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

you eat it then?"

eyes, but she held back the urge and stayed

he took the cutlery and began eating the food he had stolen

if she was just one

to get more food. When she came back out, she chose to sit down at a

cutlery down. He pressed his

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

looked up at the man standing

she could come up with a reason to decline, Aidan said, "Consider it the payment for the meal. You can toss it if you don't want

to the Rolls-Royce parked beside the road right after saying

at the cup of

a point. He

make a fuss since the money

mind, she took the

arrived at

would be here

would relive the humiliation and

this time, she

her to let go of her harrowing

nearby area. She didn't know what he was thinking about as she couldn't read

she finally couldn't stop herself from

thinking about something,"

"What⁠—"

uttered the first word, but it was too

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

Of course.

this

idea to keep the conversation

a good man, but sometimes, I

his conscience would eat him

that person bit the

wanted to

heard of the fable about the

Enough is enough.

teeth. "President Pearson, can you just…

glanced at her and commented off-handedly, "I'm talking about Jonathan. Why are you getting so worked

Leanna and Jonathan

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

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

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

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