Chapter 695 No Real Feelings

The moment Leanna got into bed, Aidan pulled her into his embrace. She looked at him. "What is it?"

"I did tell you that you can buy any jewelry you want, didn't I?"

"W…" Oh, I see. A moment of silence later, she said, "So you know."

Aidan grunted. "There's going to be an auction at the charity dinner for the celebration, and the ring's on the list."

Leanna froze. "But I thought the ring was in Joseph's hands."

"He's trying to strike a deal with Pearson Group."

Leanna frowned. "He did ask me to put in a good word with you, but I refused. I can't believe he still got what he wanted."

"He came to you because he knew I wouldn't agree to work with him."

"But Justin agreed."

They stayed silent after that. Joseph's goal was obvious. He didn't come to Highside for business. His goal was Aidan, or to be precise, Pearson Group, and Aidan's departure from the company gave him the chance he needed. One's a Woodley, and the other is a victim of that fiasco. Leanna said, "Should you tell Justin about Joseph's…"

"He knows what he's doing." A momentary pause later, he said, "I'll tell Jonathan to at least leak

that. A moment later, Aidan said, "We should

they had to make the trip. The ring was just a catalyst for

take it anymore, so she went back to the studio and started working. Before she came back, Leanna told the people in the studio not to bring up anything about Zoe's hospitalization and the baby. Work went on

her bad mood

time, the day of

grandest of them all. Aside from the main company's employees, everyone from the subsidiaries was invited as well. The guests here were either bigwigs of Highside's business and political world or celebrities attached to Pearson Group. There

day before so they could get the best spot to take pictures. At six-thirty, the guests were starting to show up, and it was an

Aidan arrived at seven, but they entered the hotel through a side door. The

was as grand as this.

just got switched out. Of course,

but I heard that Justin and Aidan used to be

Sienna's death. Do you really think they

Neither can live while the

been hiding his lust for power under a facade of serenity. Now that he's taken over, he wants everyone to know he's the boss. He doesn't

Aidan let someone else take over. He beat

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