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.
to why Aidan joined them today. Was his
she began to sense the strangeness of it all, Aidan's voice called out to her. "Want
Half of his face was in the shadow. She couldn't tell what
a moment, but she quickly came to.
seemed to chuckle in the darkness as
he walked over to the
of them got up. "Take my seat, President Pearson. I'm about to
said, "That seat of his has rotten luck. He's been
it be any worse than
to roll
stick
exploding as soon as he
everyone around the poker table came to a mutual
mood right now. They had better not
a few rounds, Aidan
cards and turned to
after hesitating for a moment, she said, "I
money either," she added solemnly after
lose her hard-earned money to these evil
say anything
President Pearson likes doing charity. Just recently, he started tree-planting projects
right before getting to the last syllable when
in Aidan's old spot. "I
everything? I'm surprised there's something
his throat to warn him to stop before going too
control, he goes around baring his teeth at everyone in
finally snaps out of it, it'd be too
would've shot back at him right away, but this time, she kept reminding herself that she was here to
she could respond, however, the b*stard
she said
Jethro that Leanna had never shown any
was like a mindless robot that carried out Aidan's
ever since she sat down in the chair, the tides seemed to turn in
the atmosphere around
"Use that card."
or if it was Leanna who misunderstood him, but when she took out the card that she thought Aidan meant and attempted to place it down on the
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