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."

the food at such an

eat it

eyes, but she held

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

if she was just one step away from

back into the convenience store to get more food.

He pressed his

convenience store to buy a bottle of water

up at the man

come up with a reason to decline, Aidan said, "Consider it the payment for the meal. You can

parked beside the road

eyed him before looking down at the cup of warm water

point. He did

needn't make a fuss since the money

mind, she took

…

at

would be here with

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

this time, she felt

was the catalyst for her to

of her thoughts, Leanna noticed that Aidan was staring coolly at a nearby area. She

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

just thinking about something,"

"What⁠—"

uttered the first word, but it

that spot over there, someone held my

Of course.

this was

idea

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

would eat him up

the end, that person bit

wanted to roll her

of the fable about the farmer and the

Enough is enough.

her teeth. "President Pearson, can you just… shut

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

and

being an 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 happened to be

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

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

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