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.

the people around Oscar. They were all young and wealthy playboys, and she couldn't help 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 had

began to sense the strangeness of it all, Aidan's voice called out to her.

Half of his face was in the shadow. She couldn't tell what he was

she quickly came to. "I'm not

to chuckle in the darkness as he downed

the glass down, he walked over to

got up. "Take my seat, President Pearson. I'm about to

"That seat of his has rotten luck. He's been losing all night. You better be careful, President

be any

wanted to roll his

ingest a stick

he exploding as soon

then, everyone around the poker table came to a

right now. They

a few rounds, Aidan

flicked the cards and

over to the table, and after hesitating for a moment, she said,

money either," she added solemnly after a slight

lose her hard-earned money to

couldn't say

fine. President Pearson likes doing charity. Just recently, he started tree-planting projects

the last syllable when

sat down in Aidan's old spot.

I'm surprised there's something you don't

his throat to warn him to stop

he goes around baring his teeth

finally snaps out of it,

away, but this time, she kept reminding herself that she was here to resolve an issue, and not to get

however, the b*stard finally said something decent. "I'll

said

like Jethro that Leanna had never shown any interest

game, she was like a mindless robot that carried out Aidan's instructions to the letter, doing whatever he

ever since she sat down in the chair,

the atmosphere around the table became

"Use that card."

but when she took out the card that she thought Aidan meant and attempted to place

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