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."

at such an

eat it then?" he

but she held back the urge and

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

she was just one step away from dying

went back into the convenience store to get more food. When she came back out, she chose to sit down at a different

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

at the

said, "Consider it the payment for the

off to the Rolls-Royce parked beside the road right

at the cup of warm water on the

He did owe me

make a fuss since the money is from my

took

…

at Patheon

would be here

came here, she would relive the humiliation and despair that had

this time, she felt nothing at

catalyst for her to let go of her

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

minutes had passed when she finally couldn't stop

just thinking about something,"

"What⁠—"

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

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

Of course.

this

good idea to keep the

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

would

the end, that person bit the

to roll

you ever heard of the fable about the farmer and the

Enough is enough.

gritted her teeth. "President Pearson, can

"I'm talking

and

forward and said, "President Pearson's right, Miss McKinney. At

straight face as she waited to

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