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."

food at such an

eat it then?" he

her eyes, but she

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

as if she was just one step away from dying of

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

down. He pressed his tongue

was about to head back inside the convenience store to buy a bottle of

the man standing

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

Rolls-Royce parked beside the road

at the cup of warm

He did

needn't make a fuss since

that in mind, she took the cup and started

at Patheon

she would be here

past, whenever she came here, she would relive the

this time, she felt

was the catalyst for her to let go

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

minutes had passed when she finally couldn't stop

just thinking about something,"

"What⁠—"

regretted ever saying anything as soon as she uttered the first word, but it was too late

upon a time, in that spot over there, someone held my hand and

Of course.

this

never a good idea to keep the conversation

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

would eat

end, that person bit the

wanted to roll

heard of the fable about the farmer

Enough is enough.

teeth. "President Pearson, can you

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

Leanna and

Jonathan begrudgingly took a step forward and said, "President Pearson's right, Miss McKinney. At the time,

as she waited to see what

I was here, well, it's a long

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