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…"

eyes and wrapped his arm around Leanna. "He knows what he's doing." A momentary pause later, he said, "I'll tell Jonathan to at least leak the Woodley scandal to

to that. A moment later, Aidan said, "We should get prepared for

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

been cooped up at home for a few days and she couldn't take it anymore, so she went back to the studio and started working. Before she came back, Leanna told

moment she went to work, and her bad mood was turned around. Still, there was no news about

day of Pearson Group's celebration

the hotel's entrance was already filled with tons of reporters at six. They were trying their best to take tons of photos as the celebration this time was the 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 was

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

a side door. The

company's ninetieth-anniversary celebration was as grand as this.

president just got switched out. Of course, he wants everyone to know he's the legitimate

I heard that Justin and Aidan

death. Do you really think they can

can live while the

everyone to know he's the boss. He doesn't care about his brother. Family means nothing in the world of aristocrats while power

He

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