Chapter 248
Leanna awkwardly touched her neck and coughed. "Um. I'll take a shower now."
Zoe looked at her and felt something was fishy. If she guessed it right, that b*stard must have taken advantage of Leanna again.
Soon, the delivery Leanna ordered arrived.
When Leanna exited the shower, Zoe just started eating and asked, "Do you want some, Nana?"
"Nope. It's all for you." She dried her hair as she walked to her room, but suddenly thought of something and turned around to sit on the couch. "Zoe, have you heard about the class reunion?"
She replied, "Yea. I think it was Maya who organized it. She probably wants to show off her husband who works as an executive. We don't need to go."
Leanna nodded. "Okay."
When she returned to her room, she sent a message to Elijah telling him that she and Zoe would not be attending the reunion.
Then, he called her soon after.
He warmly asked her, "Leanna, are you back in Highside?"
"Yeah. I got back yesterday."
"If you've got nothing this weekend, I've got two tickets for a Broadway show. Let's watch it."
"Elijah." She pressed her lips together before rejecting. "I don't like watching broadway shows. You should watch it with someone else."
On the other end of the phone, he was quiet for a few seconds then insisted, "It's okay if you don't like Broadway shows. We can watch something else. There are a few nice movies that just premiered. We—"
"It's okay." Leanna continued. "I'm really grateful to you for helping me, but I'm sorry. I think I have to be clear with you—"
what you're going to say. You don't need to feel sorry for me. Everything
the window. "The problem
then I will give you my best wishes. However, I will never
know what else to
just want to fight for my happiness. I let it slip past my fingers a few years
she sat on the bed
phone rang. It was Louis asking if she had returned
still
answered him,
asked, "Where did you go? Did you
"Daphne came
"Then?"
that you were sleeping, so I went out
smile flashed across her face.
explained, "Didn't you say that she suffered a huge loss because of me? So, I had to thank
him, "Yes. I did say that.
say
bid goodnight. "Alright.
had questions. "Aidan came looking for you,
"How did you know?"
"I guessed it."
her fingers and tried to explain, "He was
didn't interrogate further and just acknowledged
sounds from the phone, she let
and lay on her stomach gazing to
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