Chapter 213
In the private room.
The moment Aidan stepped into the room, the temperature seemed to drop several degrees lower.
The air was tense and rather uncomfortable.
One of the men seated around the poker table muttered, "What's with President Pearson?"
Oscar glanced at the man knocking back glasses of alcohol on the couch. "My guess is he got bitten."
What?
"That wild, huh? I didn't hear about President Pearson getting close to any woman recently, though," one of the other men commented.
Oscar smiled knowingly without saying anything.
Just then, the door opened again, and the perpetrator who did the biting came in.
He looked toward the door and was taken aback when he saw Leanna walk in. He didn't think that Aidan would've been able to bring her here.
Aren't they at loggerheads right now?
After catching Oscar's eye, Leanna nodded lightly in greeting.
Then, she walked over to Aidan and sat down beside him.
Oscar quirked his eyebrows and looked away.
"Who's that? She's quite pretty. Is she a new model or celebrity that President Pearson's investing in?" someone asked.
Oscar shuffled the cards and answered off-handedly, "President Pearson's ex-wife."
Everyone was dumbstruck.
Didn't Aidan hate his ex-wife? He finally managed to get a divorce, so why were they hanging out together again?
All this while, Aidan sat in his corner without talking.
Leanna sat there in silence as well.
In any case, he only said that she needed to accompany him to the poker game. He didn't say she had to do anything.
playboys, and she couldn't help but feel curious as to why Aidan joined them today. Was his appearance here
to sense the strangeness of it all, Aidan's voice
him. Half of his face was in the shadow. She couldn't tell what he was thinking or feeling. All she could see was
startled for a moment, but she quickly came to. "I'm
the darkness as
he walked over to the poker
one of them got up. "Take my seat, President Pearson. I'm
his has rotten luck. He's been losing all night. You better be careful,
it be any
to roll
a stick of dynamite
as soon as he
around the poker
a foul mood right now.
to Oscar's words, after a
and turned to Leanna. "Come
walked over to the table, and after hesitating for a moment, she said, "I don't know
have any money either," she added solemnly after
to lose her hard-earned money to these
couldn't say anything to
"It's fine. President Pearson likes doing charity. Just recently, he started tree-planting projects all over the city under
faltered right before getting to the last syllable when he felt an icy
old spot. "I really don't know
supposed to be great at everything? I'm surprised
warn him to
out of control, he goes around baring his teeth at
out of
but this time, she kept reminding herself that
the b*stard finally said something decent. "I'll teach
said
addict like Jethro that Leanna had never shown any interest in poker games. She didn't
mindless robot that carried out Aidan's
since she sat down in the chair, the tides seemed to turn in her
atmosphere around the table became even
"Use that card."
it was Aidan who failed to point at the right card, or if it was Leanna who misunderstood him, but when she took out the card
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