Chapter 439

Right after Leanna returned to the studio, Zoe came up to her and dragged her into the pantry. "So, what did the cops say? Did they get any clues?"

Leanna shook her head. "No. They just asked me some basic questions."

Zoe clicked her tongue. "That Elliot guy probably had a lot of enemies. It's gonna be hard to find who's the killer."

Feeling rather thirsty, Leanna grabbed a cup and poured herself some water. "I saw Queenie, by the way."

"Why was she there?"

"Same reason I was there." Leanna took a swig of water before continuing, "But I think…"

"What? Did you notice something?" asked Zoe.

Leanna snapped out of it and shook her head. "It's nothing. We should wait for the results."

"I called Jamie. We're gonna hang out at the bar we went to last time. You wanna come? I got Daniel with me. Why don't you call Aidan, too?"

"Better not. He's still angry at me."

It had been nearly a day, but Aidan didn't even give her a call or text. She texted him good morning earlier, but he still hadn't replied to her.

Happily, Zoe said, "Cool. Let's go, then. We can let loose without him around."

Leanna heaved a sigh. "You guys have fun. I'll have to get through the pile of drafts."

Well, work is the top priority. "Sure. Don't burn the midnight oil, though. Don't stress yourself out," Zoe reminded.

Leanna smiled. "Sure."

She spent the whole afternoon in the office coming up with a few drafts. Once she was done with the last one, she stretched her arms. Whoa, it's already dark outside. What's the time? Whoa, eleven? That's late. She looked at her phone, but there were still no texts from Aidan. He's so petty, she grumbled in silence before she packed her stuff and left the office, calling Jonathan at the same time.

call connected, Jonathan asked, "How may I help you,

asked, "Is Aidan

have been hectic lately. He's been

over the last couple of days? Castor Villa or the condo in the city

no idea why she asked that, but he knew she didn't really like Castor Villa, so he answered tentatively, "The condominium,

see. Good

door before getting into her

with a baffled expression. Ten minutes later, Aidan emerged from the conference hall, and Jonathan went up to him. "President Pearson, Mrs. Pearson just

she say?" Aidan

if you were still working." Jonathan recounted the whole conversation, including his answer. "I told her, yes, and I said you've been working the whole

text. He whipped his phone out and looked

thought back to the call. "She also asked whether you've been staying

what did you

"The condo."

his lips together and stopped in his tracks. He took a sharp turn and entered the elevator. On his way to the condominium, he had called Leanna

had set her phone to silent during work and had forgotten to change the setting. Her eyes were on the road, so she had no idea calls were coming in. Once she parked her car

was out. Dark silence draped itself over the neighborhood. She was about to enter the complex when she saw a familiar figure nearby. It made her freeze for a moment. She tried to have a closer look, but the lights were too dim for her to recognize who it was. Without thinking, she went

see who it is. However, before she could call out

It was as if he had been running

at him

calm as usual and

Why am I getting distracted? She then shoved him away, but the silhouette was

taken a long detour,

being sarcastic again. She replied in all her seriousness, "Probably because

to leave, but he held her arm. Slowly, he

Leanna cursed

me. I could

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