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.
but feel curious as to why Aidan joined them today. Was his appearance here really going to be useful in aiding the company projects that
of it all, Aidan's voice called out to her.
her gaze and looked at him. Half of his face was in the shadow. She couldn't
a moment, but she quickly came
seemed to chuckle in the darkness as he downed his glass with a
he walked over
he approached, one of them got up. "Take my seat, President Pearson.
Aidan took the seat, Oscar said, "That seat of his has rotten luck. He's been losing all night. You better be careful,
it be any worse
to roll his
a stick of dynamite
he exploding as soon as he
the poker table came to
was in a foul mood right now. They had better not
Oscar's words, after a few rounds, Aidan suffered heavy
the cards and turned to Leanna. "Come
hesitating for a moment, she said, "I
don't have any money either," she added
going to lose her hard-earned money
couldn't say anything to
assured her, "It's fine. President Pearson likes doing charity. Just recently, he started tree-planting projects
before getting to the last syllable when
down in Aidan's old spot. "I really
be great at everything? I'm surprised there's something you don't know,"
his throat to warn him
control, he goes around baring his teeth
once he finally snaps out of it, it'd be
would've shot back at him right away, but this time, she kept reminding herself that she was here to resolve an issue, and not to get into a
respond, however, the b*stard finally said something decent.
she said in
Leanna had never
robot that carried out Aidan's
the chair, the tides seemed to
around
"Use that card."
when she
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