

end, that

wanted to roll

heard of the

Enough is enough.

teeth. "President Pearson, can you just… shut

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

Leanna and Jonathan

an assistant with a downright remarkable work ethic, Jonathan begrudgingly took a step forward and said, "President

straight face as she waited to see what he came up

here, well, it's a long story. It starts with