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."

can the food at such an

you eat it then?" he

but she held

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

was just one step away from dying of a heart

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

He pressed

finishing the food, Leanna's throat felt a little dry. She was about to head back inside the convenience store to buy a bottle of water when a

looked up at the man standing

decline, Aidan said, "Consider it the payment for the meal. You can toss it if you

parked beside the road right

before looking down at the cup of warm

He did owe

a fuss since the money

she took the cup

…

arrived at

that she would be here

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

she felt nothing

catalyst for her to let go

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

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

about something," he stated

"What⁠—"

regretted ever saying anything as soon as she uttered the

time, in that spot over there, someone

Of course.

this

it was never a good idea to keep the

to admit that I'm not a good

his conscience would

end, that person

to roll

heard of the fable

Enough is enough.

"President Pearson, can

at her and commented off-handedly, "I'm talking about

Leanna and Jonathan were

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

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

I was here, well, it's a long story. It starts with my mother's

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